Third Winter Meeting.

Owing to the bad weather the attendance at the third winter meeting on Saturday was not as large as usual. The meeting, however, was, on the whole, an interesting one, although the exhibition of jumping and high kicking could not compare with the third winter meeting of last year, when several records were broken. The first event was the

RUNNING HIGH JUMP.A few minutes past two o'clock the contestants in the running high jump appeared. The bar was placed at four feet six inches. It was quickly raised from this height, however, until Henry failed at 5 feet, Batchelder having previously withdrawn. Buckingham fell out at five feet one inch. Clark, Bradley and Rogers now did some good and graceful jumping. Rogers jumped five feet three and a half inches, but failed to clear half an inch more. Bradley jumped five feet four and seven-tenths inches. Clark then attempted to make up the five inches handicap. Last year Clark, Atkinson and Fogg tied at 5 ft. 8 3-4 in., and much interest was felt whether this record could be bettered. Clark jumped 5 ft. 9 in., which, however, did not make up the handicap of five inches. Bradley therefore won first prize with Clark second. Clark's jump of five feet nine inches is the best ever made in the gymnasium. The contestants in this event were H. L. Clark, '87, E. H. Rogers, '87, E. Buckingham, '87, B. C. Henry, '86, J. D. Bradley, '86, T. C. Batchelder, L. S.

FLYING RINGS.The flying rings was the next event on the programme. It was well and closely contested, Pudor and Batchelder doing some very difficult and graceful feats. The event was won by Pudor. The contestants were: G. A. Pudor, '86, T. C. Batchelder, L. S., and A. T. Dudley, '87.

ROPE CLIMBING.G. A. Pudor, '86, had walkover in this event.

POLE VAULT.The pole vault competitors were: T. C. Craig, '87, and J. W. Dudley, '87. Dudley failed at eight feet three inches. Craig vaulted at this height and won the event.

HORIZONTAL BAR.This exhibition of horizontal bar work was better than it was last year. There were four contestants, all of whom showed strength and skill. J. C. Faulkner, '86, won the general applause by his graceful movements. The prize was awarded to him. The other competitors were: H. Swain, '89, R. T. Osgood, '87, and T. C. Batchelder, L. S.

ROWING.The exhibition of rowing by the University crew was greeted by the loud applause of the audience. The crew rowed in fine form, the spurt at the finish being especially well done. Three cheers for the men were proposed by President Smith, and were responded to with enthusiasm.

In the interval between the rowing and the high kick, the Mott Haven cup, which was won last spring for the sixth time by Harvard, was brought out by President Smith. He announced the contestants who had aided in winning the victory at the Polo Grounds as follows: First prizes, the tug-of-war team, - Easton, Curtis, Remington and Pease; Wendell Baker in the 2.20 yard dash and quarter-mile run; Bradley in the running broad jump. Second prizes were won by D. C. Clark, in putting the shot, Gibson in throwing the hammer, Dean in the bicycle race, Fogg in the running broad jump, and Bemis in the mile walk. The cup was first awarded by the Inter-collegiate Athletic Association in 1876, when Princeton was the victor. For the next three years Columbia held it, but in 1880 it came to Harvard, where it has since remained. President Smith announced that if Harvard wins at Mott Haven this spring, the cup will belong to Harvard for good, as she will then have won seven of the fourteen spaces on it.

RUNNING HIGH KICK.The running high kick was contested by H. L. Clark, '87, B. C. Henry, '86, and L. S. Thayer, '88. The tambourine was in a short time raised to eight feet. Thayer failed at eight feet seven inches. Henry three inches higher. Clark touched the tambourine at eight feet ten inches, and won the event.

TUMBLING.There were five contestants in this event: A. T. Dudley, '87, J. C. Faulkner, '86, S. H. Knapp, '87, G. A. Pudor, '86, and T. Bachelder, L. S. All the men seemed well versed in all kinds of hand-springs, walking with arms, etc. Mr. Knapp's spider walk occasioned long and continued laughter and applause. The race between Messrs. Bachelder and Knapp and Dudley and Faulkner in the double somersault art was won by Dudley and Faulkner. This event was the clown of the afternoon, and the ape-like movements of the contestants elicited long and uproarious applause. In this event Dudley won the first prize and Knapp the second.

TUG-OF-WAR.The respective teams as they came on the floor were greeted with the encouraging cheers of their classmates. '86 had the north and '88 the south end of the hall. The usual delay in getting a fair start occurred. After several trials, '88 got the drop by four inches. '86 commenced heaving but soon desisted while Balch took in a fair amount of rope. The '86 anchor now had some trouble in straightening out his legs. At the end of two minutes '88 had about a foot of rope. The '88 men now took a little rest, leaning back and seeming to enjoy the prospect. '86 tried to recover an inch or two but the '88 team continued to take in rope. At the end of four minutes '86 had let out some eighteen inches. A few more powerful heaves now settled the ludicrous contest, and '88 won with over two feet of extra rope on her side of the chalk line. The sophomores did not seem enthusiastic enough over the victory to utter even a cheer, and the champion team quietly walked away from the cleats without the usual demonstrations of joy and satisfaction on the part of their classmates.

THE PENNANT.At the first meeting '87 won three prizes, '86 one and '89 one. At the second, '87 won three and '86 two. On Saturday, '87 won four events, '86 three and '88 one. The totals for the three meetings are then, '87 ten, '86 six, '88 one and '89 one. Thus '87 holds the pennant which she has had since her entrance into college.

The officers of the association were as follows: president, R. D. Smith, Jr., secretary, F. G. Balch, '88; treasurer, J. S. Russell, '87. Stewards from '86, J. D. Bradley and S. H. Fessenden; from '87, H. L. Clark and F. Remington; from '88, C. Amory and and T. M. Hallowell; from '89, J. Balch and G. B. Painter. The officers of the meeting were: referee, Mr. C. H. Atkinson; Judges, Mr. A. H. Brown and Mr. G. B. Morrison.