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At Albion Park on Saturday Ruby Gun, in a close finish, won the Park Plate from Plockwing and Florrie Kent. The Park Purse resulted: Blue Garter 1, Dean Royal 2, Holly Hoi 3.

At the T.A.T.C. races on Saturday Upronatus won the Anniversary Han dicap. King Marco beat a good' field in the Tooronga Handicap, In addition to a Brisbane Thousand KLfV^*00/^ Stakes, each at £1000, to be-run form May, John Wren Announces as an attraction for February £*t Sandgajte a prize to be called the SandgateCup, value £500. 'Hie world's ^humpiou four-year-old pacing colt is William, who recently achieved a 2.0 record in a regular class race at Grand Rapids, United^States of America. He is closely related to the 'W0™** owned horses Derby Bells am Dferhy Chimes. #Ait interesting fact iti connection this year's Auckland Cup is that placed horses— Warstep, Reputa tion, and La Reina— were privately ©red by their respective owners. Messrs. Baillieu lately received the _ unpleasant news that their celebrated brodd mare La France had died sud- ilenly of acute colic. La France, who was bred in 1895 by the late W, R. WUson, and was therefore in her 20th

j«w* av vuv nine oi ner death, was by *™a^- half brother to Carbine, from Wtfa Hose. During her eleven years «* .the -etna La France produced eight ' t^i * &% best kuoH» of which are «MPa, Maletta, Aleconner, and Maltage. /osoptt Carter (says the Melbourne jyg© )j who claims to be the oldest ?'?GS& m Australia, celebrated his 82nd pimmw m Wednesday. Carter is » SSl?*1**? riSorous for hjs years, and ?i- #W easily ; pass as quite 20 years foi$ger. His acquaintance with the f^W^uan turf dates from 1854, and in JJJ56 he rode Flying Doe, the winner of the first Victorian Derby. He won w Australian Cups of 1866 and 1867 m Woodman and Tim Whiffle r respec {'2%, and the V.R.C. St. Legers of i\jr * 1870 on Gasworks and Lamp % JaS*61'* J**d aga»l on Blue Peter in 11573, while lie was also successful in inatiy other important races. He is SUII connected with the turf, acting as gatekeeper at Flemington, Caulfield, and Moonee Valley on race days. ^Fhe Q.T.C. committee at its monthly meeting on Monday last granted addi tional racing dates as follow : February 4, Kmgaroy R.C. ; February 20, Nortkem Downs Jockey Club; March ^Hibernian H.C., Dalby Hibernian XLC* Beaudesert Hibernian R.C., Nauango Hibernian R.C, Charleville ffiow^n R.C.; March 20, Toowoomba ™r Club (with protection on the Downs] l ; March 26 and 27; Inglewood g««e Club; April 5, Kaimkillenbuu Baee Club and Dalby Hibernian Race Club; April 8 and 9, Eulo Race Club; *Prd 15, Crow's Nest Race Club ; April 19, Malby Amateur Picnic Race Club-; . April 20, Northern Downs Jockey Club ; -April 22 and 23, St. George Race Club ; April 30, Mungindi Amateur Picnic Bace Club; May 1, Mungindi Hospital -Benefit Races ; -May G and 7, Wan-ego , Picnic Race Club; May 26, Northern Downs Jockey Club; May 29, Hullon Creek Race Club. It *is reported' that prior to the war a «ale was in process of negotiation, and of which the famous sire of Peter the-Great (2.7$) and his greatest son, Peter Valo (2.30, 'Hie world's cham pion three-year-old trotter, wore the objects. The sale price is said to have . , been £45,000, and that owing to the declaration of war the sale went off. Stand beside a racecourse gate and watch the folk going in. The book maker drives in a, motor or cab; the little punter comes down in a, three penny tram. And its ever the same. The moral of the tiling seems lost on the little punter. He punts and punts, and eternally loses. He strives with pathetic heroism for the impossible day when he will drivo down in the flash motorcar whilo, I key 'drives down in the tram. Miss Fanny Durad; 'lust week won the 50 yards Indian' 'Kwinimiiig ehji.m pionship of New South Wales, and also the 100 yards metropolitan, jhter.-club

