“SMILES.”

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1212, 24 May 1895, Page 24

“ SMILES.”

Care to our coffin adds a nail no doubt, And every laugh so hearty draws one out. One of the most successful of Australasian. spielers, says the Hulletm, began his career as “ nose " for a quack doctor, more or less of the “clairvoyant" order, and to his adroitness the “professional" success of his pal was greatly due. It was the duty of the future turfite to receive the patient, and intimate that Doctor So aud-So Was not in but would return shortly. Then he-,‘> would artfully draw from the poor devi'l-.a statement of his aches and pains—the “ doctor “ meanwhile listeningqhiseen to the dialogue. When he had ascertained all he wanted to know, the doctor, wearing his hat would hurriedly enter the room and shortly after completely win the patient’s confidence by a surprisingly accurate diagnosis. And so the precious pair made their rise. Sporting Sketches had a good thing recently, it was in a race for amateur riders. As soon as the horses started, one amateur jumpod off his horse. The starter was dumbfounded, and remarked; “What are you doing sir !" “ Oh, its all right, said the amateur," the owner told me to “jump off" when the flag fell 1