ART GALLERIES AND INSTITUTES. Day, for the same hours as the Victoria and Albert Museum. Admission free every day. National Gallery. (For earlier history see ed. '88 and later editions.) The Gallery is open to the public on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays, and on payment of a fee of 6d. on the students' days, Thursdays and Fridays. The Gallery is also open free on Sunday afternoons throughout the year. The daily attendance in 1908 averaged on free week-days 3049, and on Sundays 1491. Much information, compiled independently of the National Gallery authorities, may be found in Mr. E. T. Cook's "Guide to the National Gallery," while official details appear in an Annual Report issued by the Director. Director, Sir Charles Holroyd; Keeper and Secretary, Hawes Turner; Chief Clerk and Assist. Sec, George E. Ambrose. National Gallery of British Art, Grosvenor Road, S. W was presented to the nation by Sir Henry Tate, Bart., and opened July 21st, 1897. To this a Turner Wing has been added by the gift of the late Sir Joseph Duveen and his son, Mr. J. Duveen. The wing was opened in 1910. The Government has undertaken the maintenance through the Trustees of the National Gallery. It is closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and Good Friday. The Keeper is Mr. D. S. MacColl. National Portrait Gallery, St. Martin's Place. Founded in 1856, "for the exhibition of portraits of eminent British historical cha racters." The collection now comprises over 1500 portraits. The gallery is open to the public free, from 10 a.m. to 4, 5, or 6 p.m., on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday; on Thursday and Friday (students' days), when an entrance fee of 6d. is charged, from 10 a.m. to 4 or 5 p.m.; and on Sundays free, from 2.30 to 5.30 p.m., light permitting. Director, Keeper, and Secretary, C. J. Holmes. Wallace Collection, Hertford House, Manchester Square, W. This collection of pictures, sculpture, arms and armour, furniture, and objects of art, was originally formed by the third and fourth Marquises of Hertford. By the fourth Marquis it was bequeathed to Sir Richard Wallace, Bart., by whom it was largely increased. Sir Richard left it to his wife, Lady Wallace, who died in 1897, and bequeathed it to the nation. Hertford House (the original of Gaunt House in Thackeray's "Vanity Fair ") was purchased by the Treasury for £80,000, extensively altered, and opened to the public in June 1900. The Wallace Collection is open free on Mondays from 12 noon (from 10 a.m. on Bank Holidays), and on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from 10 a.m., to 4, 5, or 6 p.m., according to the season; also on Tuesdays and Fridays, on payment of 6d., from to a.m. to 4, 5, or 6 p.m. The Museum is also open on Sundays from 2 to 5 or 6. On Good Friday, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day the Museum is closed. The Keeper of the Wallace Collection is Mr. Claude Phillips. INSTITUTES OF ART AND MUSIC. Art Union of London, 112, Strand. President, The Earl of Plymouth, C.B.; Hon. Sec., William Edwards; Sec., F. L. Marriott. Associated Board of the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music, for Local Examinations in Music, 15, Bedford Square, W.C. Patron, H.M. the King; Chairman, Sir W. E. Bigge: Sec., James Muir. Chantrey Fund. This fund was established by the bequest of Sir Francis Chantrey, R.A., under which £105,000 was invested in Consols, the available income being about £2,100. The first purchases out of the fund were made in 1877, and the collection, which now numbers over 132 works, has since '97 been permanently housed in the Tate Gallery. Eisteddfod. The name of an annual bardic congress in Wales, having for its objects the preservation of the poetry, music and the general literature of the Principality, the maintenance of the Welsh language and ancient national customs, and the cultivation of a spirit of patriotism among the people. Its origin is lost in antiquity, but it is certain that three such congresses were held in the reign of Edward III., one of them being under the patronage of Earl Mortimer. For history see ed. '88. A Gorsedd (this word means throne, but in an Eisteddfodic sense it signifies the four-and-twenty stones of the Druidic circle, whence a year and a day beforehand the Eisteddfod is proclaimed "in the face of the sun, the eye of light," and where bardic and musical