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Jnteta §atlu Crimea INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Daily Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street Telephones—Main 3500, New 28-351 MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. .. ~ (Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, G. Logan Payne Cos. Advertising offices (jcew York, Boston, Payne. Burns & Smith. Inc. HERE’S HOPING no clerk will deed away the statehouse “by mistake!’’ IT IS INDEED an extraordinary day when someone does not do something for Denny Bush. THE GAS COMPANY has refused to lay mains until it gets more money. What if the patrons refused to pay their bills until the company furnished gas of 600 B. T. U. content? 4 -- As to Mr. Lewis There seems to be a difference of opinion among our Republican brethren as to Just what constitutes proper Qualifications for appointment to high positions in the administration of President Harding. The difference of opinion has been expressed by Emmett F. Branch, lieutenant governor of Indiana in a telegram to President Harding in which he protests vigorously against the appointment of E. I. Lewis of the Indiana utility commission to a place on the interstate commission. Mr. Branch bases his opposition to the appointment of Mr. Lewis on the grounds that Mr. Lewis “has never tumed his hand over for the party” and “is a representative of the Indianapolis News which fought you bitterly." As to the qualifications for the position, Mr. Branch sayjs nothing, hence a discussion of his protest should be confined to the party record of Mr. Lewis. Mr. Branch Is absolutely correct in his statements as to Mr. Lewis’ indifference to the party and as to his being a representative of the News. President Harding, informed of these facts, must now decide whether he desires a man of this affiliation on the interstate commission. When Samuel M. Ralston, Democrat, was Governor of Indiana he sought to appoint Lewis to the public service commission as a peace offering to the News, which was then engaged In fighting Republican battles. The attempt fell through as the News did not desire to incur ary obligation to the Democratic Governor. When James P. Goodrich became Governor, as a reward to the News for its support of him, he appointed Lewis from the staff of the News and Fred Bates Johnson from its legal counsel and throughout his administration It was well known by Indianapolis utilities that it was useless to ask any consideration of the public service commission without first submitting the petition to the News. One Indianapolis utility even went so far as to hire John \V. Holtzman, counsel for the News, to present its case to the commission, and it was freely admitted that this employment was for no other purpose than to gain the influence of the News over the two commissioners. In this case, subsequently, the commission issued a famous order refusing to allow a3 operating expenses the expenditures of this company for advertising purposes. The influences of the News became apparent when It was realized by the~utility that its advertising was under the direction- of a man who had become personna non grata to the News through his refusal to betray confidences to it. Mr. Branch is, of course, within his rights in protesting against the |Kd of a political plum to a man who has not infrequently contributed toward the disruption of the Republican party, and who has, BRve all things, honored and obeyed a newspaper that has not been regularly Republican. But the question that is involved in the proposed appointment of Mr. Lewis is not so much his failure to turn his hand for the Republican party as his likelihood in the future to turn his hand only on the suggestion of a newspaper. Indianapolis is growing very tired of this newspaper’s efforts to control everything. Mr. Harding probably does not realize what it means to give it a foothold in his administration. A ‘Mistake!’ Once again the people of Indianapolis are indebted to Dennis J. Bush for an Illustration of Just how easy it is to defeat justice under the political scheme by which our government is controlled. First, Mr. Bush proved that it was possible for an employe of the city of Indianapolis to loot the city treasury, confess it and escape with absolutely no punishment for his crimes.

