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October 27, 1855
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October 27, 1855.] PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. 163
up the pieces, and dashed after Pretty Pet, Sabah's superior Gloucester
shire -wind was too much for her thin-chested London rival, even thus
lightened, and she landed Pretty Pet under one of Pickford's railway
vans (luckily standing still) at the Montague Place corner of Bedford
Square, in eight minutes eleven seconds from the start.
No casualty of any particular consequence occurred; but we must
advert in terms of censure to the conduct of an elderly gentleman, who
was so incensed at one of the carriages {Young Slufs we believe) run-
ning over both his gouty feet, that he wrote a violent letter in the
Times on Saturday, condemning the perambulator system as a nuisance.
The article is now an institution of the country ; and no grumbling old
misohabist, can injure it,. Let him keep at home. As friends, however,
of popular amusements, we think that it might be well were one side
of a street devoted to these races, while the ordinary traffic went on
upon the other; and we also think that some stringent rule should be
laid down as to the weight carried. A driver, should, we consider,
stop when the infant is flung out; and an owner ought not to interfere
(as in the case of Take Notice) when a start has once taken place; it, is
unfair to the other competitors and to the public. But these are trifles;
and, we are glad to state, that Perambulator Placing is rapidly in-
creasing in popularity; and, though certain selfish and prejudiced
parents set their faces against it, they little know what is done when
their backs are turned. Let them content themselves with looking to
the springs, while we look forward to the next Spring Meeting, wliicti
will be held in Oxford or Regent Street.
Since our packet was made up we are informed that Only Treasure
"I beg your Pardon, Ma'am, but I think you dropped this?" is scratched. This we expected—the kerb-stone being a new and rough
__one. Ittle Tootums has sustained no injury, except that its nose
being irretrievably damaaed, Tootums is scratched too ; namely, out of
the will'of a rich uncle, who had fancied it like himself. Eliza is at
GREAT PERAMBULATOR RACES. the station-house.
{From our Sporting Correspondent.)
The return of sunshine, during the past week, occasioned a pretty
ADVICE TO ADVERTISING SNOBS.
numerous meeting, on the Gower Street course, on Thursday and ^ M , fee deriyed frQm , ^
Friday, and some good sport was shown. Ihere was no great punctu- } fe which are not inferior creatures to you. The, kite is a
ahtym the attendance ot the competitors-but, when they did arrive, j ' hM { f ^ k- Wben t^ £nQ • bird sees
.1 - , i • j _ j. ij •" ii • -__, ____i eiever uuu: ream ui i-iie mic. w neu uuis jviiuuhjl: uuu sees ti
they went to work m good earnest, and, in their sportswomanly trid with a broken wi it foithwUh SW00uS d8own upon ,hfl
ardour, would not even wait for-the course to oe cleared. Several K , d trid md take/a meal out of the victim. As the kite
minor events came oft, as did the ha s and bonnets of the mtaat riders ; ™ ^ fields with its sharp and long-sighted eves in search
but nothing of much public interest took place until about twelve ofw^nded s0 do you sweep the column of "Deaths" in the
o clock, when the following exciting race was run. Newspapers, on the look-out for bereaved relatives. The parties are
The fcAHOBAS Pbbambulaxob Race, from the bar in front of University College Hospital stricken and afflicted, and you, kite-like, may pick a profit out of
to Montague Place. Open to all competitors. The following started:— their sorrow and affliction.
