Twenty-five goals were thus scored for _Britannia_, and only nine against, which is an instructive method of regarding a football season. [Illustration: A "BRITANNIA" ASSOCIATION TEAM. _Photo: Smale & Son, Dartmouth._] At the regatta of 1896 a new event was introduced--_Hindostan_ _v._ _Britannia_--two pinnaces competing, each crammed with cadets. This is a regular piece of marine buffoonery; of course, the oars are very much handicapped by the crowd, but, nevertheless, two or three hands manage to get hold of each oar, while the remainder make as much noise as possible. _Britannia_ won, amid shouts of laughter. The list of times, etc., in the various athletic competitions, extending over nearly 20 years, as set forth in the accompanying table, is very interesting. The mile record of 5 min. 8 sec. is discredited; but it was, undoubtedly, done in 5 min. 9-1/2 sec. by Cadet Ward, in 1901, so perhaps the hero of 1893 has been wrongly deprived of his place. It is certainly astonishingly good time for a boy, if correct, the pace being nearly 11-3/4 miles an hour. In view of the doubt--possibly attributable, as on a former occasion, to the unduly excited condition of the timekeeper--the alternative record is held by Cadet Huddart, who subsequently won laurels on a sterner field, but did not, alas! survive to wear them. He was a midshipman in the Naval Brigade attached to Lord Methuen's force, and in the assault at Graspan, leading his men under the deadly fire, he was hit repeatedly, but refused to fall out, until a mortal wound laid him low. SEVENTEEN YEARS' ATHLETICS. | Long jump ----------+------------ 1878 | 14·4 1879 | 14·4 1880 | 13·6 1881 | 14·9-1/2 1883 | 16·3 1884 | 17·2 1886 | 15·2 1888 | 14·0 1889 | 14·7 1890 | 14·5 1891 | 15·8 1892 | 17·11 1893 | 15·2 1894 | 16·5 1895 | 15·0 1896 | 16·9 1897 | 17·2 Holder of | Ballantyne, Record | 17 ft. 11. in. | 1/4 mile (open) | 1/4 mile (under 5 ft.) ----------+-----------------+----------------------- 1878 | 67 | 72 1879 | 65 | 70 1880 | 69 | 75 1881 | 70 | 72 1883 | 60 | 71 1884 | 65-1/2 | 70-1/2 1886 | 62 | 68-1/2 1888 | 66 | ... 1889 | 66 | ... 1890 | 66 | 67 1891 | 66-1/2 | 69 1892 | 58-1/2 | 66 1893 | 60-3/5 | 64 1894 | ... | 71-1/5 1895 | 69-2/5 | 74-2/5 1896 | 61-3/5 | 67-4/5 1897 | 62-1/5 | 75-4/5 Holder of | Chichester, | Hallett, Record | 58-1/2 sec. | 64 sec.