Hon. George Denman. A letter has appeared, as usual, from one of Mr. Tom Egan's friends, pointing out that since he ceased to be meutor, Cambridge has gone to the bad. The last occasion of his coaching is disposed of as being merely a three weeks affair, which gave him no chance. It seems that it was against Mr. Morrisson's wish, when he saw his material, that a match was rowed at all this year. His opinion is that the superior strength of the Oxford crew arises from the fact that their captains take them long steady rows in large steady boats; whereas the Cambridge men row in light boats, which tire them without cxercising them. Appended are the names and weights of the

The Inter-University Athletic Sports have made some slight amends to Cambridge for her repeated defeats on the river, as she has taken a decided lead of Oxford on the running path. Since an annual meeting was instituted in 1864, Cambridge has won thirty events, Oxford twenty-one, and two have been drawn. This year's contest took place on the day after the boat-race, at the new A. A. C. grounds, Lillie Bridge. The path is perhaps the best in England; but the ground, though large enough for any ordinary purpose, would not accommodate a Civil Service company. The High Jump was first on the programme, and as R. L. N. Michell (Oxford) and J. G. Hoare (Cambridge) could neither of them get over more than 5 ft. 5 in., it resulted in a tie. For the 100 yards J. G. Wilson (Oxford) was a hot favourite, and, though he got off badly, he won very easily. On public form the Mile looked a certainty for R. V. Somers-Smith (Oxford); but after a great finish with E. Royds (Cambridge) he was beaten by three yards in 4 min. 35 sec. H. Leeke (Cambridge) won the Hammer, with the furthest amateur throw on record-103 ft. 11 in.—and it is a singular fact, that when year after year want of strength is the great fault in the Cambridge boat, they have won both Hammer and Weight, with a single exception, every year since the sports have been instituted. The Hurdle Race fell to F. O. Philpott (Oxford), whose most dangerous opponent, E. E. Toller (Cambridge), fell at the second hurdle. For the third successive year Putting the Weight was carried off by R. Waltham (Cambridge), whose throw measured 34 ft. 8 in. The Quarter-mile race was falsely run, as the four took it far too easily for the first 150 yards, and then raced home. The consequence was that A. Upcher (Cambridge) won in 53 sec., though both J. G.

Wilson (Oxford) and C. C. Corfe (Cambridge), had made two seconds better time at their University sports. R. Waltham was again to the fore in the Broad Jump, as he covered 20 ft. 8 in.; and the Three Mile race was merely a second edition of that of last year, as, that sturdy little fellow, J. H. Morgan (Oxford), who looked wonderfully fit and well, made all his own running, and won as he liked in 15 min. 36 sec. There were about 3,000 spectators present, and, in spite of the rain, the sports were thoroughly successful.

The Double-handed Billiard Match was played at St. James's Hall, on the Saturday afternoon following the boat race. Messrs. G. Lascelles and Parker Jervis represented Oxford, and Messrs. H. A. Richardson and J. Taylor played for Cambridge. The game was very close throughout, and the Oxonians won by 21 points. In the evening the Single Game took place, when the tables were completely turned, as Mr. Richardson never gave Mr. Lascelles a chance, eventually winning by 164 points.

It will be remembered that Roberts, jun, and Cook played a match at billiards for £100 a-side at the end of last year, when the former won by 92. Cook was desirous of another try, so a return match was arranged on the same terms, and took place on the 23rd ult. In the interim Cook showed such fine form in various entertainment matches, that the betting on this event was even, and when he took a slight lead £6 to £5 was laid on him. For about 200 points they kept together, but then Cook drew away, and, though Roberts several times lessened the gap, won very easily by 323. The largest breaks were, Cook 81, Roberts 54; but the former was credited with 116 spotstrokes, while the latter, who was both unlucky and out of play, only made 37. An entertainment match was played on the following night between Cook and Bennett, when the latter, who put together a superb break of 174, won after a hard struggle.

THE LATE LORD GLASGOW AND HIS HOUNDS.

There are attributes in the nature and temperament of some men which, if I may be allowed the expression, half make a huntsman ; and many of those Lord Kelburne possesses. For example, his zeal and love of everything belonging to foxhunting appear to have no bounds. He is as regular in his kennel hours as an old maid at her tea-table, and he is as fond of his hounds as they are of him. Add to all this, he is a person of acknowledged good abilities, which enables him to take advantage of circumstances-a point much insisted on by Williamson; and justly so, in a science which, like foxhunting, is beset and opposed by them at every step. Then again, he is a horseman of the first class for nerve and straightforward work in the field, which gives him no slight advantage. That he erred from letting his hounds

get the mastery of him from motives of kindness and good feeling, he is himself ready to acknowledge; and it is much to be lamented that his principle-he had all but abolished the use of the lash-will not succeed. Nothing is more true than that hounds should be encouraged, not rated, to cry, and that whipping faulty hounds makes good hounds shy; still, as there are in all packs many hounds that will do what is wrong, and very few that will always do what is right, the use of the lash and the rate are inseparable from discipline in the field. There are points in which Lord Kelburne excels in his system of hunting hounds. His method of laying them on to a scent is perfect, and in his casts when at check he appears to know exactly the time they ought to be allowed to try and make it good themselves; and this is a point of no small importance, especially in a country like the one I saw him in, where a fox has so many advantages over hounds. In drawing his coverts his lordship appeared to me to be rather too far from his hounds, which accounted for their once or twice slipping away with their fox, unobserved by him; but as far as I could judge of him in chase—and I saw him in some trying situations-he appeared equal to give them all the assistance required. His country, like most parts of Scotland, that I hunted in, however, is calculated to keep every huntsman in a fidget, from the quantity of open drains which invite foxes to go to ground. I thought his hounds to the eye equal, if not superior, to any other in Scotland. And why should they not be so? They are the blood of two of the most celebrated kennels in England -the Lambton and the Beaufort-chiefly the former; but of their steadiness I cannot say much. His lordship, however, I hear altered his system, got a new and active whipper-in, when the hounds behaved as steady as bricks. In the stables I counted five-and-twenty hunters besides hacks-almost all of which were thorough-bred, and many of them "not unknown to fame," having been good racers in their time. Amongst them was a beautiful little grey mare, ridden by the second whip, which won a stake of 600 guineas at York; also May Day, who won the Fitzwilliam Stakes, beating Dr. Syntax; and she also beat him in the Cup race, although she did not win. His lordship's own horses were all thorough-bred, except one called Scott's horse, so named from having been purchased of "Old Scott," as the huntsman to Mr. Ramsay's hounds is called, at the stiff price of 250 guineas. Lord Kelburne's favourite horses, however, were Collier by Comus, out of a Waxy mare, and Daredevil by Viscount, out of an Orville mare. In the paddocks I witnessed a sight such as I wish I could say was oftener to be witnessed than it is. I saw a lot of old hunters turned out for the rest of their lives, and enjoying themselves at their ease— one of them a fine grey gelding which his lordship told me he had ridden fourteen seasons, "6 never having turned him out in the summer," he said, "after reading 'Nimrod's' letters on the condition of hunters." Lord Kelburne had two countries-the one the home country, in Renfrewshire; the other in Ayrshire, which is, I believe, by far the best of the two. Previous to Lord Kelburne, Sir David Baird hunted these countries, and after him Mr. Oswald, of Shield Hall.--Nimrod's Northern Tour,