ACROSS THE 'MILL POND.'

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 3 April 1920, Page 2

ACROSS THE 'MILL POND.'

' OTAKI RESIDENTS IN SYDNEY. j Mr VV. H. IJowdcn, new on a hvlidny trip with Mr- B<iwii<:n to Australia, writes glowingly of the trip acre---, the ■ runny sights they have already wit. ne ■■■■'.. and of tli<- glorioui time tbev I are having. They look upon Sydney a, ■ a KondTful place, -peak enthunia-ftic- | ally of th- pafh-. and the beautifying arrangement, in general. Touching on ra'ing matter-. Mr Bowden attended -a, . ee; : ;.g : ,t if... .chill, aad although i' >va- r.'-f by ar#. taea::- a big meeting, i it -a, au eye-opener io watch the j "bookie-;." Their mather lunged, per-sua-j-.e power, enlivened ti,, ; gathering 1 corwderahj'y. Hor.-c.-, generally, did .' ot bear the healthy appedrauee of :-e.. Zealand hordes; the dryr-e.e- of "lij; ate aad the -hortage of suitable •>-'■■■ probably aeeoontinK '" a - -aaail measure for it. ii". had nut. Jack Whitworth, one of the leading tr>sise-r , an *x-Wellingtoj»ian, and a talk on sportijtg n.after-i prove-] interesting. Touch i.ug ■■■■: pugiliitie encounters, on which Mr 80-.-.-ien ~ a capable judge, ho t ays h- KHstethd the Uigger fA-an-Hid Godfrey fij.4jt. (/n stripping he *uma • . -Godfrey up a, the I otter man. and after the first round could >e< ; be would make no race of ajattftrs. Hi* surmiije proved correct, a- Evan? najt counted out -sirly in the contc-rt. There were several o:r.<- r bouU aad many -ide ''rcrap.-,'-' cany of which »:ati»«?d * deal ol attention, hut it was evident

thai i;gritir;g wax below the standard j of a ffriy yea.-- ba«k. He, howcv«rf, pre- | d-'c'.-'i a future for Godfrey. People, |at time of writing, «e f 'i flockiag into ! >yd-<ry for -.be Eastei earnivsO, and j ! BeTertiag to horse-rattng—one cr Mr Boeder;'.- favourite tcpi-jw, fee bei.-.g a great lover of good borseflet!: —he stat?i( that an i.aao-.ation that is xuily appreciated i» the fact that each stall whkh e/jsfainj) a racer at tie r-ea'iria- ;- fa/i:': .'. Ui*ethl-t with the ft&rwi uf the hyrre. Tfeis scahlfin ntv ;e-"-.,- : jo go to the .tali. R'bich m Opea. and inspect any wj.hout (rret ref.-re»"e to a r-Vvk,