WEEKLY GOLD RETURNS.
Two horses, a white and a sorrel, were matched for a race in Yorkshire. The betting was high on the white, but the sorrel had its backers. The day before the race it wag discovered by the friends of- the .white that he was off bis teed, and would be in no condition to ran. So they made up a purse and bribed; the rider of the sorrel to lose the race, and let white take take the lead. To their amazement however the sorrel horse won the nee. " We are sold, as sure as a gun " said one of the bribers to the other, " Did you pay him the money P" asked the other. " Yes, I did; and he swore ire should win." " Bless my soul," said the other, " is there no such thing as an honest man left in the world P "—heaving a sigh of vast proportion. ' A new and interesting game haa been started for evening parties. The ladies write their names on a slip of paper, wrap it up in. a ball of yarn or rags, and when they get to the place where the party is to be held, each lady, jputt her ball in a basket. Before leaving, each gentleman draws a ball from the basket ' and takes the lady home whose name it found in the ball. It's mope fun than having the measles or falling off a log to see them pairing off.
os. dwt. %t. Alburnia (Mangan's tr.) ... 62 2 0 Do. (Garrey's tr.) ... 14 6 0 Do. (Picket'i tr.) * ... 15 5 0 Do. (Cameron's tr.) ... 14 6 0 Columbia ... 6 14 0 Hape Cr/sek ... 6 19 0 Kuranui Hi 11... .. ... 139 17 0 Do. (Trebilcock's tr.)... 615 0 Do. (Campbell's tr.) ... 12 6 0 Do. (Gordon's tr.) ... 37 0 Do. (Thomas'tr.) ... 24 0 Do. (Jenkins' tr.) ... 15 18 0 Moanatairi (Kneebone'i tr.) 15 7 0 Do. (Hayes* tr.) ... 2 10 Do. (Catran's tr.) ... 713 0 Do. (Boxall's tr.) ... 48 0 Prince Imperial (Hoskins* tr) 27 0^ • Do. (Thomas' tr.) ... 25 18 M Eobin Hood ... % I Total ... 352 14 0
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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3721, 27 November 1880, Page 2
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353WEEKLY GOLD RETURNS. Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3721, 27 November 1880, Page 2
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