The Wanganui Racing Club and the "Splelers."
.. The . turn up ..between, the club's" men and tlie" spielers" the first dayofth« Wanganui meeting was a hot' thing while' it lasted; and the Way the visitbn* handed round the ptpper was a caution. They fight on a—regular plan ; that is, the. nian m. front of you ißnqc; the party you,have.to J fear.; it : is the joker atyoiir side., or. behind you ' Who slogs ydu, ap9. the result "w, the' unwary" bneg'getß.^an awful sniashins- before they can turn round. '-The club's 'men 'were bat' to pieces"' with: the- rings:. wora by the " spfelefs," ~ who are . evidently . a rough lot to- .tackle. ; At Turakin?i they heard one of the stewards arranging to kick their tables over, and to ere?-th«to 5 w»ll thrashed into the bargain, and they were as meek'as mice, and paid the fee like lambs. "I wish clubs would refuse to allow such characters to play any gauie.on the ground, for : we know; they , won't play fail 1 , and that' they will rob. thi yokels m the most barefaced fashion^ and ill-use them if "they complain.— Herald. ~~' y : : • • -
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1657, 13 March 1886, Page 2
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186The Wanganui Racing Club and the "Splelers." Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1657, 13 March 1886, Page 2
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