The Tournament.

Otago Witness, Issue 2205, 4 June 1896, Page 40

The Tournament.

__ TOTMDRMamSBDrtOE. Sib,— Will you allow me a little spacs to pass a remark on Messrs Boreham aud Montgomery's letters. X consider that the best thing that Mr Brodie can do with them is to pat them In tha' waatepapw basket and sit back in hla chair till the hones of the" right colour " move in tha direction of taking up his offer to play for £50 or £100. That is the only legitimate mave £ft ©S tiie board by whksh they can deprive Brodie <rf tha right to hold the title-tiuit fa. if Brodfe is defeated in the match j and if e&faer party M afraid of losing by one win, the match may bl made to consist of the first wia o* the first IQQ wins t which would give the Wanganui horses of the right colour a fair opportanity of running for: wins. I have been running overa -»»jold papers',' and I notice that m the Oantarbury and Otago match Messrs Montgomery and Menzies were paired and the scores were 1 win eaoh and 4 drawn; in the 1888 match Mr it Bo JJ WwlW w 1 Montgomery by 4 wins. 2 draw*, and Mr Montgomery had the honour to have a duck's egg to his narae-the oaly one in the Otago team : and again in the Australasian chamnwuship Mr Little won firs* prize, £25, »nd Australasian championship, with the fine score of 85* H. B. Hood, second, 33; H. Morris, third, 321 A. Raoaido, fourth, 30 ; H. Montgomery, fifth, 29l If scores prove the colour of horses tha above i shows that Mr Mmtgonury has met and run against some of " a far different colour " in Wanganui, and also of a far more hospitable and kindly disposition than tho*o in tho south, swing they feasted him and Mr Boreham with so many won games. ; Now that there is an offer open for eithar Montgomery or Boreham, let it bo hoped one or tha other will pluck up courage enough to take tht " horse of the right colour which they procured at Wanganui and perform the easy task of biating the southern colt in a fair sud iquare manner. — I am, Ac, Biccarton. A JOCKET.