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ROUGE ET NOIR. A COAT TALE, OR THE TAIL OF A COAT. IIY “TRILBY." The students of Athens, tho other day, Carried the Colonel*A coat away, Ami hid it deep in a damp, old well And all agreed that none aliould ti ll Where the old co it wan till Memorial Day llad passed on “the wing* of Time” away. I or a week he posed in a abort-tail MM k," Then tho Colonel began Ida brain* to rack, And at laat by the aid of a willing coon, A •* bucket letter” and great, full moon. Recovered hia coat, with ita button* bright, And took it away at dead of night To “Mr. Kafo,” and gave him the wink, And aaid, “Now, I'll fool thoae boya, I think. Clc in up tliia coat”—lie looked ijuitc wise — “And to morrow I’ll the boys surprise/* Hut “the boys” were not so easy to down — They’re always tough in a college town. Two of them entered Rife's shop to trade (They had already prepared a raid On the tailor's shop that would have done Credit to Jesse James' own son) And one of them climbed the alley wall And fastened a hook to thu coat—that's all — And another chap pulled a lengthy coni, And up arose tho coat. My Lord! Rut waau't the Colonel mad next day, When he heard that Ilia co it had Mown away! So tills is the tail, or tile of the 00it. <>ur dear commander will no never gloat In after years of thu joke he played, Or would have played, if the coat had stayed Where he left it to be cleaned and pressed. post script. If you doubt this coat*tale ask llarry Floyd, Rob Draper, Craig Rarrow, or Josephus Boyd. FIELD DAY. The postponement of Field day to Tuesday last on account of the rain* probably injured the success of the oc casion. After training for months, the disappointment of postponement, caused a number of fellows to break training and very little w.aa done between the 2.1th of April and the I Ith of May. If systematic training had been con tinned, no doubt, more phenomenal rec ord* for the dashes would have been made. The young ladles of Lucy Cobb, who patronise all of our athletic exhibitions, were out in full force. To their pres ence, the success of tbs occasion in no small measure was due. TilK RECORD* IIKOKKN WKKK — Ry Trice, Tutting tho Id lb. Shot— old record, ft., $$ in.; new record, M ft., 4* in. Ry Morris, AO Yards Dash—old record, 5} see.; new record, 5 2-5 sec. Ry Gammon. Throwing 12 lb. Ham mer— old record, 75 fL, 2 in.; new rec ord, 105 ft., 2} in. Ry Dougherty, Standing Broad Jump, without belIs—old record, 9 ft., 0 in.; new record, 9 ft., 11 j in. Ry Morris, 100 Yards Dash—old rec ord, 10 3*5 sec.; new record, 10 2-5 sec Ry Dougherty, Standing Broad Jump, with l>e!!* — old record, 10 ft., 11 j in.: new record, 11 ft., in. Ry Smith, Sack Race—old record, 11 sec.; new record, 10 1-5 sec. Ry Dougherty. Three Standing Broad Jumps—old record, JO ft., 4 in; new record, 30 ft., 10} in. Ry Ferrell and Harrow, Three-Legged Race—old record, 0 1-5 sec,; new record, 0 sec. Ry L. Halsey, Mile Run—old record, 5 min., 101 sec.; new record, 5 min., 39 sec. The fifty yard dash and tho three- legged race break the world's records. The accidents of the occasion were Morris's collision with the backstop, Harvey's injury while pole-vaulting, In the morning, and Hurt's fall at the finish of the bicycle r ice. The high jump did not reach the rec ord of last Field day hccause the jumps were made over a wooden bar Instead of a string. The thanks of the Athletic Associa tion are tendered to Messrs. Yancey. Morton and Charbwnnier, the judges, and to Mr. Vondcrlicth, the starter, also to the merchants of the city who gave prizes. Morris's extraordinary 5 ) yards dasji, the 3 legged race, Gammons twirling of the hammer, Trice’s shot putting, and Dougherty’s Jumping,—all these show that the first thing to he done hy the 1 new track officers is to get into the In tercollegiate Athletic Association. Rec ords like those made Tuesday will not be made every field day, and we must get into an association in which our rec- I ords will he recognized. The following are the records made on Tuesday. PUTTIXO TIIK SHOT. Trice winner, 30 ft. 4 inches; Gam- j mon second. TIIKoWIXU TIIK RASKnALL. Craig Harrow winner, 300 ft. 2 inches; 1 Fred Morris. 