After the cover portion of the present issue of The Billiard Player had gone to press Stevenson retired from the heat with Smith in the Burroughes and Watts Professional Tournament with the scores standing:— Smith 8,000, Stevenson (rec. 500) 3,713. The results to date are consequently as follow:—W. Smith: won 4, lost 0; T. Newman: won 3, lost 0; T. Reece: won 2, lost 2; H. W. Stevenson: won 1, lost 2; C. Falkiner: won 1, lost 3; T. Aiken: won 0, lost 4.