218 PAST AND PRESENT OF to the grounds where the competition in field sports took place. On St. Andrew's day Mrs. Dundas , wife of the Lieutenant - Governor , presented the club with a Hag. At the annual gathering of the following year the prizes for hammer throwing were open to competitors from abroad. R. R. Mc- Clellan, from Alexandria, Ontario , since a prominent member of the House of Com¬ mons for the constituency of Glengarry , dis¬ tinguished himself by throwing the sixteen- pound hammer a distance of 180 feet. In 1866 also, the games took place on Government House grounds. The members of the club were assisted in guarding the field by a squad of men from a company of the Fourth Regiment , then stationed in Charlottetown . It was in the month of July, of this year, that occurred the disastrous fire that destroyed more than a hundred houses in Charlotte - town. The Caledonia Club was enabled, from the proceeds of several successful gath¬ erings, to contribute towards the relief of the sufferers from the fire. On account of the losses occasioned by this fire no competition in field sports took place under the auspices of the club until 1875, when a gathering was held on Govern¬ ment House grounds, the scene of several previous gatherings. In addition to this and the usual celebration of St. Andrew's day, a lecture on "The Early History of Scotland and Its Conversion to Christianity" was de¬ livered, under the auspices of the club, by the Rev. Dr. McDonald . In the field sports of 1876 Hugh McKinnon , of Hamilton, On¬ tario, won first prizes for hammer throwing and putting the stone. On the arrival at Halifax, in 1878, of the Marquis of Lome, with Her Royal Highness , the Princess Louise , to assume the duties of Governor General of Canada , a delegation was appointed to go to Halifax and join in the reception to be accorded the Governor General and Her Royal Highness . The dele¬ gation consisted of Colonel McGill , A. C. McDonald , M. P ., John A. McDonald , John Caven , A. J. McCormack , H. V. Knight , A. J. Ross , Finlay McNeill ; John A. Cameron and David McLennan . The delegation was associated with the Highland Society of An- tigonish, Nova Scotia , in an address of wel¬ come. Afterwards, in 1879, the Governor General and the Princess visited the Island. The Caledonian Club marched to the place where they were to land and formed in po¬ sition, with other societies, to take part in the reception accorded the vice-regal party. The field sports of that year took place during this visit. The Marquis, accompanied by the Princess, visited the grounds during the progress of the games. The following day the Govenor General, with several of his party, went by train to visit Rustico . The club marched to the railway station, and the following members mounted the arch erected by the Caledonian Club in front of the railway buildings: James McDonald , Joseph A. Mc ¬ Donald, James C. McEachern , Camp¬ bell, John M. Campbell , R. J. Campbell . James Harley , John McPhee , D. J. McGil- vray, Peter Ferguson , James McLeod , Neil McLeod , Michael Smith , P. P. Gillis , Au¬ gustine J. Mclnnis , and joined the rest of the club drawn up in two lines below in three ringing cheers for the Princess and the Mar¬ quis as the latter passed under the arch, en route for Rustico . On the 15th of September several of the athletes successful in the sports held in Au¬ gust went to Pictou to take part in the ath¬ letic tournament which took place there. They were successful in capturing eight prizes, four first and four second prizes. In