SPORTING.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2287, 1 December 1891, Page 4

SPORTING.

THE DUNEDIN DACES. Dunedin, Nov. 2G. Thy Dit'.olin Jockoy Club’s opmiug day of the spring meeting was favoured with hue weather., and the attendance was fair considering that the day was not a holiday. The Earl and Countess of Onslow were among the visitors. The amount put through the machines was £6597, which is £957 less than last year, and litle more than half the exhibition year. The results of the racing were as follows Huedle Dace, of 100 sovs; 2 miles and a distance. Messrs Hobbs’ Captain Abram, lOst 101 b 1; Mr J. Meikle’a Christmas, lOst 101 b2; Mr Poole’s Waitangi,9st 121 b, 3. Time—4min 2osec. Dividend —£2 17 s. Maiden Plate, of 80 sovs;, 1J mile. Hon. G. McLean’s Dilemma, 1; Mr Alexander’s Beau Nash, 2 ; Mr O’Brien’s r Yattaghan, 3. Time—2min. 18sec. Dividend —£1 12s 6d. Selling Dace, of 70 sovs; 1 mile — Mr Nicholson’s Leinster, 1; Mr Kelley’s Glen cairn; Mr Poole’s Milford, 3. Time 1 min 48£sec. Dividend — 0s Gd. The winner was bought back for £SO. Selling 2 Yeae Old Dace, of 100 sovs—Mr Matthews’s Deflection, 1; Mr Goodman’s Wolaeley, 2; Mr Lambert’s Fiuetta. Time —sl secs. Dividend—£l 10s. St Kilda Weltee, of 120 sovs; 1 mile—Mr Stephenson’s Tempest, 1; Mr Bussell’s Bay King, 2; Mr Nicholson’s Leinster, 3. Time, Imin 47fsecs. Dividend £7 18s 6d. Otago Cup, of 500sovs ; 1J mile —Mr D. O’Brien’s Florrie, 7st 121 b 1; Mr Paul’s Boulanger, 7st 121 b,. 2; Mr Stephenson’s Occident, 7st 12ib 3; Dividend—£2 18s 6d. Time2min 39isec. Dunedin Stakes, of 150 sovs; 5 furlongs—Mr McMaster’s Day Dream, 1; Mr Allen’s Saracen, 2 ; Mr Hungerford’s Wakawatea, 3. Dividend £1 10s. Time Imin 47 i sec. Fbdbeal Handcap, of 200 sovs ; 6 furlongs—Mr Hunter’s Whisper, 9st 2fc 1; Mr Lunn’s Clanranald, Bst 121 b, 2 ; Mr Stephenson’s Huguenot, 7at, 3. Dividend —£5 Bs. Time—lmin 17jsec. Nov. 28. The weather was dull and cloudy for the second day of the Dunedin Jockey Club’s meeting. The racing was ex‘cellent, but the attendance was only fair. The Governor and party attended. The total put through the machines was £6226. Desults : , Tally-Ho Handicap, of 100 sovs; 11 miles. Mr Poole’s Waitangi, 9st 91b ... 1 Messrs Hobbs’ Captain Abram,list 21b 2 Mr Dutherford’s Norton, 12st 51b ... 3 Time, 3min l£seo. Dividends, £3lls 2d and £4 16s 6d. President's Handicap, of 300 sovs; 1J miles. Mr Paul’s Boulanger, Bst 81b ... 1 Mr Hunter’s Cynisca, Bst 101 b ... 2 Mr Stephenson’s Occident, Bst ... 3 Time, 2min 12sec. Dividends, £3 Is 6d and £2 16s. Ceiteeion Stakes, of 120 sovs; 5 furlongs. Mr McMaster’s Day Dream, Bst 121 b 1 Mr Hungerford’s Wakawatea, 7st 121 b 2 Deflection, 7st ... ••• ••• 3 Time, Imin 3aec. Dividends, £ll2s 6d and £1 13s 6d. Onslow Plate, of 150 sovs; w.f.a.; 1£ miles.

