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reserve for a spurt if tliere was jjoing to be a race 
at the finish. The time is creditable ; it is just 
possible that G D Brebner's stand-out performance 
of 1895 when he ran home in 2 min 13 3 5 sec 
%vould have been beaten had C Shelley or H B Kirk 
entered, and forced Johnstone to pace in a stropger 
fashion than he did. 
LONG JUMP. 
1st A M Cooper 19£t 5|ia, 2aA F C Smith 19ft 3iin 
3rd Lient C B Down 18ft 6in, OWE Vowler 18ft Sin, 
The jumps were poor. True, the ground Avas heavy, 
and hard going ; but it was hoped Vowler would 
make some show. At the U A C 0 Sports at 
Eadella last yenr, he jumped 20 feet and was 
f laced second at the D M C C Annual Sports 
.ater he was far and away behind his Radela 
performance with a jump of 19 feet I inch. Cooper, 
on the other hand.has won the event for the first 
time in Geylon and may yet touch H B Kirk's record 
of 20 feet 8| at the Agras in January last year. 
120 YARDS HURDLES, 
Time 19'1 0 sees. Six competitors were entered 
for this event and they were to have run in two 
preliminary heats. But H G Moir and A M 
Cooper scratching, the event was run off in 
one heat. Smith led up to the eleventh hurdle 
Vowler ran in at the last and breasted the tape 
20 inches from Snnth. Lieutenant Down, who 
was left badly at the start, got home third. K 
Picton Warlow tailed off. The best time for this 
event in Ceylon is that of L E Dolman who is 
said to have done it in 17 2-5 sees. 
PUTTING THE SHOT, 16LB. 
N G Bonaparte- VVyse, 37 ft. 8 in. 1st ; Wern- 
ham 35 ft. U in, 2nd ; H E Greig, 32 ft. 5 in.,0 ; 
A M Cooper, 26 ft. 7 in., 0. 
G Wyse failed to repeat his fine perfor- 
mance of January at the Agras this year when 
he put 38 ft. 9 in. ; VVernliam, too, was not 
up to his 1898 Gampola A. A A form when he 
put 38 ft. 2 in. H A Greig, from whom much 
was expected after tlie form he displa^yed at 
the Agras Annual Athletic Meet this year, failed 
to come off. 
QUARTER MILE. 
Time : .58 1-5 sec— Of ihesix entered, R Leonard, 
owing to his mishap in the 100 yards event, was 
unable to compete. Cooper also scratched ; this left 
Porteous, Brown and Davies in ahead of the 
starter. Porteous 50 yards from starting point, 
outstripped Templer who had the best of the 
Start, and got first unchallenged, yards ahead of 
Templer. Davies got home a poor third. Brown 
fell out at the very start of the race. This event 
terminated the day's sports. 
D. M. C 0. ANNUAL ATHLETIC 
gPORTS AT DARRAWELLA. 
November 7th. 
(B.v Our Special Representative.) 
These sports at Darrawella passed off >vith 
the success which is characteristic of the two 
planting centres of Ceylon. At Darrawella the 
D. M. C. C. do tilings well. The Sports Com- 
mittee included :— Messrs. W S T Saunders, N 
Rowsell and P H Papillon, V. A. s and planters of 
prominence on whose shoulders the conducting of 
the integral welfare of the districts also rests. 
And yet, with all the pressure on their time for 
advaiicine the best interests of the districts, they 
are foremost in the field of sport and greatly 
help with their assistance the peiteoting of the 
most minute details for the day's events. With 
such material available, the order which prevailed 
and the fine points enforced were (not to be 
wondered ,' at. That no records were broken was 
owing to the heavy condition of the ground. 
The nearest approach to beat a present record was 
made by F Wernhani in the Patting the Shot 
event, when, with an excellent put, he shot 38ft. 
8^ in. or ^inch less than N G B Wyse's performance 
at the Agras Sports in January this year. The 
put is also 6iin. over this very performer's put 
made in January 1898 at Gampola viz., 38ft. 2ins. 
with which he held the record of the I.sla'nd for 
very nearly five years. Wernham promises to do 
better next time. He has still not got over the 
accident to his right ankle. The second heat of 
the Hundred Yards event was timed at 11 seconds 
which was considered very good for the condition 
of the ground. The other fiat events were 
done in creditable time. The 120 yards Hurdles 
at the AAA meet on Friday was done in 19 1-5 
seconds. Ou Saturday the final event took 
2-5ths of a second more — which should not have been 
as the ground wa,s in better condition than ou 
Friday. The competitors were no doubt at this 
advanced hour of the afternoon feeling the effects of 
the two days' exertions,and that of Thursday night's 
dance. At 10 a.m., ominous clouds banked upon 
the Snuth-Western horizon over theMaskeliya group 
of hills. The majority of the veterans present, and 
the younger planters — all of whom nuay be looked 
up to as weather prophets — foretold heavy rain as 
certain any time after 1 p.m., but beyond a 
sprinkling drijzle no rain fell. The sun, on the con- 
trary, shone brilliantly, 
GOLF, 
Lowest Score of 2 holes : — Twelve competed 
for this event. F C Smith was first with score of 
12 from scratch ; Robertson, Grant and Craib 
tied for second place from scratch with a score 
of 13. In the knock off Grant was placed second 
with a scjreofll. Other competitors were John 
Anderson (scr.), RC Fowler (ser.), C A Hartley 
(plus 1), E F Fuller (plus 2), A N Cantlay (plus 
2). C E Shuttleworth (plus 2), G B de Mowbray 
(plus 1), and W B Bartlett (plus 1), This event 
was won last year by H Creasy with a handicap of 
plus one. Grant, handicap plus one. was second. 
Quoits. 
First Bound — G B de Mowbray and R Cotes- 
worth beat W E Vowler and T Cantrell 11/5, 
G H Moir and H C T Mackay beat G Shuttle- 
worth and Roy Anderson 11/8, J II SpeJdiug 
and Norman Rowsell beat J Ireson and A C 
Wilson 11/8. Second Round ivith Byes.— J Mac- 
Rae and G H Kirby beat D Robertson and A N 
Cantlay 11/4, R 0 Grant and A Craib teat De 
Mowbray and Cotes worth 11/2, O C Edwards and 
C J Acton beat J E BiJdell and B F Fuller 11/9. 
Semifinal. — Grant and Craib beat MacRae and 
Kirby 11/4, Moir and Mackay beat Edwards and 
Acton 11/3. Finals. — R C Grant and A Craib beat 
H G Moir and H C T Mackay 10/11. 
A great game was witnessed in the final 
struggle. Moir and Mackay, with lots of luck, 
le.ad off with 3 points to love. Craib and Grant, 
with much determination, equalised their oppo- 
nents' score and essayed to lead by a point. In the 
next rounds Mackay played badly, but Moir added 
a point to the score and made it 4 all. Mackay 
again failed to score, but Moir equalised the 
lead of his opponents and made it five all. Then 
Craib threw in both his quojts and raised the lead 
