OUR TIPSTERS.

Evening Star, Issue 3770, 24 March 1875, Page 2

OUR TIPSTERS.

To the Editor. Slß>—With yovr invariable courtesy, will you, bir, grant me space to express my unadmiration, and, no doubt, that of the public, at the solid judgment and wonderful foresight shown by the prophets of the i P* d I. now so, the opportunity would be missed, and I would never forgive myself did I miss the chance of honoring the prophets in their own country. To rise with the 1 ooi and hie to the beach: to paddle through mud and mist; to lie hidden in the filthy slime of ditches, or blinded amongst the drifting sand hills ; unerringly to unravel the secrets of the stable, and sound the uttermost depths of the cunning of owners, trainers, and riders, unchecked by rebuffs, undaunted by difficulties, show a combination of qualities be the prying of the detective is as child s play, and the perseverance of the sleuth hound a trifle—and when added to their valuable characteristics the prophet adds a perfect knowledge of framing weights and distances, and surmounts the whole with a power to tell in graphic words the results of his observations and surmises, all form a group of attributes at which common mortals should bow. Idoso. When I think of the insight into Turf matters that so persistently followed Ngaro and marked her the winner, that so lovingly would leave Tern-" pleton out in the cold, that almost ignored Right Bower, and thought little of Elfin King. lam awed ! Such being the result of the first batches of prophecy, how carefully will I note in my metallics those of the future. Armed with such astounding foresight, before which the prophets of old pale, how daringly may I enter the lists and defiantly book my ventures. Setting nigbt is a joy in prospect. In fancy I hear the sounding sovereigns. In anticipation I stuff the flimsies into my Russian leather pouch ; I see it bagging out like the sides of a balloon ; I press, I force them in remorselessly; I m made for And who, reader, must I thank? Join me in singing a poem to our local Seers; and when all the sport is over I know you will not refuse, in this discriminating age of testimonials, to add your mite towards raising a statute to the genius and uninterested prophesies of the Tipsters. Bourn. Dunedin, March 24.