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1 - PEDESTRIAtflSM. v
i- Civiii, Service ATnLETio.i Spouts. —The
jvarious departments of the Civil Sbrvice have
[formed o committee for the .purpose of Hold-.
!ing a mcoting for athletic_ sports on the 1st
?July, which, boirig Separation Day,' is a holi
,day. The, site .selected is, the Melbourne
lorioket ground, whioh,, weather permitting,
has been kindly granted for the occasion. An.
t attractive and novel programme, has .been
idrawn up. For the first time,..; a prize is
offered for walking the distance, ono mile.
Thero is also a batsman's raco, to be, run in
full cricket costume, bat in hand, and as if
botwoon wickets, not in. one'. continuous
course. And as the distance is 200 yards, it
will be a sovero test for those who havo not
during the past season been inNJho habit of
running 5's and G's. There aro three racoa
open to all amateurs — the one hundred yards,
tno quartor-of-a-mile, and : mile handicap?,
the other events being confined to members of
tho Civil Service. As tho object of these
Bports is such a laudable one there is no doubt
the publib %vill by thoir presence materially
assist the fund to bo devoted to tho search fo»
the greatest of Australian explorers! ,- . . .,-
One Hundred and Twenty .Yaiid3.Be-
tween James Mills and Geokqis Bitrke.
—This race came off on Saturday laat on the
Puntroad Richmond, in tho prosoncoof a vory
thin attendance ' of- spectators. Mills .was
tho favourite; and though liberal oddsywero
offered on him wo did not see .a -beti laid.
The start was by mutual oonsent, and.ofter;
a deal of fiddling Burke got off with advan
tage, Heading for half tlio distance -by two
yards. - Mills then put on tho steam to high
pressure, ana a capital race nomo rcsiuccu m;
a dead boat. Tho men and their friends'
then retired to tho nearest hoatolrie, where a
long confabulation ensued. Burke, ovidenttyi
not in first-rato oondition, offered to ' incrbaso
tho stakes- by £5 and run in., a wook, Mills's1
friends, oil tho other hand, . were all desirdus'
of increasing tho distance- as. woll, as the
stakes. As it was nearly dark, the men ngrco
to draw the stakes aud mako another match.
? A . SrasiBLE; King.— King ,; William of
Wurteraborg left ,o;, rather ourions will (
'Having1 hated coromony all my life,', hb;
says, in ono of tho sovon briof .paragraphs pf
?whioh tho:documont consists, ' ? I will not ho in
state after death and bo gaped at; by sight
seers and the lovoraLQf etiquetto.]t, I bog
ipardon of idlers ipr robbing them of a capital
opportunity of looking at vain and unmean
ing ceremonies. ; ,My corpse is tob-jjb,uried iii
the presonoo only of my chaplain, inychaniber,
lain, and' the adjutant de JoKiy.'My guard
will do mo the favour to Hupply an;os,cort for
tho coffin on its way tp.Rotuenberg.. The
funoriU car is;tp:leavo tho.palacq at night, .to
arrive ot Rothenberg \vitli tho rays of,thq buii. ?
Afsinglo.igun is to be fired utitho.ite.nniuatioh
of tlie funeraL' i
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