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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 291, 2 November 1875, Page 4

The similarity of weights in the (wo handicaps shews clearly that one fyas been copied from the other, the slight difference between the two being only a make-believe of independent judgment. All the races at the Wellington maetiogs. are haodicaps except the Derby, and a race for local horses. The acceptances for the Canterbury Handicap, Derby, and Cup, and the entrances for the weight for age race, published by us yesterday, promise a highly successful meeting. The Waimea colt, Kauri, lately sold by Mr Bedwopd, is lame, and h&s been scratched for his engagements at Riccarton. The entrances for the Dunedin Cup, to be ran for on the 23rd of March, number forty two, which we believe to be the greatest number erer entered for a race in New Zealand. A great many of these horses have evidently only been entered to swell the list, and will never go into training. For the last Cup thirty-one horses entered, but only eight started. Thirteen of the present lot are unknown to us by name, and most of these and some of the others would stand* no chance in the race if turned loose. There nomination fees of 2 soys each, help, however, to swell the amount of the sweepstake. The entrances for the Auckland Cup and Grand Stand Handicap closed on Friday last, but the entries have not been telegraphed. The Patea Races take place on tbe 9th and lOlh inst. There are four races in each day, bat they will probably be confined to local horses. Late English papers famish particalars of soma great swimming .feata. A few months ago, Captain Boy n too, an American, won great celebrity by crossing the English Channel in hia indiarubber dress, aided by paddles aod a sail. On the 24th of August, Captain Webb B warn across the English Channel without touching a boat or having any artificial support, in something less thso 22 boars. la an international swimming-match ia America, an Englishman, named Johnson, swam against an. American named Coyle. The distance was ten miles Coyle was taken from the ■ watefl after swimming six miles; he was chilled and was unable to proceed further. JoWod, who took the lead from the start, reached the end of tbe course, looking well. A young lady, Miss Beck with, fourteen years of age, who bad b ci taught to swim bjf "her father when only three, years, old, swam on the 6rs.t of September, from London Bridge, to Greenwich, a distance of four miles, in a little over an bout;. . The young lady accomplished her' task wfthoat fatigae, taking no refreshment while io the wafer;' " •:-■-•• -„■•■•••

llollowatfa PWi and Ointment.— -The moat effectaal cure for Kheuma iam — A frequent cauie of these coi« plaints is the inflammatory ftate of the blood, which uaually attends !b*d digestion, producing lassitude ani great debility, thereby ibdicating . the want of a proper circatation ofthtt fluid, and the impurity of the blood thn.9 inducsd Rrtatlv aggravates thesediaordera. Bolloway's I'iils areof so purifying a nature, that a iew dosea taken in . time are an effectual preventive against gout and rheumatism ; but whoever may have an attack of cither of tLeae,' thotitd use Holloway's Ointment al«o, the searchiag properties of wh : ch,' combined with the efforts of the Pill 8 ensure a certain cure. The Ointment should, at !e»Bt twice a dajr, be thmbuKlily rubbed in to the pans affected after they have b en efficiently fomented witH warm water to open th« s res . thereby facilitating the introductions of tbe oaiment to the glanda. 5055 PHILADELPHIA EXHIBITION. THB COMMITTEE for the Province of Kelson in connection with the above Exhibition, invite Persons desirous of SENDING SPECIMENS, to intimate, their inten- ■ tiort to the Coromiitee without delay, describ- ' ing the nature and extent of their proposed Contributions, and objerving the Regulations. Attention is drawn to tha Class of Exhibits ; which ihe Government specially invl c, and ; of which the fdllowibg are the chief; — Minerals aod their Products, especially Coals, and Ores of useful Metals Flax, and Manufactures from it Leather, Hops, Dyes Paints, Wines Beer Works of Art, i)l» slrative of New Zealand Scenery NO EXHIBtTS e«a be received after NOVEMBER lat. F. W. IKVINB, ; „. Chairman. ' Nelson, August 26,1875. 263S BI R D CAGES. /CANARY and PARROT CAGES, InKJ eluding the New Revolving Cage, j NOW ON SALE, i At H, HOUNS ELL'S, So, 1, Bridge-stew, a&