Her Majesty had another great public reception on coming to London on Wednesday to hold a garden party at Buckingham Palace. Art and the Stage were very largely represented at the gathering, the actors present including Sir Henry Irving, Mr. Forbes Robertson, Mr. George Gros-smith, Mr, John Hare, Mr. W. 8. Penley, and Mr. Beerbohm Tree. Parliament rose eatly in order to enable legislators to attend, but not without a protest from Irish members. The Agricultural Holdings Bil was under discussion, It is a Bill from which nobody hoves very great things, and it does not affect Treland; but that did. not prevent Mr. Dillon from violently protest. ing against public business being delayed in order that members might attend a Royal Garden Party. Mr. Balfour gently reminded Mr. Dillon that he had not always been so anxious that the time of Parliament should not be wasted, but the Irish members, with the assistance of a few Radicals, succeeded in hooping legislators at their posts Jong after the time at which they should have started for the Palace. Mr. Maddeson was called to order by the speaker f- expressing the opinion that tone clause of the Bill was.
worth all the Royal garden patties in the ly world, and all that Royalty was worth."
INTERNATIONAL ATHLETICS, When our leading athletes went over to the United States and sustained an unbroken succession of defeats by the American champions, we consoled ourselves with the. hope that we should have our revenge when the return visit was paid. But the great championship meeting avas held at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, and though certainly our reprosentatives gave a somewhat better account of themselves than during the Transat lan tie tour, America nevertheless victorious by eight out of thirteen events. Now our consolation is that, judging by the results of Saturday, England has the greater staying power. Ihe five events won by England were the long races—the quatter, half, and four-mile races, the four-mile walk and the two-mile steeplechase. The hero of the meeting was the Pennsylvan ian Kraenzlein, whose hurdle-racing was beautiful to behold. He had the race all his own way, and established a world's record, though the feat was somewhat discounted by the fact that he had a very strong wind blowing straight behind him.
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