Mas. Brown's b. Pretty Pet, io months........................... Sarah. For instance, if you see that a lady has just lost a son—a young
Mbs. alphonso Jones's g. Duck o'Diamonds, 14 year ...... Mary-jane. hero who has fallen in action in the Crimea—forthwith, in case thar,
Mbs. Bathsheba'b twins, Mosey and Nosey, 9months ...... Bachei. you are jn tile farriery ljne dr0p the broken-hearted mother a circular,
:::::::::::::::::::::: P^ng your Aztec Monkey Furs, particularly adapted for
Mbs. Montmorency'sg. Young Slut, 6 months.................. Sally. Mourning." Or, suppose you are a stonemason, pounce down upon
Mrs. Wobbleby's \>.Blessed Darling, lj year .................. Sarah-Ann. her, in her grief, with a similar application, representing that you
Mb^X^bb^ mET "hope her confidence," from the fact, that" at no former period have
Mbs. Pom.*'s g. ToddleMns, l year................................ Bella. you had so many memorials as at present to &c, dec. it you area
Mbs. Bloggs's d. ittle Tootums, to months ..................... Laura-Maria. quack relisious author or publisher, dash at ber with an advertisement
of your World of Spirits, a Manual for Christian Mourners, in royal
Of the eleven ten got away, but Bella's eye was unfortunately 32mo., cloth, gilt edges, price 3s. bound, fourth edition,
caught by that of a favourite baker, and she was left behind. The ten Humanity, under all its varied condition-, is regarded by the
kept together so well until past the Hospital that you might have genuine Snob, in one sole aspect; and its states of sadness and
covered them with a Turkey carpet, but here the laughter of the drivers misery, like the rest of its phases, are looked upon and taken advantage
and the screeching ot the riders began to tell, and the running became 0f as simply affording weak points, and exposing soft sides out of
more frantic than precise. At the lorrmgton Place crossing Ma's which money may probably be extracted.
Image encountered the legs of an Italian boy, and his images fell all
over the carriage, to the great delight of the inmate; and here too the ------ _ -
Hebrew Twins were beaten off by a stratagem of Matilda's, who
pretended to drop a halfpenny accidentally, and Rachel, pulling up to ADVERTISEMENT,
seize it, lo^t the race, and indeed her time, for the coin was a bad one.
The rattle over the stones also proved too mucli for Duck-o'- TO RAILWAY DIRECTORS, FATHERS OF FAMILIES, AND
Diamonds, whose convulsive screams caused the passengers to inter- -*- the public in general.—a new and instructive game for Christmas.
fere, and the field was thus reduced to seven, of whom Young Slut and Messrs. Fairlarn of Fleek Street, beg to announce, that they have lately produced a
Only Treasure kept the lead Until opposite Chenies Street, where Only most amusing game.of chance called " Railway Accident-." It consists ot a board on
Treasure was thrown out into the gutter, and Blessed Barling took Up , which is drawn a miniature railway, with an "up' and a "down hue, and hkew.se
,i • n j ,i ci7 j i j i i f-1 o several branch lines. Each player is furnished with a small railway tram, such as an
the running, collared the Slut, and made capital play, until Sarah „ a „ a ,<8toppi » a /g00ydp/> „cattle.. «first,» or seCond class," either on the
Ann, unfortunately looking round to return the wink of a life-guards- «up„ or «down» iine. Each player is likewise furnished with a " time-table," which
man, drove the Carriage up the Steps of an eminent medical man Who indicates the times fixed on for the departure of the trains from the various stations
Was at that moment Coming Out, and the whole party were floored OU ' marked on the board. The mode of playing is as follows : Each player having paid a
the doorstep. The ruck was now but four, Pretty Pet, Niece Nelly, small sum of money into the "pool," the train of the first player is started at the time
Take Notice, and Ittle Tootums, who all dashed past Keppel Street mentioned in the " time-table." The time of departure of all the other trains, although
in fine style, but here BUCKRAM lost a shoe, and at the corner, \ fixed, is in no way regulated by the " time-table," but on the contrary, by the cast of
the Owner of Take Notice, who happened to be out for a walk, dice- The great amusement of the game consists in each train endeavouring either to
met her infant tearing along at that tremendous pace, stopped
the vehicle, seized the baby, made Eliza herself take notice on
the spot, and sent her home with a policeman, to have her boxes
searched. The race was now between Pretty Pet and Ittle Tootums,
and they ran very hard and even, until Ittle Tootums, breaking a shawl
knot, rolled out of the carriage; and though Laura-Maria, with true
sporting feeling, would not stop, but screeched to somebody to pick
overtake or to come in collision with the trains of the other players. The train which
arrives at the end of its journey without accident, pays a forfeit to the " pool.''
