Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-23
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LIFE IN AUsTRAIT4
sports and Pastllaes PLAY an
Part In that Country. port
Harper's WaaEfp

Harper's Weekly
Sports play an enormous part in A.
nan existence. People live virtnaii,1 s s''
ot-doors most of the year. 1t / nd, I gl',
OF tre-side; there Is little crowdina " si t@hi
the hearth-stone. There is tIa. a19I
| something more than independercs III, 4
IS seen in colder lands, perhaps IN Ia. s-42
ness to domestic bonds. From rasr .elss.
to year end the tide of recreatiov el&
| II IT Is not rowing race It fl 4 ,r,i.'s
| tournament; II not a yachting regsti5
/ Is running match; # not Il trott;re -. a
| II Is a running meeting. In the Iast.r--L
/ ed we have the dearly loved snort - y
Australian. What would tie rbouoj,.' ~ 4
| the governor general Of Canada If y Y
| tended trotting match? In what &.
would the president of fhe United ST.
stand II ne we're seen every day for a was5
at oneepsiiead Bay, alternating between h.
saddlng paddock and members st5l5
and responded in due season to the calf L
a to | on the field, or g to /. bar ons,,3
And what would be thought if tie NIL.
at the white house carried the poipt st,G
further ana entered a horse of his av,,, q.
the sweepstakes Il is all a matter =
custom. What would be thought AZ II
governor of Victoria who did not anna.
at the cup meeting in November? o. Il.
the governor Of New South Wales who .l;5
not attend the spring and autumn mas,
lngs of the Redwick ra-e-course. in .Pvj.-
Hey2 He would fall just as Far for la3r.
ing dndone what the president of the T-ni.
ted states or the goyernor-general II
Canada would be execrated for having
done.
But the rules under both conditions A,
what is expected Of them; and at the Mi.
bourne club meeting, where 10000 na,
pie assemble year after year, not only he
governor of the COLONY may be seen. b1t
four and Eve Of her malesty's Representa-.
tiYes from different parts Ct the continent
Remington Is to the Australian what
Handy is to the Buddhist. lie NAV gst
excited over a Chinese bill. he NAV N.
come heated, and cripple trade al tba
time of a strike, he may become neryo1,
enough to stone his political prophets. Ia
may venture a short sum of savings an a
Beach and Hanlan rowing race; but bis
affections, his spirited emotions, his gen
lus for risk and investment PROSTATE
themselves In eager devotion before tBs
Melbourne cup The average Austria.
ian may not know the estimated yane Il
the public works Of the colony, tie amount
per head Of population in the savings
banks, the names of past statemen Of note
the date Of time of the passing of the re.
sponsible government act, but be can tell
you how much was paid for the flying
pieman, and the time to second n
which Arsenal or Sheet Anchor won The
cup; and of all governors, he looks back to
the days Of Governor Sir Hercules Robin
son, whose presence, in the grave words
of great newspaper of Australia. gave
the turf a great impetus, did much to
foster breeding, and raised the tone Of
sport generally"
1t is almost impossible to conjecture the
ultimate effect of his love Of exciting
sports upon Australian national life. The
elementary investment and risk In it is
part of the general commercial action and
existence. The great say ing clause seems
to lie in the fact that these racing and
other events are not attended with vicious.
ness, Drawing, or lawlessness Of any sort.
A race meeting is as orderly as a tennis
tournament, and among 10000 people
the police have little or nothing to do in
the preservation of order. The sense Of
reserve and personal pride is high in the
character Of the people To them racing
is recreation, not a dissipation 1t IS
as much a part Of the life as a fair or a
wake was in Ireland twenty-five years