AUCKLAND ANTS.

NZ Truth, Issue 59, 4 August 1906, Page 5

AUCKLAND ANTS.

They used to call him Lingard, But now they call him G-otch.: In Auckland long he's lingered, And he's ne'er a tflifle Scotch.. If he-stood jtway beyond you ' A quarter of a mile, ' V You could tell him by his back hair And his winning, wicked smile-jj

When naughty bookies trouble give The man to make them sorry, And teach them not to lav the odds, Is racing magnate Gorrie. There's really m him not much harm He would not pain a goat, But books foir him have not a charm, He's married to the tote.

Proprietor and Editor Of Auckland "Advocate" ; He's anxious m bis troubled eye, And woolly as to pate. No doubt he feels that he must work The Archimedian Lever ; And sure he's not the one to shirk Or come the gay. deceiver.

He gives the shifty criminal The icy, glassy eye. Just watch them skip the gutter When 'tec Henderson they spy ! He's on to every trick of those Who live upon the cross. And he's hair enough upon, his lip To re-tail any hoss I