degrees are conferred), is held at the opening of each Eisteddfod, and the place of the next festival is announced. The 1910 festival was held at Colwyn Bay in a pavilion designed to accommodate 10,000 people. An Guildhall School of Music, Victoria Embankment, E.C. Established by the Corporation of London in '80, to provide high-class instruction in music and the drama at moderate cost. There are 110 scholarships, and 130 professors. Principal, Landon Ronald; Sec., H. Saxe Wyndham. Miniature Painters. The years 1896 and '97. witnessed an important revival of the art of miniature painting, and the foundation of two societies devoted to the Art. The Royal Society of Miniature Painters is composed wholly of artists, Sir James D. Linton, P.R.I., being its Hon. President, Mr. Alyn Williams, R.B.A., A.R.C.A., its Acting President, Mr. Quinnell, R.B.A., its Hon. Secretary, and Mr. S. Lassam Lovell its Secretary. An exhibition is held annually at the Gallery, 5a, Pall Mall East, S. W. The Society of Miniaturists has its offices at the Galleries of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, Piccadilly, and holds its exhibitions concurrently with that body throughout the spring and summer. Its President is Mr. Alfred Praga, and its Secretary Mr. Edgar Blackmore. "It differs from its sister society in possessing on its council certain experts, collectors, and art critics who have given special attention to miniatures. It also occasionally unites with Royal Drawing Society (Incorporated 1902). its exhibitions a show of old miniatures, and Hon. Sec., T. R. Ablett., F.R.G.Š., 50, Queen aims at training the modern worker by a study | Anne's Gate, S.W. of the work of the old masters. Musicians, Incorporated Society of, 19, Berners Street, W. General Secretary, Arthur T. Cummings. Pastel Society, The. This Society was founded in 1898 to revive public interest in the art of pastel painting, and includes among its members most of the well-known English and foreign pastellists. The annual exhibition, which is limited to the works of members, is held at the Royal Institute Galleries, Piccadilly. Secretary, Edgar Blackmore. Philharmonic Society. Patrons, their Majesties the King and Queen. Founded 1813. Queen's Hall, Langham Place, W. Hon. Sec., Francesco Berger, 20, Muswell Hill, N. Royal Academy of Music. Established in 1822, and incorporated by charter in 1830. Students of all branches of music are received, and find ample stimulus to exertion in the large number of scholarships and prizes which are offered for competition. Associates are entitled to the use of the initials A.R.A.M. Fellows (the number is limited to 100) are elected by the Directors after leaving the Academy. They are solely entitled to use the initials F.R.A.M. Honorary members are entitled to the initials R.A.M. with the prefix Hon. Musical composers, performers, and teachers, who have not studied at the Academy, can become Licentiates of the Institution by passing a qualifying examination held twice a year-viz., in September and in the Christmas vacation-successful candidates at which are entitled to the use of the initials L.R.A.M. Principal, Sir A. C. Mackenzie, Mus.D., LL.D.; Secretary, F. W. Renaut. The Academy is situated in Tenterden Street, Hanover Square. Royal Cambrian Academy of Art, Plas Mawr, Conway. An exhibition is held annually, and there is an art reference library. The twenty-ninth Exhibition will open on Whit Monday and close on the last Saturday in September. Hon. Sec., W. J. Slater. Royal College of Music. Founded 1883. The pupils are of both sexes, and consist of scholars, exhibitioners and students. The Open Free Scholarships are 57 in number; are gained by competition, and entitle the holder to a thorough and systematic free education at the College in theoretical and practical music. There are also eleven Close Free Scholarships, for the benefit of persons residing in certain specified localities, as well as various Exhibitions and Prizes. Students (or paying pupils) are admitted on payment of an entrance fee of £2 2s. and a tuition fee of £12 125. per term, and must remain for three terms. A Junior Department has been opened for students under 16 years of age whose time is also occupied by the necessities of their general education. Fee, £6 6s. per term, with an entrance fee of £1 18. Associates need not necessarily be pupils or ex-pupils of the College; they have to pass a qualifying examination, which entitles them to use the initials A.R.C.M. (fee £558.). Patron, H.M. the King; President, H.R.H. the Prince Christian; Director, Sir C. H. H. Parry, Bart., C.V.O.; Hon. Secretary, Charles Morley; Registrar, Frank Pownall, Prince Consort Road, South Kensington. Royal Institute of Oil Painters, The, has its headquarters at 195, Piccadilly, W. The Exhibitions, which are held annually, commencing in October, are open to all artists, and the principle of selection is the same as at the Royal Academy (q.v.). President, Frank Walton, R.I.; Vice-President, T. B. Kennington; Secretary, W. T. Blackmore. Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. This Society was founded in 1831, and formerly held its exhibitions in Pall Mall, but in the spring of '83 moved to more commodious galleries at 195, Piccadilly. There is an annual mencing the second week in March. The walls exhibition of water-colour paintings, comare open to artists whose works are approved, and members are elected according to the merit which their productions display. President, Sir Jas. D. Linton; Vice-President, Yeend King; Secretary, W. T. Blackmore. Office, 195, Piccadilly, W. Royal Scottish Academy, instituted in 1826, incorporated in '38, consists of Academicians, Associates, honorary members and honorary retired members. A supplementary charter was granted in '91, by which the Academicians were empowered to add to the number of the latter class. Each member is entitled to Associates, certain privileges being also granted exhibit in the annual exhibition three works. D. McKay; Treasurer, Hippolyte J. Blanc; President, Sir James Guthrie; Secretary, W. Assist. Sec., James Hastings, The Mound, Edinburgh. Secretary, Sir Henry Trueman Wood, M.A. Royal Society of Arts, John St., Adelphi. Royal Society of British Artists, Suffolk Street, S. W. President, Sir Alfred East, A.R.A.; Hon. Sec., W. M. Palin; Acting Sec., Percy Edsall. Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, The, was founded in 1881 by Sir Francis Seymour Haden. Annual Exhibitions of the work of members only are held by the Society at the Gallery, 5A, Pall Mall East, in the early spring of each year. All forms of engraving on metal, whether by the burin, the etching needle, by mezzotint or aquatint, or by whatever other process, are eligible for exhibition. Secretary, W. P. D. Stebbing, 5A, Pall Mall East, S. W. Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours. Founded in 1804. The Summer Exhibition is opened to the public in April, and the Winter Exhibition in November. The number of members is forty, while the number President, Sir of associates is not limited. Ernest Waterlow, R.A.; Secretary and Curator. F. W. Hayward Butt. Attached to the Society is an "R.W.S. Art Club," established '84, for the purpose of holding a series of Conversazioni to which members are invited to send works of art for exhibition. President, H. M. Mar shall, R.W.S. Gallery, 5A, Pall Mall East, S.W. Society of British Composers, founded June 1905, to promote the publication and performance of high-class works by British composers, and to protect their interests. Subscription for members and associates, 1 18. per annum. Hon. Secs., the Rev. H. C. de Lafontaines, and William Wallace, 19. Berners Street, W. SPORT IN 1910. Below we give a summary of the chief events and results in the various departments of athletics and sport, arranged alphabetically. Athletics. The Amateur Athletic Association Championships resulted as follows: 100 Yards: F. L. Ramsdell, Pennsylvania University, 10 sec. 220 Yards: F. L. Ramsdell, Pennsylvania University, 22g sec. Quarter-mile: L. J. de B. Reed, South London Harriers, 51 sec. Half-mile: J. M. Hill, Queen's Park Harriers, 2 min, 1 sec. One Mile: E. R. Voigt, Manchester A.C., 4 min. 26 sec. Four Miles: A. G. Hill, Gainsford A.C., 20 min. of sec. Two Miles Walk: E. J. Webb, Herne Hill Harriers, 13 min. 543 sec. 120 Yards Hurdles: G. R. L. Anderson, Oxford University, 16 sec. Two Miles Steeplechase: J. C. English, Manchester A.C., 11 min. 11 sec. High Jump: B. H. Baker, Liverpool A.C., 5 ft. 8 in. Long Jump: P. Kirwan, Irish A.C., 22 ft. of in. Pole Jump: K. de Szathmary, Hungary, 11 ft. 7 in. Weight: D. Horgan, Irish A.C., 42 ft. 9 in. Hammer A. E. Flaxman, London A.C., 117 ft. 54 in. Ten Miles Running Championship: Sergt. F. O'Neill, 2nd Connaught Rangers, 52 min. 41g sec. Seven Miles Walking Championship: E. J. Webb, Herne Hill Harriers, 51 min. 37 sec. In a Twelve-hours' Walking Race at Stamford Bridge, T. Payne, North Shields, won with 72 miles 33 yards; followed by F. E. Roberts, 70 miles 1716 yards; T. P. Fox, 70 miles 1138 yards. The Oxford and Cambridge University Sports ended in a victory for Cambridge by 7 events to 3. The results were as follows: 100 Yards: H. R. Ragg, Cambridge, 103 sec. Quarter-mile: W. T. Wetenhall, Cambridge, 51 sec. Half-mile P. J. Baker, Cambridge, 1 min. 57 sec. One Mile: W. Gavin, Cambridge, 4 min. 26 sec. The Cross-country Championships resulted as follows: Northern.