The Cruise of the Branwen

THE OLYMPIC GAMES 'A,ywv ~l<f>ou~ -rpt,ywvtKOU. (Epee Competition.) 'A ' 'e ,ywv <J''lf'a 'I~· (Sabre Competition.) 'A , \\ , "\ I Q ' ' ..... ' ,ywv OlKW'lf'WV l\fUtJWV µfTa 2 €f€TWJI Kat ?rtJdaA.wvxou. (Boatrace for pairs with a coxswain.) {3oA~ (TTpartWTLKOU rucfwclou. (Target Shooting with military rifle.) Even this short list, chosen for linguistic purposes, will indicate the wide variety of the contests offered ; and Englishmen will notice the omission of many games with which they are familiar, such as cricket, polo, or racquets, while others are included which seem scarcely worthy of such dignified company, though " hop-skip– and-jump" is of classical origin; and other events, of purely Greek character, were, of course, appropriate to the place and the occasion. The complete list I have printed on another page, in giving the full results of the meeting ; and it will be noticed, on comparing it with the English programme for the Games of 1908 in London, that the official cycle, as I may call it, is guided by the wishes of the International Council at The Hague, and therefore does not include games which have secured only a limited acceptance, with conditions familiar only to a very few. Spain, for example, could not secure the inclusion of pelota, or America that of baseball, or England · that of cricket, because there would not be 62