SPORTING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3375, 2 December 1889, Page 2

SPORTING.

■ Dunedin, Monday. Hurdles, . e - Aliua ... • .... ■: 1, • • Garabaldi 2 s Wardrobe 8 Mime <tinin Gsec. Dinidenes £. 15s (id, and £l6s. 0 School Examinations. Reports of English school boan examinations will form quito a comii libarary. "What would have hap pcned if Henry IV of France liadno been murdered ?" The reply was d He would probably have died 0 natural ( death," " Whoro wa " Bishop Latimer burned, to death ? "In tlio fire," replied a little fellow : i looking very gravo and wise. A: ir equally unexpected reply .was elicitei 't from a pupil,when asked "What di Israelites'do when tlioy came out' c J -the.Bed Sea ?" "They dried then i( l selves," "What is the fominino c 'd friar?" Thirst bright boy: "Hasn any,""Next" "Nun." "That'siight. '0 First boy (indignantly): "That' 'P just what I said!" The followin, 2. is still more ludicrous. A teache 1 ! asked a juvenile class some question regarding their knowledge ( 1 ! electricity, and enquired which t them'had seen a magnet. Oneshar _boy immediatcjisaid lie had see T soine of them. "Wtec ?"-Kiquirsd !>i ~ instructor,astonishcdatliisprofioienc "In cheese," was tlio roady replj But the good things are not a y monopolised by the boys. Som d little girls wore studying the liistor 1' of David, the passage for the da being that which describes tli . shepherd boy's victory over Goliatl 'i Tlio teacher asked the question ! "Now, can any of you little girls tei t. mo who killed tlio giant ?" Quicks 't thought, ono of tlio smallostrosponilo "Jack." 3, _ Trottmg Meetings. The following is tlio text of tl: letter handed by tho'Uolonial Sccrctar to tlio delegates ot tlio Oanterbur Metropolitan Trotting Associatio after the interview they had with liii in tho early part of the presoc 1(1 week:— y " The new regulations for tho issn lr of totalisator licenses camo into fore 6 on November 4, and trotting clubs e prior to that date, had some reaso; | r . for supposing that they were no B likely to be considered as on tlioanmi 0 ground as jockey clubs holding meet • ingg under what are known as th e Eules of Racing. It is probable 11 therefore, that engagements ma< ® hayc been entered into prior to th j promulgation of their regulations, am ' that hardship may be felt at : 11 departuro which possibly had not beoi 1 anticipated. Under tlicso ciicum e stances, I will consider that al trotting meetings held prior to tin issue of the regulations of N'ovembe (tth'shall be deemed to have been hcli . during the previous year, and I wil sanction tho use of totalisator licenses unless good reason is shown why sncl licenses should not issuo on an] particular occasions, for all meeting ' held botween the date of thesi ■ regulations and August Ist next, oi tlio scale laid down in tho instruction " forwarded to Resident Magistrates. ] will consider the quostion of instruct ing Resident Magistrates to recognisi " the Metropolitan Trotting Assoeiatioi before forwarding programmes foi trotting meetings, In tho presenl I case the Canterbury Trotting Olul „ will be granted a license for theii meeting on the 23rd inst, but will nol , get a license for another tneetinj unless tho added money amounts tc , £250. The foregoing concessions arc j 1 not to bo considered as in any degree £ , departure from the principle that at al j race meetings of whatever description at which the totalisator is used, aucl: an amount of added money must b( given as is mentioned in the circnlai ' lo the Resident Magistrates dated -itli Noveiiber, 1389.-W. R. Russeil," Raid on a London Club. • About a quarter to eight on Satur- ) day ovoning, September 7th, In. i spector Isaacs, at tho instanco oi i a warrant issued at Bow Street Police Court, made a raid on the ; Newmarket Club, situated at 219 ) Strand, the basement of' 'which is occupied by Messrs Eendell, cigar : merchants. Inspector Isaacs had , charge of the warrant, and was accompanied by 03 plain clothed and uniformed constables. Nearly 70 members found on the premises were ; arrested, The club premises wero ! situated on the first floor, ono room i being in the frout, facing the Strand, . and other at the rear opposite

