TE AWAMUTU. Sporting.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2160, 13 May 1886, Page 2

TE AWAMUTU. Sporting.

Dh^vnm-'vomox is gcnerallv expressed thiough iut the di-itrict .it the icitrictton put on hen phea-ants. Ido not find fault with .1 measure h.mng for its object the protection of gamp, but 1 do find fault with the exorbitant licence fee, exorbitant when we aro confined .strictly to "■hooting cocks. In other district-* in this inland the season begins a month earlier than with uo, and closea at the same time. Tho licenses thore are only £1 for some, md til Is for others. Like u-s, they are confined to shutting cocks. If a license fe« of only £L were charged, double as many would tako out licenses ai at tlie present late (30>). According to the Acclimatisation Society pheasants aic increasing so much in tho North m> to become a nuisance. That cannot 1)3 s.iid of thi'in in Waikato, for though it is st ited liv some tint there are more this year than la>t, spoiUnicn do not h'nd it to lie the case. Ho far, the belt bag I ha\e heaid of is four biace, and men hwe had to do a good diys' walk for even that much. The law, with regard to bhootmg hens, will, I fiuicv, ba mure honoured in the bioich than in the observance, for licsn-cd men, at any late, will shoot anything that get-, u\>. Jt i-, no doubt, \ery tantili>ing to bee lien-, get up within eisy range. They aip mine easily slwt tli in cocks, for they aie not so \uld. Some men who go out for iibi^ will make it if they cm, and who will cast tho fir«t st'iiis at tlioni ? I will not. I went out 1 i»t week a'i r l ciuld only get two brace. ll id I shot hens J could have tiebled the number. If tho society really wish to give the hirda a clnnce to increase let them rec mimj :nd stopping all shooting 1 for at least one yeir, and in any cabe have the sale of game put a atop to, for each man \vlr> shoots for tnc miiket not only kills more birds than th-> '•portstnan but contrives t'» dt-.p >vj of liens as well as cocks. If the piem^es of some of .the licenced deileri weie cs.immrd ■<ometiines I fancy theia w mid ba .■» vue cases for the magibtiate to deal with.

Racing Matters. In the repu t of the ni-vting of the Cambiiiljfo Joe 'coy Club I noticed that an amalgamation of the thiee <h.b-> \\a-> sugprestod, as they were each " tin pot .affairs." Tint nny bs so, biu tho committee of the Wii|u Club do not feel .it all di-pn-,ed to amalgam ite. No doubt if a proud central hite for a- coiii^o clo-v to the lailw.iy c< uld be found, and all Waikatn joined, utcinpf would hi moie bucce^ful. Bv snccjsful I mean. bigger pu/.en and f.'btei hoi-t , tl an we ha\e at present to compete. But ficio aie reasons why the Wai pa U.tcmg Club -liimld stand alonp. Tliey have one of the finest covirsea in New Zealand, it adjoins the railwayline, tho committee h.wn <«pent neirly £100 on the cotu-ii' — jver £M 0 liivinpr been spent on theiinpf alone, and la-t, but not le.iht, racing lias baen an institution heie from the time the troops weie stationed here, though not under tho nanio of the Waipa Racing Club. All arc good reasons for thin club maintaining iti indi\idu.ility. As settlement pro/re-«ues and the district prospers, so will tins club prosper, and by keeping out of debt and being satisfied to give small prized for a tinip, it will eventually be one of tho leading clubs in this province. —(Own Coi respondent.)

