Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle (NSW : 1860 - 1870), Saturday 17 January 1863, page 4


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j' NOT IN TUE PnooitAjnrE.-Ono.of tho most exciting races it lias been our lot to witness occured on Mic Ips-wich course. A hurry-scurry was got up. pbst entrances, for which somo six or seven horses started. On coming to tho distance-post, tho leader of tho race was eight or niuo lengths in ndrnnco, irhon n man mounted on a black charger, proceeded from inside tho course nud camo hea-vily in contact with him, and tho horse bounded some three or four yards from tho effect of tho collision. Luckily neither "horse nor ridor fell, and, although a dis-tance of some four orfivo yards was lost owing to the sudden encounter, both horse and.ridor rccovorcd thenequilibrium in time to secure tho race, without any very extra exertions being made. A mounted policemen im-mediately mado towards tho man tliut had boon guilty of tho impropriety, who had coolly ridden inside tho course, and was proceeding towards tho judgo's stand as uncon-cerned as though nothing of tho kind had takon place. By going in tho direction of tho 'stand, tho man lind placed tho ropes between him and his would-be captor, but this was apparently by accident, for it appeared as though ho had not tho slightest ¡dca of having committed any offence. If ho thought otherwise ho certainly feigned to perfection. The policemen called to' 60ino one to soizo tho ofiendor, when tho man immediately put spurs to his horse, and started for tho gato lending from tho enclosure. At thc sturt tho policeman was nearest tho gate, but tho animal ho rodo was .evidently inferior to tho ono with which ho was competing, as was visible; ut every stride When about a hundred "yards from tho gate they wcro abronst of enoh'bthor, and tho policeman perceiving, by tho manner in-which the man wus passing him, that tho chances of makin» tho capturo were very remoto if tho chaso continued straight on, callod out (when his horse's head was about -witera, tho tail ought" to havo been,) to sonto ono to shut tho gate, which Vas donc. Tho man then doubled on'lus pursuor, re-passed him, carno in contuct with nnother mounted 'policeman, knocking over both horso and ridor (tho.lattor appearing to bo considerably injured, for somo ton minutes after-wards ho was obliged to lean, on dnothci'policeman while walking away.) By this tinto there woro a munbor of

horsemen chasing the fugitivo, lint, ho, was not to be taken easily-for ho passed along tlio'bnek of tho booths at full speed, making for' thc opposite cud of tho course. By this timo ho passing tho lost booth there, wero twelve or fifteen horsemen niter bimi Ono gentleman, rothor too cager in starting for tho chase,' got thrown, but did not appear to liavo received milch damage. About twenty horsemen, and uoarly a hundred persons on foot mado their way across tho' course, towards the corner of which tho mau had made full speed, and-wi lore, owing to thero being no outlet, tho fovoinost of his pursuers came up with him, and tho constable who first stiu-tod in pur-suit had tho felicity of leading him back a prisoner. Tho capturo having been accomplished, tho next thing to, consider was what they should do with him. Some wore; in favour of letting him go scot free,' in considerat ion of his giillmit attempt at oscapo and having caused tho: greatest general excitement of tho day. It was nftor-i wards stated that tho stowards let llitn'offon payment of dBi. Tho lino was rather light for so serious au oQenco ; but still wo rather admire the-lenieney of tho senloiice, for ho is evidently ono of their own order-a sportsman -or one fitted to bo BO.-ttooitioomon Qhronicie.

NovKJ/ HACE.-Tho Drayton and Toowoomba people nppcnr to ha'vo.a vein of humour' in. thoir sporting, ns will bo noticed on reading thc following sketch of ono of the events in tho programme, .extracted from tho Tooiroomia Ohroniclei--" Tito Fourth Kàce was for.ülO, and was entitled tho Lighted Pipo.Bnco. Ono milo, ono event) 9;. stone weights. , - Tho- -ridof. of tho winning.'horse to koop .'his-''pipe alight, from starling ;,until weighing."- ' ; Applications wero Made by: BOino of, tho riders in this raco "for tho loan of pipes - with big bowls, in order that'tboir chances pf .complying with ute conditions of tho raeo:might bo cai* ried out Four horses wore' brought to tho convincing ground, tho riders drawing ot their pipes afid's'onding up pulls of smoko" that wouldliaro boon no disgrace to Sir W.