Second, Mr. Bush proved that it is possible for a politically wise man to operate an open gambling house in Indianapolis and when the police are forced to interfere to escape with a light fine, assessed at a special noon-dav session of the city court in which he had pleaded under an alias. Third, Mr. Bush has proved that it is possible for a convict at the State Farm to be released on a parole recommended by the State board of paroles and signed by the Governor, in direct contradiction of the publicly announced rulings of both the board and the Governor. In the presentation of these three examples otctbe utter collapse of our government machinery, we have passed over the lesser accomplishments of keeping an appeal pending in the Supreme Court for four years and delaying the execution of a Supreme Court mandate for months. No proper explanations Qf these instances of collapse of law enforcement wherein Bush has been involved have yet appeared. Miss Adah Bush, secretary to Governor McCray advances the strange explanation that a clerk inadvertently wrote the word ‘‘parole" Into what was intended as a mere remission of fine for Bush. In order to accept this explanation one must believe that the “error" made by the clerk was overlooked by the Governor, the Governor's secretary, the secretary of State and the Penal Farm authoritiesThe explanation taxes credulity, especially in view of the fact that there is documentary evidence to the effect that a United States Senator, the mayor of Indianapolis and a host of smaller fry were intent on accomplishing Just what the clerk’s “error” accomplished. But the test of the sincerity of Miss Bush's explanation lies In subsequent happenings to Mr. Bush. The Supreme Court of Indiana was held that a parole obtained by fraud is void. Governor McCray has the,undoubted power to revoke the parole of Mr. Bush which his secretary says was brought about by error. The parole of Dennis J. Bush was either a fraud perpetrated on the people of Indiana or it was the intentional release of a convict under a smoke screen through which any one can see. Until Bush is compelled to return to the penal farm and serve out the light sentence which was imposed upon him for participation in a felonious and dastardly assault, the parole will stand in the eyes of the people of Indiana as a startling example of abuse of executive clemency made all the more repugnant because of the attempt to explain it away as a "mistake." Another *Secret 3 Affair Once again it has been demonstrated that no State official, nor body of State officials, can long keep from public knowledge the use or misuse of public funds. In the matter of the payment of $19,000 to that Attica bridge contractor the State highway ■’Commission and the State board of accounts succeeded in covering up the noisome affair longer than usual, but at last it came to public +umvledge and the transaction gains no favor by reason of the secrecy with which it was surrounded. The story of the surreptitious payment to a contractor of $19,000 of public money through a scheme by which the sum received was in addition •jo the contract price of the bridge the contractor agreed to build for the county is a story of an indefensible transaction. The officials of the State and of the county did not dare to allow it to become public when it was consummated. The State board of accounts did not dare to allow it to become public when it first came to their attention. And so, by agreement between them, the facts were temporarily suppressed in the vain hope that they never would reach the publicIt is such transactions as these that strike at the very heart of our government. They shake public confidence in worthy officials as well as unworthy. place a stigma on the honesty of men who are trying to give service to the community. administration can tolerate "secret transactions” Involving the and hope to retain public confidence. affair that demands the immediate attention of Governor of the grand juries of two counties.

By W. D. BOYCE. NEW Zealand is a country of fine horses and, at heart, most of the New Zealanders I have met fancy themselves good judges of horseflesh. That is one reason why horse racing is perhaps the most popular of all sports in the Dominion. It is government-controlled, betting is allowed only under the supervision of officials and both the bookmaker and the man or woman who bets with a bookmaker are severely punished. Bookmakers may be fined $2,500 or sent to jail for tw-o years, ! while betters may be fined SSOO or • jailed for a month. _You hear very little talk of fixed races or crooked jockeys in New Zealand for while gambling on races is permitted on the government-operated machines the gambler never has succeeded in getting his clutches on the game as be has elsewhere. The totalizer, or tote, as the betting machines are called, pay back to the beti tors all money ’which is wagered with the exception of 10 per cent, of which | the racing club which is staging the i meeting gets "U. per cent, and the govj eminent 2Uj per cent. The term betting ils not used, ft is called an investment

. i , \ v | ! 1 , .-..5.55.-iSxNlN*^ Mi** t'tlidda Bleibtreo of the Unit'd State*, who has been breaking swimming record* in New Zealand. She 1* the wt.rld’s champion at all recognized distance* for women. and the government has fixed regulations for every detail of the transaction. In vestments must tie made In person and no one under the age of 21 is permitted to lay a wager. No Investment can b< accepted by telephone or telegram. Publication of t . .olds on rae<s ~t any [•' outside of the race eowrxe.JfSe'f is prohibited, thus preventing gambling except by those actually present at the races. I was fortunate enough to be present at a meeting in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, and I found the customs as they differ from those In the United States most Interesting. Knees

