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SPORTS AT THE CRICKET FIELD. On the Swansea Cricket Club ground a vast concourse of people assembled in the afternoon to witness an excellent programme of sports, and to listen to the music discoursed by the band of the 3rd Glamorgan Rifle Volunteers, under the baton of Mr. Herbert W. Davies. The following is a list of the principal events decided:— HALF-MILS FLAT RACS.—1st, W. Habberfield, Swan- sea; 2nd, J. Jenkins, Swansea; 3rd, H. Thomas, Llandly. Brcf'T.K HANDICAP.—First hea*, W. Howdls second heat, T. Jones third heat. J. Jones; fourth heat, T. Harris. Final heat: 1st, T. Jones 2nd, Howells;3rd, Trew. 130 YARM FLAT HAJTOTCAP.—.First heat: 1st, J. Rees, B'aina;D. Harris, Carmarthen. Second heat: 1st, Carmarthen 2nd, D. Jones. Swansea. Third st, T. Davies, Carmarthen; 2nd, H. Minney, (Swansea. Knal heat: lit, H. Minney; 2nd, J. Rees; ORD, D. JOII £ S. STOXB-PK-Knrc RACK.—1st, G. H. Evans, Cardiff; £ ud. X. Kaoberiielu, Swansea. OR lIn. FLAT HANDICAP.—1st prize. £5, J. Jenkins, S war eta; 2nd. J. Cliff, Cardiff; 3rd, E. Thomas, Briton 1:11: fiicTrcta >OAP.—First heat: 131., — Mszev 2nd, G. H. Trew. ncheat: 1st. W. P. Price Third heat: lit. W. Howdl9; 2nd, T. Harris. JR wial heat: 1«; T. Harris, Brecon 2nd, W. P. T.'ii>•«•, Glan'awe 3rd.G.. Ty«w. Swansea. 400 a DS Fi-AT HACK.—First, beat: 1st, vV. Habber- lU-id; HlI, iicorj/e Jejikin?. Second heat: 1st. J. K-nkins 2nd, J. Kees; Thomas. Final: 1st, Hab- b-i. IJd, Reas 3rd, Thomas. WOKKIXS MEN'S NOVICS RACK.—1st, George Jenkins; 2nd. Dan Jones. FOUR-SOLE W\L1(I¡; MATCH. — 1st. W. Minney, lad. H'. iiabberticid, Swansea; 3rd. J. Cliit, TF. 1- vx-MTLZ BICYCLE KAC £ .—-st, T. Harris, Brecon; End VV. Hiiwello, Swansea. 3rd, T. Mazey, Cardiff. Thrkk-MVLE FLAT KACK. — 1st. Habberfield. Sv-ansea; 2nd, G. IVwoil, Crickhowetl; 3rd. J. Clilt, Cardiff.

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TAFF VALE RAILWAY COMPANY. The report and statement of account for the half-year ended the 30th of June, 1886, to be pre- sented at the forthcoming meeting is as follows:— The following statement shows the result of the work- ing of the hall-year as compared with that of the cor- responding period of 1885:- June, 1886. June, 1885. Gross receipts 9365,237 £ 405,357 Gross expenditure 188,827 206,811 Balance of revenue. 176,410 198,546 Sundry credits 5,629 5,298 Total net revenue 182,039 203,844 Les interest, on debentures and fixed charges 51,724 53,344 Balance available for dividend iCI30,315 150,500 The balance of the net revenue account enables the directors to recommend a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, and a bonus at the rate of It per cent. per aunum (les In ome-tax), on the ordinary stock and on f he preference stock No. 1, payable on the 21st of August and oil the 8th of October respectively. A balance of £1,353 69. lOd. will remain to be carried forward to the current haif-year. The capital expendi- ture of the past half-year amounted to X52,,94 2s. 2d. The Bill promoted by the company in the last session of Parliament tor powers to construct a short branch rail- way to Mardy, and to grant leases of the Penarth Com- pany's land, received the Royal Assent on June 25. In pursuance of a resolution passed at a special meeting of proprietors held on the 15th of June, an agreement lias been entered into with the Cardiff, Penarth, and Barry Junction Railways Company for working the rail- ways of that company when constructed. At the half- yearly meeting resolutions will be submitted for the conversion into 3tock of the Four per Cent. £ 10 Pre- ference Shares created under the authority of the Tau Vale Railway Act, 1885. The directors who retire on the present occasion are Messrs. Reginald Wyndham Butterworth, Stewart Fripp, and Arthur Edward Guest; they are eligible and offer themselves for re-election, iMr. Wilberforce Tribe, the retiring auditor, also offers himself for re-election.

