With such fine sprinters as H. W. Pow nail, A. Good, and the Holder Bros.— not to mention the others — engaged in the short; distance events, it is apparent that lome most exciting races and really exoellent running will be witnessed by those who attend the amateur carnival on Thursday. But it is really a pleasure to bo able to predict with confidence that not only the sprints, but nearly every item on the'pro gramme will bs provocative of the keenest competition and genuine excitement — in fact, tho running, cyoling, jumping, and' hurdling taken altogether will be f qusl, if not superior, to anythiog proviously seen here. Then, again, the officials of th 601 ub conduct their sports so perfectly that their gathering is by far the most enjoyable of tbe kind held on the coast. The hon. secretary (Mr Basil' Ferguson) is striving hard to mako Thursday's meeting a tre mendous success, and assuredly only fine weather is wanted to ensure tbe aohiev«« ment of the desirod end- Tho Takapsu Caledonian Sports wore held lost Wednesday, and are said to have been a great success. The big event of the meeting, tbe Handicap, was landed by J. Brandon, who scored 8 pointi, S Ohadwiok, A. Francis, and L. MoLachlan tied for second place with 5 points each and agreed to divide. Ohadwiok, Syds, won the 100 yds in 10 l-sth gco, Brandon, 9yds, being ■ocond, and O'Brien, 7yd>, 3. The 220ydi fell to Brandon, 20yds, .Ellis, Brds, being second, and Francis, sob, 3. Time 22seo. In tbe Quarter Franois, sch, got all the worst of tbe start, but after a game effort managed to run into second place, h'ing beaten by a few inches by If. At°l<aqnl».n, 11yds, in 52sec. The latter ran second %o Pilcher, 40yds, in the Half-mile covered in 2aiin 2 2 sth sec ; Franois also started. Tho Milo wsj won by Dette, 35yds, in 4min 40iec. Henderson. 40yds, wae second, aid Hainoi, 10b, 3 S. Minninix won both the High Jump and Hop, Step, and Jump, covering 6ft Bin in the former and 42ft sin in the latter. 8. Thornley proved too good for his opponents in the Cumberland wrestling. The handicaps for tbe Wanganoi A. A. and 0.0. sport 3 framed by Mr T. M. 