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Yatchlng Is a popular sport. Vtw ZraUvnd has mnny splendid harbors and AncUlaiid Is said to imvo more small yachts for Its size than any

are sot to be run at a pregisp mtnute, and unless a fractious horse muddles the start, the barrier goes up at the time ordered. For at least thirty minutes before the race starts the hordes are on exhibition, first in the paddock then on the track Itself. In order thnt the spectators may familiarize themselves with the horses. In front of the grand stand the numbers of the horses ami the names of the Jvckeys are posted.

WHEN A GIRL MARRIES A New Serial of Young Married Life

CHAPTER CXCII. "Fee, let’s risk wheat cakes and coffee!” cried Phoebe briskly ns soon as our breakfast party was established at Wilds in the early morning hours following on Valerie Cosby's dance. "You know we haven't a thing of importance to do until our 10 o’clock fittings at Wickhams Monday—so we can be rash together.” "I'm with you, Jeanie,” laughed Jim. “Who else follows the host and his daring sisters?” “What Vee ventures I also dare,” declared Sheldon. , t My inind was on something more vital than wheat cakes, however, and I leaned across to address Virginia. “Will you drop by for me, Jeanie, on your way to Wlekhams? I want to order some things." I had decided that since Jim wouldn’t give me an allowance and had offered me credit and change accounts, I might as well seize on my benefits. And, furthermore, I wasn’t going to be shabby again in the well-dressed world of Jim's new friends. Virginia agreed with a glance of warm approval. From the Harrison viewpoint, I was almost penurious, as I had been told over and over. But now Valerie Coshy flung herself back Into the stage center that was threatening to be wrested from her. "Who Is this Jeanie Vee person?” she cried gaily. "I'm guilty," replied Virginia with the good-natured tolerance sne always shows attractive, well-dressed people. “Well, fjom now on must be‘Jeanie,’ not ‘Vee.’ Jennie's much prettier, not eo sharp, and more like you, Mrs. Dalton."

IiNUiAJNA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20,1921.

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Above—The “totalizer.” Each slot bring numbered to correspond with the number of the horse jt represents and the little windows sho\y the amount of money “invested” (bet) on that horse. The little window at the top shows the total amount put up on the ruoe, while at the side a board shows the dividends which the winners pay. The “tote” is tiie invention of a New Zealander and Parisian racing authorities are bargaining to replace

As soon as a spectator Is satisfied be makes his way to the totalizator machine. and joins one of.the lines leading up to the investment windows, and when his turn comes buys from one of the girl* at the windows as many tickets as he wishes. The price of each ticket is fixed. The lowest Investment Is 10 shll lings or about $2.50. Other tickets are sold at twice that amount and, where desired, tickets for 100 shillings, or about $25, may be obtained. Separate totalizators are provided for each priced ticket. The totalizator is closed one minute liefore the race starts. In the few mln-

This cartoon appeared in the Auckland Weekly News after tlie Americans, Tllden and Johnson, tlofmted the Australian tennis players nnd won I lie famous Davis Cup. Australia, the Kangaroo, and New Zealand, the Kiwi bird, weep ns l ncle Sam walks away with the prized cup.

utes between the closing and the finish of the race the amount of money wagered on each horse Is figured up. the 10 per qent for the government and the racing club deducted and the profit*, or dlvldends, on the winners made ready for posting the moment the race is decided On one day at the Wellington no SiXH.OHO passerj through the two t daTra tors, the total for the three days' meet being #1,500,000 In New Zealand the payoff is made differently from that In other countries where wag'-ring is made on u horse to win. to place and to show in other words, to run first, second or third. The totalizator pays only on the horses which run first and second. In making your Investment you merely give the number of the horse upon which yon

