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U99E.V "r IS 12 THE HESPERIAN. .Ltta.JSfciL&f'WKB I (II IE ?I II) 1 kit I S ! CuASSts II. TERRAEDESPOTES. Ordo S,CiHifici'tie. 40. I.oaphor militnrius. 41. Rroomifcr clougalus D. Heat. 42. Kickoi mcckas Moses. Orixj 19. Gasanttstctmaectis. 43. JJos(s) omnipolins 11. Gorra. 44. Hroadsmileus loquacius Talk. Tout. von whichofTskyovilchtomsk cs respectfully-submitted apo voire macsl umilc y ohedicus tjener, PoKTClM.US. INTER-COLLEGIATE FIELI DAY. THE SKCONO ANNUAL OONTKST OCCUItS AT CKKTK Tiic University of Neltrankn Taken Thirteen Vlrat anil Fourteen Second VrlzcK. Donne Scores Seven hih! Cotncr One. "Wosleynn Not In It. The second annual inter-collegiate field day, so f.u as arrangements were concerned, was a grand fizzle. The l of X. went down to Crete with about eighty students' full of ciitlniMa.Mii, and confident that her repiesentativc for the con tests were "all right." Owing to .1 misundci standing between the base ' ill managers the game of ball, much to the regret of cveiy one, was not played. Instead, howevei, and to amuse the Doanites, a picked nine scatteied themselves pio iniscuously over the diamond and played Do, ra, me's. The game was called before it had piogressed f.u enough to allow the promiscuous nine to tie the score and the men with the triangles on their shirt bosoms patted e.uh olhei on the back and actually imagined they were ball players. At 1:30 we walked out a mile to the fair grounds for exercise, partly for exercise and partly to avoid paying foi lidiug out. Wc arrived on an open pia'uie in the center of which was a race track. There was the bell to statt the races, and there was the grand stand, but where, oh where were the seats? Hut we didn't go there to sit in the sun, and soon a few industrious Lincolnitcs had prepaied seats for all of themselves. Except ing the referee, not a Doane man was in sight. Where was tnc collector ot revenue 101 wine 11 me association paid a fancy price? At 2 p. 111. a lespectable number of Doane students and a couple of equestrians were seen approaching the scene of contest. After finding that prepaiations were not made for the hurdle race, the bicycle race was called. Will Clark and Eugene llrown had an easy victory. In the 880 yards dash Sawyer won first easily, and Portcrficld, by a haul effort, took second from Doane. The 100 yards dash was a pretty race. A. M. Troyer won first, with Tefft close at his heels. When the light weight wicstle was called, J. A. Johnston and llowman took olf their coats and pranced aiouud in the ring, but Doane said they were not particular about wrestling anyhow, so Johnston trotted in and had pinned to his coat "winner of the light weight wrestling match." The director of sports announced in thrilling tones "The next event will be the heavy weight wiestling match; the entries are Messrs. Flippiu a-a-a-a Mr. Flippin." "Messrs. Mippin is the winner," declared the judge, and another badge adorned the coat of n U. of N. representative. The three legged race was declared by many to be the best they have seen. Messrs. Ound and Hiltner were beaten a few feet, but when it is remembered that they had practiced for a seventy-five y.uds race and were obliged to .uu ioo yards, the result is not so surpiising. Green and Anderson are certainly a hard pair to beat, and all showed that they had run together befoie. Doane imagined that they could throw .1 base ball, but I licks and White gave her a few lessons and went after the badge. White then went out and kicked the foot-ball a couple or three times and went back after another ribbon. Doane braced up in the standing hop, step and jump, and took both prices, lint Flippin now took hold of the sixteen pound hnmmjr and gave it a swing or two, and sent it out across the prairie, and got his ribbon and a bag to put his pickles in. In the 440 yards dash Green and House of Doane started around the track but when they finished the cycle, A. M. Trojer was wearing the badge, and Portcrficld was resting. For kickers, Diane takes the cake. This accounts Tor the fact that Cl.uk and Hicks were not in the high kick. Names, who was ill the greater pait of the day went in and won the miming jump, and the nni. yell was long and loud. Klippin put the shot out of sight so far as Doane was concerned. When the tug of war was announced, Flippin, Portcrficld, Wolfe, Johnston, Skiles and llowman sat down and pulled about Unity feet of rope away from the Doane aggregation, and was about to go down tow 11 after the supper promised to the winner., w hen to the surpiise of all, the Cotncr University leprescntathes w hose presence hitherto was unknown, said they had a kind of scrub team there they would put against the winners just merely loi the fun of the thing. Well, just to show them what .1 snap we had. and also to teach them to be a little less presumptuous in the future, we consented to pull them. Well, we paid foi our suppers. Cotncr after eating a supper that w ould make a section hand blush, walked right out without ask ing what was their bill. In the half mile walk, Eager, Skiles, and Patton started out. Patton couldn't patten it down very fast, so he stiuck across for the grand stand to sec how the lead ers were coming out. Skiles was not very eager for the race any how, so he took second place and Eager gobbled the ribbon and the pickles. '1 he last and most exciting event was the relay race. Richaids, White, Troyer, and Tefft carried the old gold. When the second station was reached, the old gold was several yards behind the orange blossoms of Doane, and poauc was congratulating herself now that she was to get the last prize; but now Tioyer takes the flag and the gap is closed and the orange blossoms passed before the third station is. reached. Tefft now takes the flag and trots under the wiie several yards in advance of his opponent. Thus the second annual inter-collegiate Field Day closed with two-thirds of the prizes in possession of the University of Nebraska. The con test was betw een Doane College and the U. of N. Coiner is a young and growing institution, and is to be congratulated for winning one of the mot important events on the list. Wes lcyanites would do well to pattern after this institution, and be loyal enough to live up to their promises. Doane has prob ably learned by cxperiencethat it is no easy matter to take charge of field day sports and in il." all pieparatious needful. Had the contest been held in l.im "In, .1 paik with a race track and good accommodations w mid have been furnished free, good prizes could line been secured and a largei attendance by halt assured. Wesleyan university, aftei selling out the location for the presidency icfused to scud one representative to the contest. Wesleyan also agieed to take ten tickets if a special train was sec-cd. The train was secured, and had it not been for the loyalty of the students of the U, of N., ceitain gentlemen that secured the train would have been out the pi ice of those tickets. The second annual Field Day was probably less intciestiug than the first. There was certainly less enthusiasm. In some future issue wc will have more to say in icgard to this subject. Following are the records: Hurdle race Patton of Do.-mc, 1st; Chandler of U.'of N., 2d; time, 14 seconds. 880 yauls dash Sawyer 1st; Portei field 2d; iulli of U. of N.; lime, 2:25 Y iJililiii-iiiiMi nfit'iifcriii' t '-L