Raleigh. Tho finir got awny together, and after goln" «bout n quarter of n mile they formed. into Indian file four or ftvo lengths opart from each other, A» they neared tho winning post it was quita ovidont that none of tho riders allowed their pipes to go out. Mr. T. Sul-livan's Jenny bind was tho winner of tho raoo."

" IN TUE MJDST OP LIPK WU AUK IN DEATH;"-On the first day of tho Ipswich Knees, Mrs E. Donaldson, oTLnidoly, who was riding on ft very spirited liorso to tho rnco course, suddenly mot with an untimely dentil. The horse had boen going rather swift, and was pulled up by its lady rider,' in doing which tho Indy's skirt caught lu Ibo limb of a tree ; tho lady stopped to free lier skirt from tho obstacle that impeded lier progress, abd in so doing must huvo frightened tho horse, which guvo lior a sudden'bound and throw her against a tree, emailing her fuco in mi awful uiunner and killing her in-stantaneously. Mrs Eliza Donaldson was considered to bb ono of tho best horsowomon in tho colony. " She lcavos a husband and five children to deploro hor loss. The bolly was interrod ut Ipswich, and was followed to /its final rcsting-placo by "a largo number ol' her friends uiid acquaintances. A serious accident diso took place oil tho ipswich Course on tho second day, a lady being thrown from hor horse, and so seriously injured, that little hopes oro entertained of her recovery.--Tötnco'omla

Chroniela.

' How TO SAVE A CHOP.-A novol but most-successful means of saving orops from tho effects of tho caterpillar has been adopted by Mr Wm. Craig, farmer, Craigalee, ¡near Stratford. A forty-acre paddock of wheat of his, which promised to boar a vory lino crop, becamo in-fested with tiloso destructivo .insects, and there was, ap-parently, no rosoúrco loft but to seo all destroyed, or (urn tho prop into hay. A'thought, however, happily struck him, which, under tho circumstances, lie con-sidered well worthy of a trial. Ho out a horso-track through tho paddock at IO fathoms (140 yards) from tho headland, and parallel to it, procured an iuch and n ! half ropo tho required Jengtli,,and. fastened it-to two "tïorscs", ono at each end, and.mounting two mon on tho

Btceds, thoy traversed tho length of tho fluid, tho ropo completely displacing tho grubs, .mid lodging them on the ground, and in no way injuring tho grain or break-ing tho straw. It is not to bo supposed that tho one drawing ol' the ropo was a perfect euro,- tho worm found its way to the top ugain in tho course , of two or throo hours, when tho procoss had to bo renewed.. Tho grub,

it ia well known, docs its mischief principally , nt night, and tho vopo-drngging lins to bo repented as often ns . required for soverul nights, until tho whent (or whatever crop it may bo) ¡3 suilloiently hard to bo beyond danger. Hr Craig bas thus managed to savo a paddock worth somo hundreds of pounds at tho cost of a fow pounds for labour. "Wo should bo glad to hear of others giving tho plan a trial, and tims provont the destructivo clTcots of ono of tho groatost enemies to agriculture which this country. possesses, and by which many thousands of bushels of wheat and oats havo boen destroyed In this district this season. Thore is little or no loss iii cutting tho liorso-track, us tho green crop cnn bo used for either hay or green food, which is very occoplnblo in n farm-yard in such an arid season ns this.-Gipps Jjaiul Times, Docomber 19.

: As AWKWARD Dir.KMMA.-Thc polico aro not often placed in such a dilemma as one of tho forco was on Sun-day last. , It appears thata cortam lady of Chewton, who passes by tho naroo of " Tretty Tolly," having brokon tho poaco as well as" tho furniture of iv neighbor's house, a warrant for her arrest was obtainod. Tho document having been pluccd in tho hands of constablo Hogers for oxouution, he proceeded to tho residonco of .tho- delin-quent, with tho viow of apprehending hor. On nearing tho door lio caught sight of tho woman, arrayed in bon-net and shawl, and'apparcutly about to escapo. Aa ho approached, howovor, she retired into a room, and Rogers prepared himself for'resistance to tho Inw, but not of that passivo kind .which .was presently pirercd. Inn twinkling tho lady had divested horsolf of ovory shred of clothing and stood boforo him as bare as tho day sho was born. Wo-have hoard of n constablo under simitar cir-cumstances, boating a precipitate retreat, . but Rogers, though a bachelor, and a notoriously modest mau, stood his'ground bravely, aiid would not bo baflled in tho per-formance of his duty. His prisoner, thinking sho wiis porfectly Bnfo from capture, dolled him to toko hor, but there is no doubt ho would in somo way or other have managed to take her to tho lock-up, if an nrmistico had not boon proclaimed, and tho prosooutor induced to withdraw. tho charge. Most members of tho forop would fnco tho veriestdesperado that over trod on éhoo leather, but it is not ovory ono that, Uko constable

