KAMO.

Observer, Volume X, Issue 604, 31 January 1891, Page 18

KAMO.

The sports that are promised us for the 29th are the absorbing topic of interest just now. All the paddocks for a mi'e round are in demand for private training ground. It seems that all my neighbours are amusement mad. What with four day's racing, birthday picnics ad lib, hree dances, two concerts, and now a ays' racing and jumping, together with a concert, farce and ball to wind up with, an old fogey like me begins to long for a rest. The select dance, given by the ' hupper ten ' of this flourishing centre, a short time back, was right up to the handle. The amateur parson actually felt as if he was enjoying the heaven he is so *ure of. He never had an idea it was so blissful to whirl around in the mazy but chaste waltz. H e also vows he will never stay away from another, provided the ' lower five ' are of course excluded. The O.M. is at a loss to fix on who was belle of the ball, but the doctor from Kawakawa has no doubt whatever on that subject. Ask him. The little music teacher, from the soda water, has netted our Crown Prince at last, and sports the golden circlet accordingly. The speelers of all descriptions had a glorious harvest during the last Whangarei races. All sorts and descriptions of nefarious swindles were openly and barefacedly practised, and the local Poorce, in the face of being the owner of General, the steeplechaser, was powerless to interfere. What would Broham say if he had spotted you sporting the racing club's ticket from your button-hole, and giving and taking the odds, eh ? Duty before pleasure ; so keep your'eye skinned next time. Ouryonthful mile sprinter is on the look out for a nest. He says he has the bird all right now, for mamma has been along and said. 'Yes, George, and my blessing go wid you.' Look out for the young storekeeper, George ; he takes after the old bird. The two young toffs were using nice language the ether evening from the corner verandah. Ladies were within hearing.