SPORTING.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7378, 23 May 1887, Page 2

SPORTING.

SYDNEY TURF CLUB'S MEETING. [bETJXER's TELEGRAMS.] Sydney, May 23.— For the Birthday Cup, to be run at the Sydney Turf Club's Meeting to-morrow, Fernandez is first favourite, and for the Royal Stakes Plutarch is most in demand.

Owing to the heavy south-east gale blowing at Wanganui, the s.s. Hucgregor has been bar bound there since Saturday evening. She is expected in .the Waitara Wednesday morning, and will leave aB advertised. The Post-office will be open to-morrow from noon to 2 p.m., for delivery of letters by the inward English mail per Eimutaka. Among the visitors to the town just now are Mr. J. Bevan, M.H.R., and Mr. T. W. Hislop, M.H.8., who are the members for Hokitika and Oamaru respectively. They return to Wellington to resume their Parliamentary duties in a day or two. Mr! O. Samuel, M.H.R., also came north by the express train on Friday. To-morrow (Tuesday) will be the 68th anniversary o£ the birth of Her Majesty? Queen Victoria, and wiJl be observed throughout the Anglo-Saxon speaking world as a close holiday. The local volunteers will muster at nine o'clock, and in the course of the forenoon will fire the feu dejoie, and then proceed to tbe range for their annual class firing ; there will also be prizes competed for, which, no doubt will make the contest keen and interesting. In the afternoon the Town Band, under Bandmaster Garry, will perform the following programme in the Recreation Ground; — " Capt. Alishler," march ; " Arion," overture ; " Blue Danube," waltz ; " Brighter Days, " march ; •' Picnic, " polka ; " Delia," euphonium aolo ; " Annie Laurie," marcb (arranged by G. Garry) ; " Patience," selection ; " Sweetest and Deareßt," waltz; "Merry Folks," quadrille; " Watcb on the Ruine," murcb (arranged by G. Garry); " Flirt " mazurka (arranged by G. Garry; "The Little Giant" andante and galop. God save the Queen. A test football match, for the purpoße of selecting the team to represent the distriot at Manaia on Tuesday against Hawera and Manaia, was played at Waitara on Saturday. The teams were Town I\C. and United F.C. v. Waitara F.C., Tikorangi F.C., and Huirangi F.C. The town fifteen had the wind behind them in the first spelJ, during which the play was very even, but on changing goals the country fifteen had much the best of the play; their heavy forwarda, assisted by good backs, compelled the New Plymouthites to ace continually on the defensive. When time was called there was no score on either side and the match was thus drawn. The following team was picked to represent tbe district ; Humphries (full back), Hempton, A. Bajly, W. Bayly (threequarters), Pardy (quarter), Fred Bishop andC. Bayly (wings), Veale, Hine, J. Whitehead, J. Lye, McNiece, Frank Bishop, McCoy, and F. Dalziell (tor wards), P, Dalziell, Henderson, and W. Guerin (emergencies). This was Charles Lamb's rebuke to a man who by self-assertion pronounced himself devoid of any peculiarity,: 11 Wh-which hand do you b-b-blow your n-n-noae with ? " inquired Lamb. '• With my right hand, to be mre." " Ah," said Lamb, pensively, "that's your pe-pe-peculiarity I 1 b-b-blow mine with my handkerchief." The following good ene is attributed to GfcO. R. Traverß, the wit of Wall-street, now dj-ing in the Bermudas : " I came down to Florida to get a little change and some rest." " Did you get it," someone asked. "No; the waiters got the little change and the hotels got the rest."