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BY AN OLD FOURY.

THE LAST OF CRICKET,

lacked verification. Johnson, who was known ourselves with something less exciting and cer in history as the hero of London Bridge;tainly lose risky. We have not all the plank" essayed the task in 1872, but sold compelled and daring of the hero of Mafaking. Under him to stop after doing apven miles in about 65 the leading "Doctors Diversions" in the cur- minutes. Johnson won his title of "hero" rent Steand Magasine, we are told how some by diving from the parapet of London of the groat “medicala”, spend their time out of The closing stages of the first-class pricket Bridge presumably to save the life of a drown. doors. Sir Wm. MacCormae, who went out to season could hardly have produced a more iging man, but it was whispered that the whole South Africa to assist in patching up poor teresting game than that which was left un- thing was pre-arranged and that the drown Tommy, has a leaning for golf, "because it finished at Hastings on Saturday evening. It ing" man was the swimmer's own father! gives sufficient and agreeable exercise and is a furnished two roarkable records and afforded. He was for some years champion of the work. complete montal distraction." On the other a striking illustration of the case with which Frank Holmes, the Birmingham amatear, wade, haud Sir Josaplɩ Eward, M.D., of Brighton, rans-love been made throughout the summer.plucky attempt to cross from Dover Bay as favours walking, and argues that if he Not often after the month of September las recently as the 24th July last, but he was chired played golf he would have to give up the made its appearance is a ground in sach run to climb into the best of his attendants after host part of a day to the sport without getting condition as was the case at Hastings, being in the water for close upon five hours and getting more physical benefit from it than from where almost the last match yielded woll over travelling fourteen miles. Ja is an open secret his morning walk. Haymaking an I harvesting Sir Michael a thousand runs for 30 winkets. That attractirs that Montagu Holbein, the well-known cyclist.are habbies with Sir Josoph. bateman J. T. Tyldesley had a particularly good has designs on Wohl's record, and may go for Foster, M.P., has not played cricket sinca ha time of it, joining the very select number who it next summer. He is thoroughly at home in was 17, and has a partiality for gardening, have more than ones made a century twice is the water, being able to stay in for hours at a Since he gave up Alpies climbing, which he stretch, and as he has a splendid constitution he followed for 23 years, Professor Clifford Allbutt is na likely as anybody to get across the Channel. has contented himself with cycling, but it Captain Webb, it will be rememberal, thraw cosa long way behind the plenares of mon- his life way in trying to swim through the taineering. He baliovas it is physical danger in their sport which develops, the courage of Niagara rapids on the 24th July, 1993. It was no better than suicide, and everybody kamented men." Sir Charles Cameron. M.P., who is 64 years of age. is an ardent cyclist. Shooting the sad end of the bearest of England's son",

holds first place in the affections of Dr. Robert WOMEN SWIMMERS.

one fixture. His first racord of this sort was

pat up against Warwickshire at Birmingham in 1897, and I believe he is the only Lanenstris who has managed it in English cricket, And then again the Hastings Festival will be re- membere as the scene of Gilbert Jessop ac complishing a dual performance that has fallen to the lot of very few cricketers When be bowled A. C. MacLaren it was his 100th wicket,

As he was for some

I read in an article the other day that men Farquharson, the manbar for West Aberdeen and later on he completed his 2,000 runs, This and women are not very well Beade for swim-shire. He has a good word for golf, which he was first accomplished by W. G. Grace as farming. They are not so badly off as the camel.only recently took up.

years the medical officer at Rugby School, it is hack as 1876, it was also done by C. L. Town-which cannot swim at all, being top heavy,

The writer can hardly be complimented on the interesting to learn that football as played at Read last year, and now the feat has been re- poated by Jessop--all three being Glencoster-comparison he draws, and I should like to have Rugby is less ferocious" than it looks, Sir shire players. No other Englishman holds a his proof that a camel cannot swim. Of women Peter Eate, who is now 75, says that when similar record. Statistics play a very prominent swimmers we have an abundance, and very he retires from the medical profession in a part in cricket now-a-daye, and perhaps too enceful some of them are in the water. It year or two he will probably take up cycling! anch importance is attributed to them: but was a treat to me the Into Professor Beckwith In the meantime his only recreation, like that the performance shared in by the Gloncester and his family in the large ta: at the West of Sir Michael Foster, is gardening. Mr. R. amatears only is quito out of the common. minster Aquarium, and many clever finale Brudenell Carter, the eminent ophthalmic swimmers are to be seen any summer at the surgeon, expresses the opinion that young men varioua conside resorts. Some of the have got no physical good from tearing along, a proved their ability to undertaky arduous feats road, half doubled up, until they become hot in the wator. When only fourteen years of and exhausted," and most people will agree with age Agnos Beckwith swam from London Bridge to Greenwich, covering the five miles in an

FITY THE POLO PUNÝ. hour and eight minutes. Ils was soon eclipsed. Polo-playing is a sport that few of us can in- Emily Parker going from London Bridge to dulge in. A season will swallow up a smill Blactirall, a distance of seven miles, in an hone : fortune, some of the beat kaowa polo ponies and 35 minutes. Stopping unler water seents costing as much as 270), and it is a commu an easy inatter for some of these ladios. Less thing for our rider to mount theon or four in than two years ago Elisa Walkerda-catablished the course of a trying match. Ponies that are the umler-water record of 4 min. 445 sec. thoroughly trained are just about na koon as

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