A DETAILED account of the Athletic Meeting of last Saturday is given in another column, from which it will be seen that the meeting may, on the whole, be called a very successful one. The number of spectators was large, including about two hundred ladies. The standing high jump was better by nearly two inches than any previous amateur record, and the performance on the horizontal bar much superior to anything that has been witnessed here, for several years at least. The sparring, with two exceptions, was not good, though the contestants were evenly matched and the contests exciting. The meeting closed with nine hearty cheers for Mr. Hemenway, who, we are sure, will take great pleasure in finding his gift so thoroughly appreciated and already productive of such good results.
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