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SECRETARY.
A valued friend and confidant of Queori Victoria and King Edward VII, and a statesman whose splendid career, greatness of gift, generosity of heart, wit, and wisdom irradiated the public life of the country for half a century, S
Sir Wiliam Harcourt, whose
SCOTTISH SPORT. HERIOT'S GREAT "RECORD,
[FROM OUR OWN CORESPONDENT.]
Heriot's
official life story, written by Mr. A. G. against Stewart's custo | Gardiner, is issued, was one of the last of their championship is the finest season
grand old type of statesman
fixtures have closed in
EDINBURGH, March 28th. As was generally expected, Heriot's School FP's already, assured of the Club Cham- pionship, have won it unchallenged: they
Successive vict
victory gained their twenty third
Forthern, but to play, have yet to
blaze of triamph. The feature of the book, which will uke they have had, oc are likely to have and it one of the essential historie werke of are due warmest congratulations. Victorian politics, is, says a home paper, the they have been, no doubt, en occasion, but extricts from Sir William's voluminous cor- | respondence, and quotations from the diary beyond all praise,
their opportunism and plack have been Their Championshişt of bis devoted son and indefatigable tally shows 350 points for and 82 against. secretary, Loulou.
Disdaining the advice of his father to leave politics and the turf to rich man to play with Sir William entered as a pr liminary upon a career at the Bar, incidental ly becoming a frequent contributor to the Saturday Reier, and other journals, And using the razy style and picturesque illustration which afterwards made him, the most entertaining platform speaker of his time. It until after his fortieth year, when he was
not
tsu the House of Commons," that.. made any move towards a Parliamentary career, entering the House as meraber of Offert, and speedily occupying as pro minent a place in the political arena as he had hitherto held in the legal work."
ON, KNEES TO REVUSE KNIGHTtoon. He promptly became Solicitor-General, and shortly afterwards received a knight- bood, much to his dismay, for in one of his letters he writes :-
"I went down on my knees to Gladstone: to let his cup pass from me, and asked him how he would like it himself, but he was inexorable. I think he had inalicious joy in thus punishing me for all my past sins. He is so like a woman. Navar mind, I will be even with him yet, and make him alord"
His son used to relate after he had been knighted he received a bill of considerable fees from Garter King-at-Arms, which be re fusell to pay. He told Garter King-at-Arms that if he liked to submit the charters upon which he founded his claim to fees, he, Law Officer of the Crown, would advise him as to the legality of his claim, but this Garter rlid not think it well to do, and ultimately a compromise was elected for a small
sum.
QUEEN AFRAID OF REMISSIONS,
Lucky
Hawick, who had become strong farourites for the Border Championship as a result of their splendid play during the past throu months, gained a substantial victory over Selkirk, and have won the honour for which they have so worthily striven,
Watsonins Hariots (F.P.).... 14 Stewart's College 10
16 Jedforest H. School... 5 Gala
Boy 0 Hawick.....
Kelso... 13 Earlston. Glas, Academicals 37 Melrose Sendan Gis, High School 25 West of Scotland... Hillhead
3 Edin. Wanderers... FINAL RESULTS IN CHAMPIONSHIP.
+
Heriot's F.P.K
Glasgow Academicals.... Glasgow High Sch. F.P.. Watsoniangxian Hawick **** Edin. Institution F.P.'s Selkirk
Edinburgh University Kalso.....
Greenock Wanderers
Melrose
West of Scotland
Edinburgh Academicals...20
Gala...
Langholm
Jedforest
Stewart's College F.P.......21 Kelvinside Acadenticals...19 Glasgow University
Wanderers
6 19
19
3 13
18
4 13
3 19
High Sch. F.P....10
Hillhead High
Royal High Sch. F.P.'s...24 ASSOCIATION LEAGUE.
