Page 4 Advertisements Column 5

Taihape Daily Times, 8 March 1919, Page 4

BACKING A WINNER New Zealanders arc great sports. They will travel hundreds of miles to see a contest of speed and endurance. When Desert Gold is going to nee* Gloaming in a test of speed and endurance there is a flutter of excitement jn 'Ao-te-a-roa and Wai-pouna mu and from the North Capo to the Bluff. How much more cxcitement would there he if it was definitely known that one of ’em nad been doped? They wouldn’t go a yard to see the finest racehorse that ever looked through a bridle if the man with a needle ‘had been there first. In all tests and contests —in racing, in run’s ning, in boxing, in rowing, in riding I —directly tore is a suspicion of dope, the knowing ones get from under. Alcohol is dope. The alcoholist is'beaten before he steps into the arena against an opponent who has been trained clean. When Shackelton heads for the poll he takes not one ounce of alcohol in the cargo—not one ounce. He knows better. And yet there are people who can’t walk two blocks on a cold day without wanting a stimu* lant —a dope! "What funny little people some of us are!—Advt.

Muslin Embroidery, IS' inch and 36 inch wide. Beautiful patterns; 4/S> and 5/6 per yard—Collinson and Gifford, Ltd.