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    April 25, 1868.J THE TOMAHAWK. * 171

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    THE PEEP-SHOW.

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    GLORIOUS SPORT ! Scene shouting —JVear o...

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    To a Bonnet.—" Though lost to sight to m...

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    April 25, 1868.J The Tomahawk. * 171

    April 25 , 1868 . J THE TOMAHAWK . * 171

    The Peep-Show.

    THE PEEP-SHOW .

    Glorious Sport ! Scene Shouting —Jvear O...

    GLORIOUS SPORT ! Scene shouting —JVear out the the Grand odds and Stand booking on a Race bets . -course In the , Ring paddock - men , owners walkhig rou ? id with their horses , talking to their traine multitude rs , and lining giving the rails u useful . Horses " hints taking to their their jockeys preliminary . The shivering canters . " in Commission their silk and Agents blowing " in their their fingers booths . Roar Jockeys of

    . voices , sound of bells ; east wind , and leaden sky . Here you have one of the finest sights in the world ! shedding I can never a few tears look . at It this is so picture pleasant in my to see Peep the -show peasant without and Well the peer , you so see much that on gaudil an equality y-dressed . individual Do you tak yonder e my — meaning the man 1 J in . J . J . the tllV ^ elaborate ^ XCl l ~ T \ SA tA . »\ r \ doesn chain WlXUlllt , t the tAlW look pantomime UUUVVU like 11111 U dia UlM 4 mond AlV does / HVi , « VV and he 1 JIV 4 . ? the DMV And startling « " - * •»* - * , * . W-Jb ^ AW

    neck ieman -tie ? he He was not ' twelve months a pieman . , A marvellous trans yet a - p formation , isn ' t it 1 That fellow is worth ago thousands . He drives his a T- daug cart hter in the the Park use , of has a a broug gran ham d house . True in , Bayswater he has an , and way gives of up smoking for sixpences short p with ipes in his his footman drawing in - the room library , and . Yet ' t above he is a tossing man of property supposing sunnosine , - and he he keep keens one who on on the the may top too some of of the the day wheel wheel enter , and and Parliament loses loses not not his nis , always luck luck ..

    to Let wealth but the and wheel station turn , , and and the welcome luck change once , , more and then the good pieman -bye ' s humble T-cart will can be —th taken e perambul by creditors ating tradesman ; the house ' s dirty in Bayswater apron . The will will be sold become by auction of the ; daug and hter the ! daughter And how —well has , never this fellow mind made what his and . money the aristocratic 1 Ask that Roman gentleman nose , for over they there belong in the to curl the y same hair cratic trade . nose That is gentleman one of our over hereditary there in leg the islators curl — y hair a man and noble aristo by - descentand little better tha IrAAUiA n a bl fAUrVAMVfe ackleg by profession 4 This

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    in thing is W this fifth VLLV and man I Kf in another + > the + better - \* J y , most TV JL , than ^ the insi VIJL future * the M gnificant ^ slangy «* winner IA . J .. * W race scoundrel .. of JLW of " the . the U Oxfordshire of year WXS' , y the » ! T I -cart WW ask " w comes * , pan you VAtV - , honest tomime and diamond ( in sp , and the his house neat dress in Bayswater and good ?— sty Is he more more of a gentleman , ? genial erenial Standing litterateur litterateur over there , who who writes writes is one p nleasant of leasant the " article articles prophets s , under under . " H the the e is title title the

    and of " Jason knows " everything in the , " Breakfast and everybody Toast . " . He His omniscience , generally liked and , honesty of purpose have been his bane through life . " Noble sportsmen it is just as " resent well not , as to know insult everything , unpleasant ! So truths it has —on occurred the turf lost that poor Paradis " Jason e—great " has heavens before this ! what found a Newmarket Paradise ! Heath Cringing a ¦ nea b *^«• % r . * him « 4 MI > who is 4 . *^ 1 a V 4 * distinguished m ^ V *** W counter V » J »» J ** W % ^ ' " Turfite - V * J AfcVV "— Ull an > n unwholesome VtU If is J . AV & commission VW V *«* W - look i , WW *\

    -ing agent man to- , day , and was will a be a convict -jumper to yesterday -morrow , , A little farther gallant on , please officer —Captain is so invol Canno ved n that , lat the e of Jews the dare —>• Drag not oons arrest . This him for fear of overthrowing the Constitution ! Next to him , the , with Duke of Ditch mily water timber —young ! Near idiot him !— a he crowd is play of ing slangy the very Govern deuce - makers ment clerks Ci i and smoke " shoppy oaths " young loose subalterns talkand long and noisy odds I book On

