"If it was the intention of the political Puritans who instigated the passing of the Gaming Suppression Act to aim a fatal blow at the turf (says the Melbourne "Age”) and thereby cripple and maim it as the national pastime, never djd : any Parliamentary enactment fall eo wide of the mark. Wore any evidence ruquired cn inis point it is lorxncoming in annihilating force in the entries for autumn events. They are a "back end” record, both for Plemington and Caulfield, and speak eloquently for the flourishing condition of the turf in this | State, despite the meddlesome interferI ence of those faddists who, had they their own way, would expunge the word sport from the English dictionary.” While the British send on a average two telegrams per head per year, the Americans Tsend only 1.1, and the Germans 0.9. The last use of sh!elds_ in civilised warfare was at Culloden in 1715.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 6749, 22 February 1909, Page 2
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