THE HANDICAP GAMES.

The handicap games today furnish the first real opportunity to see how the track team is developing under the direction of Coaches Donovan and Quinn. All winter we have been hearing most discouraging reports about the quantity and quality of the available material and about the ineligibility of various prominent members of the squad on account of probation. Now that the April hour examinations have settled the question of eligibility for the rest of the year, and settled it favorably for many of the doubtful men, the members of the University will be able to see what their team is going to amount to. The interest in track work has been increasing in the last few years to a great extent, and although there has undoubtedly been a distinct falling-off this season, it still remains one of the most popular sports. At present, the prospects for a victorious team are not particularly bright, but the unexpected often happens in this branch of athletics, and with the beginning of the series of competitive outdoor meets, much may still be accomplished.

The indifference toward the weight events, which was noted in the earlier part of the season, still prevails. Only about ten men who are eligible for the University team are entered for the shot-put and hammer-throw together, although there are a great number of heavy men in College who could be developed for these events. It is not yet too late for them to come out, and do their share in winning again for Harvard the majority of points in the field events in the dual meet with Yale.