OWING to the Christmas holidays there has not been very much play in the above competition during the past week, but next week play will be resumed in all the sections. Appended are brief results of the heats which were decided during Christmas week: -
"Elgin" Hotel, Ladbroke Grove, W. Hon. sec. and treasurer, Mr. P. Kreisman. - Results. - Second round (continued): R. Taylor (rec 75) beat A. Creasey (rec 150) by 41; H. C. Adams (rec 160) beat B. Colley (rec 150) by 13; H. Goldberg (rec 130) beat R. Price (rec 150) by 55; A. G. "Lupton" (rec 145) beat L. Evelyn (rec 70) by 85; R. Danby (rec 80) beat E. Sanderson (rec 160) by 61; A. Balian (rec 90) beat J. "Brown" (rec 155) by 17; H. Julian (rec 60) w.o., H. D. Linscott (rec 175) absent; C.'Stanley (rec 75) beat G. Portwine (rec 160) by 21.
The "Shaftesbury," 93, Shaftesbury Avenue, W. Hon. sec. and treasurer, Mr. G. H. Campbell. - Results. - Second round (concluded): T. Durban (rec 165) w.o., S. Isaacs (rec 45) absent; Lockyer (rec 160) beat A. Wolf (rec 145) by 35. Third round: Portwine (rec 155) beat Lockyer (rec 160) by 70; Pearse (rec 175) beat Dobson (rec 200) by 23"; W. Hill (rec 125) beat Eilley (rec 85) by 26; A.Chandler"(rec 145) beat Graham (rec 110) by 79; C. Fox (rec 85) beat Lazarus (owes 50) by 46; Fitzgerald (rec 100) beat T. Durban (rec 165) by 9; Gooding (rec 165) beat Denver (rec 90) by 79.
"Warrington" Hotel, Sutherland Avenue, Maida Vale, W. Hon. sec. and treasurer, Mr. Cubitt Cooke. - Results. - Second round (concluded): A. H. Pocock (rec 190) beat A. Warschauer (rec 140) by 2; G. P. Knowles (rec 170) w.o., E. Knowles (rec 200) absent; J. Samson (rec 140) w.o., Louis Levy (rec 140) absent; A. A. Carter (rec 130) w.o., A. Spalding (rec 75) absent; E. A. Barkby (rec 120) beat L. Buckland (rec 35) by 19; D. A. Quy (rec 140) beat A. Cooke (rec 140) by 19; H. J. Cave (rec 130) beat J. M. Williams (rec 155) by 27; J. Renolds (rec 75) w.o., W. Pennock (rec 140) absent; C. H. Watson (rec 140) beat J. Cooke (rec 140) by 38; A. Darkey (rec 115) w.o., T. Scott (rec 90) absent; F. Ward (rec 90) w.'o., W. Sampson (rec 170) absent; H. Miles (rec 30) w.o., A. W. T. Good (owes 250) absent; F. H. Phelps (rec 120) beat F. Wittock (rec 150) by 29; H. Milton (rec "170) w.o., Jacob Stores (rec 140) absent; C. E. Jenkins (owes 25) beat W. Fraser (rec 40) by 144; W. Edwards (rec 190) beat C. Kemp (rec 150) by 19.
"Six Bells"Hotel, King's Road, - Chelsea, S.W. Hon. sec. and treasurer, Mr. H. W. Douglas. - Results. - Third round (continued): A. H. Smith (rec 90) beat Bond (rec 110) by 28, the winner making a break of 22, to the loser's best of 20; Byrnes (rec 130) beat Cantonie (rec 155) by 27, the winner making a 22 break, to the loser's best of 20.
The remaining heat of the third round was played on Monday evening last, between A. C. Cross (rec 80) and Judkins (rec 195).
"Half Moon" Hotel, Herne Hill, S.E. Hon. sec. and treasurer, Mr. T.- G. Cason. - Results. - First round: M. Mitchener (rec 200) beat A. Harris (rec 200) by 6; W. S. Lane (rec 120) beat H. Barr (rec 100) by 76; F. Freeman (rec 115) beat Nixon (rec 120) by 2; A. Read"(owes 20) beat Pearson (rec 170) by 60; Otway (rec 135) beat H. Pounds (rec 125) by 87; F. Barlow (rec 115) beat "Bunker" (rec 100) by 9; F. Cutbush (rec 115) beat Weiss (rec 190) by 59; M. Tilley (rec 190) beat Stapledon (rec 200) by 1; C. Standing (rec 130) beat M. Norman (rec 175) by 11; Dunk (rec 170) beat P. Ward (rec 170) by 58; T. Guntrip (rec 145) beat R. Ostermayer (rec 200) by 38; Tinsley (rec 95) w.o., H. Slatter (rec 125) absent; H. Carse (rec 120) beat R. Tilley (rec 200) by 26; C. McCarthy (rec 115) w.o., Feigan (rec 80) absent; Frazer (rec 115) w.o., L. Sharland (rec 135) absent; S. Dickason (owes 20) w.o., J. A. Ballard (rec 120) absent. Second round: C. McCarthy (rec 115) beat H. Carse (rec 20) by 14; H. Otway (rec 135) beat F. Barlow (rec 115) by.19; A. Read (owes 20) beat M. Mitchener (rec 200) by 13; M. Guntrip (rec 145) beat Tinsley (rec 95) by 48; F. Spencer (rec 70) beat T. Dickason (rec 20) by 109; P. W. Calder (scratch) beat E. Roger (rec 195) by 52; Salkeld (rec 40) beat E. Crofts (rec 195) by 34; C. Watson (rec 125) w.o., F. Powell (rec 130) absent; F. Seeming (rec 190) beat A. W. Sellars (owes 100) by 55; H. Davis (owes 100) w.o., W. Emerson (rec 170) absent; Wilkie (rec 180) beat A. L. G. (rec 120) by - ; Lawrance ( - ) beat P. Shynn (rec 135) by 28; E. Collison (rec 70) beat Tinkler (rec 80) by 44; R. Double (rec 150) w.o., Dennis (rec 170) absent; C. Mansfield (rec 170) beat Farine (rec 190) by 35; A. Robini (rec 145) beat H. Merry (rec 155) by 50: E. Cason (rec 150) beat C. Otway (rec 135) by 19; Trent (rec 180) w.o., B. Blackburn (rec 170) absent; H. Double (rec 115) w.o., A. Stanwix (rec 40) absent; W. Drewery (rec 190) beat Hyde (rec 115) by 16; H. Miles (rec 100) w.o., W. Harrison (rec 110) absent; Andrews (rec 100) beat Broom (rec 120) by 27; V. Grose (rec 110) w.o., Berry (rec 175) absent; T. Meadley (rec 115) beat Hopper (rec 135) by 3; Cook (rec 135) beat Newson (rec 195) by 23; Dunk (rec 200) beat Tyler (rec 140) by 27; W. Hutchinson (rec 120) beat Sandbrook (rec 105) by 4; H. Hunt (rec 160) w.o., E. Measures (rec 175) absent; S. Dickason (owes 20) beat Dunk (rec 170) by 61; F. Freeman (rec 115) beat C. Standing (rec 130) by 16; F. Cutbush (rec 115) beat W. S. Lane (rec 120) by 47; M. Tilley (rec 190) beat Frazer (rec 315) by 42.