The very friendly athletic match between representa- tives of the
British Empire and the United States ended last Saturday in a narrow victory for the Americans. The teams that represented both sides had returned from Holland, where the Olympic games were still going on when they left. They have been celebrated in an admirable spirit. Not only was Dutch hospitality more than irreproachable, but the inevitable little difficulties of detail have not once been allowed to fester. The British teams, guided by Lord Rochdale, gave us good cause to be proud of their prowess, even in events that they did not win outright, while some .of. their victories were very remarkable. Roughly speaking, the events in which they chiefly shone were rowing and those which are familiar to us at the University Sports and any meeting under the Amateur Athletic Association. There were, of course, many competitions that were left by conservative Britons to nations who specialize in other pastimes. We showed, for instance, no skill as discoboli or even as hop-skip-and-jumpers.
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