BY THE WAY.
SOME COLLECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS. (By One of the Boys.) “Tote changes,” says a heading. Good money for worthless pieces of cardboard. Saturday was a chilly day for the opening of the trots. Desperate punters would be well advised to wait until November before “ putting their shirts ” on horses. The engagement is announced between a titled lady and an officer of the Horse Guards. He ought to make a good groom. “ Take your hands off me,” said the heroine to the villain. “ I wouldn’t trust you as far as I can throw a chimney by its smoke.” Highway Robbery, 1931. Claude Duval gripped his auburn wig (Though the auburn wraith showed white) ; Dick Turpin gave the fire a dig, And the flames shed ghostly light. Tom King in the fitful shadow stood Disgust on his long-dead face, And Jonathan Wild in his blackest mood Was tearing his hat’s fine lace. “Oddsfish,” and “ Zounds ” and f ‘ ’Slife,” . cried he, “ We’ve kept the old road clean— As gentlemen of the highway we Have not done aught that’s mean. ’Sdeath, it cuts us to the quick ' That the travelers now should know The scurvy thief who shams he’s sick To strike his caitiff blow.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 188, 10 August 1931, Page 8
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203BY THE WAY. Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 188, 10 August 1931, Page 8
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