N.M.A.C. INTERSCHOLASTIC GAMES, MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, MARCH 28, 1896.
| Event. | Performance. | Winner |
| 50-yard dash (Senior) | 6 sec. | R. W. Moore, Barnard, N. Y. |
| 50-yard dash (Junior) | 5-4/5 sec. | W. A. Robinson, St. Paul's, L. I. |
| 220-yard dash | 26-1/5 sec. | W. M. Robinson, Worcester Academy, Mass. |
| Quarter-mile run | 57-4/5 sec. | C. R. Irwin-Martin, Berkeley, N. Y. |
| Half-mile run | 2 m. 12-1/5 sec. | W. S. Hipple, Barnard, N. Y. |
| One-mile run | 4 m. 56 sec. | E. W. Mills, Berkeley, Boston. |
| 50-yard hurdle (3 ft.) | 7-2/5 sec. | A. F. Beers, De La Salle, N. Y. |
| One-mile walk | 7 m. 59-2/5 sec. | A. L. O'Toole, English High-School, Boston. |
| Running high jump | 5 ft. 7½ in. | F. R. Sturtevant, Hartford High-School. |
| Running broad jump | 19 ft. 2½ in. | A. F. Beers, De La Salle, N. Y. |
| Pole vault | 10 ft. | R. G. Paulding, Black Hall, Conn. |
| Putting 12-lb. shot | 42 ft. 1 in. | F. C. Ingalls, Hartford High-School. |
| Relay race | 4 m. 2-1/5 sec. | St. Paul's School, L. I. |
| Points. | |
| St. Paul's | 19 |
| Berkeley, N. Y. | 14 |
| De La Salle | 13 |
| Worcester Academy | 11 |
| Barnard | 10 |
| Hartford High | 10 |
| Boston English High | 7 |
| Berkeley, Boston | 5 |
| Black Hall | 5 |
| Collegiate School | 3 |
| Packard Institute | 3 |
| Drisler's | 3 |
| Brooklyn High | 3 |
| Pingry's, Elizabeth, N. J. | 3 |
| Polytechnic Preparatory | 2 |
| Cutler's | 2 |
| Newark Academy | 1 |
| Roman Catholic High, Philadelphia | 1 |
| Wilson and Kellogg's | 1 |
W. M. ROBINSON.
The prettiest performance of the evening, taking everything into consideration, was Mills's running of the mile. Mills was one of the Boston contingent, and at the B.A.A. games the week before he took the 1000-yard run in 2 min. 33 sec. He is a very fast man for long distances, being better at a five-mile event than at one. He is a well-built young athlete, has a beautiful stride, and runs in much better form than any scholastic competitor that has ever appeared in local games. It was plain to see as soon as the race had been started that Mills was to have everything his own way. He contented himself with remaining at the rear of the bunch for the first lap or so, letting others set the pace, and waiting for the crowd to straggle a little before he tried to take the lead. Then he got into his stride, and trotted to the front as if the rest were standing still, and kept on increasing his lead at every lap. It soon became evident that the race was to be merely a contest for second place, but the Boston boy's running was of such a high grade that most of the spectators watched him, and seemed to lose interest in the real struggle, which was practically between Manvel of Pingry's, Turner of Cutler's, and Bedford of Barnard. Manvel had sized up Mills very early in the race, and did not allow himself to be drawn away too fast, but ran consistently for second place. Bedford, however, worked a little too hard in the early stages, and did not even secure a place at the end.
R. G. PAULDING.
Mills's time was 4 min. 56 sec., and if the track had not been so heavy I feel certain he could have knocked off at least ten seconds. If he had been pushed at all he would have done better still. In the University team race Orton was hard pushed by Grant of Harvard, but his time was only 4 min. 52-3/5 sec., a little over three seconds faster than Mills's time in the mile; and Orton is one of the cracks among American amateurs. It would be interesting to see a race between Mills and Orton.
The heavy track precluded any record-breaking or good time in the sprints. W. M. Robinson, of Worcester Academy, took his heat in the 50-yard dash in 5-4/5 sec. At the B.A.A. games he ran the 40-yard dash in 4-4/5 sec. Moore of Barnard, however, met Robinson in the finals, and his winning time was 6 sec., Robinson being unable to repeat the work he had done in his heat. Another Robinson, he of St. Paul's, in the Junior 50-yard ran his first heat in 6 sec., and then won the final in 5-4/5 sec., doing better according to the summarized record than the Senior winner.
In the half-mile run, Dow, one of the Boston athletes, was considerable of an unknown quantity, but he was not fast enough to defeat Hipple of Barnard. The Bostonian took the pole at the start, and went off with an easy stride, Hipple hanging back in third place; but at the third round the New-Yorker began to catch up, and the race with Dow was neck and neck into the stretch, where Hipple burst ahead and won by several yards. Hall of St. Paul's, who had not been working so hard, then quickly passed Dow, and took second honors. Irwin-Martin of Berkeley had little trouble in his quarter-mile heat, but when it came for the decisive encounter he had to work for his points. He did not get to the front until the last lap, and even then he had to do his best to defeat Van Wagenen of St. Paul's.
A. F. BEERS.
The hurdle races were too short to be interesting, and the performers knocked over the hurdles so consistently that this usually pretty race was a good deal of a failure.
Next to the mile run, the mile walk was as exciting as any of the events of the evening. There was a good field, and in it were two good men—Walker of Berkeley and O'Toole of Boston. O'Toole walked in faultless form, and was content to remain in the middle of the bunch for the first lap; after that he made long strides for the front. Myers kept close to him, and Walker worked hard the entire distance to secure the lead. At the fourth lap the Berkeley lad did get to the front, but O'Toole immediately put on more steam and gained several yards. Ware of Packard Institute did steady work the entire distance, and came in second, with Walker close behind him. If Walker and O'Toole meet at the National I.S.A.A. games in June, it will be a very close contest, with the same advantage of physique in favor of the Bostonian; but both athletes are about equal in form and style.
