SPORTING.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXI, Issue 3666, 21 October 1897, Page 3

SPORTING.

Wanganui J-C- Spring Meeting. (Per Press Association). Wanganui, This day There is lovely weather and an excellent attendance for the opening of the Bpriog meeting. Results SPBING HANDICAP, Of 60 sovs ; 1 mile and a distance. Anstrslina, 6st 111 b 1 Tho Onyx 6»t 101 b ... .♦ 2 Blarney, 9*t 61b 3 A rood rnoe. Time 2inio 2se u; dividend £ll 12s. TRIAL hack HANDIOAP, Of 35 aovs ; 1 mile. Bona Fide, Bat 71b 1 Sundial, Bs' 6lb ... ... 2 First Shot, 7-t 12'b 3 A splendid fioish Time lmin 47 3 sth seo. Dividend £7 4s.

A correspondent writes:—Two rabbits made their appearanoe on Mr Sorimgeonr’s farm about a fortnight ago. Ooe has been shot; the other has not long to live. How did they oomo here ? Someone who has an interest in their increase doubtless could answer that quostion. They could out be very wild ts the heos take kindly to thorn. The rabbits live under the cottage. Tbe world'* blind are oompnted to number 1.000,000 about one sightless to every 1400 inhabitants. It ia animated that there are now in London and the provinoea over 1100 men and women engaged in the daily perform ance of opera or musioal comedy. The bulbs of several varieties of lilies are toasted and saten in many parts of Siberia. To be presented at the Qaetn’a drawingroom at Buckingham Palaoe coats at least £6O TbeGerman Emperor employs 12 valote; the Czsr of Russia employs eight.