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IN OTHER CITIES
Melbourne Gossip
From Our Special Correspondent
MELBOURNE, November 29.
The Carlton Football Club is mourn-<*>
ing the loss of its mascot, Cocky Marr.
He died on Tuesday, aged 43. For more
than 30 years this enthusiastic cocka-
too was one of Melbourne's uoisiest and
best known football followers. He
rarely missed a match in which Carlton
was engaged, and he needed no prompt
ing to scream with delight when bis side
scored a goal. He went to matches with
his owner, Mr. Bob St. Marr, of Carne
gie, who had never to wonder when the
tram would reach Prince's OvaL Cocky
knew the stop well, and would cry.
"Here we are, Bob." He always knew,
too, when Harry Vallence was near the
ball. "Up there. Soapy!" he would
scream. When the other side scored,
his crest would fly over his beak and he
would cry, "Who told you you could
umpire?" At a match betweeen Rich
mond and Carlton, about three years
ago. Cocky's enthusiasm attracted the
attention of Lord Huntingfield. Cocky
kissed the Governor, the Lord Mayor,
and other members of the Viceregal
party, then resumed his barracking
with "Give us a fair go, Umpy!" He
had breakfast every morning with his
owner, and ate the same Food. His
favorite dishes included steak and eggs.
bacon and custard puddings. When
offered some parrot seed, a few years
ago, he did not seem to know what it
was. He was never known to swear.
Whisky For Racehorses
How much alcohol a horse can safely
drink is a question that does not appear
to have been satisfactorily answered.
It has arisen from a report that
Maikai, winner of the Williamstown Cup
and Eclipse Stakes, was given three
quarters of a bottle of whisky before
he raced. The Chairman of the Stipen
diary Stewards of the Victoria Racing
Club (Mi-. W. H. Johnson) recalls that
there was a time when it was a com
mon practice to give a racehorse a swig
of whisky before he raced. Nowadays,
the stewards do not allow a horse to be
given any stimulant on the racecourse,
chough they cannot prevent him from
receiving it before iie gets there, and
they may not detect the fact unless the
horse positively staggers on to the
course. Mr. Johnson holds that it is
very dangerous to permit the adminis
tration of any stimulant immediately
before a race. Accordingly, the
stewards, though often asked for such
permission, invariably refuse. Mr.
Johnson cannot credit that a horse
which had drunk three-quarters of a
bottle of whisky could immediately af
terward win a hard race.
A Record-Breaking Bide
Though Mrs. Valda Unthank com
pleted on Monday evening a record
breaking bicycle ride of 1,438.54 miles in
a week, for two weeks more she will
have to cycle from 10 to 15 miles a day
to avoid any harmful reaction from the
strain of her effort. During the closing
hours of her ordeal, her thoughts were
of hot baths and long sleep, but she
was allowed to sleep only for periods of
three hours at first. She had broken
the world's record for a week's cycling
by a woman last Saturday morning
when she had covered 1.107 miles. Dur
ing the ride she was not off her bicycle
for,more than 15 hours. She lost nearly
a stone in weight and a couple of
inches off the hips as well.
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