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SPEECH DAY AT COWBRIDOE GRAMMAR SCHOOL. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES. The Cowbridge Grammar School Speech Day was held on Friday at the Town-hall, Cowbridge. Colonel Warlow, La'eston House, presided, and with him on the platform were the Rev. M. Price Williams, head-master of the school; the Rev. W. Scott, the classical examiner; the Rev. Canon Edmondes, the Rev. W. Watson, second master; the Rev. F. R. Read, classical master and Mr. G. Morgan, junior master. Among those present were Mrs. Turbervill, Ewenny Priory Ceneral Swanston, Misses Wood, Penmark Vicarage Mrs. Daniel Owen and Miss Owen, Ash Hall; Miss Morgan, St. Athan Rectory; Miss Heathman, Miss Pritchard, Dr. Edwardes. the Rev. D. Pugh and Mrs. Pugh, Bettws; the Rev. Daniel Evans, Llanmaes; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Jenkins, Vale of Glamorgan Brewery; the Rev. Jones Williams, Miss Stock- wood, &c. It will be seen from the report, which will be found below, that the school is in a flourishing con- dition. and has been making rapid strides of late. The report will also show that the head-master, Mr. Price Williams, assisted by his colleagues, whose names are to be found above, has laboured with indefatigable energy in training the scholars, who seemed, after an arduous twelve months' constant training, in the best of spirits. The un- favourable weather was adverse to a large gather- ing, but, notwithstanding this, the proceedings passed off in a bright manner. The HEAD-MASTER, in opening the proceedings, said they were that day favoured by having a chairman who had personal reminiscences in con- nection with Cowbridge School. He believed he was right in saying that Colonel Warlow's father had been educated at the old school. That was a tie which, he was proud to feel, in a certain sense bound Colonel Warlow to the school. But there was also a tie which bound the school to Colonel Warlow. And that was that his brother. Colonel Turbervill, had been for many years a good friend to the school, taking a kindly and generous interest in its welfare, both as regards its studies and its amusement.i. He had shown his interest in the one by founding a Modern Language Prize," which always elicited keen competition, and in the other by being a constant contributor to their Sports Fund." He called upon the boys to give three hearty cheers for Colonel Turbervill. The CHAIRMAN called upon the Rev. W. Scott, the classical examiner, and vicar of Slebech, late head-master of Haverfordwest Endowed Grammar School, to give his report of the examination of the Cowbridge Grammar School, which ran as follows:— In undertaking the examination of Uowbridge School, I resolved that it should be of such a character as to test the attainments of the boys, the thoroughness of the teaching, and to bring out the strong and weak points of the system adopted. I have always considered that the annual examination is quite as much a scrutiny into the competency and faithfulness of the masters of a school as a trial of the proficiency of the pupils. Having been a schoolmaster in South Wales for upwards of 30 years, I may be sup- posed to be, in some measure, qualified for ;he office of examiner. The subjects in which I was asked to examine were three, viz., Divinity, French, and classics. I conducted the examination partly by writing, partly viva voce. The papers 1 set were of a thorough and searching character. No boy could fairly grapple with them unless he possessed a good knowledge of the subjects. There is one boy, T. E. Evans, at the head of the school, who is far in advance of the others. Every paper I gave him w is answered in a thoroughly satisfactory manner. His translations were executed with accuracy and elegance. The Latin and Greek composition showed knowledge of the idioms of the languages and their difference from English. A critical pager of general questions was answered fairly, exhibiting considerable knowledge. Botne unseen passages were also well translated. In short, out of a possible 800 mar-s I gave him 711. (Applause.) If his mathematical work is equal to his classics, I do not consider him inferior to a pupil of mine, who two years ago gained a scholarship of 230 at Oxford. (Ap- plause.) In