There were five starters in tne half mile swimming championship of Vic tori a^ which was decided on Saturday last ii Melbourne— «. Davis, C. Powell, Jj. Grieve, F. Grieve, and G. W. Morris. Morns won, after a great finish, b^ three years, Powell being second. The others did not finish. The time wai 12mm. ISsec. /hTH6. mu?*1 swim from Apulecross (W.A.) to Perth, nearly live miles, was won by Friedlander, of JEaJgoorlie, in lJBtnwn. She winner swims with his anas only, having to use crutches in walking. W. Reed (scratch) was 'second, in 137min. Four girls com peted. Ena Ewart finished fourth. Her swimming time was 138m iu. On Saturday a large crowd assembled in the .South Brisbane Swimming Dock to see the national wonder from Hawaii, Duke Kahanamoku, compete in the events. In the 100 yards handicap event Duke and his companion, Cunha, were warmly applauded as they took their place on the pontoon 'at the starting post. There were eight starters. Swimming with a powerful . stroke, Kahanamoku drew level with Cunha after -30yds. had been covered. They were then apparently taking things fairly easy, but gradually over hauled the remainder o fthe field, and at 50 yds. were 2yds. behind the rest. The 'Duke' came with a great rush t the finish, failed to catch Pierce, a 12sec man, who :won with 2yds. to spare. Kahanamoku and S. Spring field appeared to dead heat, but the officials decided in favour of the visi tor. Cunha, was a yard away fourth. In the 200 yards brace relay handicap 10 pairs started. Thirty-six seconds behind the limit man, Cunha dived in, and swimming with' a long, strong stroke, -but taking rather an erratic course, quickly reduced the gap be tween him and the leaders. At the ?end of the first 100 yardB he was only about 20 yards in the rear. The 'Duke' then took up the running, and, with his powerful stroke and remark able method of using his feet, some what like a fish tail or a propeller, commenced to overhaul the field. He had hot gone more than 30 yards be fore there were only two swimmers ahead of him, and putting on a mag nificent spurjL-at 50 yards he overtook tli© leaders, and won easily by four yards amidst great cheering. A simi lar distance separated the second and third men. The time was 1.574/5, the 'Duke' covering his 100 yards in 574/5sec, and Cunha his iii 60sec. The second heat of the series of games being played between Tom Reece and George Gray in. London re sulted in a win for the former by 287 points. The final scores were : Reece, 4000; Gray, 3713. Reece won the first game by 1797 points. Owing to their desire to secure direct representation on the committee, book making members of Brisbane Tatter sail's Club have nominated one of their number for a seat at the next election of officers. For many years betting clubs in Australia practically barred bookmakers as members of committee, but they are gradually breaking away from that custom. The South Australian Police Depart ment has issued the totalisator figures for the year ended December 31, 1914^ On all racecourses in this State the sum of £577, 1S2 was put- through cho machine. The clubs retained £43,188 as commission, and the Government took £14,396 as stamp tax, while charities were handed £2490. Boxer Frank Thorn is down with an attack of blood poinsoning. Boxing bouts are still patronised in England despite war's alarms. Jerome and Everndeu each pocketed about £65 as a result of their recent clash. Pat Bradley meets Everndeu shortly. Pat is not the 'bhoy' he used to be. Getting stale probably. Herb M'Coy easily beat Eugene Volaire on points at the Melbourne Stadium on Saturday. Next Saturday Jeff Smith and Les Darcy are billed to meet in Sydney Stadium. Should be something doing on that occasion. Smith's skill should more than outmatch Darcy 's strength. Fred Dyer, the. agile Welsh boxer, who siugs a good song-, unbosomed his sorrows to Sydney 'Sun' in re gard to a match arranged between him and that husky lad, M'Nabb, and who by some strange circumstance Holland was substituted dor himself. It is understood that the management will, as a solatium give Dyer a match later on with American Jimmy Fittoti iu Brisbane. Two fistic fame chasers shortly duo to arrive in Australia; Abbe Attel, not ihe 'Abe' of a decade ago, but a lad from Denver; and Henri Hemlin, a Belgian boy. Understood that Jim Corbett, an exrrha,mpioii heavyweight boxer, whose period, of supremacy now sterns almost ;ir remote as Adam's time., will land in Australia about the latter end of March. Gorbett is a fine specimen

i Vim of manhood still. While in the . nag he used to he known as 'Fom- . padoui; Jim,' ©» account of upward ? ¥& *% „ oi ¥* unuetta% thick r 'thatch,' Gorbett comes under a vaudeville engagement. There is a move afoot to bring Jeff Smith and Jerry Jerome together at - Brisbane shortly. Let ns hope com i monsense will prevail and block the ridiculous proposal from eventuating. ; Jerome is not even a match for Ever - den, Let alone Smith. The thing would only prove a fiasco or a sort of Boft , snap bout for the American. Jimmy Ddffy, at Lockport, Keu 1 tucky, outpointed Johnny Dundee in ? a 10-round contest. No decision was 1 given by the referee. The fighting was fast throughout. ; Fritz Holland proved too good for Billy M'Nabb, of Newcastle, at Baker's Sydney Stadium on Saturday night. Holland began to show his superiority as a cooland skilful boxer in the first round, and although M'Nabb was game to take all he did. The referee stop ped the contest, and declared Holland 1 the winner. Gloves off 1 There are many hun dreds, certainly over five, of English, Australian, Canadian, and even Ameri can boxers, amateur and professional, now fighting on the side of the Allies. Our own 'Bush Brother,' Rev. Hulton Samsjrhas been appointed their Honor ary Chaplain-General. 