Echoes of Pre-Tournament Week.

Committee-workers preparing for Tournament rather lost count of days when working nightly into the wee 'sma' hours. For instance:

Hugh Williams: "To-morrow's Wednesday, isn't it?"

Doug. Burns: "You mean to-day?"

Hugh (baffled): "Well, what clay are we at, anyway."

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Another example:—

Hugh: "Shoot for the Haslam Shield to-morrow, don't they?"

Doug, (always precise): "You mean to-day!"

Ray Reardon (with a grim smile, in his seat at the desk): "The blighters'll be out cleaning their guns in 10 minutes!"