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SIXTY-FIRST
In the League, only one match, the meeting of Dundee and Rangers, was satisfactorily patronised, and as Rangers won it is to be feared that the of the
will not be paying games
The
Amongst his many tasks at the Home and Office, Sir Williams, who had valuable
assistance from Lechard Courtney (Lord resettled the question of the
Courtney), whom he declared was capable propositions for the clubs.
matter
of
overing else He was desciled by❘terest has
of being very useful in office and very the two clubs to be relegated is aut definitely much the roverse out of oflice, was far established, though circumstances point more more troubled over the treatment of pri- directly than before to Albion Rovers and soners and the revision of sentences than Allon in that connection, but public in-
John
as the most humane Home question, involved are of ordinary or undis- 23 never been stirred over that is not likely to be so long as Secretary be bad over encountered, and it the See this
W19
aspect of his administration which tinguish cliss.
face is what the public want, and this was demonstrated in, the watch
was largely the subject of bis correspondence with Queen Victoria, who was distarbed at what she felt was his undue tenderness to between Queen's Park and Clydebank, offenders, only being pacified on reciting the most exhaustive reporta.
"The Queen is afraid from the number of
which attructed the largest crowd of the week, although it was only a Secund Division match. But it was a fight for the of the junior's, and that was what
Rangers at Dundee
remissions sent her that you are treating ctamped the spectators, their twen
cannot
in
offenders with too great leniency". he was told, and frequent collisions between the Queen and her Minister occurred over such tieth success in the campaign, and have matters, although her acute sympathy with now a clear lead of five points over their the
Airdrieonians, who in nearest competitors, world was shown by her letter neat animal
by to dogs
have played 34 games against the asking "if men who are cruel
be more woverely punished the leaders 32, tha agendinghe by a fine of Eut
In another letter need only make four points out of their she strongly condemned vivisection as remaining half-dozen fixtures to secure well with- horrible, brutalizing and unchristinalike" Championship, and this is well
Falkirk, "It really must not be permitted. and said,
their powers.
who It is a disgrace to a civilized country,”
ambitions to finish runners-up, unexpectedly Following the attack on the Queen's life who secured one of the points. Airdrieonians lost that position by failing to defeat Clyde, by Roderick Maclean at Windsor, Sir took advantage of the situation, and by William's letter bag grew heavy with Royal defeating Hibernians, the Scottish Cup disquicts and instructions about precations finalists, by 2-1, 'rooved into second place in regard to her movements. She called
on the table. attention to mysterious digging in the gar den of an
Kilmarnock.. e Third Lanark .. anunoccupied house, which proved to be connected with the installation of
Heart of Midlothian L. Alloa fountain, and on his leaving the Home Airdrieonians....... Hibernisas
Office looked back with regret from his Dundey
indifference
successor's
Celtic to "dangerous Falkirk people like Socialcars careful watch upon sand foreign political in-
Motherwell triguers" to
Aberdeen
Rangers. Norton
.
Clyde..
Raith Rovers
1 Third Lanark
Hamiltondmad Kilmarnock
these men." Her Majesty says it is a pity you did not go back to the Home Office. Ayr United She did not always admire podr political Partick Thistle views, but you did your work there very A ARQUIS IN THE BOXING BING... well," Sir Henry Ponsonby wrote him..
YACHTING OFF DEVOS.
At the amateur boxing championships of Scotland decided in Glasgow, the bantam Sir William, who delighted in yachting, champion was J. McGonigle. Cambantotan and spent many pleasant holidays craising The Marquis of Douglas Clydesdale, heir to around the South Devon coast, was one of Dukedom of Hamilton took part in the be the most industrious smokers of his genera-iddle-weight competition; it may tion, consuming something like 16
aentioned that one of his kinsmen, the cigars 孕
bruiser day, and producing them at most unsuitable late Duke of Hamilton, was a
The Mar- times, for, if the desire to smoke came upon
of renown Bone 50 years ago. him, the steps to gratify the longing were quis beat a burly miner in the first round,
but went down in the semi-final. apparently automatic and unconscious.
middles were won by T. Dunn.
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