'Snowy' Baker is rapidly developing into a self-constituted Director of National Educational Fisticuffery. He has now three big companies of boy boxing pupils in training just now, which are about as many as he can handle and do justice to them. The first lot taken up will be disbanded at the end of the month, and in a fitting way. Their instructor purposes ar- I ranging a sports meeting for them, i whereat swimming and athletic events will be contested for trophies. Medals are to be presented to those who have 3 made most progress as boxers. Very ' shortly Baker will get another big * class of lads together, so that the three ' companies' strength may bo sustained. \ Among those killed in France during ' November was Lieutenant A. E. J. Col- , lius, of the Royal Engineers, who, as j a boy of 13, achieved the distinction ( of making the world's highest score iu a cricket match. He was at Clifton j College when he did this. The bound- ' ary was so easy that on three sides a hit there only counted two, but there ' were boundaries for three and four. In ] his innings he was occupied for seven j hours spread over five afternoons, and j at the close of it he had 628 to his credit and was not out. His figures included one 6 (run out), four 5's, ( thirty-one 4's, thirty-three 3's, and 14b' 2's. In the previous year he had made 1 several centuries, and earily in 1899 ' compiled 200 not out before his 628 not \ out. Naturally a great future as a 3 cricketer was predicted for him, but he ' preferred taking up a serious military I avocation at Woolwich Military Aca- ' demy. r - ? ' - A pair of boxers of nationalities i that would have been considered* as a j huge joke, in regard to serious boxing ) a decade or two ago, met at Brisbane j Stadium last Saturday night. .They - were. Jimmy Coffey, a Mohawk Indian, 1 and Fernand Queudreux, a native of - France. Had such affair been billed 10 1 years or so ago patrons would have re- ] garded it as* special vaudeville funny i turn, boxing being considered so es- { sentially a British sport. But our vain i conceits have received a rude shock, i and now we realise that after all - human nature is much the same in - every country, and possesses the same - abilities is given the same chance. The 3 contest between this strangely as- ] sorted pair proved exceedingly in- c teresting, the tide of battle verging ( wow to this corner and 410 w to that. 1 At the finish the referee's^ task to de- j cide appeared no very easy thing, but - his decision in favor of Coffey met with \ general approval, and was the correct i one. 'I first was made aware of the ] necessity of developing the stomach j muscles by an unusual incident,' says ? Carpentier. 'It was Avhen Joe .lean- . nette was training to box Sam M'Vea that I paid a visit to his quarters. Al though a mere stripling at the time, I remember being tremendously im- 1 pressed by the body developing oxer- ] cises which consisted, first, iu lying on j the back, and slowly bringing the legs - up to the head ; secondly, by sitting on - a chair with the feet held, the' while 4 Jeanuette threw his head and body 1 backward as far as he could. It was j after these performances that this ] boxer used to invite anybody to punch i him in the stomach 'as hard us they j could' ; just to show how impervious 1 that part of his body was to blows. 1 I actually watched several heavy men 1 follow his bidding with no other -xm- 1 sequence than a smile from Jeannettti. - So astounded was I with, what had 1 taken place that 1 forthwith deter- ] mined to 'acquire Nomethinjj; thiifi F might bo.ablo in pnrmit people to 1 punch me in the same manner. It 1 was ft tremendously jrkgome affair, for \

