HOW WE BEAT THE FAVOURITE. UNKNOWN

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1877, 17 July 1884, Page 4

HOW WE BEAT THE FAVOURITE. UNKNOWN

1 Aye, squ<re," said Stevens, " tlioy 1) ick him at ovens ; Ihe i ace is all over, b n shouting the\ b.iy ; The Clown ought to beat hei , Dick Neville is swectui Than ever— he swears he can wm .ill the waj . A gentleman rider — well, I'm an outsider, But it he's .1 gent who the mischief's .i jock ' Your swells mostly blunder, Dick*, rideb for the plunder, He rides, too, like tiuinder— lie sits like a rock ' He calls ' hunted fairly' a horse that has barel) J-Seen stnpp'dlor a trot within sight of the hounds, A horse that at Warwick beat Uirdiimc and Yonck, And gave Abdelkader at Amtrce nine pounds They say we hive no test to wairant a protest . Dick nd( s for a lord and st mds in with a steward ; The light oi their faces they show him— his case , is Prejudged and his veidict ahcady socuied. " Jint norc can outlast her, and feu tra\el faslei , bhe strides in her woik clean away fiom Ihe I)i a? You hold her and sit her, sho couldn't be fitter, \Vhene\er you hit her she'll spring like a stag " And perhaps the gieen jacket, at odds though they backed it M.i> fall, o- there's no knowing wh it may tin n up , Iho man 1 is quite lOcdv sit still and r tdc stend\, Keep i 00l ; and I tlnuk jou may just uir the Cup," Daik-brouii with tan muzzle, just shipped foi lhe tussle, ■Stood Is( ult, lulling hoi necK to Ihe curb, A lcin head imillu i\, strong iju ntci s and wirj, A loin rathei light, but a shoi.ldei supeib. Some patting injunction, bestow'd with gieat unction, I tried to iccall, but loigot like a dun< c, \Micn Reginald Mmray, full tilt on White "surrej, Came down in a luirrv to start us at once. "Keep back in the yellow ' Come up on Othello Hold hard on the chestnut ' iurn round on 1 he Drag i Keep back there on Spar! an ' Hack, jou sir, in tart in ' £>o, stcadi tlicic, easy, ' aud dou'ii t> cnt the flag. "We started, and Ivoirni.idc stioncf running on Menu ud, lhrou-h iimows ti it lc-d to the inst st ikc-and-bnund, lhe uatk lulf extended look'd bloodhke and splendid, Held wuie on the light wheic the headland ■v.is sound. I pulled hard to baffle her uish with the snaffle, Before her two-thirds of the field got away, All tin ough the wet p.ibtii'o whete Hoods of the la»t jear Still lotteied, the} clotted my cnmson with claj . The fourth fence, a wattle, floor'd Monk and Bluebottle , lhe Diag came te grief at the blackthorn and ditch, The rails toppled over Redoubt uid Red Rover, Ihe lane stopped Lyctugus Leicestershire Witch. She passed like an anow Kildaio and Cock bpairow And .Mantrap and Mci maid refused the stone wall , And Giles on the Grcyling came down at the paling, And i was left sailing in f-'ont of them ill. 1 took them a burster, nor eased hei nor nursed her Until the HI uk Hullfinch Kd into the plough, And through the strong bramble we boicd with a sci amble, !My cip was knock'd off by the ha/d-tiee bough "Where furrows looked lighter I drew tlie r.un tightei — Her d.irk chest all dappled with flakes of whi*c foam Her fl.uiks mud bespatter*', i woik r.ul she shattc-ied — Vi r e landed on turf with urn he Lds turned for home Ihen crash'd a low binder, a .d theneloie behind her. lho sward to thestrokco of tlie fa\ounte shock His rush roused hrr mettle, jet c\ei so ht.le bhe shorten'd her stride as we raced .it the brook. She lose when I hit her. I saw the stieam glitter A wide scai let nostnl Hashed c lose to mj knee, lietueen sk> and watei lhe Clown came and caught lit r, 'lhe space that lit' <lt\ued t<tis a caution to see. And foicing (he i tinning, di^caidmg nil < mining, A length ts th" lio'H went the mlei in green A long stn,) of slubblt , and then tin big double, lwo stifl flights ol i ails with a quickset between Shciaccdat theiasper, I felt my knees grasp her, I found m) hands gne to hei stmn on the bit, She rose when lhe Crown did, oui silKs as we bounded liiush'd lightly . oui stinups clash'dloud as we lit A rise steepl} s'oping, a fence with stone coping— 'Ihe last— we dncrged lound the base of the hill, His path was the nearer, his leap was the clearer, I flogg'd up the straight, aud he led sitting still. 6 Sho came to his quartci. and on still I brought her, And up to his gnth, to his breast-plato sho drcw^ A bhoit prajcr from Neville just icadi'd me '• Die Devil, He mutter'd- lock'n level the hardies we flew. A hum of hoarse cheering:, a dense crowd careering, All sights seen obscurely, all shouts vaguely heard, " lhe green wins'" "lhe crimson!" lhe multitude swims on, And figures are blended, and features are blun'd " The hoisc is hoi master '" " The green forges pist her '" " lhe Clown will outlast her '" " lhe Clown wins " lhe Clown '" The white railing iaccs with all [he white faces, lhe chestnut outpices, outstretches the brown. On still past the gateway she strains in the straightway, ■ Still struggles " The Cloivn by a short neck at moit," He sworws, the green scourges, the stand locks and surges, And flashes, and \erges, and ftits the white pobt A)e ' so ends the tussle,— l knew the tan mwile Was first, though the ring-men were yelling "Dead heat i" A nose 1 could swear by, but Claike, said "lhe mare by A short head." And that's how the favourite was beat.

It is stated that in consequence of the increased consumption of alcohol in •Switzerland, a prohibits c tax will probably be put 011 distillation. That the Duke of Argyle is a personal paradox of arrogant principle and allabsorbing pelf there can be no manner of doubt. No •' strong diink "is allow ed to be sold upon the Islands of Lismore and lona, which belong, as Burn's scornful lines put it, to " the Lord their God, his Grace;" but Campbelltown, which is also j the property of the Duke is an arsenal of alcohol. It contains twenty- two distilleries, Each of these manfactures, on an average, 100,000 gallons of whisky annually, or a yearly out-put of 2,200,000 gallous of spirits. Thus, while the Duke is the most bigoted teetotaller in the Western Highlands, he is the proprietor of the biggest dramshop in the whole world. A total abstainer's selfsacsafice, whether for his own reclamation or as a beneficial example for weekkneed brethern stumbling in the path of life, i 3 to b*» admired ; but when he bene,fits so hugely by the "tiade" he condemns as does the Mac Callum More, his ; principles are apt to be challenged by the sceptical. Anyhow, such' consistency is confusing in its contradiction. - Life in the Bush— Then a> t d Now. — ■It is generally supposed that in the bush we have to put up with many discomforts and privations in the shape at food. Formerly it was so, but now, thanks to T. B.'Hiu, who has himself dwelt jn thp bush, if food does consist chiefly of tinned meats his Colonial ,Saucb gives to them a most delcstable flavour, iu'aking them as well of thp plainest-food most er.jovable, and instead , jashajd bifpuits.and indigestible, damper his Im"p*pVßU Colonial, jßakinc Powder njakes the ~!>Vi«Tbesi! Bread, 's < cdnes7*cakes,' and t pastry' far and more ( wh<>le«pme than Veasf or! by all sforiekeepers who canob-'