Evening Express

Passing Pteasantries. I Wben Mra. Siddons was acrtir-g in the :-Grecian Daughter." her part waa one nipht iu]wm by an understudy. But the cha.ra.eter of "Isa.bella" was moving one, a<nd an Irish 'la<iy prespnt was almost hys1erka,lly afFected !by it. "It is fo-rtonate that Mrs. Siddons is not acting to-night." said the gentleman beside her, "If be- understudy moves you much, .bow would you have been able to beaj" it had the greaA actreas played the part?" Mrs. Siddona not playing!" cried the weep- ing lady. "I thought she was! I neyer ,ohouid haTe cned if I had known!" UNBIASED. Mr. Neebit. artist, having painted .a. picture of the noble red man in war paint and feathers, wanted an unbiased opinion of hia work. Ria owu family ooa-nections and frMmda were entbosiasMc in their a,pprecia,. tion—it was the best thing he had ever done, and th&t was saying a. great deal. But Jtes)Mt waa not conrinced. "To tell the truth," he said, looking somleo. 'wiM,t donbl.fuily at the pictnre. "I haven't a t;re&t deaJ of ccrnMenoe in any of you. You always pradae everything I do. Now I'm jtoing out to eee if I can t nnd someone who ean be depended upon to give me an abso- lutely unprejudiced opinion of this picture—a child, for instance. Children always tell the truth. Five minutes later Nesbit returned with three ajna.U boys. Now. boys," he aaid. "take a good look at this picture. I'll give each of you a. ahiUing if you'U tell me juet exactly wha-t you see." "A cock-a-doodle-do'" shouted the three boys Mmolta-ncoTisly

? !ND!eEST? & DIZZINESS. ? ? Sn months' su?riog ended by Whatever I ate," says Mr. Morgans, of 2, WeHaeId Terrace, Do!a, LIan- harran, Glam., "gave me terrible pain. Severe headaches and dizziness often compelled me to abandon my work. After suffering for six months without relief, I found mycurein Mother Seigel's Syrup. I have remained well and not tost a day's work since." ? MOTHER ICE ???X&MP ?

[ MtSCELLANEOUS. I ENTERTAINS AND CURIOUS CONDENSATtONS, Bandit Canonised Tc-bakidgi. an Atbajtia-n bamdit, is the object of pursuit by the poiioe. The coTnmcm Peogle, however, worship him, a<nd have aocorded liirn a. spcciea of canoti.isa.tiom. fLeap-Year Raid A htmdred young women from a. ladies' ooMege rajdod the St. Looia Mcrchajits' E.schan?e. They appeared "<m t.h.e aoor of tha H<ynse. pelted the members with flour aiMl confetti, and only left when the ajnmuni- tion was exha.asted. Cuptd's Odd Tricks Mi.=s Bella. Close, who is employed in a. Brooklyn playing-card fa<!tory, is soin? George W. Lewis for breach of promise. She says that when she was jilted she was so per- tnrbed that she put &ve aces in a. pack. Ctta- to.mM's complained, and she was diecYar--ed. Woman Dick Turpm At Mitler, Sottth Dakota-, there is a reign of terror. A woman a.ppeaf3 a.t inteTvaJs. "holds up" shopkeepers with a revol"ger. ajtd robs paesers-by in the street. She has a huge black horNe, wMch a-twaya ea.'n'ies her to safety. On ThaT8da,y she shot a WMnan who screamed when she saw her. I Two Million Deaths. Bubonic plague continues its ra.Ta?ee in India. For some time the average number of deaths per week from this dieease hae been over 25,000. One week the deaths mounted to 29.647. It is estimated that emce 1896. when the present siege began, over two millions have died from the plague. I t Government Hash. Hash will probably be honoured by Govern- mental recognition in the United States. Commissary omcers in different parts of the country, under orders to make experiments in the oee of hash, have issued canned haeh to some of the troops with moat satisfactory results. If future experiments aje as satis- factory hash will probably be introduced as a part-of the ration of the Army. Hair-growing by Radium. Mice have been exposed to radium with I curious consequences by Dr. Boux, of the Pasteur Institute, in Paris. The mice were confined in a. cage in which a. tube containing radium waa sitspcnded. After fourteen honra the hair of the mice came out. Later it grew in ag-ain, but of a.nentirely diSerent colour. Twenty days after the beginning of the ex- periment the mice died, apparently from paralysis.

LLANISHEN "INDIGNATiON') FIZZLE I To the Editor of the "Evening Express." Sir.—I have read in the "Evening Express" with increasing interest "Vox Populi'a" com- ments, and the correspondence and report, of a recent meeting in reference to the grievances of Ltanishen ratepayers and resi- dents. Another extrordinary letter appears in this day's "Evening Express," the contents of which surprise me very mucH* chieny be- camee of the "vitriolic" expressions, and the numerous misleading atatementa contained therein, emenating apparently from "One of the Council." Kind.y permit me ae "A Councillor in the know" to state that the writer of the letter Tn this "Evening Express" has either been drawing very largely on his own imagina- tions. or labouring egregiously under erro- meooa Impressiona. The ratepayers of Llanishen may easily verify the fact that their interests have been almost completely ignored by their chosen representa.t.ives if they will only take the trouble to peruse the minutes of their pariah and district councils for the last three years. The adjoining paj-ish of Whitchurch has a real live parish council, which has been and is still doing good work for its parish; the membera of which are practical and progres- sive in their policy, and a credit to the Intel. lig-ent electorate of WTiitchuj-oh, What a. contrast between it amd the Ii&nisuln Pariah Council!—I am. <&c.. Jan. 30. A COU?CH?CB. IN THE KNOW. I Jan.so.

ABEROARE MIllERS' MEETING. I A Well-attended meeting: of the workmen of the Cwmneol CoUieries. Aberdare Valley, was held this morning at Saron-hall. Aberaman. After a. lengthy discoaeion, the men decided to appoint a deputation to wait upon Mr. E. M. Hann to aacertain the terma upon which he is prepared to re-eta.rt the colUery. It ia expected \ha.t Mr. Hann will be seen thia even- ing, and in all probability a. meeting of the men will be called for to-morrow to receive the report of the deputation. Under existing arrangements the men are to be paid off at three o'clock to-morrow.

THE EDUCATtON MANDAMUS I The town-clerk reported to the Cardiff Finance Committee this morning that he had received the contributions of Swansea, New- port, and Merthyr towards the expenses applying for the mandamus against the Board of Education, and he had paid them into an account opened at the National Provincial cial Bank in the names of the chairman of the education committee and himself. The com- mittee decided to issue a cheque for Cardiff's share, 10s. 4d.. and ordered it to be paid into the same account.

