The members of the S. M. Police, the sports officials and committees, and particularly the hard-working hen. secretaries, Sgt. F. LIH. Treacher and Det.-Sgt. J. A. Quayle, are heartily to be congratulated upon the great success which attended their 15th annual athletic sports meeting, held on the Polo Ground on Saturday afternoon. The events were carried through with commendable promptitude and were splendidly contested, and as there was a large number of spectators present, who paid an admission feo of $1 for the benefit of the North-China Famine Relief Fund, that Fund will doubtless benefit materially.
Proceedings began promptly at one o'clock with the throwing the cricket ball competition, which was won by Quayle with a throw of 101 yd. 2} in., and thenceforward there was not a dull moment. Of the principal events A. M. Gutierrez won the 100 Yards Shanghai Championship in the excellent time of 10%, and the 120 Yards Hurdles in 19% sec., and was third in the 220 Yards Handicap. The 220 Yards Open Handicap was won by G. Marshall in 249 sec., the 220 Yards Open Handicap by F. M. Gutierrez in 243 sec. the 440 Yards Open Championship by Caccia in 574 sec., the Long Jump by E. J. Cooke with a jump of 19 ft. 6 in., the One Mile Walk by R. L. Rose from a former champion in T. D. Wade, in 7 min. 374 sec., and the One Mile Open Handicap by G. Drairseldt in 5 min. 4 sec. OG. D. Giauque, who was second in
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