Punch (103.1892)

U6 PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. [Octobek l, 1892.

LADY GAY'S SELECTIONS.

Deae Me. Punch, Mount Street, Grosvenor Square.

hint to the " Worldly Wise" not to miss the October Handicap, or
the match, for which Buccaneer will be favourite at the "fall of the
flag!"—(The flag may fall, but such a Buccaneer as this is will never
"strike his flag" I feel sure!) Being absolutely overloaded with

it

Unlucky Leicester was even more unlucky than usual—and 1 prophecy, I must also have a word to say on the llutland Plate,
when the big race was run last Wednesday, so thick was the rain, i which aristocratically-named race could only be won by the aristo-
that the horses could only be seen for the last half mile! Of course j cratically-named Buckingham /—Yours devotedly, Lady Gay.
this made all the difference to the horse I selected— Windgall—vAio ' _ ^, ^ _ „

finished second;—as he only gives his best performances in public, \ Geeat-Easteen Railway Handicap Selection-

and as he doubtless
knew he couldn't be
seen, he thought it was
only a private trial
until he got close home,
when his gallant effort
was too late to be of any
use !—at least, this is
how I read the result
of the race, and who
can know more about a
horse than the racing -
prophet, I should like
to know ?

I was told by Sir
Waltee Geeenington,
that the'public "tum-
bled over each other"
to back Breach, but I
must say I didn't notice
anything of the sort,
and it was not the kind
of day anyone would
choose for a roll on the
turf, the state of which
was detrimental to any
kind of Breach /—The
believers in "coinci-
dences"—(of which I
need hardly say I am
one — a coincidence
being a truly feminine
reason for backing a
horse)—had no option
but to back the winner,
Busticus; as he drew
the same berth he
occupied in last year's
race, which he alsop—
(I mean also)—won for
Mr. Hamae Bass !—
Stuart was a great
eleventh hour tip— (why
eleventh hour I wonder ?
—more than any other
—and who fixes the
precise moment when
the eleventh hour com-
mences f)—but history
tells us the Stuaets
were mostly unreli-
able ; and though I am
told he ran a "great
horse "—I thought him
rather on the small side
myself!

I hear that Mr. Leo-
naed Boyne^ has re-
ceived a " licence to
ride " from the Jockey
Club, and that his am-
bition is to ride the
winner of the " Grand
National" — to which
end he has started
" schooling " a well-
known chaser over the

"THE PERI AT THE ACADEMY GATES."

" On July 4th, Lieutenant Peary, in his great sledge journey, commenced on May 15th last, in
Greenland, came on a glacier which he named The Academy Glacier."—Times.

Though good his chance
to win the prize,
"Lord Heney" soon
detected,
That greatest danger

would arise,
From Colonel Noeth's
" Selected:'

SWORD AND PEN.
a fable.

(Translated from the
Russo- French.)

Pen was a busy per-
sonage. He was flying
from place.to place, and
had much importance.
He was pompous and
mysterious, and puzzled
many people. Pen
was accompanied by a
sheet of paper that he
called Treaty. Pen took
Treaty everywhere. To
Russia, to France, to
Rome, and to Turkey.
No one knew exactly
what Treaty was like.
Pen said he was satisfied
with Treaty, and as Pen
and Treaty were such
constant companions,
Pen's word on the sub-
ject was accepted as
authentic.

But one fine day there
was a breeze, and Treaty
was blown away by the
wind.

" Can I not assist ? "
asked Pen. "Things
seem to have gone
wrong."

"No, thanks,'^ re-
plied Sword, grimly;
'' when it comes to
close quarters, we find
ink not quite so useful
as gunpowder!"

Suggestion foe an
Outside Advertise-
ment to be displayed

at the Door of the
Strand Theatre.—
"Niobe all tiers "(full).

private training-ground in Drury Lane, belonging to Sir Augustus ] Lord Rosebeey at once answered, " I said little, but I

Ment-more," interrupted the Private Secretary,
lis Lordship's travelling bag.
Ouite so," said Lord Rosebeey, and off he went.

Brief Interview.

"And," asked our
deferential Interviewer,
'' what did your Lord-
ship reply to the depu-
tation about Uganda ? "

Haeeis—if he hopes to escape observation by training at night, I " 3Ient-more," interrupted the Private Secretary, sticking a label
fear his design will be frustrated, as, on the evening, I went to on his Lordship's travelling bag.

witness this "new departure" in training, I found most of the
London racing-touts present, with the inevitable field-glasses I

Next week sees us once more at our beloved Newmarket First
October—(this is a Jockey-Club joke, as the meeting always takes Bad foe would-be "English Wives."—It is reported that
place in September ! But what does a little paradox of this kind \ "Yankee Girls and American Belles were the feature of the Miscel-
matter to such an August body!)—and I shall append my selection laneous Market." This should put our young men on their mettle
for the most important race of Wednesday, but I also wish to give a | —tin, of course, for choice. No reasonable offer refused.