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.