The meeting of the H. A. A. on Saturday was a great success, undoubtedly, from an athletic point of view. It was just long enough not to weary the patience of the spectators, and just lively enough to keep them interested. But there is one thing which we have protested against before, and which we must continue to protest against until it is remedied. The management of the H. A. A. should arrange to have no sparring whatever on ladies' days. It is excessively unpleasant for most ladies to see men dripping with gore, as was the case on Saturday. If it cannot be arranged in any other way, then there should only be one ladies' day instead of two. But the spectacle of two men with faces, clothes and gloves besmeared with blood, punching and pummeling each other until they are ready to drop, does not appeal to feminine tastes, and this event should be eliminated from the programme for ladies' day.
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The Ninety-One Nine.
