The matches in this contest were concluded on Thursday with four-ball games, und the the sides even. The weather coninued fine, with a little more breeze their match with Capt. Bennett and N. L. Smith, Bennett played the best golf of this match, doing rounds of 77 and 79, but he and his part-riner did not combine so well as the Shanghai men, who ought to have won on the last green. Oswald and Porter went dormie one up to this hole and Oswald had the best drive: fof the four: but he looked up on his second shot. Though he placed hig third on the green, Bennett got inside him and won the hole.
The golf in the first match, between Ferguson and Mackenzie, and Ferrier and Barrett, was not so good as it ought to have been. Ferrier vas not up to his usual form and received hardly any help from Bar-reft. In the morning round Ferrier and Mackenzie each did a 76. Ferguson was not playing well, but he came in enough to put the "Hongkong men 2 up at tiffin ime. In the afternoon Ferrier started shakily and proceeded to throw away the first three holes by nissing quite short Ferguson ud Barrett played better afternoon, finishing 79 respectively; but though Fertier did another against Mackenzie's 80, he didn't receive sufficient help from Barrett to prevent their defeat by four up. Jand three to play. Ferrier was playing much too anxiously, moving [his body round and. through too lekly. and thus losing his usual snap. He had too much to carry. Mackenzie confirmed our impres-son of the previous day \for She or two Iapses in the aferthe gpundness' of his golf. Except
noon rounds on 'Thursday he has layed excellent golf throughout he two days' contest.
'The best and most consistent golf the day was to be seen in the cond match, in' which Budd and [Pitcher played against Shewan and
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