-Won by the Hallamshire Harriers Hallamshire Harriers, finishing first in 66 min. for the fourth time in succession, J. Murphy, Hallamshire men filled the first four places. 3 sec. A. E. Wood, Essex Beagles, finishing first in Southern.-Won by the Highgate Harriers, 58 min. 17 sec. Midland.-Won by the Derby and County A.C., F. N. Hibbins, Thrapston Harriers, finishing first in 64 min. 27 sec. National.-Won by the Hallamshire Harriers Welsh.-Won by the Newport Harriers, J. Harriers and the West of Scotland Harriers, Irish.-Won by the Clonliffe Harriers, C. Harris, City and Suburban Harriers, finishing first in 46 min. 51 sec. International.-England won with 35 points, Ireland being second with 56, Scotland third with 102, and Wales fourth with 139. France also competed, but did not have six men finish. England, 54 min. 2 sec.; Sergt. F. O'Neill, The first six men home were: A. E. Wood, Ireland; A. Aldous, England; W. Scott, Ireland; H. D. Baldwin, England; C. Harris, England. Billiards. The Amateur Championships resulted as follows: J. Lee, Edinburgh A.G.S., beat H. Matthias, Bantam-weight (8 st. 4 lb. and under): Final Battersea B.C. In consequence of Lee being afterwards declared a professional, he was asked to return the cup. Feather-weight (9 st. and under): FinalG. Houghton, Northampton Institute, beat R. J. Bamberger, Belsize B.C. Light-weight (to st. and under): FinalT. Tees, Lynn B.C., beat F. Grace, Eton Mission B.C. Middle-weight (11 st. and under): Final-R. C. Warnes, Surrey Commercial Docks B.C., beat W. Fountain, Eton Mission B.C. Heavy-weight (any weight): Final-F. Storbeck, Transvaal A.C., beat Bruce Logan, Belsize B.C. The following were the results of the Oxford and Cambridge contests: : Bantam-weight E. G. S. Gordon, Exeter College, Oxford, beat M. C. Skon, Magdalene College, Cambridge. Feather-weight: G. A. Taylor, Corpus College. Cambridge, beat J. W. Rutherford, Merton College, Oxford. Light-weight: W. G. Gabain, Pembroke College, Cambridge, beat F. R. Ould, Oriel College, Oxford. Middle-weight: D. Portway, Downing College, Cambridge, beat C. Adamson, Merton College, Oxford. Heavy-weight: Hon. G. W. Grenfell, Balliol College, Oxford, beat E. L. Frost, Trinity College, Cambridge. The contests for the Public Schools' Championships resulted as follows:Bantam-weight: Final-R. V. Routledge, Felsted, beat C. N. Lowe, Dulwich College. Feather-weight: Final-G. F. Reid, Bedford Grammar School, beat L. A. de Jongh, Harrow. Light-weight: Final-V. C. Farrel, Cranbrook School, beat A. G. Hazell, Denstone College. Middle-weight: Final-F. H. Broad, Dulwich College, beat G. C. Southern, Clifton College. Heavy-weight: Final-F. C. Bourne, Rugby, beat A. B. Read, Sherborne School. The Heavy-weight Championship of the World was decided at Reno, Nevada, U.S.A., and Jack Johnson, the American negro, knocked out James J. Jeffries in the fifteenth round. Championships of England. Lord Lonsdale gave belts for the championships of England, the contests to be decided at the National Sporting Club. The belts become the property of the boxer who wins three championship fights at his weight. Five of them have been won as follows: Bantam weight: Digger Stanley, Fulham, beat Joe Bowker, Bermondsey. Feather-weight: Jim Driscoll, Cardiff, beat Seaman Hayes, Hoxton; Jim Driscoll, Cardiff, heat Spike Robson, Newcastle-on-Tyne, his first challenger. Light-weight: Fred Welsh, Pontypridd, beat Johnny Summers, Canning Town. Welter-weight: Young Josephs, Aldgate, beat Jack Goldswain, Bermondsey. Middle weight: Tom Thomas, Penygraig, South Wales, beat Charley Wilson, Notting Hill. Cricket. As no Australian or South African team visited England in 1910, interest in the season's ericket centred in the County Championship. The