SPORTING.

Otaki Mail, 29 March 1922, Page 3

SPORTING.

1 Although Eurythmic has won more I stakemoney than Carbine lie is never likely to be given such prominence in a Parliamentary debate as was accorded the idol of the nineties just after his departure from Melbourne for ilie Duke of Portland's stable (says an Australian writer). Jack Murray was the orator, the Victorian Assembly the scene, and May 30, 1895, the date. Speaking in solemn tones Jack took the Government (Turner’s) to task for not having included in the Governor’s Speech “some allusion to the. loss of one who, although not bom In Australia, has so emdeared himself during his six years’ residence, hers to the people of this country that he lias become their idol—almost their god.” The,House got the notion that Murray was referring to Governor Hopetoun, who had just gone away and although ii thought Jack’s language extravagant it was inclined to agree with him as the Earl was a favourite. "I don’t .wish to remind honourable members of the anguish we all felt when ne severed his connection with this land' continued Murray, “I can pay him an honest tribute—a tribute to the many splendid -qualities that distinguish him above all others of his race: characteristics that were worthy of his lineage. I, of course, allude to the illustrious, the incomparable, the unvanquished Carbine.” It was only when the last word was jerked out explosively that the House realised that it had been sold.