Mr O’Brien’s Florrie, Bst ... ... 1 Mr Paul’s Boulanger 2 Mr Lunn’s Merrie England ... ... 3 Time, 2min 12Jsec.” Dividend, £1 7s 6d. Spring Handicap, of 120 sovs; 1 mile. Mr Rhodes’s Morpheus, 8s 71b ... 1 Mr Cotton’s Johnny Faa, 7st 41b ... 2 Mr Hunter’s Whisper, 9st 61b ... 3 Time, Imin 441 sec. Dividend, £3 19s. Musselburgh Plate, of 100 sovs, w.f.a ; 4 furlongs. Mr McMaster’s Day Dream 1 Mr McLean’s Pique 2 Dividend, £1 2s. Tahuna Park|High- Weight Handicap, of 120 sovs; 7 furlongs. Mr McMaster’s Galtee, Bst Gib ... 1 Mr Webb’s May, 7st 101 b ... > ... 2 Time, Imin 31sec. Dividend, £6 2s 6d. Post Stakes, of 20 sovs; 6 furlongs. Mr Kelly’s Colling wood 1 Cactus ... ... ... ••• 2 Emperor ... ... ... ... 3 Time, Imin 19sec. Dividend, £2 14s, WOMAN. Eight hours work, eight hours sleep, eight hours play, that is the cry of the mechanic of to-day. We however, have no such sympathy with such cries ; we do not believe in men who want to work but eight hours and keep their butchers, bakers, grocers, chemists, and even wives at work from twelve to sixteen hours daily. Wives’ lives now-a-days are too frequently lives of drudgery, up at 5 a.m. to get her husband’s breakfast, then children to wash and despatch to school, then dinner to prepare, and so on to ten at night, one continual round of work, wash, and worry. Is it any wonder that they are prone to early decay and premature physical decline ? It i- r-i be expected that they would be f liy susceptible to anaemia, indigestio. ...or complaint and headaches. Their .node of life and long hours indoors is . boost sure to induce such diseases. On account of the duties nature has imposed upon the fair sex, great care should be taken of their physical health ; on the first approach of weakness or debility of any kind, a course of Clements Tonic should be taken. For female complaints Clements Tonic is a specific, it regulates the several functions of the organs of importance, it strengthens the. blood, nerves, heart and brain. It fortifies the system against disease by enriching the blood with it’s natural constituents to repair the waste and loss sustained through the various changes, of condition the female life experiences. Clements Tonic should be taken at all critical times; as It contains the material essential to the female physical organism, it must be effective. Of this there is no doubt. Mrs E. C. McCarthy, West Maitland, N.S.W., writes August 19th, 1889; Dear Mr. Clements, —I address you thus familiarly because I consider you a brother and a friend, although I never mot you. I have suffered excruciating agony from nervous toothache '■ for years, on and off, and could get no relief. I hud seven teeth extracted (what'

a wrench those dentists give us), one after the other, but as soon as ono was out the pain passed to another. I was given one of your Medical Guides, and there read your theory that toothache is a f-ymptum of Anmmia, and I had other signs which I found you mentioned as being the effects of anaemic conditions. I also read your boast of the wonderful effects of Clements Tonic ; I was sceptical, smiled, and disbelieved, but thought a trial would do no harm, so sent for some, and in two days—Oh ! joy, the pain was gone. I continued the Tonic, ' and am cured at last; I never expected to be, but am grateful enough to you, and you may use this if worth while. And Mrs Whalley describes her case in these words ;—Wagga Wagga, N.S.W. Jan. 12, 1889. Your wonderful Tonic has done me more good than years of doctor’s treatment and has restored me to perfect health. For years I suffered _ from nervous debility and its usual string of accompanying ailments; sometimes I would be despondent and melancholy, at; others would have torturing neuralgia, or' nervous headaches ; sometimes I would be quite worn out, tired and weak, and unable to work. I awoke in the morning with tired, aching limbs, swollen in the feeling in the eyes, as if they would burst, sometimes headache and frequent nausea, and vomiting of mucous-like green matter, and various unpleasant symptoms. Although prejudiced against proprietary medicines, I determined to try Clements Tonic and Dr Fetcher’s Pills; I took two pills every alternative night, and a 1 tablespoonful of Clements Tonic an j hour before each mealtime and in three days I began to improve, and am now quite well. I took seven large bottles of' Tonic and two boxes of pills ; my constipation is quite cured, and I feel stronger and healthier than ever before. Further evidence can be adduced to the above, which we think is conclusive.