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wish to wager and the ticket yon buy is stamped with that number Two thirds of the money Invested on each race, less the 10 per cent deducted for the government and the club, Is paid those who wagered on the winner, ami the other third divided among the backers of the horse which ran second, provided there, were five horsea in the race. It amused me exceedingly to wntch the lucky Investors dashing for the pay-

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‘T’ve called my sister ‘Vee" all my life. Surely you don’t expect me to atop at. a moment's notice?” cried Phoebe, turning on Valerie Cosby almost sharply. “I expect yon to call mo Val, because I expect to be great pals with you. And the two names are frightfully alike, don’t you think so?" The “breakfast" wasn’t over until 7, and as we drove up to the Walgrave in the full glare of morning light and bade a laughing farewell to Valerie and Lane Cosby, who shared their limousine with ns and Sheldon and Jeanie/ I had a feeling of being someone I had never met before. “This la the second night this week with very little bed and no sleep,” I remarked to Jim, when we reached our own apartment. “Well, it won't kill us a couple of nights a week,” he replied indifferently. “We haven't a thing booked between now and Thursday, have we?” "You say that as if you were sorry!” I laughed. “Not sorry particularly, but Just thinking we know 'darn few people. It’s my game to go about a bit more and meet the folk with money. That's how a stock broker gets on. Not a date between now and our own theater party. That’s not what you call being social lights, is It, Anne?” "I never wanted to be a social light— ’’ “No. I’ll bet you didn’t. And I can’t say you’re exactly cut out for the part," Interrupted Jim brutally. "But you'll do well to pattern after Val. Cuetej*; That woman’s some asset to her husband, I’ll bet. And you needn't imagine you're the only women she Inspired with a desire to entertain*her tonight, either.” “I didn’t wan, to particularly," I re-

the pari-mntuei machines with the more simple “totes." Below—A tliree-eornered finish for the "Wellington Cup, tlie lilg race at tlie Dominion capital. The Judges are not inside tile rail, as in America, but on the other side, and sight across the track to tiie finish murk, n deep black line against n white board background. In this race the favorite is second tieing outgamed In it he last fifty yards by a horse that was given an outside chance at tlie best.

I off windows Grandmothers gathered their skirts up and scuttled across the lawn In competition with their younger sisters and men, old and young, ran foot races. New Zealanders are most deliberate generally but they display remarkable speed on thcV way to the payoff window not that they are afraid they won’t get tb.lr money, but tba! they may have more time to inspect the horses In the next race. In those parts of the United States where racing still prevails meetings of sixty or ninety days are the usual thing. In New Zealand meets of more than four days are prohibited and totalizator per-

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mits may be Issued only for a total of 250 days during the year In the whole dominion Investments (betting) are permitted on trotting races and at hunt club meets as well as at running races. It\UK CITY MECCA COB WHOLE COUNTRY. The city where ara meeting is ached 111,. 1 is tie- meren from a’l parts of the Islands Hotel reservation* must be rede far In advance and during the three or four days Ihi the race* last It is extremely hard !■> get‘any business transacted. Four of us !•!>: tn one room at Wellington. So great is the demand for transportation thut the government operated railway has been known to disrupt regular train schedules In order that the rare goers' specials may have the

narrow margin of one second. The picture shows the lenders In the race. Lord Jcllieoc’s yacht being on the extreme right and the winner 1* next to it.

