The Cruise of the Branwen

THE OLYMPIC GAMES E. J. O'Reilly, Irish Cyclists' Association. W. Ryder Richardson, Hon. Sec., Amateur Golf Championship Committee. G. S. Robertson, British Representative Juror in Olympic Games at Athens, 1g,6. C. Newton Robinson, Yacht Racing Association. B. Heckstall Smith, Sec., Yacht Racing Association. A. E. Stoddart, Sec., Queen's Club. A. H. Sutherland, Chairman, Amateur Wrestling Association. E. Syers, Hon. Sec., Figure Skating Club. H. M. Tennent, Hon. Sec., Hockey Association. F. J. Wall, Sec., Football Association. Colonel H. Walrond, Hon. Sec., Royal Toxophilite Society. Honorary Secretary : Reverend R. S. de Courcy Laffan, Member of the International Olympic Committee. AJJistant Secretary: Captain F. Whitworth Jones. It would, however, be utterly impossible for any Council, however strongly constituted, to bring to a successful conclusion the extremely complicated organisation necessary this summer, unless the whole of the United Kingdom backed them up in their endeavours to produce a Meeting not only worthy of this country's reputation, but fit to set a standard which all future Games may copy, wherever they be held. The rest of the world, speaking through their appointed representative~ at the meetings of the International Olympic Council, which I was privileged to attend at The Hague in 1907, have certainly left nothing lacking in their support. They are ready to take our prize medals as the standard medals of these games for ever, and they have definitely agreed to accept the verdict of English judges throughout the enormous pro– gramme. No higher compliment could have 6