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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18544, 18 August 1928, Page 28 (Supplement)

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VICAR HAD ONE BET ON RACEHORSE. Near Newmarket, England, resides a clergyman who prays for the success of the King's racing stables and corresponds with the jockeys and stable lads about his sermons. At Cambridge, when the Ely Diocesan Conference discussed betting, the Rev. J. H. Davies, vicar of Westlev Waterless, said: "I am the chaplain to the King's horses and the King's stablemen.” The vicar read a letter from a famous jockey, twice winner of the Derby. “And, " he continued "before the Guineas I asked God's blessing on the stables during the week. Whether in answer to my supplication or by chance, the horse won. At Communion next Sunday morning there were thirty-nine persons present, including the trainer of the horse and all the men who had had anything to do with its training " Mr Davies added that he once put half a-crown on a horse and won £1 lVs

Raging mad with toothache. Johnson rushed to the dentist. “Great heavens ” exclaimed the dentist, as his victim sank into the operating chair. “Did you have anv advice ahout these terrible teeth?"' "Yes,” gasped Johnson. “I went to a chemist last night Ihe dentist sniffed contemptuously. “And what idiotic thing did he tell you to do?” he inquired. “To come to you? murmured Johnson.