Greely'.s book on his Aictic explorations receives splendid notices everywhere, iuvohing more complimentary wouls for America than we ordinarily find in the English press. Iri.hxd feeds 1,553,G53 geese, and 70(>,G12 turkeys, but tlic ooininon domestic fowl engages the moat attention. Of these there was iv ISB4 a stock of over seveo million and a half, in addition to 2,0 19,047 ducks. Mk W. Bksaxt's idea thnt a palace of delight would bean enormous boon to the East End of London has borne good fruit. It has beeu adopted as practicable and judicious. Nearly £60,000 is collected — about throe-fifths of the sum required. The money is coming in at the rate of nearly £2300 a week. When threequarters is subscribed the work will bo ' begun. List of Visitors to Te Aroha hot spiinga hv^t week: — Mr Laurie, Mr Christy, Mr ►iwrmde-.s, Mr ilainruon, Mr McCoy, Mr C.uneron, Mr and Misliendell, Mr Brook, .Mr Grey, Mr and Mrs Tait, Mr Glower, Mr Leslie, Mr Lane, Mr Parsons, Mr Manning, Mr Fogbuur, Mr Squirrel], Mr Ruly, Mr "Kdmondh, Mr Pond, Mr J. Whi taker, Mr J. Co.ites, Mr Johnstone, Mr Moore, Mr R»y, Mr Car, Mr Willdiffgi Mr Irwiu, Mr and Mro Jones, Mr and Mm Alexander, Mr Beard, Mr and Mrs LaTvson, Mr E. W. Burton, Mr Elms, Mr Burton, Mr Smith, Mr Brown, Mr Munro, Mr Jensop, Mr Brewer, Mr Griffis, Mrs J. B. Whyte, Mr McDonnell Scott, Mr Smith, Capt. Beere, Mr Miller, Mr Anderson, Mr Noblock, Mr Ginindo, Mr and Mn Worthington, Auckland. MrD. M. Beere, Mr Grice, Mr Walker, Mr Rowe Mason, Mr Ilupell, Mr J. McXicholl, Mr D. McXicholl, Mr Storey, ben., Mr Storey, jun., Mr Allen, Mr Fisher, Mr Allen, Mr ICeiting, Mr Park, Mr Parker, Waikato. Miss Coney, Mr Lewis O'Neill, Hamilton. Mr Yon Burgess, Mr White, Mr Adann, Mr Humphries, Mr Blackwell, Mr Myers, Mr Chield, Mr B. White, Mr White, Mr White, Mr Keppell, Mr Willis,, Mr Price, Mr Munders, Mr Crane, Mr and Mrs A. G. Brown, Thames ; T. Dawson, Mr Kiper, Mr Blekerson, Mr Lusko, Mr Morrie, Mr Mcßeath, Mr H. Hart, Mr Dadling, Auckland ; Mr Hally, Mr Munro, Cambridge ; Mrs Anderson, Mr Moon, Mr J. B. Whyte, Mr Greville Smith, Waikato. Mr Schroder, Gisb,»rn,e ; Mrs Lewis, Mr C. Gallagher, Mr Greenville, Mrs Harden, Thames ; Mrs Tebbs Mr W. H. A. Tebbs, Mastor D. Tebbs, Mrs Reynolds, Mr J. E. McDonald, Mhs McDonald, Mrs E S. Coombes, Mrs Lewisson, Mr W. Lodder, Mr Joseph Gallagher, Mrs Gallagher and child, Mr and Mrs W. Taylor and daughter, Air G. * W. Williams Mrs and Miss (/Sullivan, Mr and Mrs Eliott, Mr W. Hodge, Mrs Me Arthur, Miss Munroe, Miss Hobbs, Auckland ; Mr Jas. Cameron, Mr John Lees, Waugduui ; Mr and Mr 3 Cotterrell, Ta Awamutn ; Rev. J. Bites, North Shore ; Mr Brown, Mr John Battley, Hamilton ; Mr Cowper, Cambridge; Miss Ha&elden, Thames ; Mrs and Miss Robb, Onehunga. Mr J. Huti-hinsih, Oralcau, advertises a red steer n nnir^ on his propetty. Ihe pnvelfjics in connection with the Waipa R'cintj Club's meeting will be sold at Te Awtmutuby Mr Me Nicol to-morrow. Wokkino Mi \.— lleforc jou begin your hea\y spring \vork after a winter of relaxation your sjstem needs cleansing and strctvgTOeninj to prevent ar, attack of bilious or iprirTSfever or sickness that will unfit you for a seasXjp'i *Ork. You will save time, sickness and expems i? torn will use one bottle of American Co.'s Hop Enters in your family this month. Don't wait. Read.