right of way. This is easily understood when it is learned that the government's 2*j per cent of the Investments amounts to $500,000 a year. I wus somewhat surprised to find that race day was not the dress affair that it is In other countries. Every day clothing is worn and there were no fancy gowns or sartorial splendor. “Os course you are going to the races,” Is the common greeting on race day and

torted wearily. “I thought yon'd wnnt me to. And that suggestion of yours that they all dine with us at Mornay’s Hr>t made mo frightfully sorry, Jim. It will cost enough to take twelve people to theater and somewhere afterward without giving them dinner first at the most expensive place in town.” “There you go again—counting the pennies. Anne, you make me darn sick and tired with your cheap, miserly ways. “How does it help you make money,” I broke In, “to take I’boebe and Jeanie and Evvy and flie Cosbys and Sheldon and Tom and Dick West out and spend a hundred dollars on them?” "A hundred dollars! Anne you are a piker. I expect my theater party to cost about three times that. And I expect to see and he seen and get a reputation for prosperity and work my way into the right bunch.” “All right, Jim. nave it. your own way.” “Thank you, I will. And, mind you look a little less like a frump.” “I promise you. if you’ll pay the bills, I'll never look Ilko a frump again,' I cried ckok lngly, hurt almost beyond endurance. “Go as far ns you like,” urged Jim. “I will. Now watch me.’’ “Oh, I won’t have to watch you, Anne. You're a natural born miser. Youll never learn to make a showing or to spend half I earn.” “I wonder,” I replied bitterly. “I wonder —most women can spend money fust enough—once they get started. I think— I’m started, Jim.” (To bo Continued.) OLD CUSTOM STILL IN USE. Q. Please tell me why champagne Is used in christening ships. L. M. B. A. In olden times It was the custom for a priest to bless a ship and its crew setting out on a voyage, particularly a maiden voyage. In these ceremonies, wine w-as used and champagne, being one of the finest of wines, became popular for such occasions. The date when this custom originated Is not recorded.

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Coming out of the saddling paddock before a race. In New Zealand it is the custom to exhibit tlie horses for half and hour before tlie race in order that the spectators may size everybody, from The high government .official to the chambermaid at your hotel, wants to discuss the races wttn you. It is hard to say what other sport ranks next in favor with the New Zealanders. Bowling • on the green, tennis, golf, cricket, Kugby football all have their adherents, tlielr representative teams for competition with other nations and swimming has a strong hold on the people generally. Bowling on the green is an ancient and time honored game In England an I her possessions, but It is far too sedate and deliberate a game for the average Anierl • u tome i to the fence excitement, the inside strategy and the slam-bang playing of baseball. Bowling requires a high degree of skill and In the hands of a master the balls will do worAierful things but it is not' the game tor an excitable or hustling person. The New Zealander Is quite enthusiastic over it, however. It suits his temperament a.id public bowling greens in the parks are as common here as corner lot baseball diamonds are in the United States The green are wonderful smooth, velvety things of grass. 1 asked an ardent bowler in England how much work was required to make an ideal green. "It is very simple,” he replied. “You prepare the ground and sow the seed. When the grass comes up you water and clip it and sow more seed and you water It and tike ear*- of it nnd in about 300 years or so you will have a green that will pass.” EXCELLENT CARE TAKEN OF GREENS. Illustrating tiie care which arc taken of the gr,-ens tlie !.owlets are required to wear heelless shoes and to stand on oarpets of rubber. Me.rl La Voy. our photographer, wanted to take p picture of a bowilug match and a horrified official chased him <>ff Hi- edge of the green until one of these carpets had been provided for the legs of the camera tripod. A championship match was being played at Wellington when we were there and so important an event was it that Lord Admiral .lollhoe, the Governor General, came up from Auckland, a von teen hours' journey by train, to be the honor guest I was told there are 30.000 registered bowlers In the Dominion. Asa purely British game 1 suppose cricket ranks next in popularity in New Zealand. If anything. It requires more skill in pit, hing the hall or in batting it than baseball, but the contests often extend over several days when a star batter Is “in.” New Zealand has produe. ,1 some great cricketers and in the matches with Australia and England each year have acquitted themselves with credit In addition to th“ star teams welch represent th*- cu*itr; in c,>ni-* s with other countries, other teams representing fad*-* “r organization* ejig. g-* lit contests with similar teams from abroad. * 'rick, t never has obtained much of hold on a. y nation except the British any more than bs.-ebu:! has succeeded in i. foresting ,> eiiufry other than America t,- any great extent. Tennis in New Zealand was givpn a great Impetus this year by the battle for

