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SPORTING.

GREAT RACING STABLES. .MR VANDERBILT IX FRANCE. When .Mr \V. K. Vanderbilt transferred his racing headquarters to fiance lie promised to do the thing handscmely, so far as being a supporter of the French turf is concerned, ami he has more than answered expeditions. .Mr Vanderbilt has never spared expense in his attempt to reach the head of the list among sportsmen m France, and more than once he topped the winning list. Mr Francis Vo\ visited Mr Vanderbilt's stables dur.ng November lust, and m a letter to a Sydney friend lie says that they are surprising in their proportions. Money is expended in the most lavish manner in keeping the stables ami all that p rtains : them up to the highest pitch of .■M'.'i.i'h. e. and though Mr Foy dee. no; stale how many boxes are neccssary for the accommodation oi tin of the quarters when it is mentioned that in November last thero were tn these stables 31 two-eyar-olds and 2a three years ild and over. Thus Mr Vanderbilt had 39 horses preparing foi action, and that nil! indicate the extent of that sportsman's racing operations. These stables are at Chantilly, about lb miles out from Paris, and associated with them are four oi th.ii owner's private tracks--one of five fur1. ugs, another of six furlongs, the third of one mile and the other of a mile .in ; a-quarter in extent, so that there is al; the material necessary tor the thorough trying out of horses in preparation for ai. descriptions of races. Horse-owners ,n France and England have much more to e< ntend against in the way of weather conditions than those in Australia ■ states the Sydney Daily Telegraph). fit re we complain if the galloping grounds am a little hard in dry wea-

ther, but in the countries named snow ami ram often keep horses at home.

xVith men like Mr Vanderbilt money is no object, tiiey have it "to burn,' and in describing that sportsman's quarters .Mr I'o\ says that there i> also a naif iinie tracts which is covered .in, and tneiehiie horses are ab.e to be exercised ix hen under other conditions they would have to lie kept indoors in times oi extreme wet weather and heavy snow. Eiich loose box i.s 14ft square, ivuli about lift of straw lor bedding, aim ..t the <•■ ldest times most of the boxes are artificial y heated. It need scarcely be said that such a training establishment as tins was not arraugeo without heavy outlay, ami quite fctJOUjOUO was expended in getting it in order- a mere tritie to one possessing .ne enormous wealth ol a \ andernilt. But luck enters largely into training operations everywhere, even where money is no object, and Mi lox men-

tions thai m twithstanding the cost entailed in tme upkeep ol these quarters every horse in the stables in training itiree months ago had a co.d. \eteriiiaiy foes must therefore Im.- a big item. Li was stated recently that Mr toy had arariiged to mate his mares Playaway ana Lord L din's Daughter, Mine d'Or ami Charmed Life, as well as his Anna ican-bred purchase by Sir Modred, with Prestige, by l.e Pompom from Or-

guielleuse, by Reverend from Oroya, oy lieud u Or and it will be interestiL: ~. ia men here to learn that am< n ■• Mi \ anderbiit'b oil horses in training at Hie euu ol last year were tiie then two-year-olds Adad, Haiti. Cauaudaigua, l astn, Madison, Mazzara, Norderuay, Setm, Siivanus ami lestudo, and 10 ol u.mi ages oy Prestige, and most oi them had hgured in tne winning list. I'lio result of Mr hoy's enterprise m seiidiug hi.- mates such a long way wiil >e awaited with considerable interest in tuese parts. Mr Foy, it might) be

said, do lots whether he has ever seen a iiuer type d Jmise than Prestige.

