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My wings will most certainly burn!
THE question has more than once been asked, Why is it that the English surpass us in athletic sports? Various reasons have been assigned, among the most important of which are, the greater facilities for training, the high standard of English physique, and a hereditary excellence. All of these are...
Every one recognizes that the most pleasing feature of our athletic sports is that they are the work of amateurs, and it may be predicted that wherever the professional element creeps in, their enthusiasm and interest will die out. A professional almost invariably becomes the tool of pool-makers and...
"Sacramento, San Francisco! If zey talk less, zey would play better," said a gentleman with a wreath, which made him look most uncomfortable, without at all taking the place of a beaver as a head covering.
Then comes a faded rose, a Jacqueminot, and the disease takes this phase: "This rose I had from Kate. She was the most grandly beautiful woman I ever saw; we met at Baltimore, during that Southern trip I took last spring, when the Faculty thought best, - you remember. I never...