RADICAL MEETtNG AT WHITCHURCH I At a. meeting of the Whitchurch RadicaJ Association on Saturday night the question of the association, in conjunction with the Labour societies, contesting the elections was discussed, but nothing was definitely agreed upon. as the Labour representatives present did not have plenary powers to come to a deciBion. It was reported that Mr. Eli Rees had consented to contest the county council election if he received the unanimous sup- port of the association and the Labour societies.

f LOCAL AMUSEMENTS < THEATRE ROYAL, CARDIFF. I A grsat attraction for CardiS during the next fortnight will be the produetion at the Theatre Royal of the popn.ar mosical cometiy "TTie Girl from Kaye," from the Apolo Theatre, London. The piece will be prodncted by a talented company, under the direction of Mr. George Dance. GRAND THEATRE, CARDIFF. I The military comedy-drama, The Flacky Nipper." will be produced a.t the Grajid Thea-tre. Oaxdiff. this weeh, by Miss Bonwin CarMon's powerful company. THE EMPIRES. CARDIFF.—The bill of fare for patrons of the Cardiff Empire this week is headed by happy Fanny Fields, the delightful little AmerimLu-Dutch girl. who sings and da everybody into good homonr. The other tttma &re all good. NEWPORT.—A performance that must be seen to be believed is that of Woodward's sea- liotia arBd seals, which will appear at the Newport Empire this week. O'Gnst. who imitates everything in the animal world, and Carrie Lanrie's kiodergiirteB, will atao take their place amongst a. number of excellent turns.

In the Coort of Sesston. Edinburgh, on Sa,tarda.y Lord Law was informed that Miss Alice Mary Gray. of Carder-street, GovaJihiM, GI.aegow, who brought an action against the Rev. Archibald St?a.rt. of Ardler. for breach of promiae of ma.rria?e, claiming ?1.000 da-magea. ha.d a?ce-pted the dctendanfa o?er o< ?400 and ea?penses m setttemMrt. Hie Lord- ?h<B?H?T<?MeaC-<teeoMBDtly.

H)RWA)N DISPUTE. ————— ? t.—-——— I DEPUTATtON OF TRADESMEN TO 8!R W. T. LEWtS "Dire Distress, if Not Utter Ruin," Foreshadowed I The deptftation appointed at o, meeting of Ute tradesmem and inhabitants of Hirwain held en r'nd.a.y last to coTisridef the dispute at the Tower ColHeriea met Sir Willium.! Thostas Lewis at the company's omces at, Hirwain this .morning. The depu-ta/tion was composed of the Rev. Joseph Morgan and Meaars. T. J. ETans, D. Rio-hurds, and T. John. At the close of tIhe interview, our reporter saw Sir Wttliam. who said that he had given the depo.ta.tion the otdy answer which it was possible for him, and w!uoh was tb<at Lord Bate was no more disposed now than he -waa at th.8 beginning to pLaoe the coUieriea a.t the mercy of the Federation. The a,ttitode adopted by the Federation meant that Lord Bute wae to find the money and the Federation to manage the collieries. Subsequently our representative had an interTiew with the deputation. The Rev. Joseph Morgan said that Sir William had received them with the utmost cordiality. At the outset they took l<-a.ve to point but to Sir William that they had come to see him not on behalf of the workmen, but the trades- men and the inhabitants generally, with a view to knowing whether anything could be done to bring aboit a, resumption of work at the Tower Collieries, the closing- down of which would of necessity innict dire distress, if not utter ruin, upon the place. Sir William replied that he regretted exceedingly he could not comply with the wishes of the deputation. He could do nothing more than he had done, and he would not move from the terms which he had offered to the workmen. He sympathised with the tradesmen and the people, and felt particu- larly for the old men. who coc'ld not easily get work elsewhere. For years the collieries had been worked at a loss. the coal waa of an inferior quality and diBlcult to sell. The prospects of a re-start were becoming more gloomy every day, seeing that instruction's had been given for the removal of the rails. Mr. Stanton's View. Referring to the JErwam a.Cajr at the monthly mooting of the miners at Aberda-re to-da,y, Mr. Stajiton stated that be had on three different, occasions submitted the matter to the executive at Ca.rdiS. with a view to gettrng them to have it referred to the Coa<:ilia.tMn Board. Mr. gtajiton added that his coHeagruea held a different opinion to hilDfJelf as to the wisdom of that oour-ae, and be (Mr. Station) after hearing the reasons of his colleagues, fell in with them.

MOON AND STARS A Cardiff C!eric's New HoteL The Moon and Stars" Hotel, Roath—a. public-house without public-house drinks—on Saturday afternoon started on its career, under the happiest of awpices and with conn- dect assurances of making headway. This confidence is inspired chieny by the person- ality of the formder, the Rev. John Hervey Boadier, and his success in the role of pnbli- oac in connection with a. similar experiment in the city of Exeter. His jolly, kindly nature and genera! bonhomie stand him in good stead in this unccnventiona.1 work. Mr. MOON AND NTAES HOTEL, t Beadier, in his enterprise, is backed up and helped by Mr. J. S. Taylor (boroogh auditor) and other laymen. The only matter for regret about the opening was fhe absence of hia worship the mayor (Mr. John Jenkins, J.P.), who was prevented at the last moment from being present to perform the ceremony. There was a large crowd of both sexes outside the doors and a. great crush, inside. A short service in St. Anne's Ohnrch pre- ceded the opening. The Rev. J. H. Boudier omciated, assisted by the Eav. W. T. Southern, and Precentor P. J. Beck (vicar of Roath) pi*ea<;hed an appropriate sermonette. He said that the little effort now being made in the parish was an effort to provide a welcome for aU—& club in which they could meet; d, place to nnd harmless recreation; a home, he trotted, of quiet Christian joy and gla-d- ness, far removed from all the mis-named gladness so often associated with the puMic- hosEe. The congregation, augmented by many parishioners, went after service to the pub," which is close by. The Rev. J. H. Bondier, after expressing regret at the mayor's absence, made a funny speech about the Moon and Stars." and the -way in which it is to be carried on. If thev and others helped, as he behoved they would, then he Wad sore it would an<'caed. (Cheers.) Mr. J. S. Taylor appealed for help for the concert he 18 organising on behalf of the further furnishing of the hotel. The concert, he said, would be held to-morrow (Tuesday) night in Stacey-road-haH. Other speakers were Messrs. Bowden. George Collins, and George Shepherd. The latter a prominent Nonconformist.

