'STERLING’S’ STRAIGHT TIP.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 745, 11 June 1886, Page 30

'STERLING’S ’ STRAIGHT TIP.

Naturally, the Press plays an important part in the conduct and government of horseracing in these colonies. The sporting writer is not merely the recorder or reporter of passing events in the sporting world, but the watchful censor and critic, whose alert vigilance keeps rogues in terror, and whose honest and outspoken commentaries preserve horseracing, comparatively speaking, clean and undefiled. For it must be remembered that a sport which, of necessity, appeals to the passion for gambling, innate in human nature, presents many temptations to the unscrupulous and knavish. The sporting writer then, whose function it is to expose all trick and rascality on the turf, is an important factor in the good government and control of-our most popular amusement. Among the many capable gentleman who direct their attention to the literature and record of turf matters, there are few, if any, who are more widely known and respected than Mr A. P. Bradshaw—vho writes nnder the nom de plume of ‘ Sterling.’ Those who know him, whether in his capacity as a writer upon racing subjects, a trainer, or as a private gentleman, are aware that he is excellent m all respects. They will be glad then to learn that he is recovering his health, which was so terribly shattered from the effects of a rail- j way accident some time ago. He owes his more recent resuscitation to the use of Warner’s safe cure, of which he writes— 1 Feeling seriously unwell, with great weakness, and ] waking as tired in the morning as I felt when I went to bed the night before, I was advised by a friend to try Warner’s safe cure. After some persuation I did so. A few doses gave me great pain in the region of the kidneys, speedily followed by a sensation of great relief and ease. I used two bottles, with the happiest results, and I now find myself restored to health.’ The man who would reject such testimony as this would not hesitate to marry his own grandmother for the sake of her spectacles. It is unimpeachable, and we are proud to set it before the public as one more notable instance of the efficacy of that which needs but to be known to be commended.