Bogers, would romain nntorrified before a virago tu

ñóturalilus.-31. A. Mail. 31st Be*.

I A PLEASANT CH-UICHÎ.-Gilbert Elliott, Esq., -J'.P., preferred a charge against* tho chief constable, M. S. Persse, for:drunkenness and general neglect of duty, On Sunday, the 7th Decombor, complainant, it appears, wont to hn-vo a look nt tho look-up, and on arriving there found no person in charge of it, ultliough there wero prisonors in tho colls nt tho timo. Wondering whoro tho lock-up-kcopor could be, ho walked across tho road to tho Union Hotel, and there found the lock-up keeper and chief constablo both bbastly drunk. This was about four o'clock in tho aftornoon,' when all public houses should be closod. ' Tho chief constable contradicted this impeachment, and said that ho wns suffering, when Mr Elliott saw him, from tho effect of a .sunstroke, and was not drunk. Mr Elliott said that on tho Sunday rofcrrcd to, tho chief constablo could neither see, spoak, nor linder-st ni ul, und tholock-up-kecpcr-wns keeping him company, hud suffering from tho same complaint. ' By consont, thc [ caso was adjourned for a fortnight.-Burnell Arj/rit.

: WAMJABY SOM».-Begin this soup six hours before dinner. Cut up two wallaby, scoring tho backs, and dredge thom with flour. Slice six mild onions, and sea-son them with half a grated nutmeg, . or moro if you like it. Put some fresh buttor into a hot frying pniij (yon may substitute somo cold roast vonl that has been care-fully cleared from thd fat,) placo it over tho fire, and whonit boils put in tho wallaby and onions, and fry them to a light brown. Then transfer tho whole to n soup pot ¡ season it .vith a very small teaspoonful of salt a teaspoonful ol'wholo pdppoiy n lurgo teaspoonful of sweot marjoram loaves stripped from tho stnlks, and four or Ave blades of maco, adding thrco large carrots in slices. Pour on, »lowly, four qunrts of hot water from à kettle already boiling hard. Cover the soup-pot, and let it simmer slowly, skimming it well, till tho meat is reduced to Bhrods and drops from tho bones, which will not bo in less than fivo hour's; if boiled os gently as it otight. ;Whcn quito done, strain tho soiip into ii.turooii.. Huvo irendy tho gratod -yolks of six hard-boiled oggs, and stir 'them,'into tho soup ?-immodintdly ador it is strained,and 'whilst it is very hot, add, also, soma bread Cut into'small dice, and fried brown iii frosh butter.

A NEW PHASE OF KESPECTAIIÍMTY.-At ono' of tho country Police Courts not vory many miles from Bnth' urst, a prisoner was undor examination, and it carno out [ in ovidonco that a policeman,' whose natal spot was sit á; .-ito within ono of .tho four provinces of tho land sofomod j for hospitality and wit, had fired at tho unfortuiidtä irían |tliOn-beforotno Coiirt¿ und that tho ball had just grazed his clieejf. The Magistrate coucoiving that thoolllcial ¡had exceeded tho.requirements of tho cuso by thus at-tempting to, shoot his mnn, in a kind of oxpostulotory tono enquired- of tho constablo why; lio had mudo such reckless uso of his revolver P. .' Thd reply was that ho was uwuro that the prisoner, was a rospcotablo :raan, and oh that nceauut he had "-pulled tho trigger aisy."-Jlathuritl JFreo ï'ress, " . .''",.',-'':,''.? ,.;