n,
hardly taller than his thumb, and dressed from head to foot in beautiful
garments of silver and gold. In his left hand the little old man carried
a jewelled staff, and his right hand he extended to Jimmieboy, as much
as to say,

"Why, howdy do? I'm very glad to see you."

[TO BE CONTINUED.]

[Illustration: INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORT]

Although the New York athletes will by no means have a walk-over at the
Berkeley Oval next Saturday, when the N.Y.I.S.A.A. and the L.I.I.S.A.A.
contend for the Intercity championship in track athletics, they will
certainly carry off the honors of the day, and they ought to do it by a
good score. New York has better material this year than has Brooklyn,
and the schools here have been devoting more time and energy to field
sports than their rivals have across the Bridge. In fact, the
Long-Islanders have shown a certain lack of interest in the Intercity
contest which of itself is sufficient to betoken defeat. The relay race
between the New York and Brooklyn Interscholastic teams was to have been
run off at the Wilson and Kellogg games on April 27th, and a large
number of enthusiasts gathered at the Oval to witness the sport in spite
of the heavy downpour of rain. The hours passed, however, and no
Brooklyn racers appeared. Not even a word of explanation came, and the
race had to be postponed. It was thought at first that the Brooklyn team
did not come over on account of the storm, but I learned the next day
that the reason of its non-appearance was due to the fact that there was
no team to come. Not enough candidates had applied at the Brooklyn trial
heats for the managers to choose four capable runners. The very least
these managers could have done, under the circumstances, would have been
to notify the New York Interscholastic authorities of this fact. Young
sportsmen, as well as older ones, should remember that one of the first
considerations among amateurs is to fulfil engagements that have been
entered upon, or if this is found to be impossible, to give ample and
timely notice to their opponents of their inability to do so.

While it is gratifying to see such active interest displayed by the New
York schools in out-door sport, it is also to be regretted, as I have
had occasion to say before in this department, that so much of this
interest should be turned in one direction. The New York school-boys
have taken up track and field sports to so large an extent that baseball
has su