The Cruise of the Branwen

THE OLYMPIC GAMES hurdles, quarter, I 500 metres, long jump, hop– skip-and-jump, epee team contest, 400 and 1600 metres swimming, and the 5000, 1000, and 333! metres bicycle races. Every one will acknowledge the :fitness of the Greeks taking so high a place as third in the list, and they are to be heartily congratulated on their success in holding their own against the picked athletes of the world with a score of 76, made up of eight firsts, viz., putting the stone (running), two-hand weight lifting, ladies' singles at lawn tennis, rope-climbing, sixteen-oar galleys, duelling-pistols at command, champion shot (kneeling), and revolver at fifty paces; with twelve seconds, composed of the Hellenic and the free discus, the sabre team con– test, both clay-pigeon matches, the army revolver (20 metres), the sixteen-oar galleys, the six-oar galleys (2000 metres), the tug-of-war, and all the lawn tennis events except the singles. This is a varied list, which sufficiently demon– strates the real influence upon the nation of the movement typified by these Olympic Games. Fourth come the Americans, whose total score of 75 is made up of eleven magnificent victories in the hundred, hurdles, quarter, half, 1500 metres, both long jumps, standing high jump, free discus, putting the weight, 100 metres swim– ming and 1500 metres walk; while their seconds were won in the hundred, half, standing long and high jumps, and putting the stone (running). Many will think that the quality of these events deserves the highest place of all. Still, since the 90