The Cruise of the Branwen

THE OLYMPIC GAMES · the other, we could even yet make a tie ; and this was successfully accomplished, although I was obliged to claim my hit on the sword hand of Dillon-Kavanagh, which had, as usual, escaped the notice of the jury, but was proved by the conspicuous mark left on the glove by the pointe d' arret. " Although we considered ourselves the actual winners, the official dead heat neces– sitated fighting off the tie, when things went again very much the same way, and we were defeated by nine points to six. Nothing is more difficult than the judging of the epee, hits on the wrist and arm being especially hard to see. But I feel sure, and am not alone in this opinion, that a Paris jury of the most com– petent epeeists would have adjudged victory to the English team in the first encounter. "That after only seven years' practice at least an equal fight with a really strong French team should be possible for us must be ex– tremely gratifying to those who assisted me in introducing the epee to English fencing by inviting Professor Spinnewyn to London in 1900. Lastly, it may be noted as an interest– ing fact that the average age of the English team (forty-three) greatly exceeded that of any other team, as I have no doubt its average height and weight did also. The stature and vigour of Lord Desborough and Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon and the great physical strength of Mr. Seligman counted for much against the most accomplished of their opponents. Of the II2