the class called the shell (eleven boys) there are several who struck me as promising. The general average was well maintained, showing that the teach- ing was good, and that the slower boys had not been neglected. In the total of marks L. E. Richardson, some of whose work was done very well, stands first. J. Jenkins is second—20 marks behind him H. L. G. Edwards stands a few marks behind Jenkins. In the third form (fifteen boys) the answers gave me general satisfaction. It was evident that the class had been well instructed, and great pains taken. C. R. Thomas stands at the head-20 marks above the rest; E. R. Thomas is second, Carter third, with John fourth. I considered the Latin and Greek papers and answers better, on the whole, than those in French, and I have recommended what my long experience has taught, me is absolutely uecessary in the case of young boys, viz., constant repetition, and short exercises in grammar and translation, to be repeated again and again, until they are given up almost faultless in accuracy, arrange- ment, and neatness. The advantage of this is that a habit of careful attention and exactness is formed, which is carried, not only into the particular subject, but accompanies the boy in all the work he has to do. In the second form 8. Thomas stands at the head in the total of marks, F. Nathan takes the Scripture prizes B. Williams answered the Latin and Greek questions well, R. Phillips I consider also worthy of mention. In this form I was pleased to see a son of your late vicar, Mr. Protheroe, who was a pupil of mine 25 years ago at Llan- dovery. The iirst form consists of nine boys, three of whom answered the questions in Scripture very well, and the rest fairly. In Latin grammar one was very good, three very fair; after that they fall off. In French their knowledge was not, of course, very great. but they seemed to understand what they had learned, and to be riiaiiing progress. J. J. Lewis stands at the head G. Masters second, and T. D. Prosser third. On a review of the whole I can pronounce the state <Jf the school, as regards the proficiency of the boys and the teaching, to be highly satisfactory and creditable to the head-master and his colleagues. There are abundant evidences of painstaking, intelligent, persevering labour on the part of the masters, and of diligence and pro- gress in the boys. The tone of the boys seems good and healthy. Their cheerfulness and contentment are appa- rent even to a careless eye. The regulations seem to me sound and desirable. I see no reason why the inhabi- tants of this great county should not heartily support the school under its present able management. The rev gentleman then gave a few words of advice to the scholars, and finished up by stating that two class-rooms should be provided for the benefit of the scholars in the historic school of Cowbridge, as it was very inconvenient for them to stick at their work unless they were alone. The HEAD-MASTER then requested the chairman to distribute the prizes, as follows; PRIZE LIST. The Bishop of Llaiiduff'S Scripture Prizes: 1st, J. Parry 2nd. E. R, Tiiomas; 3rd. Nathan. Colonel Turbervill's Modern Language Prizes: 1st, Jenkins 2nd, E. M. Williams; 3rd. S. Thomas. Jesus College Classical Prize T. Evans. Shell.-Classical Prize: Richardson, Mathematical Prize: Murdock. III. Form.-Classieal Prize C. R. Thomas. Mathe- matical Prize Matthews. II. Form.-Classical Prize: B. Williams. Arithmetic Prize: B. Williams. 1. Form.-Classical Priz Lewis. Arithmetic Prize Prosser. In the absence of Mr. Arthur E. Holme, Wadham College, Oxford, the mathematical examiner, his report was read by the HEAD-MASTER. It ran as follows:— The results, on the whole, I consider very good; the papers were neatly and, in most cases, carefully done, and show assiduous attention on the part ot: the master, not merely to the clever boys, but to all. As the ques- tions were arranged to cover the work done by the best boys, they were, of course, somewhat too difficult and too many for those not so far advanced; but, in spite of this drawback, the majority acquitted themselves with great credit, and the only fault to be found with any of them was a slight want of accuracy in some cases, due, no doubt, to the hurry induced by their endeavours to do as much as