Nothing could well have been more delightful in its way than the three or four hours' high-class billiard entertainment given at Messrs. Burroughes & Watts's Soho Square Salon on Friday last, when ten leading players, mostly of first rank, and all cleverly handicapped and "timed" by Mr. J. W. Mannock, met in short games scarcely one of which furnished a dull moment. Harverson, grace largely to a faultless 182 break, beat Elphick (rec. 40) in 250 up by 169; Cook, in another 250, made a 104, but beat Mack by only 21; Stevenson and Aiken (rec. 50) ran neck and neck in a brilliant 350, which would have given Aiken the victory without the start of one only; Sparrow gave Mr. L. Stroud (who kindly filled up a game) little to do in a 100 up in which he made 75 and 24; and Diggle, in beating Inman by 300 to 87, delighted the spectators by a long spell of chess-like top-end play in a break of 113. Midway in the programme George Gray performed a series of amazing fancy strokes and trick shots which aroused continuous interest and a hearty cheer at the end.
As the result of this entertainment the sum of about £70 will, we understand, be handed over to the Lord Mayor's Fund.