First Ladies' Day.

After the rain we have had for the last month, the pleasant weather of Saturday did not fail to bring out a large audience at the Second Winter Meeting. This meeting, like the one the week before, proved to be of unusual excellence. The interest centred in the sparring. Never do we remember of seeing three such pretty and well-contested bouts in the feather-weight. The light-weight, too, was contested with exceptional science. All the events were good, because the contestants were evenly matched. It was a surprise to many that the '87 tug-of-war team should make such a good fight against the always victorious '88 men.

TWO-HANDED FENCE VAULT.There were six regular entries for this event: H. L. Clark, '87; E. H. Rogers, '87; A. T. Perkins, '87; T. D. Davidson, '88; F. B. Lund, '88; J. H. Slade, Jr. '90; A. T. Dudley, 87, H. Swain, '88, contested in the vault and in the parallel bars, which were among the events counted towards the general excellence prize. When the bar was at 6 feet 7 3-4 inches, Slade, Davidson and Perkins were the only men who had not failed. All three cleared it, Perkins on the third trial. The bar was then raised, and Perkins won the cup by a vault of 6 feet 8 1-2 inches. Neither of the other two could get over this height in the three trials allowed, and the bar was therefore lowered to the previous height of 6 feet 7 3-4 inches. Slade failed to clear it, and the second prize went to Davidson.

FEATHER-WEIGHT SPARRING.F. P. Clement, '88; L. S. Thayer, '88; W. H. Dame, '90, and E. W. Grew, '89, the winner of the bout with A. C. Coolidge, '87, at the last meeting, were the contestants in the feather-weight sparring.

First Bout - Thayer and Dame sparred the first bout. The first round was quickly opened by Thayer who got in a body blow on his opponent. Dame replied with some straight leads with his left which reached home nearly every time. Thayer was quick on countering and ducked in a puzzling way. The second round was even more lively than the first. Dame got in an upper cut at an opportune moment when Thayer had ducked and not guarded his head. Dame countered with his left in fine style. Towards the end of the round both were somewhat winded. In spite of this fact the third round was opened in a determined manner by Thayer, who, however, received a left hand counter every time he led. Dame's hard hitting had its effect; Thayer's blows got weaker and, although he tried to force the fight, Dame easily avoided him by stepping aside. When he led Dame reached the mark every time. The bout was awarded to Dame.

Second Bout - The second bout was between Clement and Grew. At the beginning of the first round neither of the contestants showed a disposition to start the mill. Clement feinted in vain for an opening. Finally Grew led and the round ended with several sharp rallies. The second round was a marked contrast. The instant time was called the fighting began. Clement led and was countered by Grew's right. Clement got in a number of blows; those of Grew were mostly swinging rights and went hard. The rounds were very even. Clement forced the fighting at the beginning of the third round. The work tired him, and then came Grew's turn. In the two previous rounds he had done most of the sparring with his right; in this round he did some very pretty work with his left. Clement suddenly led and got in a right and left without reply. Grew landed several of his rights at the end of the round. Both men had fought well and evenly. The bout was awarded to Grew.

STANDING HIGH JUMP.H. L. Clark, '87; E. H. Rogers, '87; F. B. Lund, '88. It was not surprising that Clark's and Lund failed and left Rogers to win this event. At the M. I. T. games three weeks ago, Rogers cleared 4 feet 10 1-4 inches. He did not do so well Saturday by an inch, and the event went to him with a record of 4 feet 9 1-4 inches. His graceful jumping met with much approval from the audience.

FENCING.E. S. Rawson, '90, being the only entry, was awarded the cup for fencing on a walk-over.

LIGHT-WEIGHT SPARRING.As will be easily remembered, G. M. Ashe, L. S., and W. Austin, '87, tried in the light-weight sparring last year. Saturday they were the only entries for the event, which was consequently decided in one bout. Never, perhaps, in the memory of undergraduates has so much interest been manifested in an event at the Winter Meetings. The expectations of the audience were realized. Both men showed much improvement over last year, Austin in using his left hand, and Ashe in the use of his right.

