Elizabeth College Sports: June has come round again, bringing with it one of the grand events of the year, the Elizabeth College Sports, of which, judging from the fine show of carriages yesterday, no one is ever likely to tire. For in Guernsey, as in England, outdoor games are assiduously cultivated all the year round, and the interest felt in them is always keenly displayed, whenever an opportunity is presented of so doing … (description of event and list of competitors and results, including – ma = major, mi = minor, min = minimus) … Steeple Chase: Under 16: Competitors: Atter ma, Atter mi, Bell, Connell, Carey, C. Carey, H. S. Forbes ma., Harvest mi, Hinde ma, Metcalfe, Pynsent, Vallancey mi. … …. Throwing Cricket Ball: Under 15: Competitors: Le Lievres, Le Messurier, Pynsent – 1. Pynsent, 2, Le Messurier, 3. Le Lievre … … Long Jump: Under 15: Prize a Cup: Competitors: Atter mi, Bazalgette, Connell, Druce, Forbes ma, Hitchins mi, Hinde ma, May, McCallen, Pynsent, Worssam, Wakley: … …Putting the Shot: Under 15: Prize a flask: Competitors: Connell, Le Lievre, May, Pynsent … …High Jump: Under 15: Prize, a flask: Cometitors: Baynes ma, Connell, Druce, Forbes ma, Hinde ma, Hitchins mi, Pynsent – 1, Pynsent, 2, Hinde ma, 3, Forebes ma. Height 4 feet 5 inches. … … Hurdle Race: Under 15: Prize a Sandwith Box: Competitors: Beesley, Bazalgette, Carey, C., Connell, Carey, W. S. Cull min. Fobes ma, Hitchins mi, Pynsent: – 1, Hitchins mi, 2. Bazalgette, 3, Pynsent … … Sack Race: Any Age: Prize, a knife: Competitors: Ayres, Alles ma, Baynes ma, Baynes min, Cull mi, Clarke, Carey, L., De Jersey mi, De Jersey min, De Carteret, ma, Dobree, Elkington ma, Elkington mi, Forebes ma, Forbes mi, orton, Hance, Harvest min, Harvest mi. Harrison mi, Jacob, Ozanne, R. Ozanne, D, Pynsent, Raymundo, Spedding, Stuart, Warren ……
(see also competed in the Three Legged Race and Consolation Handicap) …
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