The Cruise of the Branwen

THE OLYMPIC GAMES combative adversaries. The placing in the final was: (1) Dillon-Kavanagh (France) ; (2) Casimir (Germany) ; (3) Comte d'Hugues (France). Kavanagh is, of course, of Irish descent, and he has won championships in Paris, both at foil and epee. Of all three it may be said that they combined excellent style with sufficient vigour. Casimir and d'Hugues showed the prettier form. In spite of the official placing, it cannot be said with any confidence which of them was best en– titled to the first prize, as the judging through– out left much to be desired. England had only one representative, Mr. Edgar Seligman, who recently won our foil championship. He was bracketed second in the preliminary heat, in which he met Dillon-Kavanagh, and there was nothing to choose between them, although Kavanagh was credited with one point to the good. Mr. Seligman might have continued, and would probably have been well placed in the final, but he preferred to reserve his energies for the epee team fight. " In the individual epee competition for the same reason our men took little or no part. Three of the best epeeists came out winners in the persons of Captain Comte de la Falaise (France) first, Dillon-Kavanagh · second, and Lieut. Van Blyenburgh (Holland) .th~rd. The Comte de la Falaise is a Fench champion, both at epee and sabre, and his play has more than once been seen and admired in England. Here again the judging was often erratic, though I06