    indeed my *** fc **»» w ord * W « ! . . , And the ~»^* gar !¦»!* % p *¦ e the op MAAAWA le chatter ( barring V , I ^ 'MbAAVJj —just , " Jason ^ V the ^ KSV fctl " kind * ) i * fc are , « C 4 f * a of W very * conversation * . \ S ** nice ^^ WVIVkh company / » ^ for —* Jl * the ear of " a lady "—we beg pardon—for a " girl of the period !" will Now make turn yo your u laug eyes h right over yo heartil nder , y . nd Do you you will notice see a sight how that the ragged crowd wretch is beating by the and broken pulling pole and and cuffing tattered and canvas kicking ? He the is

    to a " pay welsher , a man , "— who a man will who take is the always odds ready in farthings to lay but or sovereigns never likes , The as the horse result loses will be and precisely he wins the gold same , the to horse him in wins either and case he . loses The horse something has won ( of in course this ) instance more precious and see than he is gold receiving —honour ! pay ovation ing . him His what honour they owe is gone him , for , the trouble his he customers has taken in icking lVAk 4 AAta their pockets ikV bMl Thwack IT bV thwack WVV the Jt sticks »*¦ crack ¦»»» ¦ &

    p | a ^ , V *¦* V «» AJ . f-T V ^ V . Mm A A ^^ mB , V JL * » V ^>* , go ± ~* ^ r V A ^^ •>¦* ^^*»^»« , ^^* «^ A . , crack quietl , y go watch the bones the fracas , and " from ha , ha a , " distance go the . policemen But the j , oke as of they the matter is this . The people who are trouncing the poor " speculator predominates to a " gentle are thieves sprinkling , relieved and blacklegs of by the a sli dishonest themselves ght dash shop of : the -boy swell " roug ! A h clear " element , added case of the pot and the kettle—the vulture and carrion crow ! little Ove fellows r there are you they have not a group % That of one stable in the boys centre . Nice especiall -looking

    Evidently , y . His father ' s hope , His mother ' s joy , Is Billy Snooks , The stable boy !

    ing That " his ' s poetry comrade . Dear rehearse chubby the little Church rascal Catechism . Prob , ab eh ly ? " Quite hearso If . we Although could hear it what is " quite that sweet so" I ' m little glad fellow my was puppets saying can , I ' expect t talk . his conversation would surprise the Archbishop of Canterto bury sleep himself before . his Mep own histop fireside heles were might all g our ive nurseries up business conducted and go on the same princi A . p X les as a Newmarket training *—* establishment .

    ainted I ' m onl but y a an " honest Peep-showman fellow will , " allow my that pictures I have are sketched poorly from p living , models . The race-course has its pleasant side , but times it is absurd a gentleman to shut one put ' s eyes gloves to its before follies touching and sins pitch . In ; old in these soils one , days ' , he loves prefers you know to dirty , and his kid hands is expensive in the operation ! . Pitch a steep But now le-chase for the and race if . You have can sharp see that we are assisting discover at

    lic that taste the . promoter Break , -neck of the leap you meeting s and has dangerous wisel eyes y consulted ditches you are the to pub be - the order of the day . Plenty of fun for the money . Fun ! The numbers have appeared and disappeared on the telegrap has been h , the indul bell has rung , and for all the is course ready . , the We preliminary can just see canter the little That horses was a false and their start , tiny but riders that wasn popping ' t . H about ere they in the come distance I .

    A dead silence after the solitary cry of " they ' re off . " wild Thud -fire . thud Blue thud , Green thud , Yellow they , go Chocolate , tearing and along White the ground Hoops , and like — Scarlet Blue leading and Black ! Bravo Cap . , First Green flig is taking taken up , and the on running they come ( thoug again ht late Blue ' s couldn first— ' the t stay favourite ) . Thud wins thud ! thud Crack , crack crack crack ! , Well and ridden Choco- , leap Green , Up but — it Chocolate ' s too late ' , my down boy . and Is it has thoug rolled h ? over That his ' rider nasty .

    first Dead . !— —but Green we wins have ! no Thud time to thud , think , crack of that crack / Cap ! ital Hurray —Green !— ' a s loud roar ! Shouts of Green !—Green ! Thud thud—a Babel of seco voices nd — Blue and a Green bad third has won and by the a coup rest le nowhere of lengths 1 ; Yellow , Just carry ; that , dead body ; from the course , gentlemen , and ring the bell for the next race !

    To A Bonnet.—" Though Lost To Sight To M...

    To a Bonnet . — " Though lost to sight to memory dear . " respect Jacob to ' s the Ladder junior . — Member JOHN for BRIGHT Manchester ( dedicated ) . with all Can A -can Mad have Wag been ' s Night heard - to Thought declare . that —Some the amusement admirers of to the be obtained , just now , at the Alhambra , is in-Finette .

    Fearful Case for Charity . —We had nearly forftfltten to Telegraph announce announced that the on valued Friday correspondent last his intention of the c / ' . '' * •'*" ' ' a in pound our next of . gingerbread ? mts J / for the sake of charity ., 1 ° ¦ 1

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  • Tomahawk (1867-1870), April 25, 1868, page 171, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_25041868/page/9/