Of the field events, the pole vault was perhaps the most interesting, narrowing down to a battle between Paulding of Black Hall and Johnson of Worcester. Paulding finally took first honors by clearing the bar at 10 feet. Both men would doubtless have done better if the conditions had been more favorable, the runway being soft and without spring. The shot went to Ingalls of Hartford, who put it 42 feet 1 inch; the broad jump went to Beers, as already stated; and the running high jump also went to Hartford, with Sturtevant, who cleared 5 feet 7½ inches. He is a very promising man.
The relay race was run off in the very excellent time of 4 minutes 2-1/5 seconds. The St. Paul's representative in the first quarter secured the lead, and the Garden City runners thereafter managed to increase their gain on every lap. In the last, Irwin-Martin started in for Berkeley and gained slightly on Hall, the St. Paul's man, but the latter had too great an advantage to be overcome, and five more points went to Garden City.
Two California schools are going to meet in a kind of single combat at an early date. It seems that the school paper of Oakland claimed that Cheek, Rosborough, Jenks, and Dawson could defeat the whole team the Berkeley High-School sent to the last A.A.L. field-meeting. The Berkeley athletes at once called upon the Oaklanders to descend from the house-tops, and sent a challenge for dual games, O.H.-S. to be represented by the four men she had so proudly vaunted, and B.H.-S. to be represented by four of her strongest athletes. The events in this duel will be the same as those at the regular A.A.L. field-meetings, including the relay race, which the four champions of each school are to run. This glorious tournament will doubtless be held on April 18th, and I, for one, should like to see it.
The Secretary of the National Lawn-Tennis Association has announced the dates for this summer's tournaments, and according to his list the Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Columbia interscholastic tournaments will be held on May 2d. The Interscholastic Championships at Newport are scheduled for August 13th.
The schedule for the interscholastic cricket season in Philadelphia has been revised and definitely arranged as follows: May 6th, Episcopal vs. Penn Charter, Haverford vs. De Lancey; May 13th, Germantown vs. Haverford, De Lancey vs. Penn Charter; May 20th, Germantown vs. Episcopal, Penn Charter vs. Haverford; May 27th, Germantown vs. Penn Charter, De Lancey vs. Episcopal; June 1st, Germantown vs. De Lancey, Haverford vs. Episcopal.
The New England I.S. League took in a number of new schools as members at its recent meeting, and voted to join the National Association. There are now over thirty-five schools in the Boston Association. It ought to be able to send an almost invincible team to the national field-day in June.
The Graduate.
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The illustrations of the "local" Confederates in this column excited some interest in the readers of the Round Table, and resulted in the finding of several of the rare and a large number of the common varieties.
Of late great interest is being paid to the North American British Colonies, and I illustrate the scarce Canada issue used between 1851 and 1859. With the exception of the Threepence they are all scarce, and the "Twelvepence" is one of the rarest stamps. Excluding minor varieties, their values are as follows:
| Unused. | Used. | |
| 3d. red | $3 | $0.25 |
| 6d. purple | 20 | 5.00 |
| 1/2d. pink | 6 | 3.00 |
| 7½d. green | 12 | 15.00 |
| 10d. blue | 25 | 8.00 |
| 12d. black | 400 | 300.00 |
Varieties on laid paper, and perforated copies are worth still more.
Quite a number of correspondents have called my attention to a difference in the color of the paper used in printing the current issue of U.S. stamps. An examination shows the paper to be the same. The seeming difference arises from the careless wiping of the steel plates during printing.
C. E. M.—No. It is worth bullion only, probably 50c.
A. Subscriber.—1813 cent is worth 35c., 1616 worth 10c.
E. B. Council.—No premium if you wish to sell. You can buy of dealers at about double face value.
G. F. Cohoon.—Canada coins are not collected in the U.S. The other things mentioned are tokens, not coins.
D. L. Delamarter.—I do not know the Weissinger & Bate stamp. The 18 kr. Wurtemburg unperforated is worth about $7.50.
L. K.—The newspaper stamps of 1865 are worth $2 for the blue 5c. with white border, $15 blue border, $6 each for the 10c. and 25c. Reprints are common.
H. Frost.—The coin is a Spanish dollar, worth 50c. Philately is growing stronger every day. The 24c. Treasury is priced $4 used, the 7c. $1.25 used. War Department set about $5 either used or unused.
P. L. Parsons.—The Missouri Defence Bond has no market value.
C. Bethune.—Some of the English colleges at one time issued stamps for postal purposes, but they are not collected in America.
J. D. Corbie.—The coin is Spanish and has no value. Many millions of these old Spanish coins are still in existence.
Alins.—No addresses of dealers are given in this column.
A. A. Krieger, 1531 New Broadway, Louisville, Ky., wants to exchange stamps.
W. K. Dart.—Foreign revenues are worth nothing in this country. The coin has no premium.
L. P.—Your stamp is from the centre row of the sheet, hence has no perforation on one side. No special value. The Philadelphia die has a double line; the Hartford a single line under the word "Postage."
W. F. Meeks.—The 1803 cent can be bought for 15c.
G. H. C.—No premium on the coins.
Sara L. Young.—The New York 5c. black of 1845 is worth $7.50 if in good condition.
D. W. W.—Old albums or catalogues have no value. The 10c. green on buff U.S. envelope, 1853, wide ends, can be bought for $5. Names of dealers, etc., not given in this column.
Philatus.