Only a lew days ago a cable message borugh! news mat Sir J. xt. Carruthers aad expressed the opimon thai under u ue piesciu law the totahsator noutd be tegai iU -New South Wales. li that op.nil n shou.d hold good, perhaps tne 'Sua) some ol the advocates ol the machine may be inclined to test the point by iustalhng the machine, though such a step wou.d ol course meet with strong opposition from vested interests. i\hiie on the suoject oi the totalisator, a is interesting to note that a new .ypo ot machine is being put on tne market in Australia by u Sydney company, the machine, known as the jjightniiig" totaliaator, manufactured uy Gaut and Ward, has been installed ou the Adelaide Racing Club's course and is to be given us lirst public trial ou April 4. iins totalisater is worked by electricity, ajid it is possible to sell tickets at a distance from the mam machine.

The death occurred at Mr U. D. Greenwood's stud farm, Ham, on thuisuay, of the brood mare Armlet, winch was found dead in the paddock. Arm.ei was bred in 1905 by the Wellington Park Stud and was by Menschifcoil— Arinilia, by Castor—Necklace, by Musket—Locket, by thunderbolt (imp.). As a yearling she was purchased by Lire late -Mr Geo. G. Steady and commeneeo racing as a two-year-old. In iier first season ou the turf she showed aerseil possessed ol extreme speed, siie was taken across to Sydney lor the .\..j.C. spring Meeting, and alter running second in toe Breeders' Plate, won .ne uuuerack stakes. Returning to .New Zealand she won the C.J.C. Welcome Sviikes defeating, amongst others, Fleetioot and Aborigine, and followed .Ins up by winning the Juvenile Plate. sue was beaten by a neck by Fleetfoot in tne Electric I'iate and once again aas beaten by Sir Geo. Clifford's filly in tiie Great Northern Foal Stakes. sue won the A.K.C. Midsummer Handicap, and ran second to Fleetfoot m the Royal Stakes. She also won the Wellington Nursery Handicap. In the following year she won five races, including the A.R.C. Royal Stakes, Great Easier Handicap, and the C.J.C. Temp.eton Handicap. As a four-year-old sue won the W'.R.C. Metropolitan Hand< api the W'anganui Jackson Stakes, v. J.C. Challenge Stakes, and W'.R.C. lkompscii Handicap. At the time of her death Armlet had a colt foal at foot by Danube, and was in foal to him. iier death is attributed to a kidney disease.

Aii old farmer on hie first visit to I New York thought he would to the I iheatro and see the play called "Forty Thieves." When ho got to the theatre ha asked the man at the box-ofiioe if they were playing the "Forty . I'bievee" there, and on being informed <. they were, and without asking the price of the t>eats, told the box-office ; man that he wanted a tip-top seat, and c laid a five-dollar hill down. The box- I ; office man laid the ticket down and ! f iii!vo dollars in change and walked off ■ 1 without his ticket, whereupon the box- t office man shouted, "See here, siri' You've forgotten your ticket." The far- s (tier shouted back": "Keen it, go] earn s yer! I don't want to see the other 39. p

INFLUENZA.

