| Hurdles (open) | Hurdles (under 5 ft.) ----------+----------------+---------------------- 1878 | ... | ... 1879 | ... | ... 1880 | ... | ... 1881 | ... | ... 1883 | ... | ... 1884 | ... | ... 1886 | ... | ... 1888 | ... | ... 1889 | ... | ... 1890 | ... | ... 1891 | ... | ... 1892 | ... | ... 1893 | ... | ... 1894 | ... | ... 1895 | 20-2/5 | 22-4/5 1896 | 16-4/5 | 19-4/5 1897 | 18-3/5 | 21-1/5 Holder of | Gibbs, | Bingham, Record | 16-4/5 sec. | 19-4/5 sec. | Tug of war ----------+----------- 1878 | ... 1879 | ... 1880 | ... 1881 | ... 1883 | ... 1884 | ... 1886 | ... 1888 | ... 1889 | ... 1890 | ... 1891 | ... 1892 | ... 1893 | Port 1894 | Star 1895 | Port 1896 | Port 1897 | Port Holder of | -- Record | [Illustration: BOXING CLASS. _Photo: Smale & Son, Dartmouth._] The Association team has been uniformly more successful than Rugby; the following remarks of the editor on the subject of Rugby football appear to point to a possible explanation:-- "A most important item in football is 'stodge.' I have actually seen a fellow come out of the canteen to play a match--a _match_, mind you--with his mouth full of jam, or some mess or other. He wonders, after a time, why he is a bit off colour; thinks it's the weather, or his boots. Mind, no stodge till the game is over." One might adopt the language of the sinister Custom House officer in "The Smuggler's Leap":-- "Your words are plain, though they're somewhat rough!" The marvel is that boys so frequently play a good game at "forward," or make a long score at cricket, in spite of "stodge," and that of the most wind-destroying character: they are, presumably, specially constructed in the interior at that age. At Christmas, 1897, it is reported that Mrs. Curzon-Howe, the captain's wife, presented a couple and a half of beagles to the pack, which then amounted to 17-1/2 couples, with some puppies coming on. The beagles started a fox on one occasion, and ran it for nearly two hours. The distance is stated to have been fourteen miles; there is no mention of the number of "footmen" who kept with the hounds, but it must have been rather hot for them. A new feature in 1897 was the introduction of hockey matches: Cadet Captains _v._ Ship; Officers _v._ Ship; _Britannia_ _v._ _Hindostan_. There is an assault-at-arms twice in the year--in July and December; the summer meeting is held in the fields, and great enthusiasm prevails.