SPORTING. Auckland Races.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2101, 24 December 1885, Page 2

SPORTING. Auckland Races.

Pi»ok> wore called over .it Tattersall's last night, and a lot of w.igoiing took place for the Cup. Necklace, 100 to 2, best offer. Tasman found a b.ickei who took 100 to 2"i; no otlicr layei s .it loss th.in 100 to 30. Torpedo h.vd seu-r.il hundreds pencilled .against him at 100 to f> and t>. Stoney-hur-st w.is homew hat easier, but an offer to lay 40 to 10 w.is quickly nn.ipiHid up. For the Cup and Steeplechnse, Necklace and Macaroni were befiiended to win a few hundreds at 100 to 5. To-day there ljas been a disposition to lay Stoneyljurt fur the Cup, and 100 to 20 are on oftor. T.isiriiin Is quoted f.vvourito at 3 to 1, Necklace at sto 1 (offeied). Enquiries are to bo mido fm W.iithi, a>id Torpedo has backers at 100 to S. Russley whs backed U) win the Dunedin Cup, L") 00 to 25 being written against him, while Tionton was befriended for about 1500 at 100 to 7.

A Scoiding Woman.— The barbarities of (he ducking-stool for the cure of scolding; women, though abolished by law. arc now oftentimes practised by .1 kind of social barbarity none the less rcprohcnsiblc. Women scold only when they are ill. Instead ol blaming them we should preicnbo Am. Cn's Hop Hitters. The entire system will undergo, a genial, pleasant chanßP. The nrrvos will be quieted and acerbity of word and thought will srivo place to amiability and affection. Healthy women do not scold or fr»t. Rtad.