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...look after the welfare of her colonists. It is her rule, which binds the colonies to her. The Venezuelans have never offered fair arbitration. Lord Salisbury said that he would not put under foreign arbitration the territory which has been for so long a time occupied by Englishmen, and previously by Dutch. He does not say "We will not arbitrate anything within the Schomburgk line...
...year's crew. A run of nearly four miles was taken, with body exercises and a very little tank work. There will be no race this year with Oxford or Cambridge, as it is impossible to arrange suitable dates. Our crew cannot go across early enough to suit the Englishmen, and they cannot hold their crew together long enough after their race to meet Yale. It was the general hope that this race might be arranged and its failure this year is a disappointment...
...following announcement was officially given out at Yale on Monday: "There will be no race this year with Oxford or Cambridge, as the Yale management finds it impossible to arrange suitable dates with the English universities. Yale's crew can not go over early enough to suit the Englishmen, and they can not hold their crew together long enough after their race to be in condition to meet...
...American and English styles. The English style is on the turf, over hurdles firmly fixed in the ground, which bring the runner to sudden grief, if he comes in contact with them. This is radically different from the American style of loose hurdles set up on the cinder path. Englishmen claim that it is necessary to jump higher at the English style and that the turf is not so fast as the made path. L. E. Pilkington, the Cambridge representative for the double event, is short and heavy, not unlike Shaw of the London team, in build, and is speedy...
...Watson of Cambridge is entered for the weights. From the look of these athletes one would be prone to suggest that from point of size the Englishmen would be wise if they were to make sprinters of their weight-men and weight-men of their sprinters. Murphy at present figures on winning seven out of the eleven events, namely, the one hundred yards run and three hundred yards run, broad jump, the hammer and shot and the two hurdle races. Of these, the most in doubt are the three hundred yards run and the two hurdles, while the other four...