TO-DAY'8 MARKETS I CORX. LOJtDOX, Monday M,. od? erat. e attendance at Mark"'e this afternoon, and demand for wheat quiet at about unehan?ei prices ??- ?T?"' ?'??' ? ?' -?t.?iM, S4s M. 2?? -??.<'???nts held at 279; Iron Dukes, ?? easier—Plate, 20s 9d; Odessa, ? ? 1??1?. ? ?? m?ed American, 20s M, ship. ? ??"' -?? q?at??csM, 169 M, quay. Oats: Retail tMde at late rates. CATTLE. LIVERPOOL, Mondav. Cattle suppl, y ?, !ghtly 1a.rr,L:fn1' drw and prices enchanted. Fe,r sheep o& ceer. and trade firmer at a Iight recovery in phces. Quota.tions:—Beef. 6id ? ?h ?? ? ? ?' SupP?s: 9M cattle and 4,SN shp. LONT)CN, Mcoaay. Beast wrivqa were smaUer. and, the temajid being slow, 2d per 8tb. was conceded by sajesmen in sMne CMes QUatations:-Sootch, 4s 4d to 45 6d; Devons. 4s 4d. B'mts. <s; Hefeiords, 4s 2d: Kerfotka, 4s; Lincoln bbortiMms. lOd to 4< Irish, 3d; m cows, 35 to Sa M; Mls, js to 5s 3d. Sheep on a larger scale, bi,it the demand WM poor, notwith&.âJ1ding the decime of 2d per SIb—T?t. to 6st. Down te?e. 5a 6d to 56 8d; ?? ditto, 55 4d to 55 6d; lOst. hatf-br?ds, 5s M to 55 4d; list. haaf-bred line?dn 43 '?Dd to 56; 75t. to 8st- Scotch, 55 8d to 5a 1M. Lni?bs quiet—early Dorset haU-breds, 6s per 8tb. qmet at iate ra.tee. I[EAT. LON-OOY. Monday. Beef qai. et, —S_ cotch long sides. 3s 6d to 3s 8d; short sides. 5s lOd to 4:; Engltsh sides. 5s 4d to 5s M; United S'-atee sidee—LiTerpoot killed. :s to 3s 4d, Deptto-d killed, 3s 2d to 3s hiudcluart-ers, 35 4d to 5s 6d. 'orequarters 29 4d to 25 6d. Mutton stow—Scotch wethers, 4a 6d to <s ad; ev.-es. 3s 4d to !s M; English wethers. 3s 8d to 4s 10d; !wes, 2s Ed to 36 6d; Dutch wethers, 4s to 4s 2d. FISH. GRIMSBY, Monday. Poor Mppty for a Monday brought in by 85 vessel, for whtch there wa.s -o,¡, good deJJlaltd. Quotations:— Soles. 15 6d; 9d to 15 2d; Bd to 9d r 55 9d; lemon soles, U5 6d; dead whitings, Za 6d; whitcnea, 6s 6d per stone: live ling, 7s; dead ditto, 4g: live cod. Ts; dead ditto, 4s; live skate. 6s 6d; dead ditto. 4s each; kit haddocX?, las; fibbed. 24s; live, 2Ss; live daba. 26s; dead ditto, 24s; ];ve codings, 18a; dead ditto, 18s; gurnetr.. 6s 3d per box. BUTTER. CCRK. Monday. Firsts, 103s per cwt. second:, 92s; tnirds, ns. In m:[rtet: 40 hrklas. ST7GAR. GLASGOW', Monday. The ofttcial report The market opened quiet, with a smail businœs done u steady prices. The pri- vate report &3¥S: M&rMt qu?et, irat refiners firm. a lIIIlall bMiness ° done. PBOHUCE. LONDON, Moaday. ar: Ull&ltered. and jn ft g ruary 9% llrd; slow-O&cb,?r-De,-ttber Llid rt 8s 6id. CoCee: FuOlxm -athef jrregu1&r:=ptember <oM .tt 41s 3d to 41s ICA DecaaiMr 42s T-d. Tea: Twenty- two Indian ruled 5tN.dy at recent Pepper and cloves qüiet. jute, and hemp ann. Sae!l3c du!l. Linseed oU stsady. Turpentins, 4Ss. WOOL. LONDON, Monday, The prasen.t Mnca of sales e!oMd to-day. Messrs. Du Croz and Doxat offered 1,312 balee. Messn. Balrne 2.634 bates, and Messrs. Bcxton and BoMtd 2.9!2 ba?a. Saim cboied wrth brisk coinpetiuon. aad a firm tdae prevziled. Firm market, with t-he  t' in  a.U tX ot raw materials. Home-Mxn sorts have had qWt. their equal shp?re in recent i?m*?ement, and Lincoln hoM are now ny 9d, Req?rts Y3CY as to the efttmt o{ oMra' impm-MS. bat hotdere seent unamcc,ons in standtng to præent quotat.ioœ, oT asking n?om P1eee trade generally quiet, but fair. 8h4p?air llbmm om-ar-Caume Md th? fr BMt. ?' "?'??

GREAT WRESTLERS "TERRIBLE TURK" BEATEN BY THE LtoN." On Saturday evening Olympic was the arcne of the g-Mat wrestling match between Georgee Hackenschmidt, the Bosnian lion." and Ahmed Madralli. the "Ten-ible Turk," for what was one of the biggest money prizes ever offered for a sporting evpnt outaide horse- racing in this country. The actua.1 stakes were £100 a-side. but. in addition, the Olympia, Syndicate presented the enormous sum of .E2,000 as a. special prize. With the wr&stling boom at its height, the match had created extraordinaj-y interest, ajtd the doings of the men daily have attracted worldwide publicity. Madralli is a comparatively newcomer, but, having met and vanqTIhed in a succession of money matches Tom Cannon, of England. Saa.!s- Seid. of Switzerland. Duboie. of Canada, and 0'Rourke. of Ireland, and also, by reason of Ms well-attested enormous strength and superiority of a full stone in weight, he was made the favoa-nte. esp'ecia.liy as Hacken- schnndt had only been seen in exhibitions since 00 defeated Antonio Pierre last autumn. Still, the Russian had the choice of condi- HoM, ajid, as he chose Graeco-Roman" in preference to cat&h-as-catch-ca.n. he had plenty of suppo<-tcra. Haekenschmidt, who is built on wonderful mu&cnlar lines, looked wlute and nervous. Opinion lea,nt towards the Turk's victory, but in a brief, terrible struggle all caJculations were npset. for the Russian sprang at his man like a tigef, and, Mizing his wrist, must have injured the limb Jn the wrench at the onslaught. Before any- one could realise what had happened. Hacken- schmidt had released the wrist and clasp-ad his man round the waist. swung him heavily, a.nd, falling on him next, he pinned him to the Soor. and the whistle was blown announc- ing his victory. Several poisons gathered round ea-ch man, one set warmly congratu- lating the winner, while the others crowded round Madralli, "ho could be seen point- ing to his right arm. The great majority of the apecta.tors, howev&r, were completely in the dark as to what had happened until the referee. Mr. G. T. Dunning, of the "Sports- niM," announced through the megaphone. that Ha-ckenachmidt was the winner, as the Turk's arm was both broken and dislo- cated." ajid. therefore, the latter was unable to continue. It was a. dramatic. if all too brief and pain. ful, termination, to what had been looked forward to for so long as likely to decide which was the better man. As it was, the result proves nothing beyond the fact that the Russian is the more agile and the quicker to get to work. Madralli, always somewhat slow at starting, was completely taken off hM guard by the lightning-like rapidity of his opponent's movements, and before ho could realise what had happened his arm was injured amd he was a beaten man. MadrnHi, who was born at Constantinople 26 years ago, is naturally immensely strong, and is descended from a family of famous wrestlers. He is 6ft. lin. in height, and weighs 16st. Georges Haekemscbmidt is in his twenty- seventh yea.r. Although not Bo evenly deve- loped as the Turk, he is a mass of muscle. As an all-round athlete, i.Yideed, he is probably without equal. He is 5ft. 9in. in height, and weighs 14st. 12!b. The contest was witnessed by something like I 30.CGO persons. It subsequently transpired that Madralli's mishap was nothing more serious than a. dislocated elbow, and thia was soon afterwards re-set by Dr. Charles Kingsbury and Dr. Jack- son La,ne.

