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BRIGHTON JO&KEY <2HGB.\
•A committee meeting of 'the. Brighton
Jockey Club ' was held at
Brid^ewater «n Tuesday, sSOtb. slnst,
and presided over by Mr." ,ff. *J.
Gt^m. There " were -also '-f»went
Messrs. iR. James, Jas. Tonics, ^ <3.
Newnham, H. Tonks, J. Sum/J*.
Beynolds T. Piesse, r Bon:^:Gpnh,
aiid the secretary • (W. N. Jaizfe^. .
The secretary's action "WaS "coafirmed
in leasing the bnildbtls. a&4
course to the Military D^pkrtmeil
to hold a school of instrufctibn.^ '
A donation of £2/3/ was \ passed
for two special prices at'the forthcoming
S.T:P. and A. tSodety.,
Mr. W. A. Wood .wag :.elected ';'\on
the committee, in the place of. - Mr.
John iSwan, wko has been^.^ectpd
the vlce^tresldent ft the titib. The
handicapper, starter, judge. hon.
surgeons, and all 4>fficlal8 were - reelected
for the ensuing/yesr, - The
ground committee -were given- power
to substantially top - dress a. -: portion
of theconrse.
Jhe • secretary reported - that" : lie
Iiad been promised - by a -supporter
of the club a ladles', bracelet,- to be
donated to the -winner of the First*.
C3ass Trot on New Year's Day. ;The
Value of the bracelet would not ba
less than 15 guineas.
A Dublin driver was explainlng the
sights of the city to a strahger.. The
stranger was an Englishman, and aa
the car was passing the .post office,
he said to the Jarvey: "This Is a very
fine building." «'Ooeh, stf," was the
reply, with a truly Irish bull, "but
ye should . see the'front.. . This is
-the back; the front's behind." Then
what are those figures .on the roof?"
asked the Englishman.. • "Those, sor,"
replied the Jehu; ^aye .the twelve
apostles." "The twelve -apostles^"*
repeated the tourist, ''there are only
three!" "Ach, shure," said Pit, in
a tone that indicated anything was
good enough for an Englishman, "the
rest -are* inside sorting the letter^
air." . ' ,,. /
There is going to be a harvest o»
triplets and twins during the nexi
six years- according to the prediction
of Frcfessor Charles Kirschofi*, who
Is confident that the Inlueime of certain
stars trill be felt vrfth an effect
as powerful as that which the moon
axerts on tides.
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