In regard to the winter meetings, we are glad to see that the custom of past years has been retained in holding the feather-weight sparring on the first Ladies' Day. It had been proposed to transfer it to the first meeting, which would have brought all the sparring on one already over-crowded day, and also would have unjustly handicapped men who might wish to enter not only the feather-weight, but also the light-weight contests. A number of arguments have been urged, to be sure, against having any boxing on a Ladies' Day, the chief of which was that no lady could with propriety witness the sport. Such an argument is, we may say, puerile; for a feather-weight match properly conducted is merely a display of dexterity and grace, attributes which our fair friends are especially quick to admire, and with justice as well. If any lady, however, is so weak as to be frightened or affected in any way by a contest which involves much less danger and physical pain than very many of those less conspicuous matches which she looks upon unmoved, then she is quite at liberty to stay away. We believe that the feather-weight sparring gives a zest to the second meeting which our lady friends enjoy as much as we do.