Newcastle street, Inspector Isaacs ' t ascended the stairs and knocked at the wicket gate, and was at onco refused admissien; but as a result of repeated applications for admission the door was openen, and the inspector and about a dozen men at once gained entrance. Great confusion ensued, men trying to make their escape by every possible Tho police declare that numerous gambling games, including baccarat, \ver(j£ being played, and the money foufw on'tho table^was' Sufficient -to-show ■ that the play had been for high sums. The front room had : evidently been used for social business only; but the back premises were fitted up as a saloon purely and solely,' and tables fitted.tip for baccarat and ecarti wore found. 1 The; members, being taken by surprise, jumped up in the midst of the game, and, on learning the nature of their aggressors, drew. and-sticks, but, soon found that resistance was useless, and eventually Submitted to their captors. Tho prisoners were conveyed to Bow Street Police Station in batches of ono and two, each* delinquent being ' by 1 a constable.. A. considerable crowd-had gathered outside tlie premises, tfhd either chcoreu or hooted (as the • may be) tho men who were "V ; conveyed to durance vile.-In tjjP' v ; Strand the excitement was intensd|b _ . and thousands of people Several of /the: defendants, we#-': , iV .. . marched toI', 1 ', the Bow Skeci Station in smgle'file, eacKuardeaTiSWHH constables ; while BomeHfliers were *VHB conveyed" to/tho station piabs, The JHh raidfraUpQiiiplele/ and/ .the pre- flffi limiiiary arrangements we're carried TOMB out with the greatest secrecy. .The' lg| uniformed constables were secreted ™ in the neighbourhood at 'an; earlier hour thau the time appointed for ■ Inspector Isaacs' visit, and it was ' not until he had given a pre-arranged , signal for the rush of tho uniformed men that tho general public realised , what had taken place. The whole _ . i of tho defendants were placed in the ! large room on the first floor of the. • s station, where the formal charge of [ keeping a gaming house was jre- > ferrod against Mr Johnson, ,1 . 3 against the other defendants^ ) using the premises fcr the purposes of betting. An Extraordinary Shooting Ca3e. A sensational shooting affray has occurred at North Adelaide. ' Edward Dewar, who seven years ago deserted his wife, p.ut.in au appearance at the house in which she was , living, she, haying married again, ' believing him to'be dead. Captain Price, to whom she was married, was absent ai Broken Hill in charge of a mine, but his son, aged thirty, was staying ai, tho house, Dewar had a purchased a revolver oil Saturday morning. Young Price, hearing him | coming,' locked tho woman in the ' room and stepping into the passage a facing Dowar, who presented the f, loaded revolver, lie jumped at the weapon, which went off, and the '' bullet entered liia ankle. A struggle J ensued between the two, and Price, who was getting the worse of it, und locked the door, letting Mrs Dowar - s )f out. She also had a loaded revolver, which, during the continuation of the struggle, wont off, and the bullet ,5 entered Dewar's groin. Mr 'and Mrl^ ; ■ , Dewar are both in the'custody of. tho* 3 polico. g Bathing in Diamonds?* At long Branch, Now York, they ' bathe in Diamonds. Pray hold your P breathe yet a moment. The votaries "of folly have notas yetfollowed their . %ptiaiTprbtotypo to theTengTh of ?' ' melting down their gems. On the contrary, they cling to them so tenaciously that they have adopted ' tho fad of wearing them, evon when * they lie down by the surf ahd tako it I sun batfi on the beach. They get the credit of prudence, too. In former i ' soasons robberies of bath-houses have jj been numerous. This year a sagacious belle, with a pint of jewels, evolved tho idea that her goms would bo safer on her person than if left in tho bath room, or even given into the custody of the bath-house keeper. She might have left them in the safe in the hotel office, to bo sure, but in charity 10 it may bo assumed that f this simple ? idea never entered her head. In any ? event thespectacleslie presented on tho II sands, with tho limitations of hergjMd--1 barred dre3S eked out in splcndourat I least with diao'onds and sapphir struck the rest of femininity as H " attractive that in just about tm 0 days alio had scores of companions. !| Any of these heavy breakers that ™ plunge upon the teach would mnko short work of a diamond necklace, or a sapphire earrings, or a turquoise bracelet if it were given half a ° chance, but it isn't. Tho lovoly '' creatures aro wise in their day, and [ tho tiirthest that any of thorn will l : dare to go in her coquetry with ' Neptune is to permit tho playful foam 11 to run up over her dainty bathing II slipperssud "fizz" round her ankles. ' But they make , a picturesque exhibition posing on tho sands, with ® genis sparkling in their ears and J round their throats and on thoir 1 lingers, They know tho value of thoir stage, too, aud aro making the '■ most ol it. i I MISCELLANEOUS. ° A raw egg, if swallowed in fme, 6 will effectually detach a fish bone j fastened in tho throat. •An English lady'has kft £IO,OOO j to be dovoted to- photographing the i stars, planets, and nebuhc. Jonathan Joy, a famous cricketer k in his day, expired at his residence ink } Middlesbrough, recently. w r Tho family of Rioliavd Wagner t received /J2GOO as their share of tho , profits from the recent performances ; at Boyreuth, ( Tho llussian Minister ol War has t ordored that Military races should bo I indulged in from time to timo as a ! means of improving the cavalry. Wood sl»et'|»vements last seven , years in They are vory ; much appreciated tfien new. When ( they wear out the cry is for something else.' Tin Duke of Argyll is moro than ever astonished—so His Grace says—- " that so many astuto Scotchmen should have become the dupes of the ■ Anglo-Parnellites." k ; A compauy of Manchester jptle- ; men lias purchased Hughes' gold ! ■ mine, situate on tho north east side ' l of Moelfamman, Flintshire. The ' purchase : money is £20,000.' ' Small in numbers'and'wealth are ' the Moravians, but during the last ' century they have sent out—so the • 1 Baptist says—2s,ooo missionaries, ■ and expended f GO,OOO yearly. . j 1 It was stated in Glasgow, the other 1 day, that a Government cruiser is to ' I bo built by a Glasgow firm, and that ' three Oanadiaii Pacific steamers are also to bo constructed in the Clyde yards. ■ ■ 4;

Mr Spurgeon has enjoyed the privilege af reading a funeral oration ' 'upon- hilnself, It was preached some years tgo by an appreciative clergyman, who had been raisinformed of his death. A farmer came across some poachers at Oflchurch, ono of whom lio shot dead, after duo wiling, owing to his menacing nttitudo. The jury returned a verdict of" justifiable homicide." %f h The wife of the Secretary of the Chinese Embassy in London was rocontly Gned Li just because she was in the habit of tearing out handfills of her servants' haii|wheiu!ver tlioy displeased her,