The Story of the "Britannia" The training ship for naval cadets. With some account of previous methods of naval education, and of the new scheme of 1903.

CHAPTER VIII.

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"BRITANNIA" GAMES.

Scanty Early Records--Practice _v._ Precept--Officers _v._ Cadets--Presumptuous Juniors--A Close Match--Football-- Penalty of Punning--A Decisive Victory--A Demon Bowler--Two Curious Innings--Sports and Regatta--The Rushworth Seal--The Editor is Sarcastic--His Feelings are Soured--An Excited Timekeeper--Why Williams Didn't Win--The Pro's Average-- Teignbridge Victorious and Vanquished--W. G.'s Eleven--Some Fatherly Advice--The Editor is Appeased--A Close Sculling Match--Foreign Football Matches--A Dry Cricket Season--The Editor and the Beagles--Lord Harris's Maxims--The Bold Sir Bedivel--Big Third Eleven Scores--Seventeen Years' Athletics-- Huddart Shows the Way--The Editor on "Stodge"--A Hot Run for the "Footmen"--Youthful Boxers--Glasgow to the Rescue--An Afternoon's Cricket--Splendid Playing Fields--And Plenty of Cricket--Teignbridge's Small Score--_Britannia_ Wins All Round--Third Eleven Makes a Record--A Question of Time--Keep Your Ground Clock Right--Remarkable Results of the Season--Money Well Spent 190