high and long jumps, and if he had not taken the high jump, which
he won at 5ft. 8in., the probability is that he would have done the
hat trick. His initial exertions, however, told against his
hurdling."

_Daily News._

Unfortunately the absence of them would have told still more against his
high-jumping.

* * * * *

"Dr. John A. Bassin performed a surgical operation at Poughkeepsie,
New York, on a boy whose heart was too weak to permit the use of an
anaesthetic, and who was lulled into unconsciousness by the strains
of 'Highland Fling.'"

To make this story more credible the _Singapore Free Press_ heads it
"DACOITS IN BURMA."

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