? ———————————-—— I RESULT OF AYR ELECTION I Another Seat Lost to the I Government The Ayr election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late Conservative member of Pa.rlia.ment (Mr. Orr-Ewing) resulted on Sa.tnrda.y, as follows :— jnr. jcaepn i)ofat)l e (.u.) 3,221 I Mr. George Younger C.) 5.177 I Majority. 44 'me late mem&er at me iast election was returned by a majority over the Liberal of 590. Therefore, the LiberaJa have gained the seat.

FOOTBALL. I England v. Ireland. I The trish Fifteen. I The team was chosen at Dublin on S-atur- day nig!rt to r4epreseTLt Ireland v. England at Blackbeit7a on February 13 :-Back, J. Fulton (North of Ireland); three-quarter bMtLS, H. Thrift (DuMin UniTersity), J. C. Parka (Dutlin), H. H. Corley (Wandrrers), and C. G. Robb (Queen's College, BeJfast); half-backs, T. H. Robinson (rhiblin Universjty) and F. A. Kennedy (Wan- derers); forwards, C. E. AIIem (Derby). F. Gardiner (North of Ireland), Mike and John Ryan (Rockwell), R. S. Smythe (DnNm University), A. Telford MaJone, Joseph and James Wallace (Wanderers). The new capa are Robinson, Kennedy, Thrift, and Eobb. The English fifteen will be chosen this evankg.

FIGHTING THE LAW. I At High Wycombe Borough Se&siona on Saturday Jacob Popp. a tobacconist, appeared to answer his 110th summona for eunday trading agTunst the Act of Charles II. He was fined 7s. 6d. as usual. A card dspla.yed in d<;fendaDt'e ghnp window sta-tes: This is not a test but a contianoua match, Popp versua Cha.rles II. One hundred ajid ten for 56, not out." The 56 indica-tea the number of pounds paid in nnee by defendant.

PRESENTATtON AT CARMARTHEN I Mr. John Saer. the deputy-clerk of the Carmarthen Board of Guardians, waa on Satcfday the recipient of a wedding gift from the gmu'dians and onicials. The present took the form of a maBsive solid silver teartra-y, suitably inscribed, ajtd waa hamded to Mr. Saer by Miss Gwyn. of Ferryslde, who in graceful terms spoke of the amiaJbility and TaJne of Mr. Sacr, who. as Mr. Thomas, of LIanaJ*thney, said, was a perfect storehouse of informa.tMn on matters connected with the LocaJ Government Boa.rd.—Mr. Sa<er, in acknowledg'in? the aouvenir, rema.rked tha.t he had been in the clerk's service for twemty- one years.

TEA TABLE DAINTIES I In the majority of houses the tea hour is the meet enjoyable and cosy time of the da.y, and it is the constant desire of the lady or the daughters of the house to provide simple and dainty fa.re with the cup that aneers." Some avoid the trouble of ba-king at home by buying from the ba.ker, and thereby often mies the da.intine&a. But none would object to home baking if they knew how easily and quickly the most dainty and tempting little scones and light cakes can be made with the help of Brown A Poison's new raising powder o&lled Paisley Flour." Paisley Flour" makes scones and caJtea very light and digestible, and it is eo ceTtaJm in ita action tea;t, as one lady writes: Even a tyro need never fail in baking if Paisley Flour' be ueed." If you are not using Paisley Flour you should certainly get a 7d. packea from your grocer and give it a. trial art once. If you are using Paisley Flour you should write to Brown A Poison, enclosing a penny stamp, for their A" Cookery Book, which contains a number af I ca-pital new recipes for simple yet dadMy tea fajc. el2367—l

I M. LOU BET'S VISIT TO ROME. M. Arrere, the French Ambassador to the QmrhMLt, has informed his Govermnent thlLt the da-te for Prescient Looi)et's visit to Rome has not been dennrtely settled, bTit too Tisit will probably take place during the laet ten days of April.—Reuter.

Siemens' Bread eaten regularly will Improve the health and pezmanenUy strengthen the constitution, with the beat wh fioux. el2Q29 In addition to the seven victims who died trom poiscming after hiring partaken of eaia,d in the Princess AJice Cookery School. Dajnistadt. another de-%th occurred on Sun- day. The thirteen-year-old daughter of Mrs. Huefner, who heraelf died on Saturday, aac- ctimbed after hours of agony.—Central News.

l StMtena' Bread eaten regnhtty wt!l improve the heatth aad permeaeatly atrentrthea the coteMtattaa. 3bAwAvM tbe- bogt-vhegtm Aou& <MWt

