The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-02-05

well known to oxford university me-
5 as the one-time holder of the world
. amateur high jump record of 6 feet p
inches. The London athletic club is re
presented by Capt Steele OF the Cold
stream Guards, and other soldiers a
the front who belong to the crack Lon
don club include H. e. Raymond, win
ner of the London athletic association
half-m at the last September meet
: ing; Lieut., Thornton, public schools
quarter-mile champion in 1892; Capt
B. c. Green,a SandoW gold medalist
G. f. Abbott, B. St. John Hough ant
Lance Sergeant G. w. Ince, list Scots
guards, now with Lord Methuens dvi.
sion.
The polytechnic barriers, also furnish
number of tried athletes, the best
known being w. j. Sturgess, the anna
teur walking champion of England, who
has several worlds records to his cred
it. Among the Belgrave barriers mem
bers, Color Sergeant Goodman, Sd grena-
der guards, who won his club handi-
cap last summer, and J. Cox, who won
the walking handicap at the clubs
Stamford Bridge meet. Capt w. e.
/
among the wounded, won the hurdle
race at the 1896 army sports and has
also captured prizes at London athletic
club games. Several old members Of
| the Cavendish barriers are on duty in
Guiding Corporal Donoghue, I'll. c. Mank
and B. A. Gardiner, while G. Lloyd
Roberts, a former secretary Of the
Thames hare and hounds, the pioneer
cross country club, will serve with the
light horse troops ], II. Kipling, a
| well-known amateur boxer, football
and waterproof player, liz now on his
way to the Cape, and Charles Alum,
captain of the Kensington boxing club
and winner Of the German gymnastic
| lightweight competition in 1885, has
Joined his regiment, the 5th Royal fusi-
liers. ALT Davies of Holloway is an
other prominent boxer who has Joined
the yeomanry.
Cricketers have. either enlisted or
joined their regiments by the hundreds.
Major r. M Poore who had the high
est batting average in first-class crick-
ct laet year, and Major Bethune have
staff appointments in South Africa, the
former being an old campaigner there.
A. j. Turner the Essex county player,
who did so much toward defeating the
Australians in their first match In Eng
land last sumner, is now royal artil-
leryman. Lieut-Col ]. Spens was prom
inent in racquets at the Princes club
and was also clever cricketer, while
among other we1l-known opponents of
England'e national game at the front
are Capt c. B. Barton, a noted Lanca-
shire bat, Lieut.. C. M. s. Crabbe Of the
household brigade and Capt Freeland,
who was severely wounded at the bait
tie Of Belmont. r. P. Lewis, the old
Oxford university wfcket-keeper, has
just enrolled In the 14th Middlesex de-
tachment and r. B. Fry, who once
held the worlds broad jump record and
gained his blue at athletics, cricket, as
ISOLATION and Rugby football, is also
bound for the Cape, w. HI. Greenfield,
a noted varsity athlete, is seeing SER
vice, and another all-round arietocratic,
muscular fighter Is the Hon. A. q. Lyt-
Teton, a first-class cricketer and rae
quet and tennis player. Capt. Hedley, |
18th field company, Royal engineers,
and G. Kemp, M. p, are two more
representative cricketers.
The ranks of thex footballerss have |
been depleted to even a greater extent |
and one of the effects of the war was
the postponement of the games for the |
Army cup. Capt Lowther, adjutant of
the Scots guards has taken part In two
Army cup finals. From late dispatches |
it is learned that he organized New |
Years day sports in Ladysmith. An |
other prominent footballer Is Capt. |
Reginald Ford, secretary of the Army |
football association. who rose from the |
ranks to his present office. He has |
played in big matches for both Hants
and Sussex. y
Lieut.. w. L, Foster of the Royal Ar
tillery is an old Malvern boy, and comes
of famous racquet-playlng family. He |
is Corinthian half-back and played in
their matches against first league teams. |
w. Bromley Davenport, NJ r., captain
Of the Staffordshire peomanry, Is an
old international player, who represent
ed England against Scotland and Ire
land in 1884. Another INTERNATIONAL l.
on duty is Col H. r. Rawson, who 10
in charge of the signalling at Estcourt
and who played for England against
Scotland in 1875 or the Rugby players,
the most prominent are Lieut.. r. Mang-
les, the Richmond and international
forward, who is With the Queens royal
West Surrey regiment and Capt. w.
NJ Bolton, the International and Black
heath player, who has figured on four
occasions against Scotland, five against
ireland and twice against Wales He is
low with the duke of Edinburgh's Wilt
shire regiment. Capt. J. Orr Of the inn
oerial light horse is well-known Scot
.ish international forward, while r. C.
II. Livesay Of the Blackheath, another
forward, is also at the
ront-New York Sun. Il
QUAINT WAYS OF COURTSHIP.