International Congress of Amateurs.

In June, 1894, an International Congress of Amateurs will be held in Paris under the direction of the Union des societes francaises de sports athletiques. The object of the congress will be, "The consideration and extension of the principles which underlie the idea of amateur sports." The committee in charge of the arrangements consists of three members covering France and Continental Europe, England and the English Colonies, and America. The member of the committee in charge of the interests of the Congress in America is Professor William M. Sloane of Princeton.

It is the intention of the congress to have delegates present from various countries, each one to be prepared on the amateur sports of all countries, and especially of his own. The delegates will be chosen from the prominent amateur athletes, and doubtless in America from her different University representatives.

Associations which participate in the congress do not thereby pledge themselves to observe the resolutions adopted. Its object is to express opinions on the different questions submitted to it, to consider measures for an international legislation, but not to inaugurate it. The order of sessions and the program of the festivities to accompany the occasion will be fixed at a later date.

The preliminary program is as follows:

1. Definition of an amateur: reasons for the definition. Possibilty and untility of an international definition.

2. Suspension, disqualification and rehabilitation. Facts which respectively sustain them and the means of proof.

3. Can we justly maintain a distinction between different sports, in regard to what constitutes an amateur, especially in racing (gentlemen riders), and pigeon shooting? Can a profes-

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