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vice really can not say, but certain is
one thing, viz the unfortunate club has
of late been dwindling down to a miserably
small number. On this occasion, only eight
sleighs came up to the scratch, joining
perhaps the smallest meet of this season. Our
jolly brother rifleman of the 60th or Kings Royal
Corps,[seems?] now to have got tired of his
well known team, and arrayed in a scarlet
blanket coat takes his pastime in an iceboat.
Some have gone so far as to enquire whether
his driving box is still "up to his weight".
The showy pair belonging to the hero of [?]
Sault St Marie seldom make their appearance,
and of the remainder of the sharpshooters who
are members of the club, some have [gone?] to
visit South Carolina's sultry climes, and the
rest prefer lessons on noisy musical instruments,
and short pipes, to the more pleasing excitement
of the drive, and our amusing friend Gunner