BOWLING.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 29 March 1920, Page 4

BOWLING.

i i SYDNEY VETERANS' DAY. The following clever iti-lide. concerning Svduey veterans' day, r.ppcaicii in tht; "Daily Telegraph" some time ago. 1' is worthy of reproduction:— for the first fortnight Grandfather \ had been a bit of a trouble at. home. 1 He seemed preoccupied: the least noise disturbed him; hi- leg seemed to be giving him trouble: and he complained i "Can't srocp as .1. used to," he j growled. ' § "And you all seem to be getting, so much deafer than usual; and when you you. Dumio nlmr.s con ,r over you all." The adoring Ininily noli,-ed, ton. tha! Grandfather had given uji one of his aftoriioon pipes, and was getting perpie. even at his age. but twice running he refused a se.-c.nd helping. And then Grandmother remembered April Kith vva ■ tiie date nl' the Vet')ian.s' Howling Ri.nl: ' hnmpionship. Grandfather was getting into halting. that came second or third, and. despite some marvellous shot ; made by himself, which Grandfather had explained over and ovei again lo evejy member of the household, he had fade.) to win one of the gold medals presented by Air John Spouce, [.resident of the New South Wales Howling Association. "What could I do." lie complained ''. bitterly, "when 1 was given three (leaf $ men in my team ." ' !"« This year, however, he infant to capture one of those coveted medals. So he bad dieted himself, and his grand f ~ daughter had caught him one morning doing physical exercises in adagio tempo and s( .-whal syncopated time. But the result of his efforts was thai Grandfather left his homo yesterday in the pied: ol physical condition. trained to (be minutu. I ilis eldest sou, himself a veteran ;rt \ the game, delivered his parent intact :1 I the Giiy Howling Club's exeelleul • greon. And he was (-.'turned that evenI iii«, by motor car, stiirintnet. but withGrandfather explained that away. J Ilis team contained some .mere young- » s;ee- in the seventh-: men with bowl- | ing rej.utations. too—who had abjectly I failed to bach hi brilliant shots up. ••■ Morally, he had won all the four , medals himself. However, he didn't k seem to mind; he was only S.l, and !' there was plenty of lijne yet for him ? to achieve that cveted distinction. I recollections of the \ earlier stages o; .lie game were clear. I but as the afternoon wore on he had rather lost interest in the game. It ago, how the word "riuk" suggested the word ••drink." Especially on a had slipped away to the bar to exchange reminiscences with a man he hadn't met for ■ ">>■> years; and those reminiscences grew rosier and more blurred the longer the two men yarned in the excellent l-ar. True, there was afternoon tea; but i; is a long time between afternoon tea and dinner time. According to Grandfather, he had I played some mo-t remarkable shots Slater on in th • afternoon, though h* could inn remember exactly how he had played thr-m. or why. And this, mind you. even though the green than he remembered it. Grandfather was allowed to stay up j about it. J And. as Grandmother comfortably ! remarked: "He will have something to championship."