On the other hand, if a " down " train, for instance, should be so fortunate as to get on
the " up " line and run into an " up " train at full speed, that " down" train wins the
game and clears the " pool." Various other little accidents incidental to railway
travelling, are introduced and add to the excitement and amusement of the game. For
further particulars, see the printed directions, which may be had, gratis, at every RaU
way Station in the United Kingdom.
up the pieces, and dashed after Pretty Pet, Sabah's superior Gloucester
shire -wind was too much for her thin-chested London rival, even thus
lightened, and she landed Pretty Pet under one of Pickford's railway
vans (luckily standing still) at the Montague Place corner of Bedford
Square, in eight minutes eleven seconds from the start.
No casualty of any particular consequence occurred; but we must
advert in terms of censure to the conduct of an elderly gentleman, who
was so incensed at one of the carriages {Young Slufs we believe) run-
ning over both his gouty feet, that he wrote a violent letter in the
Times on Saturday, condemning the perambulator system as a nuisance.
The article is now an institution of the country ; and no grumbling old
misohabist, can injure it,. Let him keep at home. As friends, however,
of popular amusements, we think that it might be well were one side
of a street devoted to these races, while the ordinary traffic went on
upon the other; and we also think that some stringent rule should be
laid down as to the weight carried. A driver, should, we consider,
stop when the infant is flung out; and an owner ought not to interfere
(as in the case of Take Notice) when a start has once taken place; it, is
unfair to the other competitors and to the public. But these are trifles;
and, we are glad to state, that Perambulator Placing is rapidly in-
creasing in popularity; and, though certain selfish and prejudiced
parents set their faces against it, they little know what is done when
their backs are turned. Let them content themselves with looking to
the springs, while we look forward to the next Spring Meeting, wliicti
will be held in Oxford or Regent Street.
Since our packet was made up we are informed that Only Treasure
"I beg your Pardon, Ma'am, but I think you dropped this?" is scratched. This we expected—the kerb-stone being a new and rough
__one. Ittle Tootums has sustained no injury, except that its nose
being irretrievably damaaed, Tootums is scratched too ; namely, out of
the will'of a rich uncle, who had fancied it like himself. Eliza is at
GREAT PERAMBULATOR RACES. the station-house.
{From our Sporting Correspondent.)
The return of sunshine, during the past week, occasioned a pretty
ADVICE TO ADVERTISING SNOBS.
numerous meeting, on the Gower Street course, on Thursday and ^ M , fee deriyed frQm , ^
Friday, and some good sport was shown. Ihere was no great punctu- } fe which are not inferior creatures to you. The, kite is a
ahtym the attendance ot the competitors-but, when they did arrive, j ' hM { f ^ k- Wben t^ £nQ • bird sees
.1 - , i • j _ j. ij •" ii • -__, ____i eiever uuu: ream ui i-iie mic. w neu uuis jviiuuhjl: uuu sees ti
they went to work m good earnest, and, in their sportswomanly trid with a broken wi it foithwUh SW00uS d8own upon ,hfl
ardour, would not even wait for-the course to oe cleared. Several K , d trid md take/a meal out of the victim. As the kite
minor events came oft, as did the ha s and bonnets of the mtaat riders ; ™ ^ fields with its sharp and long-sighted eves in search
but nothing of much public interest took place until about twelve ofw^nded s0 do you sweep the column of "Deaths" in the
o clock, when the following exciting race was run. Newspapers, on the look-out for bereaved relatives. The parties are
The fcAHOBAS Pbbambulaxob Race, from the bar in front of University College Hospital stricken and afflicted, and you, kite-like, may pick a profit out of
to Montague Place. Open to all competitors. The following started:— their sorrow and affliction.
