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Show LAST NIGHT'S TUG OF WAR. TLtm Here EulUiS and Interesting CcctKts la tho Mlllon, GWi:ilEI, MOTH AM) .N01UUCIIOS na. fltrninm, 1'oglMi nml Itl-li Once More lfeatedt Tho Tuf at the 1 litnlrc, In January, Tho altenilanco at tho lug of war toumamoiit In Wnlker'a l'avlllon w tty litavy again but night. Tho first strujglo for tuprematy waa bttuien the Hwtilis under Captain Al Kok. lun 1 and the (lerniirn under Captain Jailer. When tho signal lo start wai gliou, the Utriusna drew an Inch of rcre to thtlr cU'illt. Ily a few hard tugs they tlouWod thli. Ci-tain Ci-tain lkluud allouial tho ropa to Up gradually frim llio hands of tilt men for nearly half nn hour. Ily this tlmotlieUirmanahad, by hard woik, gained nliotit three feet and It lookutl aa though they would turuly wlo. Hud-denly Hud-denly tho captain cf tho Bwodes gavo hla meu a series of signals whkli they n tjuuded to with tuch alacrity and strength that tho Oormim were cam-telled cam-telled to gratluslly glvo up tho ropt. Die little b't of ribbon waa soon hauled liatli ti the point of tommancemtnt uud thu frlentla and adralrira of the Haedia cheered UicmwUt.. I.narai'. From that llmt . forth cvtr tlilc v-eut rmc thlyiortle i Hwiden, tin v pulli d r.ililly apt limvtrlnlly.nl I when the ilbl n wllhln six luxlies of tho Hue if victory 1 1 in Oi rm.'ira gave un the alrurglt' r r c- at tl fill' j.tlircon Hi i i iit.atuwri the recipient in . . i.ii.liiuciils IJ It hit the I la n i. .tan l I tal I Mr I unil la .C01 d to no one, uuli . u u Charles 1 in.r t f Ilia A merit an team. livciLlalt a.nd sootuii, The next slruggl wua belwrv u tlm Siiffllth, under Caofaln lUvnold', and tho rlcotoh, under Captain lCelller. It waa soon plainly Utnnti.lralt'd Hint tho KiiaiHtli w ern "not lu It" with the hardy Hcotir; U.ough, l It aald to their credit, that tlioy made n much better showing than upon thooccnalou of their defeat by Innnwadea, on Friday Fri-day night laat. Having been defeated twiceihey cannot niw conlmt for the nrsl prlr. Al tlm outael tho toota took the laad andkotlt notll the close of tho contest con-test which la.ted thlrtt-ono mluulas. N'ihw iir asta a.xd nii-iir. The third autl laid pull was mode lirtweun 'he Norwegians an I Irish. The comet waa of but abort diirallou, thu Nnrwcgluns winning In fourlteu iiiiniittainQdahalf. They simply took li I the roi by lark.. That la (ho dhl'l vhuiry for the .W.riwisna. Following la the r"cnid thus far made b the oompellug Icama Nor way, wim time, Ivt now; Hwetlre, won two. lost none; Hiotch, won two, lost nam; Aniiricaiis, won one, loat otic; 1) inea, won ont lust one, Gir-inai Gir-inai t, Irish and l.ngllsli, lost two cat'o, won nam.; Itallaiatjitatone. There will bo a second International tin of war In the Theatre eometluie during the la(tcriirtof January next. According to present arrangements the conbst tnulchr will In between Die llama and ilullane, Ihn Hwrdta and Am. Meant, the Horta an I the Oi r-mans, r-mans, the Norwegian and lb Irish. |
