It would seem, on first thought, that such a decided falling off in interest would surely counteract our success in track and field athletics. The facts, however, do not warrant such an assumption. Never has our success been greater than in the past year or two, and our prospects for the future seem equally bright. The natural suggestion, then, might be that the cause which has killed the interest in our meetings has also kept up the general success in the athletics. It seems to us that, as a matter of fact, such is the case; and that this cause is the general rise of amateur sport throughout the country, resulting in the special growth of athletic clubs in Boston and the vicinity. These clubs in the aggregate now hold many open athletic meetings every winter; and they have been absorbing the interest which formerly centered in our meetings alone. At the same time, while our meetings are suffering, our athletes take part in these many outside contests, and gain such good training that our athletics in general do not suffer. Such seems to be the real explanation of the apparent paradox of a failing interest in the winter meetings and an increased success in athletics.