Sporting.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6027, 26 March 1891, Page 3

Sporting.

FOROA STEEPLECHASE MEETING. The following acceptances have been '-eceived for the. above meeting, to be held <m the Toroar Steeplechase course on Monday : — FLYING STAKES. St lb St lb Criminal ... 9 6 Harlequin ... 7 5 Vvia 8 7 Caitiff ... 7 4 Truthful ... 8 6 Aorere ... 6 12 P»pakur& ... 8 2 Stockfish . 612 Zanzibar ... 8 0 Zaccho ... 6 8 Puti 7 10 Bustle ... 6 0 NW York ... 7 6 Assassin ... 6 0 Deceiver 7 6 TOROA STEEPLECHASE, et lb st lb Oeo ... _ ... 11 11 Bustle ... 9 10 )uadine ... 11 0 The Witoh ... 9 10 ;'ikirere ... 10 9 Kap.ii ... 9 7 EASTER HANDICAP. St lb st lb Viminal ... 9 0 Harlequin ... 7 2 Avia 8 0 New York ... 7 2 LVut-.ful ... 8 0 Herlcrt ... 612 Zanzibar ... 7 11 Aorere ... 6 9 i'apakura ... 7 8 Stockash ... 6 9 Nora .*. ... 7 7 Assassin ... 6 0 Caitiff ... 7 '4 NAPIER RACES. Napier, to-day. The following is a continuation of yesterday's racing : — TWO YEAR OLD HANDICAP. Thane 1 Hakimana ... ... ... 2 Krina ... 3 Won easily. Time, lmiu I7fsec. Dividend, L 5 2a. SECOND HANDICAP HURDLES. Caitiff 1 Otaieri 2 Aorere..-. ... ... ... 3 • Won with the greatest of ease. Time, 3toin 19aec. Dividend, L 2 19s. HURRY SCURRY HANDICAP. Lopez ... .; 1 Revenge 2 Musketeer .. 3 Won by a head. Time, lmin 32 2-sth sec. Dividend, L 25 Bs. WAVERLEY STAKES. Swivel... ... ... ... 1 | Lochness ... ... ... 2 Pouawa 3 Won easily by two lengths. Time, lmin 17 2-s'th sec. Dividend, Ll7. L 10,927 passed through the machines in. the two days.

In Dunedin there is a very successful gymnasium, and they have just set about preparing for the winter season. In the report submitted to the members it is mentioned that as a means of showing the development of muscles and the expansion of the chest from gymnastics, the class was measured at the beginning and the end of the season, with the following interesting results : Of 30 members measured the total gain was — chest 42in, biceps 15jin, fore-arm 9^in ; and the average per man — chest I.4in, biceps 'sin, fore-arm *2in. The Oamaru Mail thus concludes an article on the i ihristchuroh child murder case : — The real culprit has got off scot free. It is the coward whose conduct in the first instance, gave rise to the girl's previous error, her unhappy condition, and her subsequent revolting guilt, who should hay© been in the dock. But, it is the old story — ' The woman's dishonor is the man's glory.' Social usage, with all obliquities, has ruled it, and it is, we suppose, a convenient safeguard for the rotten bulwarks of * society' as it is known. The principal offender is, however, beyond the reach of law, and, perhaps, after his brutal fashion, enjoying the freedom which an immunity from disgrace gives him. The day, will, we hope, yet come such conscienceless libertines will be paid back in their own coin, when they will be accounted social outcasts, and when a civilised and truly Christianized people will marvel that a wretched fallen woman should have to bear all the moral disgrace and the social moral ostracism, while her betrayer may pursue his wanton and selfish course under the auspices, and with the apparent approval, of those who are deemed to be the mainstay of religion and national purity." Tho Woodville Examiner launches out: — "The railway arrangements for the Hawke's Bay races are exactly what we want for ordinary traffic and will satisfy the most exacting demands of the people of this district— that a train should leave here for Napier in the morning and return in the evening. We repeat that such an arrangement is absolutely necessary for the convenience of tha district, and muse be insisted on for ordinary traffic. When the Commissioners can conveniently arrange it for the races, they can conveniently arrange it for matters of business and for the necessities of the settlers." The Bush Advocate moralises : — The Btrength of tho claim and the urgency of the case may be judged from the fact that despite the attractions of the Jockey Club meeting to-day, oheap fai^js, and a public holiday too, there were only six passengers from Woodville. If this is excursion traffic, what must the ordinary traffic amount to. A. correspondent writes to a Dunedin weekly : -The English language is sadly in want of a new pronoun. In olden days, when literature concerned itself almost solely with men, and was composed oven more solely by men, the pronouns his, he, him answered all the purposes for the human race. But women now uro no longer nonentities. Compositions in literature concern them as much as men, and we now want a pronoun which shall refer to tho human being of either sex. How awkward it is to say : — 4 Baby has rights, of which it is cruel to deprive her or him !' Or again, " How wide, I may almost say imrneasureablo. is the influence of the journalist, and proportionate is his or her responsibility !' Or this : ' Anyonje who has enjoyed the delitihta theso great works give to their readers, will be sure to find out more for himself or herself !' There is nothing unprecedented in creating a word where the language obviously requires it. In the time of William Shakespeare the neuter pronoun ' its ' was almost unknown. Ho very rarely used it. Take one famous passage, for instance : ' Give thy thoughts no tongue, nor any unpro portioned thought his act.' In these days a writer would Bay ' its ' act, but the masculine pronoun was formerly used, until a more appropriate one came to be adopted. And now that th« masculine pronoun is certainly no longn' sufficient to express all humanity, a new one would be an enrichment to the language. The question is, what shall it be 1 This is where our philologists should help us."

Holy Trinity Church. —Choir practice this evening. All members kindly attend. — Ad. Wesleyan Church Services. — Sunday : Gisborne 11, Mr Bryaut. Subject: "The Resurrection," Evening, special sermon to young men, Rev. J. vN aid. Makaraku, 2, Rev. J. Ward — (Advt.) Air H. Oborli Brown, pianoforte tuner will arrive in Gisborne from ' Auckland ibout the 4th April. All orders for tuning and repairs left ufc Mr lownley's will receive prompt attention. — (Advt.) The Sea ia England's Glory — a barricade and highway in one. Heunessy's Union Bluchers are still 5s lid. The Ladies' Lace Persian Hide Balmorals at 6s lid are going rapidly. Ladiea' Rid Oxfoid Walking Shoes, 5a lid ; Ladies' nice Evening Shoes (bows), 4b ; Maids' Fur-bound Felt Slippers, 2s 6d. For Boot^ of every description go to Hennessy'B Cash Boot Market. ~-(Advt ) Mr Piesse offers 13 bullocks, etc., formerly the property of the Southern Cross Company, for sale at Tuparoa.