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    • A MATTER OF COURSE.
    • THE MANIACS COLUMN; PUZZLES FOR or, LUNATICS!
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      244 The Tomahawk. [June 13, 1868.

      244 THE TOMAHAWK . [ June 13 , 1868 .

      A Matter Of Course.

      A MATTER OF COURSE .

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      degrades the ordinary race-course . Nor is this all . People of even a doubtful the payment character of a are shilling to be is excluded to gain them at the admittance doors , and . not In will a word answer , the whole remains thing to be is seen to be , for extremel there is y select an impression . How all some this - how Companies got abroad do certainly that a sometimes respectable manage race is things an impossibility adroitly , and . so ¦_^ ~^ B ^ perhap M ^ B ^ —BB ^^ ^ Bj ^ B' _^^ - m ^^ s B ^ T a WBB ^ wholesale W ~ ^ Br ^ B > ~ bf ^—• ^^^ ^»* ^»^ B ^< B » — . ^ condemnation —BT ^— " ^ ^— ¦ ™» ~ bV ^ ^ B ^ ^™> ^—i ^ B ~• ^™* ^— " ¦ ^ V ^"" ^ B ^ ^ Bi of ^^^ ™* a ~—^™ moral ^~^ ^^ ™~ ^^^ ^™* ^^^~» ' ™ race ™—¦ ¦ *—^^ - —^ -course ~—^ ^^ v *—i 1 " — —_ i —^ v ~—b ^

      scheme may be premature . The other day we were promised reason all sorts why of wonders we should in not the look air at out Sydenham for a few , castles and so in there the same is no reg out ion their at threat Muswell of H excluding ill . How " the any proprietors person they intend think proper to carry ' * if is they at present themselves a mystery should as not far as have the thoug public ht are of any concerned simple , and and effective method of putting it into ¦ » execution - »*» - «• we beg to refer

      th questions ^^ * V A em ^^ P ^ bT W ^ to » ^ b # the * v handed . ^* ^ fc * inevitable « rA *^ ^~ b » ^^ to » w ** each examination **» ^ rf ^ ft candidate ^* » ^ system ^ for ^ - »^ ^ . admission ^^ - * A ^ , J few ^^ well ^^ ^ mi ^^^ - selected g ht ^ ^^ be ^^ readil on a perusal y answered of the , and result the . rig What ht of do entrance they think granted of the or refused following 1 OUESTIONS FOR MORAL TURF CANDIDATES .

      1 . — H passed ave you an evening ever gambled at a " hel at l home " ? with a few friends , or 2 . —If coming so , show in first that and putting ten pounds thousan on d pounds a card turning a horse up 3 . —Wh trumps y is , the are first two , very called distinct " supporting and different a great things national . institution , out " the why is the of secon the Derb d called of 1868 " gambling and " whether ?

      4 . —Write you have ever history heard of anything y like it , in the say annals of gaming you think . What it a pretty do you and mean modest by perform running ance " dark 1 , " and do 5 . —Of course you know that Baden Baden is a terribly bad p would lace * tolerate Do you think English h to noblemen such an abomination and gentlemen over here nere for ior a a moment moment any , s approac a

      6 . —A . is heir to a great estate , but an ardent supporter of the o He nly cuts true down method his of ti keeping mberdoe up s a good with breed his of entail horses and . " reputation is gets quit ; £ e 180 worth , 000 for horse the to the candle -flesh bad . . , , throug Show , away h if devotion you can , that the the national gam , e 7 . —A select private few gambling and rui house ned a of limited fifty year number s ago was of open devotees to a . light Another carries of on great day its , operations before national the institution under whole amiable world , of more , names is modern flattered in the growth by plain a , ruins its influen

      jockeys' column in the Press , and not only - tial grade supporters of society , but fro ex m ercises the highest a baneful to influe the n lowest ce upon . Show every thing lawful again , was if institution you the ca former n , is what the , latter and a despicable . what a , noble vicio , u v , irtuous and , illegal , and 8 . —Imag dukes ine , marquises the Derb , y fine run for gentlemen honour , alone butcher . Do boys you , snobs think , blacklegs off to Epsom , costermongers , if they did , and not earls feel that would ruin all , hurry loss , wealth -scurry , the despair real , stakes success to , sham be run e , penury on the , an great d possibl Derby y death day ? , were

      the Having proprietors answered ( the M these arquis questions of Hastings tb the mig entire ht undertake satisfaction the of . duties enter into of Examiner the midst ) , of the the candidat pure joys e can and pay innocent his shilling excitement and of the Alexandra Races , " proper . "

      The Maniacs Column; Puzzles For Or, Lunatics!

      THE MANIACS COLUMN ; PUZZLES FOR or , LUNATICS !

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  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), June 13, 1868, page 244, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_13061868/page/10/