SPORTING.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 4608, 24 March 1884, Page 2

SPORTING.

TARANAKI ANNIVERSARY MEETING. Tiie following additional general entries and acceptances have been received :—: — Maiden Plate. Mr. E. Collins' Satoiia Mr; Chad wick's Notice of Motion Mr. Stuart's Slider Mr. Thornton's Ghost Mr. Martin's Parem Mr. Crocker's Egiuont Mr. Simpson's Gabble Mr. Hoskin's Billy-go-by 'em Mr. Standish's Nimu Mr. O'Brien's Guy Faux Mr. Davidson's Auctioneer Mr. Clout's The Pointer (late Raphael). Welcome Stakes. St. lb. Mr. Gibson's Koromiko ... 8 10 Mr. Telfar's Anvil 8 10 Mr. Panetti's Miss Puritan ... 8 5 Mr. Cunningham's Lourace ... 8 5 Derby. St. lb. Mr. Bobbett's Musketeer ... 8 10 ■Mr. Tancred's Consul 8 10 Mr. Wood's Ina 8 5 Mr. O'Brien's Guy Faux ... 8 5

THE "SECRETS" OF FREEMASONRY. In an article on Freemasonry, with special reference to the fact that the Prince of Wales has been raised to the highest rank which the Mark Masons have it in their power to confer, The Times says :— " Freemnßonry, in all itß forms, is a very popular institution in this country. Its members have a pleasant sense that they belong to a secret order, that they can communicate with their fellows in some special way, and that they have therefore a claim of right to an acknowledged brotherhood with the highest and noblest in the land. To the unitiated public, including the whole female sex, the whole thing is supposed to be, a mystery, and, aa such, an agreeable subject for speculation. Its secrets, it is true, have not been very closely kept. Indiscreet or treacherous brethern have revealed them to the world a dozen times over. The fullest information may be picked up for half a crown at almost any London book-stall. But the public prefers to be in the dark, and go on guessing and speculating. If it really believed that Freemasonry is no more than what the Prince of Wales describes it to be — " an order and an institution of charity and usefulness" — it would care much less for it."