HOW TO AVOID AN ATTACK. The influenza microbe is still active, and the only successful method of avoiding it is to keep away from sources of miection. For most people this is not practicable, but everyone may go a mug step ni that direction. By going less among crowds, especially indoor crowds, we lessen the risk of getting influenza. We can also do something by not directly facing an infectious person when talking to him, and by Holding up a newspaper when sitting apposite bun in a train. some people pin their iaith by sipping a little eucalyptus from the palm o: Hie hand, others hud protection by taking a small do.-e of quinine every day when brought into contact with a >utl'erer. When attacked, says A. F. Hopkirk, of Jena (in "Influenza/' a book issued •\ the Walter Scott Publishing Corapau), "no matter how mild the symplOins m<iv appear to be, there is always the possibility of senuus complications in tne acute stage, while the severity and danger of the after-effects that .nay supei vene bear no relation to the violence of the epidemic seizure. IHE BEST ADVICE. "Ctin.-eip.it/ntlv the best advice that ran be given to anyone presenting the nitlal symptoms of influenza is to 'go to bod and send for a doctor and a nurse.' Even in the mildest attacks Ixd is the proper place until there lias been an absence oi febrile symptoms for at least two or three days." I'licre are three radical errors of management, says the writer, namely: 1. Neglecting to send a patient to bed early enough. 2. Allowing a patient to get up too soon. Permitting a patient to leave the house bet ore convalescence is completed. 'I lie sooner a pat eat goes out tne greater is the risk of bad consequences. How is one to know if he is getting or has got influenza? Dr Hopkirk says that, after one to three days' incubation, it "usually starts with chilliness, diivering, a sensation as oi cold water running down the back, unbearable it- ulache, pa ns in the back and loins. maLaie>e. The temperature generally rises rapidly to lo2deg. or 103 dog. Fahrenheit,'and hot and colt lit.- al- ' SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS. "In very mild vases, these symptoms disappear, alter profuse .sweating, in I- hours, leaving more or less lassitude and ]i eviration, which max la-t toi some- time. "In other eases the onset is folloxved by loss of appetite, tuned tongue, constipation, with the addition of a short. I it, harrassing cough, without expectoration. I'iie pains in the bead be- .-, a common symptom. Hut there are several types- the febrile the respiratory, the nervous and ;li,. ; and each has its own peculiar manifestations. Some at:.e ks, therefore, may begin with sneezing, running from the nose, burning lan in tiie eyes; others with severe pa i:s in the head, back and loins, and great weakness, without any catarrh; others w tii vomiting, pains in the abdomcii. diarrhoea and collapse. It ii> obvious that self-drugging is a mistake hi i that a doctor 'should always bo >e> 11.

i lie food to give an influenza patient lunng the feverish stage is iniik. It is best given hot. and he should have -.hi ■ .• to four pints daily. It must bo given in small 'lose.-, in some cases as .-mall as a wineglassful <._''•'/;:. Later on tin- quantity is increased "hi a teacupful 100/.i. (liven every hour. A little added seltzer or lime <■ ;:ter make* the milk more easily dieted. DIET D THING CONVALESCENCE During convalescence the patient be well nourished. Dr Hopkirk ncommends half a pint oi milk the tir t :li nj, in tie- morning. Tie- breakfast (8.30) ot the convalescent may be chosen from the following: F.ggs, boiled or poached; whiting, phi ce, or sole; sweetbreads; tripe boil ■ d :n molk . toast, rusks, or stale bread ; butter, sparingly used. A; 11 a.m. he should have a light meal, such as eggnog, milk punch, milk jelly, oysters, biscuits, and a glass of ivort or champagne. At luncheon (1.30) he may have eggs, while risb boiled chicken or rabbit. ami a little mashed potato, with canlifkixvcr, vegetable marrow or celery. At dinner (fj.oo-7.30i he can take soup and fish or meat with vegetables., ami pudding On going to bed he should have a ctip of warm milk, with a little brandy or one of the various invalid foods

Another Epoch Making Discovery

Recently Dr. F. Tinden Melius, who ' is one of the chief medical experimenters of the John Hopkins school, removed al! the blood from a dog's body and then inn it back again. Lnfortunately, the dog. who was securely strapped down during the operation. died, but this, as the doctor explained, was incidental. Everybody who has anything the matter with his blood will rejoice at this latest discovery of medical science. If you come home late at night and want to get a good night's rest, you can remove your circulation into tubes, and, hanging them up in awardirobe, sleep a freaniless sleep. Be sure and lock up the wardrobe before you jump into bed. as some careless servant might hang your circulation on the line in the cold nicht air and chill it beyond the safety point. I This invention will do away with cold feet. To some ignorant people it may seem that cold feet are the result of a lack of bleed, but all things are relative. Remove the blood from everywhere else, and the feet will then be the same temperature as the rest of the body. Hence they will not know rhat they are cold. lint this is not all. it must be remen bered that you can, if you liko, substitute any other fluid in place of your circulation. Dr. Melius used a saline solution. You can use claret, if you like, and by restoring the circulation the following morning, have no bad effects. Before putting your circulation back, be sure and go over it carefully with a A dustless circulation is so much more comfortable.