A MUDDY.VICrORY.* Harry Bowen in 8)ough of Despond, BOILS OVER ON CONCEtT OF CARDIFF PEOPLE. I Saturday's Tournament of Mud! Larks. I ,ICAPT."J. DAVIES'S NAUTICAL WOE8 ON 'CHANGE. "Btggest Success in Regattas in Cardiff." There's no football in this column this week. And precious little in the next. I make no apologies for this. I simply state the fact, so that you may spare your growl at the finish. If you desire the reason for your dishing. the reply is that there was more of humanity than football floating about on Saturday, and that it deserves the greater attention. It had been raining somewhat during the week. One of the Cardiff committee thought it had rained enough to make a eruBicient meaa of the ground. Intense thought leads to action or insanity; so. to prevent the latter. the said committee man chose the former. And action it was. Sitting on top of the heaviest rotler in Car. diS. he helped to make weight in ruling that ground as flat as a penny pancake. The Watery Mud Waves Surged round the rumbling roller. but h6 heeded them not. Flatness was what he deai'ed. and flatness he had. But with the flatness he had succe<ded* in closing all the little porea made ly the millions of Cardiff Arms Park earth "orms. These earth worms are the only encient drainage the park has. To choke their efforts by a road roller was unsympathetic. I said that the worms provided the -nly emcient drainage. There is another w.ich has cost more than worms. It representslhe despairing efforts of the committee. Fur hundred golden sovereigns have been hidc;u by the Exp- no, by the football co.y. mittee, in tubes-no, in pipes under the Cardif Arms Park. They did this to get the neld perfectly dr in summer. And they succeeded. During the summer months the growth oj the grass and the scaliness of the sod are sickening. To make it more ao, great graves have been du? round the sides to bury the water in. I say this is an excellent plan for summer. When I conveyed this thought to a Cardiff man He Sa)d t was a Foot. He was a little late in the latter discovery. so that it needed no discussion, but when he went on to explain that this drainage was meant for all the year round, and not only for the summer, he strained my politeness to breaking point. There were more fools about. it va.s evident. There was one who was trying to make me believe that the Cardiff committee knew nothing at all about the physical laws of Nature, nor had ever heard a whisper of the taunts of TorticeIIi. Such a thing was absurd. But. perhaps, my reader doesn't know all the ground facte. It would be as well if he were informed that when Cardiff was Brst made, football had not been thought of. Business was the sole idea, so the r-ver was more important than the Cardiff Arms Park. The river must have been placed there long before the park, and the latter fill,-d up after. wards. This was done by the river itself in mud deposits from overflowings. The river had no power to fill up above its own lev, So, per. force, there it left it. In time football and other eporta came along, and that irsect XTan did a. little in the filling direction. That little was little indeed, and it left the; level of the park the slightest little above the level of the river. In summer, of course, much of the river sneaks off into the atmosphere, and the level is lowered. Then the pipes from the park do their work beautifully, leaving the surface As Dry as a Cork. But when winter swells the river, and the level goea up, these same pipes convey the water from the river to the ground, keeping it just as it was on Saturday-half watsr. half mud, a- veritable Dead &ea., a, morass where storks might stalk in search of frogs. Now to suggest that this was not perfectly well-known to those in authority is rank non- sense. But what else could th€y do? The public clamoured for drainage. They had it. When they saw the pipes put in they were satisned. It is strange how pipes spe)l drainage. The average householder cares nothing about fall. Stick the pip&e in. Let us think we have drainag-e. There's but one thing for the park. The level must be raised. If the Marquess of Bute's gracious permis- sion could be obtained for thia. I don't think the Cardiff committee would grudge the expense. Personally, I should be sorry to see it done. It would take away my chance of a- mud grumble. But it is the only thing to do. Not all Father Gibson's Three-inch Oods, not all the gulching graves all round the sides. Dot all the lengths of pretty pipes will dry the surface cream. One thing, and one thing only—raiae the surface. But I am wrong; there are the usual three remedies: 1st.—Raise the surface. 2nd.—Lower the bed of the river. 3rd.—Stop the rain. The last two require &arious thought. So much for drainage. People t.ha't have read as far as this have had very little direct football. Just a mua- tard seed. This one seed ia a. mase compared to what follows. I'm just boiling to get on to yonr inhabi- tants. Some of these days this column will be divested of ite title of football, to give my swing more room. I'm on your inha.bita.nta now. If there's no football in them. I can't help it. They're being fofussed in a footbaJl lantern, and must. blame the objective .Eor their protuberances. One-horse Trams. You Cardiff people think no end of your- aelves. You send a selection down to Lla.nelly to pass reniarks about our one-horsed trama, conveniently forgetting that you had the im- pudence to Re) I na some of them when you went in for lightning streaks. When these same trauma were in year pos- session. why not ha.ve laughed then, and laugh-ed BaBciently to last? Why have delayed the laugh till they belonged to som-eone e'sep To come down to the tin-plate town to gape and guffaw at things you've seen before is assinine. Comparisons are always odious; in this case they are poaitively disreputa.ble. There's nothing to gloat about in having electric tra,ms. There's nothing omajnenta.1 in their clean-shaded conductors and the sphinx-faced drivers. I think it's aU beastly. New and Uninteresting mve me me careless conaucior wno nug'at forget to ask your penny fare. Give me the driver with his knowledge of horses. I confess I detest to have light turned on with a click and a blaze. The smell of passable paramn is dear to my nostriLs. Gape and Guffaw, indeed. I admit Cardiff has growth. She grows the same kinds of etreets. of the same kind of size, in the same kind of quick time. Free- stone and brick, brick and freestone, with bay window for fl.-Atery and porch for design, and both touched up In the rental. She thinks a big hotel. It appears. She desires a big institution. The desire is gratified. AH beaat!y new, a.11 fearfully harried. Too rushy, too American. Even tbe "Western Mail" fottc are tinged with this rude rush. Think of it. The whole buildings get burned down. There was & glorious cha-nce for rain, visitation, and sad thoughts. Why not have left the whole thing for a. few months? Given their employes six months' holidays, with full pay, and sat round a hit for reet! I can fajicy the editor receiving distin- guished visitors and pointing oat what were the engine-room and the pootcard depart- ment. But did they do anything of the sort? Not they. They glorined in having the day's p&per out a.g usual. And imagined another building. It arrived. This was considered wonderful. PaJi! I tt was Bosh. I Yes. this Chicago-like Cardiff contajns the people that guffaw at our (Ll-anelly) one- horsed trams, that gape at onr solid build- ings, that gurgle at our steady progress. They worry twenty years off their lives and ask us to worship them for doing so. And when we go on in oar steady way they stir us up with banter. Ca,rdiJSTs no place for communing folks. How that etherealiaed creature Percy Bush condescends to stay there at all beats me. The strict silence he requires for inward thought is not to be found among the un- realism of the Cardiff rnBh. Gapes and Guffaws, indeed. Oh, Percy! Oh, Cecil! Socratic slicings. So much generally. Now individually. uaptam John Davies is Vexed. ±te says that as long as I was tossing titles a-bout he might have been made something higher than a captain..Knowing nothing about the sea, except, from the Captain Kettle's sea stories, I thought that the ca-pt/adn was the highest nmn a.Hoat. The finest man of th-e aea, I know is Capta.in Fred Rees. of Llanellv. A real ma,n through every parUcie of him- By putting Oomciitto- man John Davies np to Captain Fred's level, it looked Ul:e a good thing for John. I made him the most important man on the except the supe'rcars'o. If. however. Friend John would prefer being a snp&rca.rgo, well and g-ood. Supercargo, thong'h, is suet) a. sind,#,one opening for on.s na.me. Imagine my Peelings when, instead of being thanked for making him boss, he met me with "I've a good mind, old ma'n, to hit you with a brick." I don't kmow why he said "brick." A "rock" would be more na.uticaJ, ajid much more effective for the pUfpœ.a. But I suppose bricks in Cardiff are so many heaps of pure mud. I said, "Why, what's the ma-tter?" "Matter!" cried he with fine contempt and a' seaside twist of the head. "Matt-er! Why am I Captain John Davies? Why 'captain'?" "Isn't it high enong-h," said I. High enough! Captaiu John Da vies. indeed! My friends on 'Change always read the Express, and it is nothing but What'a the course, captain?' Shift your holm. Ca.p- tajn John!' a.nd 'You've got a list to the right. Captain Davies.' with poetry about bosuns and barnacles, passengers and phun- duff," But you're not angry, John?" "Angry? No. But why captain? Captain John Da,vies, indeed! Captain John Davies! Oh!" and here he gave a contracted "Dear me!" and asked me to paaa the peppermint. But aren't you captain on your own ship?" I nnldly inquired. "What ship?" he asked, as he straightened up and looked me full in the face. The yacht." I answered. "What yacht? he screamed. The regatta yacht," I murmured. The one that you bought for the regatta last Sep- tember; the one you offered to give to me if I had room for her at home." What the evil are you talking a.bout? I've got no yacht. I waa secretary only, not skipper, of the regatta business." "The Biggest Success in Regattas" ) he went on "that ever was in Cardiff. Worked to a nicety, and I was secretary." "TVeH, you're not acgry, JohQ?" I sliced I in. No, no; but my friends on 'Change——" Now. look here, John. Your friends on "ha-nge get rather too much rope. If they o on as they are doing we'll have to shut b 'Change for good." rbis t ckled the captain so much that he nAe a back movement out of the perpen- e,iular to laugh. When he returned to the nooia,! he reached for the peppermint. ItID glad to record* that there is a rush of rolug humour racing round Cardie*. One of theaptain's friends pcaoeased it In a remark- abledegr&e. Doiag John's bombardment of me this hum"ous friend had pulled him up more thaUtow and agaii dead short by sly little internatioms, which fetched the house down. The aptain is slow to see the full force of a jokebnt when he does he makes up for lost time. I) had a, lot to make up several times. I'm soiy to have forgotten this humorous gent's Ljne. He's capital company. In thentervals of abuse it was my pleasure to becon Anuainted with Gibbons. Not th(Gibbona of history fame, but the one of umpire fame. He had been in early t'mes tht LlandaS umpire, and by an especial s<dy of his duties had made umpir- ing an ar appreciated by all except oppo- nenta- In those tys Gibbons's little lot, Llandaff, put Llanell;out of the cup. Gibbons f'got not to remind me of this. 