Our Illustrations.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume VII, Issue 361, 24 June 1897, Page 8

Our Illustrations.

The illustration, Mr Martin Taylor at home, is a picture of the well-known coursing enthusiast standing in front of his own residence with Mrs Taylor and other members of the family with the dogs. The names of the dogs reading from the left are Soft G-oods (Merchant —Spruce), Miss Trephen (Rufford — Stormy Night), Master Razzle (Razzle Dazzle —Lizzie Woods), Luck’s All (Deceiver — Yorkshire Lass), Alice Hawthorne (Merchant— Spruce), Bess Morley (Brewer —Deception). The figures commencing after the lad with the horse on the left are Miss Taylor, Miss Rayner, Master C. Taylor, Mr Martin Taylor, Miss Maud Taylor and Mrs M. Taylor (or as Mr Taylor himself states “ The Duchess.”) When taken they were all looking forward to the present season with great hopes, and it may be that there was one among the lot of greyhounds good enough for the New South "Wales Waterloo Cup. A picture of Blackthorne is given with his trainer, W. Rox. William has evidently been photographed just when in the act of describing ar very well proportioned dog. Blackthorne is the winner of the late Challenge Stakes at Avondale and is one of the N.Z. dogs going over to do battle in the New South Wales Waterloo Cup. Reading from the left the dogs are Maxim, Lizzie Godfrey, Blockthorn, Favonious, Seal Packet, Alice Hawthorn, Master Razzle, Lord- Rosebery, Luck’s All, and Bessie McCarthy, while among those in charge are Messrs Fox,Fergusson (N.Z. slipper), W,, Profitt, Forward, and Styckes. The good deeds of Mr R. Connop’s Tally-ho, winner of the Hawke’s, Bay Hurdles, entitle him to a place, while Ilex, who finished second, is also depicted. A photo is given of Mr Peter Smith, a well-known Auckland ct?sh cyclist and agent for the “Albert” cycles. The photo of Mr J. L. Le. Breton, touring manager for the St. John and Hayman Company is also given. He has just completed an extensive season in Australia as touring manager for Mr Trve Hayman, who has been travelling the colonies for the past ten years. Before joining Mr Hayman Mr Le Breton held the position of business manager for Mrs Harrie Marshall during her successful season in Sydney, and seven years prior to that he was a commercial traveller, and represented many well-known firms. The photo, of Mr R. Scott, proprietor of the Royal Mail Hotel, Victoria Street, Auckland, is dealt with in our Licensed Victuallers’ column