| OTAGO FARMERS’ UNION. 1 The annual meeting of the Farmers’ Union was opened by a written address by Mr G. M. Bell, the president, who was unable to be present owing to illness. He said that it appeared hopeless to expect any assistance from the present Government in the matter of railway reform. They would, however' continue i agitating, as they were satisfied that the settlement and advancement of the colony would be best promoted by a more liberal railway management. Dealing with the political outlook, he said that politicians were prepared to go to greater lengths than their calm judgment would approve in later years. In beginning this year, the country districts were in a far better position than for many years past but the towns were worse than before. Parliament had decided on heroic measures in the shape of a bursting-up policy, and a “town versus country ” feeling had arisen. This country presented the anomaly of increasing exports and increasing deposits, wffiich the banks could not profitably employ, and a steadily increasing exodus of the people, with no demand for country land. He denied that people were leaving the colony because they could not get land. Though not a protectionist, he urged that all locomotives should be built in the colony. He insisted that progressive taxation had frightened capital away from the colony. He referred to the burstingup policy in Victoria. Large estates were not an unmixed evil, because they owed to their managers the development of the frozen meat industry.—At the Farmers’ Union on Friday night resolutions were carried:—(l) Affirming the desirability of reestablishing distilleries. (2) In favour of intercolonial freetrade and the federation of the Australasian colonies, provided complete control of internal affairs is secured, (3) That large areas of land should be opened in Central Otago until the demand for closer settlement is satisfied. (4) Declaring against Government borrowing. (5) That each ratepayer who pays 20s and upward of assessed rates should in addition to his manhood vote have a second vote as a ratepayer in the same district. (6) That town and country electorates should be placed on the same basis and owners of property permitted to register in any district they choose, provided their interests entitle them. (7) That the electoral franchise be extended to women holding property. (8) That Government should reserve land where lime exists or is supposed to exist. Mr G. M. Bell was re-elected president. At 11 o’clock the delegates adjourned. The union carried resolutions affirming that the present system adopted by the Government re the unemployed unwarrantably interferes with the labor market, and that legislative enactment should be obtained to compel agents to pay all funds into trust accounts, as auctioneers do.

I ENGLISH MARKETS.

London, Nov. 26. The Bank of England invite holders of New Zealand debentures bearing a high rate of interest to convert them into 3i per cent inscribed stock. New Zealand 4 per cent inscribed stock, 1015 ; 3J per cent ditto, 92J. New Zealand long-berried wheat is firm at 465. Canterbury frozen mutton, 4d per lb ; beef, forequarters, 2fd per lb; hindquarters, 3Jd. New Zealand hemp is in poor demand. Fair quality brought from £ll to £l9 10s per ton. The wool sales were spirited and foreign buyers sre purchasing freely at opening rates. Greasy is in best demand.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have received the following cable advice from their London office : Wool—The sales opened on the 25th iust., at an average decline of about 5 per cent on last sales closing rates; except good greasy, good scoured and crossbred, the market is unchanged. Competition by both home and foreign buyers is fairly active. The total quantity available, including wool held over from last sales, is 210,000 bales, 18,000 bales of which have been forwarded to the manufacturing districts direct. Wheat—The market is slightly steadier. The Russian ukase does not affect prices. C.I.F. quotations have advanced 3d per 4601bs since last report. New Zealand longberry is worth 47s per 4961 bs, New Zealand average is worth 44s 3d per 49Glb.