QUEEN'S BIRTH-DAY SPORTS.
(To the Editor of the Westport Times.) Sir.—l have just learnt that two committees are appointed to collect funds for the purpose of holding sports on the Queen's Birth-day—the one for horse-racing and the other for a regatta. In common with many other subscribers I hold that both committees should merge into one or coalesce and provide a programme of two days' sports, the one day selected for horseracing, and the other day for a regatta, and thus avoid the semblance of two hostile parties, while preventing the public money being uselessly frittered away by having races and regattas held on the same day.
I believe our late Sports Committee promised a day to the lovers of the aquatic, but that the funds fell short. Therefore the promise remains unfulfilled. But I hope that on the coming occasion it will be fully accomplished, to the enjoyment of visitors and townpeople, and thereby also encourage an active, industrious, and deserving body of men —the watermen. A Tradesman. May 5, 1869.
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Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 500, 6 May 1869, Page 2
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172QUEEN'S BIRTH-DAY SPORTS. Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 500, 6 May 1869, Page 2
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