SPORTING NEWS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 542, 6 September 1872, Page 2

SPORTING NEWS.

(Fuo.m an old Bird.) [ They say the early b r I catches the early wot in, but the worms in this distiict are getting too rty in these dull times to U caught very curly in the itiorninand then thoh are tot readily brought out unless they consider themselves pr tty safe from the hawk-eyes of the Old Bird On Saturday last the Belfast mare indulged in a slow canter, after which I satr I mug's dark, horse go, but he is too much of a star gazer for my money, and 1 do not think he will make a fortune lor his owner. Waiting some little I was about leaving my perch, when, looming in the dist nee 1 observed two horses coming in my direction, «ne being the gallant little grey, with tbs Sydney cut tail, accompanied by the old general, on a goo l-looki ig trotter The colt went three miles at a very strong pace, and is wonderfully improved since 1 saw him last; but 1 think there will be some hot work for the Mai leu, so that he will not have to make any mistake to be iu the front. L’ho general routine has been gone through by most of the district. 1 saw the dark iiorse and the chestnut colt go for a mils and a halt on Monday, and it seemed as if the colt had the best of it, and no doubt gave the dark ’uu an over dose of it, as I have not seen him put in an appearance on the course since. A horse, recently imported from Liverpool, is, 1 hear, attracting a great deal of attention at Alexandra. lie is by that celebrated horse Beef cater, out of an imported England Still mare- the property! of J. Gambrill, Esq., Victoria Park, Clydesdale, and will be a great acquisition to out sports at the Spring meeting. Good night I’m off to roust.

The Fiji Legislative Assembly is only yet in a state of semi-civilization. A correspondent of the Southern Cross, writes *• One member commonly appears in the House in a state of helpless intoxication, aud os Friday, June 14, he acted in such an outrageous manner that the proceedings of . Parliament had to be suddenly suspended, and since thenhe more than ever astonished his brother legislators, and shocked the strangers in the House (some of whom weie la .ies), Imm the tact that while endeavors# to siaturner oat same incoherent sentence?, hisnother habiliments fell to his feet. Tide denouement of a member of Parliament, n puris iiaturalibus, whilst, assistin' to msts laws, war not regarded with sa:--s Ration."