2nd. STANDING lllun JUMP. Fred Price winner, I ft 0 inches, K. K. Dougherty, second. FIFTY Y A It DA DASII. Fred Morris winner, 5 2-5 seconds; .). W. .Morton, second Tit Itow I NO 12 I.II II AM MRIt. Gammon winner, 105 ft. 2$ inches; Nail ley, second. HTAXDINO BKOAI) JUMP. Dougherty winner, 9 ft 11 j inches; Price, second. HUNDRED YARDS DASII. Morris winner, 10 2-5 seconds; Spain, second. STANDING IlltOAD JUMP WITH IIKI.I.S. Dougherty winner, 11 ft 9} Inches; Trice, second. l*OI.K VAULTING. .1. 1>. Boyd, Jr. winner, 7 ft 11 inches; Morris, second. IIAI.F MII.K Hi N. L. llaiscy winner, 2 min. JO 1-5 sec onds; R. Butler, second. sack hack. Archibald Smith winner, 10 1-5 sec onds; Harrow, second. IIUKDLK HACK. J. T. Dunlap winner. 10 3-5 seconds; F. Spain, second. TURKIC STANDING JUMPS. Dougherty winner. 30 ft 10} inches; Trice, second. TIVKF.F. LEGGED RACE. Craig Barrow and F. C. Ferrell win ners, 0 seconds; Yancey and Fender, second. MILE RUN. L. Halsey winner, 5 inin. 39 seconds; K. Butler, second. RUNNinu HIGH JUMP. Dunlap winner, 5 ft.; Boyd, second. TIIK ItlCYCI.K RACK. Boyd winner, 11 seconds; Hurt, sec ond. ’VARSITY BASE BALL TEAM. While the class games were going on, everybody said we bad good material : for a team, but what in the world were we to do fora pitcher? What have we j done? Used two Juniors, Pettis and j Morris one, last year’s 'Varsity t wirier, and the other, the pitcher of last year’s Emory team. Haven't they showed up well? The work of Pettis against the Atlanta professionals and against Madi son was excellent, while it can he sta ! ted without fear of contradiction that ! Moriis has more strike-outs to his cred it and fewer hits recorded against him than any other pitcher aimmg the Southern colleges. In Madison he struck out 20, in Columbus 13, and would have Increased the number bad lie not hurt bis wrist, and in Macon 12, in 0 innings. The strength of the team is in its pitchers and hatters. With scarcely an exception, every man handles the stick like a veteran, especially Hall, Spain and Davis. The pretty base running of the two latter deserves mention. Captain Kemp has played good ball, both at short ami in left. Nally’s catch ing and batting are praiseworthy, and improve with each game. His only fault is in throwing to bases. Hall on first is a great success. He is a splen did all-round player and knows the game like a book. Tho other infleldcrs, Halsey, Clarke and Stubbs are playing 1 first-elass ball. Kemp, Davis and Spain I in the outfield are all that could he de- | sired—sure and quick. The team lost one of its best players when Butler left. He played capital ball every game. Lovejoy ami Ezellc, we know, will sustain their reputation, as good planers whenever called upon. Up to the Seewanee game the record was. At Athens - Atlanta Professionals, 22; Georgia, 5. At Athens—Y. M. C. A., 2; Georgia, 13. At Athens—Madison, 6; Georgia, 12. At Madison —Madison, 8; Georgia, 9. At Co) umbas—Auburn, 8; Georgia, 15. At Macon—Mercer, (?)3; Georgia, 2. This is the first season we have played a full schedule of games, and the result up to date 4scertainly one of which we should feel proud. The best feature of it all is that our men have played honest ball. No one lias yet bad cause to charge Georgia with anything unfair'or ungcntlemanly. and we feel assured that no such cause will arise. Emory in Athens June 14, is the only game on the schedule so far as definite ly known. We may meet Wofford here may 25th, but it is doubtful. A WRAPS0DY My girl, she is a sweet one She does things in a speed, I She runs in ten or ’leven. And in wheeling takes the lead. She holds a rowing record, And in hurdling is hot stuff. Rat the one fault that I find in her, Is, she isu't fast enough. The Octopus. Making a Specialty of the Following Goods Enables Me to Offer them at Extremely Low Prices. HAMMOCKS Of All Makes. - - Kor All Ages. Tennis Goods.’ RACKETS, NETS, ETC., ETC. BASEBALL GOODS!. RATS, HALLS, GLOVES, ETC., ETC. Spalding's Spec- rial Agent under wri tten contract. 1 have supplied all the teams in this section, inclu din': the Universi ty of Georgia both Football and Ihtse- .Imll, with their Uniforms. Lowest Prices! Host Quality! D. W. McGregor, BOOK-STOHE, ATHENS, GA. «S**- Ice ; t Grea. na • rv?. parlor , V ar\d