BOWLING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14133, 7 August 1909, Page 7

BOWLING.

The following interesting paragraph is from the London Daily Mail of May 22, and is headed "Dressing Up":—"Another novelty has given an opportunity to oertain eminent exponents of the art and mystery of bowls—that venerable and engaging pastime which stimulates ' interest and thirst in an almost equal degree appear 'in costume' with a laudable purpose. Tho harmless and ingrained human foible for ' dressing up' has no doubt received an impetus from the vogue of pageants, and there is no reason why scope should not be found for it in the pleasant realms of sport. The display held at the Agricultural Hall a few days ago certainly , encouraged this development. Captains of bowling clubs, _ including last year's winner of the championship of the English Association and the lady champion, appeared in the guise of players of the past, and though no one represented an early Egyptian—tho game is believed to have been known to the Pharoahs— was a rich assortment of characters, including King Edward 1., in whose reign the existing Southampton Club was founded; Queen Matilda, wife of Richard n.; Queen Mary, of melancholy memory; Sir Francis Drake, Sir Walter Raleigh, Shakespere, and the Young Pretender. The green was fashioned of billiard cloth stretched over a foundation of tan and sawdust."