Mas. Brown's b. Pretty Pet, io months........................... Sarah. For instance, if you see that a lady has just lost a son—a young
Mbs. alphonso Jones's g. Duck o'Diamonds, 14 year ...... Mary-jane. hero who has fallen in action in the Crimea—forthwith, in case thar,
Mbs. Bathsheba'b twins, Mosey and Nosey, 9months ...... Bachei. you are jn tile farriery ljne dr0p the broken-hearted mother a circular,
:::::::::::::::::::::: P^ng your Aztec Monkey Furs, particularly adapted for
Mbs. Montmorency'sg. Young Slut, 6 months.................. Sally. Mourning." Or, suppose you are a stonemason, pounce down upon
Mrs. Wobbleby's \>.Blessed Darling, lj year .................. Sarah-Ann. her, in her grief, with a similar application, representing that you
Mb^X^bb^ mET "hope her confidence," from the fact, that" at no former period have
Mbs. Pom.*'s g. ToddleMns, l year................................ Bella. you had so many memorials as at present to &c, dec. it you area
Mbs. Bloggs's d. ittle Tootums, to months ..................... Laura-Maria. quack relisious author or publisher, dash at ber with an advertisement
of your World of Spirits, a Manual for Christian Mourners, in royal
Of the eleven ten got away, but Bella's eye was unfortunately 32mo., cloth, gilt edges, price 3s. bound, fourth edition,
caught by that of a favourite baker, and she was left behind. The ten Humanity, under all its varied condition-, is regarded by the
kept together so well until past the Hospital that you might have genuine Snob, in one sole aspect; and its states of sadness and
covered them with a Turkey carpet, but here the laughter of the drivers misery, like the rest of its phases, are looked upon and taken advantage
and the screeching ot the riders began to tell, and the running became 0f as simply affording weak points, and exposing soft sides out of
more frantic than precise. At the lorrmgton Place crossing Ma's which money may probably be extracted.
Image encountered the legs of an Italian boy, and his images fell all
over the carriage, to the great delight of the inmate; and here too the ------ _ -
Hebrew Twins were beaten off by a stratagem of Matilda's, who
pretended to drop a halfpenny accidentally, and Rachel, pulling up to ADVERTISEMENT,
seize it, lo^t the race, and indeed her time, for the coin was a bad one.
The rattle over the stones also proved too mucli for Duck-o'- TO RAILWAY DIRECTORS, FATHERS OF FAMILIES, AND
Diamonds, whose convulsive screams caused the passengers to inter- -*- the public in general.—a new and instructive game for Christmas.
fere, and the field was thus reduced to seven, of whom Young Slut and Messrs. Fairlarn of Fleek Street, beg to announce, that they have lately produced a
Only Treasure kept the lead Until opposite Chenies Street, where Only most amusing game.of chance called " Railway Accident-." It consists ot a board on
Treasure was thrown out into the gutter, and Blessed Barling took Up , which is drawn a miniature railway, with an "up' and a "down hue, and hkew.se
,i • n j ,i ci7 j i j i i f-1 o several branch lines. Each player is furnished with a small railway tram, such as an
the running, collared the Slut, and made capital play, until Sarah „ a „ a ,<8toppi » a /g00ydp/> „cattle.. «first,» or seCond class," either on the
Ann, unfortunately looking round to return the wink of a life-guards- «up„ or «down» iine. Each player is likewise furnished with a " time-table," which
man, drove the Carriage up the Steps of an eminent medical man Who indicates the times fixed on for the departure of the trains from the various stations
Was at that moment Coming Out, and the whole party were floored OU ' marked on the board. The mode of playing is as follows : Each player having paid a
the doorstep. The ruck was now but four, Pretty Pet, Niece Nelly, small sum of money into the "pool," the train of the first player is started at the time
Take Notice, and Ittle Tootums, who all dashed past Keppel Street mentioned in the " time-table." The time of departure of all the other trains, although
in fine style, but here BUCKRAM lost a shoe, and at the corner, \ fixed, is in no way regulated by the " time-table," but on the contrary, by the cast of
the Owner of Take Notice, who happened to be out for a walk, dice- The great amusement of the game consists in each train endeavouring either to
met her infant tearing along at that tremendous pace, stopped
the vehicle, seized the baby, made Eliza herself take notice on
the spot, and sent her home with a policeman, to have her boxes
searched. The race was now between Pretty Pet and Ittle Tootums,
and they ran very hard and even, until Ittle Tootums, breaking a shawl
knot, rolled out of the carriage; and though Laura-Maria, with true
sporting feeling, would not stop, but screeched to somebody to pick
overtake or to come in collision with the trains of the other players. The train which
arrives at the end of its journey without accident, pays a forfeit to the " pool.''
On the other hand, if a " down " train, for instance, should be so fortunate as to get on
the " up " line and run into an " up " train at full speed, that " down" train wins the
game and clears the " pool." Various other little accidents incidental to railway
travelling, are introduced and add to the excitement and amusement of the game. For
further particulars, see the printed directions, which may be had, gratis, at every RaU
way Station in the United Kingdom.