Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1895 — Where Lies the Provocation? [ARTICLE]

Where Lies the Provocation?

It is said that Queen Victoria has remarked that it is a pity Oat the public is in a mood to buy works written by and about the advanced woman, and that if there were no demand these authors would quickly cease writing. It would be interesting to know whether this statement was the result of the prejudices of the woman, or the writer. —New York Evening Sun. It seems about as certain as anything historical can be that there was horse-racing iu the forest of Galtres. near York, England, before 1590. And there seems to be good reason to believe that there was horse-racing on the fro&m Ouse in 1(307.