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Sculling a foor-oared racing boat In Auckland Harbor. All kinds of "water sports are favorites in New Zealand and the Dominion produced a champion of the world in the sinxle

the famous Davis cup between Americans and Australians. It was the first time that such an event had been held in New Zealand and the victory of the Americans, Tilden find Johnson, was well received in spite of the fact that they deprived Australia of one of its most cherished athletic trophies, because If was brought to this part of the world by Brookes, the Australian, and Anthony F. Wilding of New Zealand, who was killed in the World War. Everybody plays tennis in New Zealand—men and women, young and old—and the various tournaments bring together the class of the players from all over the Island. You seldom see a party traveling without a handful of rackets among them, tn no other country is sportsmanship in tennis devt loped to a higher plane than among the New Zealanders and recently the ethics of the game has come in for a great deal of discussion in the newspapers. During the matches In which the Americans were engaged one of the players, after having been awarded a point by the referee which had been protested by his opponent, deliberately smashed the next ball out of the court to give his opponent an even break. Whether he .lid right, or not was the basis of columns pro and con In the daily’ newspapers and the sporting journals.

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them up before making their “investments," for the racing tout is virtually unknown in the Dominion became ti.e people are good judges of horse flesh and scorn tipsters. We wer on tiie E. M. S. M a'.cur a while the Davis cup matches ware being played and' there was much s;,ecu! lion among the Australian and New Zealand passen- !• t as to the outcome of the various sets. he night that if became known that we wore in wireless communication with New Zealand the operator was surrounded by eager Australians asking him to find out how the sets played so far had resulted. Golf gradually is forging t > the fore all over New Zealand. Although this game originated in Scotland and therefore Is a favorite British sport, it was not until recently that New Zealand came, forward with any players of caliber. Now golf courses are scattered over both Islands and some of them are said to rank high as good courses over which to play. The

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Bowling on tlie green for the Dominion championship* of WellingUm A dozen or more contest* go on simultaneously on green* that are carefully, tended the year around. N-.te th- rubber fort mat* upon which the player* *tar,d. The game i* started by rolling a small white

nature of the -and. will li most everywhere i- hilly, has resulted in rugged count..* which tax endurance and ski’d. The people like golf tremendously and it is one of their stand-by sports. Yachting is another popular sport. The Dominion has many splendid harbors and Auckland Is said to have more small yachts for its size than any other city !n the world. Auckland, by the way. is the place where ail the largest sailing regattas are held. It would not he surprising if in the near f ttiiro New Zealand produced strong 1 contenders for the women's swimming "Tamp ,!.chips 'ldle recent visit to the Dominion of Mis* HstheMa Die.' tree of ti c Unit. ,] States, worl Us champion at rll recognized i! ! >tan • for women, gave a gr. .it Impetus to the swimming game Stic won ea tlx every tunc -die started ) t was quite -n:lr sh.stic over at least (woof the Nexv Zealand girls who swam 'ir.st her. Wherever tiie champion apted the swimming pools were : r,pg-,l with sneetctor* and she was followed constantly by a crowd of admirers. Miss Bleibtrce made a decided

tculls—Richard Arnst, whose time never has been beaten. lie was graduated into rowing from the bicycle game. Swimming and water polo nre other sports that are very popular in New Zealand now.