'Twas just Ii; a. Gibbona to be historical. He would 4e told me this several times, but the Sounlof church bella again broke in upon the air There was no getting away from these r&rberationB. Once more they tolled in fogh< tones. Captain Joi levies, indeed' Why cap- tain? It was hours aer this that he accepted the sitTta.tion. No 'oner did he do so than be exclaimed, Next 8a.turda at Swansea-, I shall live the part. WTlit cap and solid chrysan- themttm." The Internation will be seeondary. There is a trea,t in stor' I should like to t< yoa at oace about Wynd- ham SiBith. but iwoald be unfair to you. Ycnr patience has -en sorely tried, and it is only ju&t to take '1l at once down to the Sold—I beg pardonlake-and do the little polo there was. At the entrance .te I learned that tho English Union had nt down Mr. Temple Gordon, to judge of F. Cooppcr's play on the wing. Alack and alas! J<.al judgment of form on the day that there g was impossible, and the English selection -)mmittee must seek another chance, if tin: allow. The judge was in the rry best hands wb&n in Uncle William's cha. Nuff sed. The first view convino W. H. Tatt, Cardiff's previous pre91t, that again it was a. &aae of the rain I *roppeth where it stoppeth"; and, having Ide sure that tho game would be unwatchat for pleasure, he left the ground after ymg stayed the better part of one nunnte He has evidently left off;,B love for mud. It is not so long ago *at revelled in it with the best of them. The players took to the war in good time At first they walked gingerly the shaDow eat parts just round the fric. of the lake. They looked at the wetnesa it, and had considerable doubts. Finally it was resolved to t to play 25 minutes eaeh way, for th'sa-ke of the drenched ones round the Since the match I have tried, remember the correct composition of thtwo tcama but have failed to remember ionising one of them after the nrst nve minu But of their acting captains 1' certain, ? certain Here they are:— Acting-captain B. A. Hill, for iekheath. Acting-captain Cecil Biggs, for rdiff. So in full:— Hill and fourteen black heathens Cecil and fourteen mud heathens Somebody kicked oS. and somebo kicked back, while rain and individuals ke'fallin'>' thickly all around. Then several somebodies plungeOxJldly into the Dead Sea. amid shouts of er."rage- ment from the spectatora, who gld in aoeing others getting wftter than th'were themBelves. Several nice pasty scroma were form the spirit of Crawford Finlay pervading tht for feet up was conspicuous by its ab8e. The pleasure wae then broken by a art wheel by the Oa-rdiff eight, followed a break away to Heathen quarters. T'he qle being copied by the Heathens, back came acrum to midway, this time in the .y centre of the Slough of Despond. Here Livesay made too-previous inquiri'si. the wrong side of the scrum, and kept do. so. the resulting penalty sending the gai down to that part marked Dagger to 1 own side. David now sent out well, giving Gabe I chance; but weather had the say. The bai: was almost Ungatharab!e from Shppermess. Down the Held with laughter and shout) went the Heathens with their "Pla-y the ball, Sir." treating the Cardiff backs with scant ceremony when they tried to pick the slimy thTng Tip. Hartley would have done them a. heap of good at this juncture ha<l he been playimg. It just needed a steady movement a.t the end to get the score, but the movement served up was the "knock-on" one, and this is against the rules. A long kick by Winneld. one from the twice he handled the ball during the whole game. sent the sloppy sphere back ag-ain, and then came Cardiff's first score. From 80ft scrimmaging the ball came to David, who gave nicely to Bush. Bush when pressed Bpared the ball to Gabe, who re- spa.red it to Bush, to he re-spared in turn when Bush had done with it. Given it for the lat, time, the scion of the noble house of Gabe sped his speediest over the line to score the first try. Thia was the Prettiest Try of the Match. The ball would have none of tibe posts, the score resting at three points. A long tournament, of the mud larha fol- lowed thi-s, Gabe receiving urst' prize. He must have found the mud soft and comfortis- ing. Having it an tnch thick on his ha.bili- mcnte did not saftiafy him. Inches were no standard; he waited heaps, and got it. By the bye, it is a. mad practice to run with your mouth open on muddy fields, "R. T." The second try was the result of head-work by Buah and Biggs. It was a nice effort of the two 'busy B's. but the trajisfers were not of the sharp order, and anything might have happened to intervene. Though good, it was not to ba tompared to 'th& Szst. la fa<t, the-,U7- ootht Meax'o-tMM'e b<e)t .) stopped. The first the Bieathens had no ohamce of stopping—it completely nonplussed them. The kick was not the means of adding farther points. Try No. 3 came fr<un a dribble. SeveraJ Biackhsa.th back. tried to pick the ball out of the water- hnt. It Swam Away, Then Stone, the full b&ck. tried to intercept. it, but again it escaped. Percy Bush's toe had certainly helped it in this last movement, and Percy's pattering putties progressed it prettily over the goal- line. Here the silent one showed what a, lary one he is. Bie foresaw the poasiMlity of knock- ing i ton, and so getting but a minor for his pains. !So he perkily perchedhimself on the other side of the ball—i.e., fa.Mng his own goal—and t.ried to touch down. He did it tha second time, after knocking the ball ba-ck. Da-vid, fe&iing anxious, rushed up to re-score the try, which the silent one let him try to do, with a look that said, I have no farther use for it; take it, my son!" The kick at goat didn't come on'. The ba.U was so heavy and the angle so bad tJia,t this occasioned no won'edr. Up to half-time nothing further of note occurred. Half-tinio: Cardiff, Stries; BIackheath, nil. At half-time there was a serious diaposition to abandon th'a game, giving the victory to Cardiff. Had this been done no one could have complained, for the ground was quite awful. But play went on. For the re-start the different ngures engaged gave one the impression of a number of <novices at skating. \De;ica.te balancing and grotesque figure cutting, a waving of arms, the Budging gudge of the sudden sit-down, when the ice gives the water its turn, were all present. There was more evenness in the play in t'hia half. There were also more- happenings. One of the happenings showed tha/b -Nash will never maJte a, tai)or. A 'Heathen found that his knickcret had dampened into unsta,ble- forthwith desired a. remount. The '.Heathen was taM and wen-proportioned. .Xash was semaphored for, the reason being included in the signals. He brought the raiment along, but, oh! the size of it! Down went Nash's prestige for measurement. On went the raiment. Oh! the pity of it. It only half did. Spackman's Eye Aperture. This was not the only effect of the mud. Spackman had his eye on the mud and in the mud. About half a, ton is the amount his eye aperture accommodates. Case of burying h]S eye beiore his .body. Fortunately for him, my gentle treatment redacted the amouD'6 suaiciently to enable his eye to roll ha.!f round. The othsr half he didn't trouble a'boTit. My bill was presented later, thus:— Firs'L item: To removing apackmaji'a eye from! the mud, 10s. 6d. Second item: To removing the crod from Spackman'8 eye, 10s. 6d. Having cleaned and re-set the Spaokman optic, the game went 00. Cardiff's one score in the second half came about in the ea,me way aa Bush's score. Som'3 loose work &snt the ball among the 'Heathen three-qu'arteis. There were a'tte'mpts to pick it up, and Gumstone, Williams, and Da\-id Mcked away. Stone' proved no obstacle, and then came a- race foT it. which ended in Gun- st'one kicking over and falling on the ball. This was in a- good position. Winneld con. verted easily. From the re-start Cardiff started attacking, Gabe on two ocasions having hard lines in just failing to burst through. David, who waa playdng an extremely good game, broke through to feed Gabe. The ball was sent on to Bigga. who put on top speed. He was forced into touch at the quarter flag. Once again Gabe gathered mud, and 'then came Tha Piece de Resistance" of the Match. which the press failed entirely to record. Receiving the ball near the Blackheath 25, Bush prepared for a dropped goal. He went through all the preliminaries to perfection. The poising of the ball, the earnest look at the goaJ-posts, the Roger de Coverley one, two, three simpering steps were all done, and even the smiling thanks to the crowd was ready. And then he kicked. Ho told us later he meant to kick a thou- sand yarda. and meant to blush at the applause. He was full of good intentions. In speaking of the kick afterwards Brown swears it went 1 foot 2 inches. The maj-ority of the players are dead ait-ainst that measure- ment. They give four inches full, no more.. The mud was still wearing w&ll when time was whistled, with OardiB', 1 goal 3 tries. Blackheath, nil. COMMENTS. I To criticise the players is oat of the ques- tion. The conditions preclude that. I had hoped to have told yon about Wynd- ham Smith, but it mast keep. A line or two will not do him justice. He deserves a column.