The Daily Waterplane. \ The first daily aeroplane passenger I and cargo service between two Ameri- i can towns started on January 1, when < a waterplane flew with the Mayor as 1 passenger from St. Petersburg, in <l Florida, 18 miles across Tampa Bay, t to Tampa, also in Florida. f The fare charged is £1 for each pas- t senger weighing under 2001b, and pas- t sengers weighing more have to pay 2}d f per extra pound. " " a

Insisted His Eggs be " 'Lim'nated."

Is this story iaew? The Ellsworth, Kas., 'Messenger' tells it: Three travelling companions, Gray, Brown and Green, were breakfasting at a hotel in the South. Gray ordered coffee, rolls, creamed potatoes, bacon and fried eggs; Brown told the waiter ho might duplicate the order for him, and Green ,said: "You may bring one the same, all but the eggs—you may eliminate the eggs.'' In due time the waiter appeared with the breakfast of Gray and Brown, which he served; then, stepping round to Green, he said in a conciliatory tone:

"We got fried eggs, an' poached eggs, an' boiled eggs, an' scrambled eggs, an' om'let, salt, but we ain't got no 'liminated eggs." "Well." said Green, "my doctor says my eggs must be eliminated. Have it done at once, and hurrv up my breakfast."

Presently the waiter was back again, but without the breakfast. "The cook says to toll you. sab," he said, "he jes' can't 'liminate no eggs dia mawnhr."

"Now, see here," said Green, in apparent anger, "1 never before was at a hotel where 1 could not have my oggs eliminated. Go tell the cook that, and tell him to eliminate those eggs double sudden, or I shall complain to the manager."

Away went the waiter, but returned almost immediately, followed by the cook.

"I come to 'splain to you niyse'f 'hut dem eggs, sab," said the excited chef. "1 ain't been here on'}' a week, an' I don' wan' to lose my job an' dis i.i du vo'y fist ordah 1 had fob' 'lim'nated eggs swice i conic. 1 was goin' to 'lim'nate 'em right off, but when 1 looked 'rotind for do 'lim'nater, dey ain't got none. Co'so 1 can't 'lim'nate eggs' tliout a 'lim'nater, but I's goin' to have the boss git one this vo'y day, an' if you'll 'souse me thus mawnin', nex' tune :-'<»u come I'll suar 'lim'nate yo' eggs better'n yo've crab had 'em lim'nated befor'!"

THE DOG THAT SPELLS

What must surely be tin' own brother i.l the •■spoiling dog of Mannheim" has now been discovered at Droitwich. 'I lie creature is a large and handsome code mh nn as Togo and owned by Mr Harry Laugher, of thas town. It l'ogo docs not. like the Elberfield horses, extract cube roots with lightning rapidity, be has vet a mathematical lira n. Asked 'How many legs have you got!'"' tins miracle of intelligence harks, lour times. Told. "Spell Thomis." 'J os:o shows ills pertect mastery of the vagaries oi the British pronunciation and spelling by barking six times, once i 'i- each ol the six letters, including the silent "h." -Nor is thai ail that we are asked to rcd;i. Set tins Mini. "It J have 12 : 11111f> oi sugar and eat live how many are icil:" Togo will bark seven tines, lie i.- observant into the barga n. He will bark the number of fingers held up and get his sura right live times out of six. llis "toughest" feat of divination, nowever, was this: There came a visitor who gave his name as Montagu. Ihe dog spelt the name with seven harks. He was rebuked for getting it wrong, h s master imagining that the spelling was "Montague," when the guest intervened with the remark that he never used the final "e."

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Mt Benger Mail, 15 April 1914, Page 4

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SPORTING. Mt Benger Mail, 15 April 1914, Page 4

SPORTING. Mt Benger Mail, 15 April 1914, Page 4

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