ECCENTRIC WAGER.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 29 October 1880, Page 2

ECCENTRIC WAGER.

♦ For an eccentric wnger, the s ! Titosesfc was one laid at the beginning of the present century. The gum staked was only five shiUinrrs, but the inheres 1 : was very great when the terms of the '■>et %ver. 3 mutle public. It was a contest between two uien as to which should aucceerl in ndopling the ra^sf singular agd original costnme. The rvals appeared in the C:ist!e Yari in York nnd then suhmiitod themselves to the jury who were to decide the question. One had his coat trim* mcd with bank-notes. Teniguinea notes formed t he lapels and pocket fljp.», uol five sumea. notes the waistcoat and cellar baud, H s hat was trimmed with notes , he wore a purse full of gold coins as an ornament on the brim of it. while a paper was pinned to his buck, with the words, ' John Bull.' His rival i»ef ms to have shown less wealth but more ingenuity. One half of his body wus dressed like a woman, with petticoat, a si k stockin?, and a slipper, hia cheek rouged and heightened with patches; the other half was that of a negro, woolly-headed, black check 'd, bo.ited, with spurs. There could be little doubt which ought to have gained the victory, and yet the fixe shillings were won by tbe