THE BRITISH LOVE OF SPORT.

Lyell Times and Central Buller Gazette, Volume V, Issue 230, 11 July 1885, Page 4

THE BRITISH LOVE OF SPORT.

Wherever lie goes, says the " Daily ews," the British warrior carries his )OVts with liim. A County mate]] was 511, am Kit the louiil not li them, was only natural. Now our soldiers I at Suakim have been holding a race , meeting of their own. There were horse, | mule, and camel races, and steeplechases. j | Probably the traditional donkey race was not omitted, biu the ki correct card " lias | not been published. That truly sporting I Colony, New South Wales, will be thrilled at hearing of the victory of one of their : men. Captain Airey won the steeple- ' chase. Unluckily the name of the] gallant captain's steed is not given. The : camel race, as might have been expected i was won by a sportsman accustomed to] the humors of his mount—a negro from \ the Soudan. Whoever has read Mr! Phil, llobinson's diverting description of the camel as a beast of burden will appreciate the difficulty of getting his nose j first past the post The celebrated Peter, j who could win when he liked, but never won except when he chose to exert himself, was an easy and. willing racer com- j pared to a camel. There is nothing really l trivial in these diversions of the desert.' Anything that keeps the men gay and in good spirits, among the fatigues of campaigning, is the greatest boon to an army. Jn Sir George Napier's delightful Memoirs the veteran insists on the excellence of gaiety and high spirits in a soldier.