Related article: pion), and T. Sullivan (ex- Cham- pion). This trio sculled in s^ shortened craft from Oxford to Putney, a distance of loi miles, 7 furlongs, in the marvellous time of 13 hours, 56 minutes. This beats all records, ancient or mo- Buy Duricef good form by winning the Silver Cross at the Spring Meeting of the Royal and Ancient Club, but just as the tournament was on the point of commencing he had to return home on account of the illness of a relative, while Mr. Ball is, of course, still in South Africa with the Yeomanry. In the absence of Mr. Maxwell, Scottish players pinned their faith to Mr. John E. Laidlay, who, in spite of increasing years, shows no diminution in form, and who, in the match between the Royal Liverpool and the Tantallon Clubs, had played a magnificent game in the second round against Mr. Hilton. As it happened, the two men met in the third round of the Amateur Championship, when the latter won somewhat easily. The hopes of Scotland dwindled steadily, until, in the semi-final, she found herself with Mr. John. L. Low as her only representative. It was, of course, something to have Mr. Low, for in the minds of all golfers this young gentleman is associated with the late Mr. F. G. Tait, whose most intimate friend he was and whose life he wrote for the benefit of the golfing com- munity, and the name of Tait recalls victory time after time against the redoubtable Mr. Hilton. By beating Mr. John Graham, junior, of the Koyal Liverpool Club, Mr. Low found himself confronted with Mr. Hilton in the final round. There were two rounds to play, and at the end of the first the latter stood three up, his score being 80. 472 BAILY S MAGAZINE. D' After a weak start, Mr. Low came away with a strong game and succeeded in getting level at the sixteenth hole. He drove well avray from the station-master's garden, but with his approach shot be overran the green and found his ball on the King's highway in an al- most impossible position, the'result being that he lost the hole, and as a half at the home hole was all he could do, he lost the cham- Duricef Antibiotic pionship by a single hole. The sympathies of the large crowd following the match were natu- rally with Mr. Low, but, taken as a whole, Mr. Hilton played the better game and was entitled to his success. The latter enjoys the distinction of having won both Open and Amateur Champion- ships twice, a distinction not even enjoyed by Mr. John Ball, junior, who has only one success in the Open Championship to his credit. The entry at St. Andrews this year was ii6, the largest in the history of the competition. It included very many young players of local reputation, but scarcely any of these won matches against the veterans accustomed to figure well in the great competition. The Bogey Competition, which qualifies for admission to tse Sixteen in the Parliaroeotsy Tournament, took place this jesr at Deal, and was favoured, ss last year at Sandwich, with god weather and a large entry. Tk Bogey score at Deal is 80, though the round is quite as long, a^ almost as difficult, in the matter of hazards as Sandwich. It was not, therefore, to be expected tha the invisible Colonel would bepA to much disadvantage, even bj the large field that ran against him. The best score of the dax was that of Mr. Eric Hambro, the well-known Sandwich player, ifi» sits in the new Parliament as tise representative of the Duricef 500 Mg golfing con- stituency of Wimbledon. He hsd to give Bogey a stroke at two holes, but in spite of this he finished all even with him, his score being 78 for the round. Mr. Hambro was an easy winner d the first place in the Sixteen. Mr. A. J. Balfour, Lord Newton, Mr. A. J. Robertson and others, who have won the tournament in former years, were, every one of them, left outside the Sixteen, so that Buy Duricef Online this year a new name most appear on the record of the com- petition. Sporting I ntelligence, [Daring AprU— Hay, 1901.] While returning from hunting with the Ledbury Hounds, on April xyth, the last day of the season, Mr. Blackwood, of the Wells Brewery, near Malvern, was thrown from his horse and broke his neck. Complaints having been received at the keimels respecting extensive depredations by a fox or foxes amongst the lambs in the neighbourhood of Tilton, the Cottesmore Foxhounds were taken out early in the morning of April 17th with the object, if