Related article: point worth noting is the excel- lent working of the Indian rule with regard to ties. The game stops at the call of time. The match is revived from the centre of the ground, and play is renewed for five minutes. In this case the 8th Bengal Lancers made a goal of the two minutes* play the Lancers had left, minutes in which to save the match. This prevents a goal being snatched, as it were, at the beginning of Duetact Generic the overtime. The teams were : — 8th Bkngal Lanckrs. Mr. Chcyne. Captain Wirnberley. Major Rivett-Canac. Mr. Chaplin (back). 9th Lancicrs. Mr. Buy Duetact Campbell. Capt. C. Willou^hby. Lord Chas. Bentinck. Lord Douglas Conipton. Umpires : Col. Kochford, K.A. & Major Sheraton. Played at Meerut on a very good ground. iS»l ({ OUR VAN. i» 6i The Alhambra.— Pt?s^ hoc ergo propter hoc may be the foundation of a truth or the origin of a fallacy, but the fact remains clear that since Mr. Dundas Slater, a few months ago, accepted the arduous pest of general manager of the Alhambra, bigger crowds than ever have flocked to the great house in Leicester Square. There is always a good variety show, and recently the most ori- ginal " turn " of the three sisters Wallenda, "The Rhine Maid- ens," has attracted a great deal of attention. These ladies inhabit a glass tank of water, and seem absolutely at home in the trea- cherous element. We enjoyed the proud distinction of being present upon the occasion when one of the ladies beat all records by re- maining under water for Duetact 30-4 Mg the space of four minutes forty-five and t'wo-fifths, which constituted, so we were informed, an absolute record for endurance, and the whole time the lady, who was in full view of us all, appeared to thoroughly enjoy herself. The halUt of "Jack Ashore," described in the programme as •*An Unpretentious Sketchy Di- vertissement in One Tableau," has been a great success, and is good all through. Miss Julie Seale and Miss Casaboni are familiar and welcome friends at the Alhambra, and the addition of the charming Sisters Arundale has done much to help the success of "Jack Ashore." Miss Sybil Arundale, who as Naomi, the gipsy girl, danced h.er way through the sketch w^ith such charm and piquancy, was a special acquisition, and it is a misfortune for the metropolis that she should have had to depart to fulfil an engagement as Cinderella in the Sheffield pantomime. The exhi- bition of French boxing, although "** under the patronage of the Marquis of Queensbury," never seemed to us to catch on ; the whole business appears too op- posed to our insular ideas of boxing to excite any real interest in the performance. La Belle Otero drew crowded houses for a week early in December, and her jewels were as much discussed and it may be admired, as her singing and dancing. Bport at the Universities. — Antagonism is part and parcel of our nature. We do not exactly tweak our opponents by the nose, but in our battles it is our pride to flaunt our colours on our sleeves. The old Romans were of the same mind, and the uncivilised negro of to-day is still in love with the idea. The big sequence of Inter-University contests de- cided year by year affords full scope for opportunities in this direction. This w^s evidenced at the representative Rugby match on December 14th, when a large and fashionable crowd foregathered at Queen's Club, most of whom sported Light or Dark Blue favours. The Ox- onians entered the field hot favourites, but our prediction of last month was fulfilled, and they were easily beaten by 11 points nil. It was essentially a forward game throughout, and in this direction the Dark Blues were supposed to be vastly superior. From the very first, however, the Cantab pack asserted their superiority; in fact, they fairly out-played their rivals from start to finish in sensational fashion. ** Behind the scrum " the display was only moderate both ways ; and, by common consent, neither fifteen was quite up to the usual University standard. Up-to-date records since the inception of the contest in 1872 read thus : — Oxford II wins, Cambridge 9 ^yins, 7 drawn games. Just as 62 BAILY S MAGAZINE. [jANUAtY big a surprise was provided in the Inter-'Varsity cross-country contest in the week previous. Cambridge started warm favour- ites, whilst President Hunter (C.U.A.C.) was considered a " certainty " for first position. In the result, however, E. A. Dawson (Malvern and Oxford) romped home first, and the Dark Blues won a fine tussle by 30 points to 25. Since the first match in 1880, Cambridge now boasts 1 1 victories and Oxford 8 ! It is satisfactory to report that the Oxford Hare and Hounds Club has now been resuscitated from seeming apathy to renewed life and vigour, the victory in question being the first-fruits of this pleasing change of front. At last — after many years delay — the sister University athletic clubs have conle to a mutual and amicable under- standing anent the vexata quastio of Weight and Hammer. Both these events are to be retained, at the request of Cambridge ; moreover, for the future the Hammer competition will be conducted under A. A. A. rules. This innovation means that it will be thrown from a 9 ft. circle,