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NOTTtNGHAM MEETING. I To-morrow's Programme I —The NEWARK SELLING STEEPLE- CHASE PLATE of 70 sovs, for four year olds and upwards; weight for age; winner to be aold for 50 aovs. Two miles, over the Steeplechase Course. —The RUFORD SELLING HANDICAP RAOE of 70 sovs; winner to be acid for 50 sova. Two miles, over hardies. —The WOLLATON STEEPLECHASE PLATE of 70 sovs, for four year olds and upwards; weight for age; winners extra.. Two miles, over the Steeplechase Course. ys st 1b Mr Foxh?IlKeene'sChpJro.Mr Davies ?12 0 Mr R W Coi?ag'sScn?eur.Owner a 11 12 Mr A Gorham's Fa;rview Rke.t 511 7 Sir Keith rraser'?? ki-t-il Gordm 611 5 Mr J Railing Owner 5 11 0 Mr B W Cox's PaJad[n.M'Gibbon 511 0 Mr N J Kelly's Fly Loaf.Cullen 511 0 CoL Bjrkwood's Phryne.private 511 0 Mr Reid Walker's Green b It 0 Mr C Smítheman's Funchal Bissell 410 7 Mr i' Buchanam's Silverrae Gordon 4 10 3 MrAWFox'sCherryPit.Private 410 3 Mr E Gwilt's Bush Rose.private 410 5 Mr F R Hunt's H.B.Owner 410 3 Mr Lyall's Ding Dong.Owner 4 10 3 Mr C de Paraviciru's 4 10 ;) Mr de Wend-Fen.toa's WhJte 'Ve-bbs, Robinson 4 10 3 Mr 0 J Williams's Vancouloors, ,Capt, Dewhurst 4 10 3 —The STOKE HANDICAP HURDLE RACE PLATE of 83 sovs; winners ta:tra<. Two miles, over hurdles. Y8 1b Major J M: Gordon's Chariton 4 12 7 Mr H lLneton Boy Owner 6 12 7 Major J M Goråon's Wolf Jarvis &12 4 J M Gordon's ArchDiL Jarvis 412 4 Mr Bruce Job.as(tn, jun. 's Rever&Hopkine 6 12 1 Mr F Stra.ksr'x MpnT Shtelds.Green a. 12 0 Sir Peter Walkei's Pure Joy.Latha.m 5 U 12 Mr J 'Ituefoot Chamberlain 6 11 10 iMr R W (krtygian Owner a 1110 Mr A E M'Kimay'a One Away.Couithwaite 411 4 Mr G Johnstone's Highway Collins 511 2 Mr F M Frea.ke'a Lavender KM. CuUen 5 11 1 Mr S HUl-Wocd's Dalmeny.J Elaey 511 0 Mr Schwa.be's Curraghmore. Capt. Dewhurat 6 10 13 Mr H Turner's L-ownbam Private a 10 12 eMr F W Palehampton's 1010 Mr K W Cox's Paladin WGibbon 1,10 10 'Mr Reid W&tkpr's Ljbera.tion.Doyle 5 1010 Mr Herbert ltaJ¡geley's Lord Wonnan.. Wither 4 10 6 Mr C Smitheman's H:a.:rMrd.BisseII 410 2 2 Mr W Black's Heir Male.Pnvate & 10 2 Mr G C DobeU's B.P.GoaweU 410 0 —The TOLLERTON HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE of 80 sove, for four year olds and upwards; weight for age; winners exta,r. Three milea and three fur. longs. ye st Ib Atr W- Bass's Expert II.Mr HasMnss &12 8 Mrs :N J Keuy'sCau-ricr Pigeon.CuUen &12 Mr Cluttcrbuck'i. Dermot Asthore.Private a. 12 1 C Bower 11 9 !tr W I. Hick?y's Pat a Cake.H Taylor a 11 8 ;apt, Band of Hope Capt. Dewhurst a 11 8 tr W H Millard's Sheath..r"Lowe & 11 5 S-it 11 4 J Muddimcr's Seque) II.Portins & 11 4 W L Longworth's Eye Witness..B Maftin a.ll J Woodland's Dam <),vmer 6 11 0 J A Arnold Chamberlain a 10 13 ShcrHTe's Alston's Pride..Capt. Dewhnrst 6 10 12 C E Hunter's Cs.a.ter Home.H Taylor a Mil I; H Bonrke's Cootgardie.Green a 10 10 y L Reid' FIorimel.Private a 10 8 P, H Coliis's Dlùorch" ,Owner a 10 '( ?etth Fraser's Miss Grat. Gordon a 10 7 ?A &orhacfs Avow H?ckett 10 7 ?. G B?ham Wright's Buckrose.Private 5 10 5 ?,H Jo'Mfi'3 Alcove.CoU!M a 10 2 ?'n Bonas'a D&nvej- II.Croby 5 10 0 "'U Wetb's EliaJtine II.Gordon a 10 0 —The NOTTINGSAMSmBE HANDI- CAP ST'FEPLLUAASE of 250 eovs, oar year old a,nd upwards; weight for ag winners extra. Two miles. A st Th Mr A :nbUn'9 1210 '?? J Sinsrer's He&rwood.Mr DavMs a 12 7 ?s St. Mofitz.F R Hunt a 12 6 Sir p?oore'sThaActa?ry.Comas 612 4 Mr p??a.tker's Flutterer.Latb.am a. 12 0 .\fr Mnt?'?* L'ttie May II. Im Iiehmd ?11 13 ? Mr A GGria!th'6 Doerooagh.WaUer a. U 13 l'{' e TjMm's GonzaJez.Hackett 6 11 12 '),/ J B??''? Hop?f?Un.?.J Elaey a 11 12 ?. ?'s AtfM.Owner all 8 ??r?r??i''sB?JoBiU.MunfO &U 3 Mr i F, 's ]?ill iis??t. r.,i mto all 1, E.M Du T?s S??" 'C?Pt- Dcwh?Tst a 11 1 Mr J3 IV A?,,stlic?t:ic Anno.private a.ll l IT??dy v?Vvi??? Dcnr?Mer. H: Ta.y!or a.l<M2 Lady Wym?? ??hMy n.Pri?to 61010