being to young to possess the Quality oi tissue necessary to withstand such ill-treatment,' it took years. But I persevered and succeeded. And never Forgot that deep breathing exercises have a grout deal to do with stomach hardening.' ' Advices have been received from England announcing that' in the 'pre- sent time of strife and stress,' the 'Lawn Tennis Association of England will not 'entertain any thoughts of challenging Australasia for- the Davis Cup in 1915.' The All England Club, which manages the annual world's championship meeting at Wimbledon in conjunction with the English asso ciation ,has also decided that 'no ar rangements ' be made for holding the Wimbledon meeting in 1915.' Though no official communication has been re ceived from America by the Austral asian association, it is understood that' the National Association of America will not challenge Australasia 'at a time when its leading players are away serving their country in a more momentous conflict.' Challenges from nations desirous of testing Australasia's right to hold the Davis Cup and the title of 'champion nation' for another year are due, and must be lodged not later than the iivst Monday in March. At present challenges from France, Germany, or any of the Continental nations are out of the question, so that for the first time for several years there will be a break in the continuity of these annual contests. Discussion is beginning to rage over the*- right of Dave Smith to con sider himself still Australian champion. Under the revised rules governing Australian boxing contests, a cham pion not accepting a challenge within six monthsj, or at any time during that time stating this retirement from active service, ceases to be tho cham pion, the title reverting to the pre vious holder. More than a year ago Dave Smith won this title from Bill Lang, and after his defeat of Clabby publicly announced through the press that he had retired from tho game. Since then he made good by defeating Dlabby on points, btat ho has bet'ii silent ov«jr the challenge thrown nut by Bon Doyle. Tho question now is whether Smith is still entitled to -:;in\v the title:-* While .Smith in at perlWt liberty to take time to consider tho challenge from Doyle, any uikUio de lay can only he construed into a re fusal ,und_then. according to the rules, tho further right in the title reverts from Smith to the former holder, Lang. But, unfortunately, tho rules lately adopted ( f ) are vastly more honoured in the breach than in the observance in the pugilistic world. The man who has done most to make sparring the most popular pastime in France is youthful Georges Carpentier, to-day universally recognised as the cleverest living boxer. In appearance lie resembles a college senior, and as ho is also a soldier and a writer, as well as an athletic of premier calibre, he is generally respected, and his acquaint ance is cultivated by persons who will countenance nothing but sport of the Wghest^ type. To-day Carpeutier is B'ith his regiment at the front fighting for his country. Before he shouldered liis musket, preparations were being made to have him box Johnson for tho championship of, the world. Carpen tier recently wrote a series of articles describing the methods he used in braining and when boxing, and these liave been translated into English. 1m telling how he developed his 'punch,' Oarpcntier warns against an excessive ise of the punchiug-bag, claiming that boo constant practice at any one kind -f exercise but develops a limited field )f action, and that persons, who can 3o all sort of fancy things to a bag jsually are the reverse of good boxers. He also objects to the too frequent use }f gymnasium apparatus, an English mstom, and urges the boxer to get as nuch practice as possiblo with-all man ler of opponents. He also recommends )pen-air boxing, and all tho road work thought necessary by ;i competent trainer. The presence of the remarkable. Uuwaiian swim liter, Duko Kahana moku, in Brisbane to-day, and the fact that he is to appear* in si number of swimming competitions, makes the fol lowing article, i:\ken from tho Sydney 'Morning Herald,' fin hi* methods of particular interest: 'The Kahanainnku kick has for. ..tho present failed to de monstrate ?(k utility for distance, or middle distance work. The - .showing oi' tho great sprinter in tho 410 yards mi Wednesday last and in the furlong jii Saturday clearly showed that the rapid movement of tlm legs and frat., and the swerving motion of tho hips produced ti most fatiguing effect after the negotiation of 150 yards or there abouts. On the ^previous Saturday in the 100 yards Kahanamoku. demon strated that Jus method was clearly se conds hotter than our own in tlic sprints, and, although many are in slined to a.srribo tho failure of Kuhana tuoku I/O put. up fast times in thu two longer race,-: to his disinclination --o train, then, in the exjiinplo of (?nnba. to point to in tho 220 yards nvonfc, :),a although the Hawaiian party's second itrjng had trained Lord since ho ar