possible in the time. The writing-out of the book-work in Euclid was excellent, and the arith- metic was also very good. The algebra of the senior boys was all that could be desired, but the papep was rather too hard for the juniors, and it would have been better if a separate paper had been set for them in that subject. As worthy of special commendation I may mention Murdoch and Richardson. The formar, indeed, made only one mistake IN the arithmetic paper and none ill the Euclid, and, as shown by the marks he obtained, was well ahead of all the rest. Edwardes showed ability, but his work was not so sure as that of the other two, and Jenkins lost much by inaccuracy, though, in Euclid, he had a better style than Edwardes. Two or three of those who took the Euclid paper wrote out proofs of propositions other than those required by the questions, one making three mistakes of this kind. This error was unfortunate. and has, no doubt, changed the relative positions in this subject. In the junior arithmetic paper, though Phillips obtained nearly as many marks as S. Thomas, his work was not so satisfactory. The rest do not call for any special comment. The HEAD-MASTKB said he had been much gratified by the reports of the examiners, and that he had no doubt that all friends of the school would sympathise with him in this feeling. Be felt that he owed a deep debt of gratitude (which he had pleasure in thus publicly acknowledging) to his colleagues on the staff for the good results, to to which their conscientious painstaking and loyal co-operation had so largely contributed. Apart, however, from the good work now being done in the school, he was glad to be able to adduce proof that fruit was being gathered in other places from the training received at Cowbridge. He would begin by pointing out that T. Evans, captain of the school, though more than a year below the limit of age, did very well in the examination for scholarships and exhibitions at Jesus College, Oxford, held last March, and was Proxime accessit." Last September H. Whapham carried off the first entrance scholarship of the South Wales University College (£50 a year for three years), and had; since then, distinguished himself by securing a place—89th out of 564-about the middle of the honours division of the London University matriculation list. There were two other Cardiff University College men placed in the honours division, but Whapham was the youngest of the three. Moreover, he had read for that special examination comparatively but a short time, his main efforts for the past year having been devoted to Cambridge Mathematical Scholar- ship work. At the recent examination held by the South Wales University College authorities at the end at the summer term he had been awarded a prize of 115, beside a smaller prize of books, and might be regarded as the most promising man of his year. In that same month of last September another Cowbridge boy, a fellow-monitor of Whap- ham's, won the first entrance scholarship (value X.50 per annum, for three years) at St. David's College, Lampeter, against a field of 60 competitors—viz.,E. R. S. Morgan. He, like Whapham, had distinguished himself since as the best of the first year's men at Lampeter by winning the Bates' mathematical prize, value jE14, generally regarded as the blue riband" of the first year men. He might be per- mitted to add that both Morgan and Whapham looked forward to completing their University careers at the older Universities, and perhaps it was not entirely the partiality of their old head- master which induced his belief that a very dis- tinguished career lay before both these old Cow- bridge boys. So far, they appeared to run almost neck-and-neck. Colonel WARLOW then said a few words, after which hearty cheers were given for those on the platform, visitors, and prizetakers. The proceedings then terminated. Since the speech day the following distinction has been gained, in addition to the list then read out. Mr. Alfred Giles has passed the preliminary examination of the Law Society. Two names of old Cowbridge boys appear among those who passed the last intermediate examination of the same society, viz., Messrs. S. D. Evans, of Cowbridge, and D. T, Williams, of Bridgend.

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