The First Round - Austin forced the fighting and got in two good leads with his left. Ashe made a savage rush and landed twice with his right on Austin's jaw. Still forcing the fighting, Austin got in several good leads on Ashe's stomach. The round was slightly in Austin's favor.

Second Round - Austin opened this round with three or four good leads with his left which he followed up with a smashing right-hander. Ashe got in a good lead, to which Austin retaliated with a couple of heavy blows with his left. The round ended in a series of lively counters.

The third round was opened in a rattling style. Each man seemed bent on forcing the fighting, and each got in good blows. The punishment told on both, and the blows became weaker. Ashe planted a vicious right on Austin's chin which almost staggered him. Gathering his strength, Austin landed his right on Ashe's nose and drew blood. The round was very close, with the honor perhaps slightly in Ashe's favor.

The decision of the referee and the judges, that a fourth round of two minutes was necessary to decide the bout, was greeted with applause, and a moment later both men appeared on the floor. Austin was the fresher of the two. He rushed Ashe throughout this round, successfully leading almost every time with his left. Ashe was game to the last and made a grand fight, but the punishment had been too much for him. The round was decidedly in Austin's favor. The announcement of the decision that the bout had been awarded to Austin was greeted with storms of applause, which did not cease until, after some delay, the winner came out to receive his cup.

PARALLEL BARS.The entries for the parallel bars were C. E. Loud, '87, and A. T. Perkins, 87. A. T. Dudley, '87, and H. Swain, '88, were the entries for the general excellence prize.

Loud excelled in the different variations of the dip. He was graceful and showed great strength. Perkins went across the bars on the outside, throwing his weight from one bent arm to the other. He also showed strength in his manner of handling himself. Dudley and Swain walked across the bars on their hands and performed other tricks which, though not new, are still good. Perkins was declared the winner of the contest.

FEATHER-WEIGHT SPARRING.Final Bout - Dame and Grew both looked fresh and in good condition as they stepped into the ring to decide the feather-weight sparring. Dame led with his left and Grew replied with a lively rally. Dame used his left and kept away from a good many of Grew's swinging rights. Grew hit several body blows. He kept up the same game in the second round and seemed intent on winding Dame. Dame replied to a swinging right with a straight right and left, both of which hit squarely. Grew forced the fighting and kept trying to land his right. Dame ducked very prettily. As in his bout with Clement Grew did good leading with his left in the third round. He worked for Dame's wind and tried to swing rights on his jaw. Dame countered well with his left and ducked scientifically. His left hand leads were also good. Grew's right hand swings were not as effective as they should have been, because he landed them too far back on his opponent's head. Dame has not had much experience and uses comparatively few blows. Those few he uses very well, however, and he is sure to make a good sparrer. The bout and the feather-weight championship were awarded to Grew.

TUG-OF-WAR.'87 - R. De W. Sampson, A. E. Sterne, W. J. Bowen; anchor, E. S. Litchfield.

'88 - E. A. Pease, K. F. Crocker, C. H. Baldwin; anchor, F. G. Balch.

'87 men were agreeably surprised at the plucky fight made by their team. At the word "heave" both teams dropped without either getting the advantage. '88 got an inch almost immediately. Litchfield's repeated heaves did not change the position of the ribbon. In the third minute Litchfield caught Balch napping and drew in two inches for '87. Balch, however, had his turn in the fifth minute, when he caught Litchfield who had to slip his knot. '88 won by 4 3-4 inches.

The officers of the meeting were: Referee, Mr. G. B. Morrison, '83; judges, Messrs. C. A. Kip, '83, and A. H. Brown; referee of sparring, Dr. William Appleton; judges of sparring, Messrs. J. S. Fay, Jr., and J. P. Hawes.