THE CHANGING SCENE

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 21, 19 October 1907, Page 7

THE CHANGING SCENE

. — ; A BIRD'S EYE VIEW. [by a casual crradNicLEn.] ■ It is unfortunate, that this column could not appear in timo to supply "anticipations" of tho results of Thursday's races. There is yet timo for "tips" for to-day, and tho public will probably .profit by the following notes, which follow the best traditions'of the trade —cautious, suggestive, hintful, stimulating, delicato:— : Potono Hurdles.—r Pardon has a big reputation and may win a race one day. Le Beau however, is full of'condition and may effect a surpriso, unless Royal Bluo does not fail to keep his head in front, although Playniata should not bo forgotten.. I incline to ven><j turo to predict that, barring accidents, Com< pass may hot impossibly catch the judgo'S oyo. ..' " Tarama Hack Handicap.—l like Galahad,but it must not bo forgotten that mento may upset calculations. Erl King looks a likoly horse on paper, and with Culraina* tion, Gold Thread, Happy Maid; Marsellais% Sensim, Saga, and Dawn, ic worth keeping in mind. ' Juvonilo Handicap.—l fool less than my, usual confidence in making a selection hero., Paiono keeps troubling me, but Fleetfoot may put in an effectivo challenge. The honors will lie botweon these two sterling performers ■'• and the rest of the field, one of whom may land'the stake.. But on this point I am hot v over confident. ■ -', \ Pearco Handicap.—Should St. Joe keep in front ho may not impossibly plcaso bis backers. Downfall is likely to run a good and tho samo remark applies to him as to St. Joe. But Grand Slam will have to bo reckon- • od with, as will the- others. - - • It should bo'noted that soi'no of tho abpW may not start,' whilo not Lnprobably Boms have been scratched already, js tho selections' are based on the nomination list. •■;.; ■' '■ ~'. i ■■ The president of the Brrcish Passengers'Agents Association complaina that religious ' organisations are competing In the emigrating business, by sending away so-called "whitewashed characters," who will not con> pare with honest artisans and agriculiurists whom tho agents wish to ship.—Cable Item. ', Which I ups and takes a stand, an' I rises W domand, .....'... '.;;'. , "Wot principles is Providence connected with?"' ''' . .. ,' ! ! - Mc brain is on tho waver with this preference 1 and favour 1 .That criminals and crooks is now protected . with.' ' •' ■. ' "' .' , ':■. Strict-an' rog'lar church attendance it is 'opeless to rely on .'■'.'•' Won a Newgate imprimatur is the passport into.Zion.; :'. ■ ■ Shnnnin' .forgery an' arson, I. believed tho • bloomin'parson; i ■ : - >' Is Providence a spieler an'a partisan?, W'y do coats of nice w'ite limo on a bloke oo's swum in crime .■ ■ , Flaunt triumphant an' defeat the : honest hartizan? . ~ . I weep, 'ter think of all the thrums I dropped ~'■ in .the collection . '. . ■■•■'' Wen I might 'avo bin a workin' up a burglary, connection, , :..-. ', Wot's become of. Truth an' Justice? Virtue , •• ■•■• obviously bust is';".''. . Hortkordoxy is become a bloomin' foolish- ' ncss; It is Wico that pays yer, Wice, an' a bloko :g ' .. treated uico - In proportion ter tho record of his ghoulishhess. '■' ' ■ i , So-I've bought a little jemmy, (an 1 the rest I leave ter Rumour),; , For life consists in iallin' in with Providence's 'uraonr. ,) "Think iv that, now," said Mr. Dooloy. "Ho's a ' gr-reat little felly is Misthor Norrth." , / "What's ho been doin' now?" asked Mr. Hennessey. . ..... -,' "Ho's been spreadin' swatonoss an' light in Auskland. 'Wclliii'ton,' he says with a. shout, 'Wcllinton's a blot,' says he, 'chap?.' ter niho, verso eight,' ho says, an', he stud up in his pulpit and delivered a sermon on th' , linos iv th' noo thool'gy, which is th' sa-amo thing,. Jawn, as th' duld politics. I usedt* think that this ould methropolis was a fit pla-ace fr a man t' bring his wife an' childhor to, but Misther Norrth' has discovered' that it's dangerous t' say th' very name iv Wollin'ton. without bavin' a formalin' bath immediately afterwards, an a thorough rinsing av th' mouth. Ah' how that can bo whin Mr. Norrth has boon stirrin' th' town up.fr. years is beyond mo, Jawn. It shows th' hopelessness iv tin's onholy city whin, afthcr all ■ Misthor Norrth's onorgy, it still occypies th : ; last placo in.th': planetary contest fr th' gold medal. 'Afthor duo deliberation,' ho says, 'an profound researrch with th' tollyscopo an' th' micryscopo,' says ho, '1 pronounce Wei-' lm'ton t' ; ho in grado Z95,' hosays. He has th! courage iv. his opinions, an' bowldly stan's up beforo an Auckhin' audionco, oomposod :v devoted lovers iv Wollin'ton, an' cows thim into rayspict. Nawthin' can frighten him aythcr into silenco' or a cowardly rayspict f r fac's. 'Th' totulisator,' no says, 'is th' foul-' , est weapon iv destruction over invented be" man. Morro peoplo,' says ho,' 'die iv sthrong dhrink in ono day thin ivcr woro borril in th' '. univerrso. Tho pcrrcoutago iv deaths due t 1 th' Kolly gang,' says ho, 'is double that iy th' doaths due t' cuncor,' says ho, 'or in fig-' uros, 198 per cent,' he says.., He will not bo misled be. puthriotism—his blood is: boilin'." "Will it boil whin' he comes back?" asked ' Mr. Hennessey. ' j '"Twill stop boilin' thon, Jawn, fr whin it boils in Wojliu'ton, it doesn't boil ariny-' thin'." . .' A happy example of "second tlioughts" has been set by tlio Duke of Rutland to this ago of rash and reckless speech. Having urged unionists to fight Socialism, "that vilnst of political crcods, witli its loathsomo objects of undiluted 'nthoisin, theft, and immorality," his Grace, after somo days' consideration, revised his statements, and declared that Socialism "was "the most poisonous doctrine over put forward." It is now possiblo to announco soveral other revised judgments. Senator Dobson no longer holds that Mr. Keir Hardio "deserves hanging." On maturer consideration, ho is of opinion that Mr. Hardio should bo cut in thin slices and fried slowly. The Mayor of Parnoll recalls his statement .that Mr. Hardio should bo excluded from New-Zealand. On-second thoughts ho is convinced that he should bo excluded from the planet. Mr. Grayson, wiio declared that Lord'Cromer was "a cruel idle parasite, who was a curso to his race," amends his verdict to read, that Lord Curzon is "a bloated dragon, whose continued existence wilt provoke Divino. vengeance on the world."