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LOOKING FOR ADAM.
FOSSILS SEARCH IN GARDEN OF EDEN.
A fourth oxpedition into the heart of Mongolia is being organis ed by Mr. Roy C. Andrews,
Associate-Curator of the New York
Museum, who discovered the first
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SECOND DAY'S DETAILS.
DERBY RESULT. ́
1.-THE CHU-KA-ZA CUP.-Three
Quarters of a Mile:
Mr. Henry Morriss Rayfield
Mr. Omekirk's Carbon
(Mr. Stewart).
(Mr. Charles)
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From his fourth journey into the Gobi Desert he hopes to returs with the fossilised remains of the Mr. Liddell's Carlington
first man." The region he in-l tends. to explore is 1,000 miles
(Mr. Brand) Time: Imin, 33-3-5secs.
3
from the nearest point of modern-THE RACE CLUB CUP-To civilisation, and as it is believed by many to have been the site of the
Garden of Eden, the search will have great significance
The Third Aslatic Expedition, when it penetrated into Mongolia, did not find the bones of the "first man," but Mr. Andrews believes that the expedition reached the spot where his remains are buried. and that one more quest will unearth the relics. The spot, the Eden" of mankind, is located in the Central Asian Plateau, at a point on the map north of the Himalaya Mountains in North Inclia.
The exploration of the Ameri cap Museum were
originally inspired by an excavation made in 189 by a Dutch army surgeon consisting of a part of a skull, two molar teeth and a part of a thigh bone thought to be the remains of
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Miles.
Mr. Henry Morriss Letchfield
(Mr. Heard)
Messrs. Potts and Hayim's Capt. R. E. Sassoon's Castle
Harvest King..... (Mr. Hill)
Sycee (Capt. Sassoon) Time: 4mins. 33.2.5secs. 3.-THE SHANGHAI DERBY,
One Mile and a half. Mr. Day's New Zealand,
11
2
3
1
(Mr. A. N. Dallas) Mr. Harry White's Don
Alphonso... (Mr. Patterson) 2 Mr. Day's Theatreland
(Mr. Hill) 3 Time: 3mins, 17 3-5secs. 4THE MONGOLIAN CUP-Three
Quarters of a Mile. Capt. Bahnson's Lyksborg Miss Billy Coutts' Skyros
20
(Mr. Hill) 1
(Mr. Knoll) a pre-human manlike animal who Mr. Henry Morriss' Henryfield must have lived at least 500,000
(Mr. Heard) years ago. Kolme vallas más baja
Time: Imin. 36.4.5 secs..
2
Although fossil remains of 5. THE SICCAWEI CUP.-One
primitive man have been found-in
Mile and a Quarter.
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6 THE GRAND STAND STAKES
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man's Zouave.....(Mr Heard)" I
-A. N. Dallas). 2
"NO" GENTLEMEN."
WORDS A BAVARIAN TOWN. MUST DO WITHOUT,
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In Bavaria, has decided to impose a tax on all foreign words used in print, signs, and advertisements.
A barber who is a member of the council declared it would be monstrous to tax him for calling himself a "friseur" because the word is French, and there is no German word to take its place.
The town council of Ansbach,
Another member wanted to know what German equivalents could be found for those words and phrases fashion and which signify aristocratic elegance to the simple" German mind-such words as "high life." "5 o'clock," "gentle- man, and "sport"
Nevertheless the council, decid.
ed that the unfortunate persons
who employ these exotic words
must pay Is a letter yearly up to above 10. 3s. 10 letters, and for each letter
SHAKESPEARE FIND.
RACE EDITION IN NEG- LECTED VOLUME,
An old, tattered volume, pinus its cover as well as its first and last leaves, which has laid for many years neglected and uncatalogued, turns out to be one of the chief treasures of McGill University Library.
The volume contains five plays, and of these chief interest attaches to one by Shakespeare. It is a quarto of "Richard II." of the 1598 edition.
The volume containing the play was part of the bequest of the are Mr. John Robson, of Warring- ton. It bears his book label, with the date 1865-Reuter
**A London expert, discussing the find said that eight copies of the 1598 quarto edition of Richard II." are known to exist. So far as his recollection went no copy had appeared in a London AND saleroom for some years. There One could be no question as to the great.
value of the discovery.
Mr. GC Plumpton
GENERATES (MEP) 3 Time: 2mins. 47.5.3 7-THE CHINESE
SHANGHAI STAKES Mile and a Half." Mr. M. M. Sokoloff's Bonne"
Affaire...(Mr. Sokoloff) i Mr. Day's Bonnie Scotland
(Mr..Dallas) 24
Mr. Harry White's King. Cross (Mr. Patterson) Time: 3mins '27.1-5secs. 8-THE SPRING STAIKES
Seven Furlongs.
Mr. Day's Republicland
(Mr. A. N. Dallas)
Mr. Powhattan's Oliver Twist,
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Mr. Harry White's Don Pedro
(Mr. Patterson) 3 Time: 2mins, 53.2.1secs. " 9.THE SCURRY STAKES,”
Seven futlongs.
Mr. Dem's Cyrus...(Mr. Heard) ----1 Mr. We Two's, Young Mongol
(Mr. Knoll) 2 Messrs. Winsome and Hosty's
The Bittern.......(Mr. Hill) 3
Time: Imin. 54-3-5secs.
10-THE TIENTSIN PLATE-One
Mile and a Quarter." Mr. Campox's Old Bill
(Mr. Brand) I Mr. Durgor's Kashmir.
(Mr. Burkill) 2 Mr. Toeg's McKenzie
31
(Mr. Crokam) 3 Time: 2mins. 50secs. II. THE PEKING CUP.-One.
Mile.
Mr.. Gilpin's Sir Galahad
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(Mr. Knoll) I Mr. Robson's The Country Bird
(Mr. Brand) 2 Messrs. Fay and Seth's Christ-
mas Bond.........(Mr. Heard) 3 Time: 2mins. 15.2-5secs.
MILITARY SPORT.
The estimate of the cost of law and justice in Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the coming year is given as £11,645,562, com- pared with £11,904,661 in the year just ending. The principal de- creases are: County courts £58.950, police £45,255, and prisons £71,443.
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BILLIARDS FINAL.-
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