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discussed. Allison of the Sportsman has become 

 warm over them, and never tires of calling the writer 

 the " Anserous One." I have laughed, and tried to 

 draw a retort by calling the writer " she," but the 

 invisible coat remains, and Truth still comes out with 

 the biting remarks to provoke members of the Conser- 

 vative racing Press into retorts; that's not unclever 

 of Truth, and gives the publicity which is worth so 

 much. At one time I felt the same inclination to be 

 drawn into an argument and a quotation of the Truth 

 articles, but wisdom prevailed. I would buy Truth 

 and be amused, and after all, isn't that the great at- 

 tractiveness of printed matter or a play — to amuse us ? 

 However absurd I found certain ideas expressed, they 

 were tickling — so why rush in to get a woman — or man 

 — out of the job ? Hardly anyone living could get the 

 same notoriety : that is devilish ingenuity on the part 

 of a proprietor. 



As Mr John Corlett, for many years the doyen 

 of the sporting Press, has practically retired, he has 

 been left until after others. For many years he was 

 the best known of all, and now can claim more 

 acquaintances perhaps than others. As owner of the 

 Sporting Times for so many years he amassed a com- 

 fortable fortune, having many brilliant young men 

 around him at various times : the late Shirley Brooks, 

 the late Willie Goldberg and others. Then look at the 

 inimitable " Pitcher," Arthur Binstead, of Town Topics. 

 His memory goes back years, and he has the capacity 

 for writing nonsense prose in a most distinguished 

 way. Every phase of life is known to him. Then 

 there is Horace Leonard, capable handicapper and 

 weigher up of winning chances ; he is another on the 

 new paper. 



Mr Corlett sold the Sporting Times and broke the 

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