competition was carried through under a new method of scoring-proposed by Lancashire -the result being determined by the percent age of wins to matches played. Kent, as in 1909, finished at the top of the list, winning nineteen games out of twenty-five. Their first match with Lancashire was curtailed owing to the funeral of King Edward, and was not counted as a Championship fixture. Under the old method of scoring Kent would still have been easily first. Strangely enough, Lancashire suffered most from their own proposal, ten drawn games telling against them. Tyldesley, who came back to his finest form, headed the batting, his average of 46, with an aggregate of 2265 runs, being remarkable in such a wet summer. K. L. Hutchings was more brilliant than in any year since 1906, and P. F. Warner, though off his game for two months or more, did great things at the end of the season. Two public school batsmen, F. H. Knott, of Tonbridge, and I. P. F. Campbell, of Repton, came to the front in August for Kent and Surrey respectively. The chief batting averages for 1910 were : 36 992 104 3 30 06 Smith, S. G. Gunn (J.) McGahey, Ducat Payton. Langdon 35 1021 156 I 30 02 Signifies not out. With regard to bowling, W.C. Smith, of Surrey, was the bowler of the year, taking in first-class matches 247 wickets for just over 13 runs each. However, he was beaten on the average by the veteran J. T. Hearne, who recovered his skill in an astonishing way. Blythe and George Hirst had fine records, and D. W. Carr bowled quite as well as in 1909. A new slow bowler, P. R. Le Couteur, of Oxford University (an Australian by birth), made a decided mark. Hirst and Tarrant were the best all-round cricketers of the year. CRICKET-CROQUET-CYCLING FOOTBALL. In the Final round of the Minor Counties Championship, Norfolk beat Berkshire by an innings and 150 runs (G. A. Stevens, 201). Oxford beat Cambridge by an innings and 126 runs, Le Couteur scoring 160 and taking 11 wickets. Eton won an extraordinary match against Harrow by 9 runs, after being apparently in quite a hopeless position. They set Harrrow only 55 to win, and got them out for 45, R. St. L. Fowler, the Eton captain, taking 8 wickets. The Eton and Winchester match was drawn-very much in Eton's favour. The Players beat the Gentlemen at Lord's by 10 wickets (Hirst 8 wickets in all and W. C. Smith in the first innings 5 wickets for 18 runs), and at the Oval by 79 runs (Hobbs 56 and 55, Tyldesley 12 and 65, W. C. Smith nine wickets; R. H. Spooner 93 and 7). An England team, got up by the M.C.C. and captained by H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, toured in South Africa in the winter of 1909-10. The Englishmen lost the rubber in the Test Matches, winning 2 matches and losing 3. From the English point of view the feature of the tour was the brilliant batting of Hobbs, who had an average of 67 in the Test games and 61 for the whole trip. In all the team played 18 matches, of which they won 10, lost 4, and drew 4. They lost the first Test Match by 19 runs, lost the second by 95 runs, won the third by 3 wickets, lost the fourth by 4 wickets, and won the fifth by 9 wickets. Croquet. The principal events in 1910 resulted as follows: The Championships.-Gentlemen: C. L. O'Callaghan. Ladies: Miss B. Willis. Mixed Doubles: C. L. O'Callaghan and Miss H. Johnson Houghton. Champion Cup.-C. L. O'Callaghan. Inter-County Championship. -Kent. Peel Memorial Handicaps.-Gentlemen: C. E. Pepper, 6. Ladies: Mrs. W. A. Brigg, 44... Roehampton Challenge Cups. Upper Division): W. H. Fordham. Middle Division: "R. Hampton." Lower Division: Mrs. A. R. Murphy. In winning the Championship, the Champion Cup, and the Gold Medal in the same year, C. L. O'Callaghan established a record. Cycling. The British Empire Championships resulted as follows: Quarter-mile: W. J. Bailey, England, 1; E. Payne, England, 2; V. L. Johnson, England, 3. One Mile: W. McNeely, Ireland, 1; E. Payne, England, 2; D. Flynn, Scotland, 3. Ten Miles: D. Flynn, Scotland, 1; V. L. Johnson, England, 2; A. Lindsay, Scotland, 3. In a Twenty-four Hour Cycle Race at the Stadium, J. H. Bishop won with 50 miles 860 yards, C. A. Denny being second with 484 miles 910 yards, and A. G. Keen third with 458 miles 180 yards. Football. ASSOCIATION. The leading International matches resulted as follows: Scotland beat England 2 goals to o. Scotland has now won 17, England 12, drawn 19. |