AAA Coming of Age Dinner

19 run a mile quickly, he was a personto be admired ; but wben ma an can cycle at so much a speedier rate, the man who can run a mile in 4 min. 20 sees, is not thought much of. However, I hope that amongst Englishmen the sport of running and the sport of walking will never be allowed to be neglected. I believe myself that walking is at the bottom of health, that every man who walks regularly is more likely to keep his health than those who neglect it , and I therefore think it should be encouraged. Therefore, all these societies which aim at the encourage­ ment of athletics of thisdescription have my hearty good wishes. I have not referred particularly to bicycling, but 1 now wish to ask a very prominent bicyclist andtricyclist to respond to this ToastI. rather hoped I was going to call upon another gentleman, a Col . MOOREw, hose name was down, not that hies probably so eloquent a maans Dr. TURNER, but Irishmen are always celebratedfor one or two things, amongst others for their eloquence, amongstathletes for their jumping powers. The Irish when they come to athletics generally do well at jumpinDgr. TURNERin his time has done many things in a variety of sports, and asa speaker he is quite unrivalled. Gentlemen, Igive you the Toast of ' Kindred Associa­ tions' coupled with the name Dofr. TURNER." RESPONSE. Dr. TURNER: M"y Lord Chairman, Lord Jersey and Gentlemen. When Mr. HERBERT spoiled what was left of my dinner by asking me to attempt to replace Col . MOORE in replying to this Toast , Ido not think I ever felt in such a thoroughly falseposition. For sitting here as I have been to-night among my co-temporaries and competitors, all of whom are my friends, I felt in the first place that I was rather more of an ancient Roman than a Dane, for although I had not the privilege of competing at that historimc eeting in 1866 which has been referred to by our Chairman to-night , I was a spectator thereat , andthe performances which I then saw had agreat deal to do with theinnoculation which Ithen received of the love of all competitive sports which aIm more than thank- lul to say has survivedtill the present day. I also was a member of the old Amateur Athletic Club, to whichas been more or less attributed the parentage of this great Association. I felt that I was here, although a representative of a kindred association, stillmore or less as one of your­ selves, but when I began to rack that which I called my brain for what I should say to you inresponding to this Toast thiesvening, I came to the conclusion it was not such a false position after all , because the word 1 kindred, ' I think, explainseverything. Those of us here, whether wreun, jump, throw hammersand put shots,whether likemy friend,Mr. ALCOCK,we prefer to dribble at football , or likme yself, cycle, or likeMr. LACEY,carry a bat—our friend Mr. HERBERT in the old days rowed a boat a bit— whatever associations are represented here I feel we are all working with one aim and one aim only—the cultivation of sport for sport 's sake (hear, hear); andthat therefore, althoughI may have been an athlete in the days of my youth, when thweorld was young, and although afterwards