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SPORT OF THE DAY. Over Norton, who won the Lincolnshire Handicap laat ye&r, is not likely to be amongst the acceptances this year. F. Hardy, the Hat-race joohey, has put on a little weight during the winter, but 'will be a-ble to go to scale a;t 7st. Tib. Eingsclere will renew its nrst daim on Momington Cannon, and it may be that second claim on the famous jockey's services will be secured by Lord Howard de Walden. The Eaton stad mare Gantlet has foaled a oheetnd colt by Isinglass, this being tthe first foal belonging to the Duke of Westminster to arrive thia seaaon. Gantlet is the dam of Duke of Westminster. Prior to running in the January Steeple- chase, Sweetheart ni. was offered for eale, with six engagemente. at Kempton Park, on Saturday, but she failed to reach the reaerve price, and did not change bands. Ipswich was offered for sale during the afternoon, and waa purchased by Prince Hatzfeldt for 300 guineas. Detail, the Grand Nationa.1 hoise, is not. as ctated the other day, owned by a Northamp- tonshire farmer. The horse was bred and is owned by Mr. White Heather, and is trained by Mr. Whitehea4. who is a. Northa.mpton- shire farmer. Mr. White Heather owna .Eosaro, the dam of Deta.11, also Delight II., an own sister to the Grand National fa-voofite. The death has occurred, a-t Sarbiton, Sarrey, of Mr. Thomas Dixon. a large con- tractor for public works in Ireland. He wM well known on the turf in the early eighties in connection with a speedy mare called Colleen Bawn I., who, after passing into the possession of the late Mr. Abington Baird, became the dam of Milford. a good horse in his two-year-old seaBon. and in turn the aire of Smilax and Doochary.

I ANCIENT BRITISH RELICS. Ploughing operations at Diiston, North Tyne, have revealed an early British burial place, or cist, ums having been found oon- taining the ashes of a funeral pyre. It is supposed that the bnriaJs date from the later bronze age, about 500 or 1.000 years before Christ, the relica thus being from 2,500 to 3,000 years old. The urns are of what is known &s the "drinking-cup" type, ornamented with markings made on the clay while moiat. Unlike the Roman pottery, which was turned on a- potter's wheel, they arc ha.nd-made, pro- ba.b!y by t'he women of the family of the deceased, and burned on the funeral pyre. They are being repaired for their owner, Mr. Beaumont, M.P., the lord of the ma-nor.

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