hit. One Incident which occurred at Christchurch caused n great deal of favorable comment. Miss Blcibtree hud swum before a capacity crowd and had dressed to return to tlie hotel when someone introduced to her a man who had come from back in the country many miles away to watch her swim. He expressed his regret that delays on the road had prevented him from getting there until the exhibition was over. “Did you really care as much ns that?” she asked. When he replied that it had been a real disappointment to him she asked him to wait for a moment. Five minutes later she appeared In her bathing costume and there in the virtually deserted pool the champion of tlie world gave ft fifteen minutes demonstration of her ability for one spectator atone. It was a most gracious thing and it touched the heart of the New Zealanders. RIGBY GREAT GAME FOR YOl No FELLOWS. Rugby- football is the great game of the young fellows in New Zealand, as it always is in all parts of the British empire. Teams that play a sterling game of Rugby are to be found in all parts of the Dominion and the interproviuelal contests are a magnet for thousands. Many persons in the United

States will remember the famous team of New Zealanders called the All Blaeka who toured the world, meeting and defentinthe best football teams. Bowing fans will remember Richard Arnst, champion sculler, whose record never has been duplicated. He once was a long distance bicycle rider who became an oarsman by accident. Dr. Henry T. J. Thacker, now the mayor of Chris church and hlinseif a prominent athlete in his young days, took a liking to Arnst and offered to bagk him if be would try sculling. The bicycle rider accepted and rapidly climbed to the top in rowing circles, winning the championship from the famous Webb. No story of sports in New Zealand would be complete without a mention of the athletic prowess of the Maoris who, even in the early days cf New Zealand, took the sports as did our American Indians. Not even today, with the government regulated racing, are better cbJU-' te-ts produced than were to be seen at the old time Maori “oats" meetings. The promoters and officials of these meets were Maoris and the stakes for which the horses ran were sacks of oats. The owner of a horse lucky enough to win more than one race a day often had to send for a wagon to haul his winnings away. There is the story of one owner whose winnings for the day were so heavy that the Maoris ran out of oats and hid to add two live pigs to the load o: grain to balance the account. Unti recent years it was In water sports that the Maoris excelled because the race always has had a fondness for

ball about the size of a billiard ball down the green and tiie players then try to place, their larger wooden ba’is a* close to the white ball as possible. Those nearest it count. The game calls for much skill to be acquired only by long and faithful practice.

the water and produced splendid sailors. It is a matter of much regret to the old residents that no longpr do the Maoris stage the canoe races which once were big features of every regatta. Football and cricket and tennis also appeal to the Maoris. At one native lillage we saw a level stretch of sandy bea h upon which several games of tennis, so ' ailed, were in ptagress at the same time. The “net" was a string stretched between two sticks, the “racquets'’ were fiat boards with hand-grip whittled out at one end and only the ball was the real article. Tbe players were quite adept at It, too, considering the rud-. paraphernalia they had. A £ or! always excels in any game where qul. kness of hand and eye counts. Handed down among them for generations is a game calculated to develop this quickness. It consists of two players. facing each other, starting at a given signal, and making all kinds of weird and complicated movements with their hands. The player who first can induce his opponent to fall into the error of doing the same movement as he, is the

A thrilling Maori sport-canoe hurdling. Starting from a given mark, the canoes are driven rapidly toward the hurdle where by a skillful balancing the bow is lifted over the cross bar and the canoe slides across. The least miscalculation, however, results tn tipping over the canoe and putting it's occupants out of the race. Canoe hurdling once was the chief water sport of the Maoris because they naturally are a sailor race and most of them are as much at home In the water as they ore on land. winner. It Is not unusual for two good play’ers to keep this up for fifteen minutes without a slip. That the Maoris have the true sporting spirit is revealed by the story of a fight fifty years ago. The white soldiers had ceased firing and the Maori chief sent out a flag of truce to Inquire why. “We are out of powder for our guns” was the reply. So the chief sent half of his supply to the white men in order that they might resume the battle on even terms. It is said that the Maori has taken on, civilization so well because he is such a good sport and likes the very things the British do so well. There is one interesting organization connected with sports In New Zealand. It is called the Sports Protection League and its headquarters are at Wellington, with fifty branch offices scattered throughout the Dominion. It probably is the most powerful factor in all New Zealand in keeping all sports clean and encouraging them.