rived here four weeks ago, |Je wap palpably exhausted at the^end of tip second lap. Yet his wonderful burst in the final 15 yards of the sprint cham pionship . will long be renter lberadj and at present about 150 yards appears to bo the limit of the stroka.' A. JV Clark (Australia) aud J.-Fogfor. (America), defeated Moretti and Verre, the Italian sprinters, in an inter national match at New York on Novem ber 14. Clark won the two races con tested. The same uight Gordon Walker (Australia) won a fitte miles scratch race iu lOmin. 4(-3/5sec. The. .feature of the short distance* events staged as a, curtain-raised to the big annual six days' race at. Madison' Square Garden, Jast month, was th^ match between Frank Kramer, the . world's champion, jmd Alfred Goullett, the Australian champion. The distance wa* one mile. The first heat was won by Goullett. The American made des perate efforts to overhaul the flying Australian, but failed, the latter win ning by half a wheel. The Iiext two heats were won by Kramer, after exeit iug sprints, inches separating tho rivals on each occasion. The third heat took 3min. 15sec. to run. # * * . STAGE. French soldiers on the march are growing quite as fond of 'Tipperary' as - our own men. Here is the ehorujL. of the popular song in French : 'C'est ties loin jusqu'a Tipperaryv Ties loin jusque la; C'est tros loin jusqu'a Tipperary, Loin de in on amour la-bas! Au revoir, Piccadilly ; Adieu, Leicester Square. C'est bien loin, tros loin vers Tip perary, A moil co;ur si cher! The girl iu the Cinderella, panto, at Melbourne 'Her Majesty's' hold the opinion that for making a girl per fectly fit and getting rid of any super fluous flesh there is nothing on earth to beat, an up-to-date pantimime. H is not very long after she has joined the pantomime, that the lug. buxom, well-built-up type of~show girl has gono down to fhe slim sylphlike figure that is quite Iho fashion now. In Kiaufo tho troubadour has re iiirnetl to life. Theodore Botrel, -h« Breton poet, who has beeu sent to tho lighting line by M. Milleraud, the Min istel for War, to sing and recite pat riotic and warlike chansions to the Fivneh soldiers, to :u spirt them to mighty deeds. No one knows who conceived the plan, but at any rate M'. Milleiand put it iuto effect, aud Botrel has made a great impression upon the French armies. If your name is not on tht State Roll and you fail to tontf in your claim before SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, your vote will be lost. ? BOOKS and ART. Ceo. Bernard- Shaw's article in the 'New Statesman' — 'Qrniinon Sense About tho War,' has brought au air fleet of hornets round his head. But (jleorge is that sort of bull-ant -.r dragon-fly that he knows how to givo his assailants what for. Received from the (iovernnietit Statistician of Tasmania 'The States man's Pocket Year Book of Tasmania for 11-1.' It's a little gem and re flects credit on its compiler. When George Marlowe had been en gaged to Grace Pemberton a little more thnu a week he sisked her a question. It was a question which he had been trying to ask ever since the day whei» she had promised to be his wife. A hundred times it had risen to his lips, and every time he hud swallowed it with a jerk, lie wifs afraid. Hor answer meant so much to him. 'Dearest,' he Naid, 'have you evor written a story?' 'A story F' 'A magazine .story ,or a novel, or anything' like that l^' 'No.' — - 'Never r'' 'Never.' 'And you don'l feel jou want tor' 'Not in the least.' George look her in his arms and kissed her in a. kind of awed way. He could scarcely believe his good fortune, lie was an author himself by profes sion, and in the circles in which lie had moved all the women wrote profusely. It was his mififorfunc to dislike womun writers. Everyone has some pet aver sion — some dislike slugs, some cock roaches ; George disliked woman writers.— From ' Parted Ways,' a lively, short story in the 'Leader.' G. H. Doran, the well-known New York publisher, says 'that a sociologi cal result oi' the war may be an entire readjustment of the relations between capital and labour. It appears likely that there may be created a demand fof an entirely new kind of social and liilMiur litoriiturn. find certainly we may expoot u numbnf of works from n new angle on labour and its relation to government. ? ? . ??

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