THE CALEDONIAN SPORTS.
To the Editor. Sir,— The holidays are once more over, and, sated with pleasure, we gladly seek relief again in active life. But there’s something that is not over, and that is an impression made upon the public mind of partiality in the arrangements of the handicaps, and the award of prizes at the Caledonian games. Che unfairness shown to the Maori wrestlers, the award of first and second prize for the Irish jig, to the exclusion of a popular amateur step dancer, whose services are ever ready for charitable benefits, aud the] astonishing advantages given in the Consolation Handicap, are evidences of partiality or bad judgment on the part of the officials of these games. Aud, in conclusion, sir, can you inform me by what right the Caledonian Society locked the side gates and compelled the public to pay admission to their own grounds after the precedent established in the case of Harris and Hewitt ? By giving space to the above you will oblige yours, &c., A Melbourne Man.
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Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2770, 3 January 1872, Page 2
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173THE CALEDONIAN SPORTS. Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2770, 3 January 1872, Page 2
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