THE CHRISTMAS SPORTS.
To the Editor of the THAMES GUARDIAN. Silt, —I hope for the credit of the district that better order may be kept at the present sports than what lias generally been the case at Caledonian sports on the Thames. I admit that at the last sports at T a rani, the second day was an exception. If people would keep back and form a good ring, all might see and enjoy themselves ; and it is only for want of sense that such is not the case when requested by ring-keepers. On St. Andrew’s Day last, in the contest for throwing the hammer, the crowd huddled together like a flock of sheep, and would not give the men room for their strength. The result was, the hammer was pitched right amongst them, which caused a move like a shoal of small iisli; and it was only by a “ fluke” that there was not a case for the hospital or the sexton. It has been frequently the case too for men (nobodies) to enter the ring and dictate to the stewards and judges on the result of some contest, and what is worse still for the officials to hold arguments with them, instead of treating them with contempt. Hoping these remarks may tend to better results is my apology fer troubling you.—l am, &c. J. 11.
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Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 68, 27 December 1871, Page 3
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