SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1928.
Sport Columns
TENNIS.
THE CHINA MAIL,
pound. Spura can mount up in price according to the metal used. Breeches cost from five to ten guineas a pair.
THE "SPECTATOR.”
"HINNY & CUDDIE”
CENTENARY AND SOME OF AMUSING DEBATE IN HOUSE
ITS FAMOUS EDITORS.
OF LORDS.
LORD BERTIE'S "FIND."
In "The Times" of July 11, A question of definitions 1828, appeared an advertisement amused the House of Lords of the first number of the "Spec- recently.
The whip, like the spurs, which are more often than not, orna- REMARKABLE CONTINUITY. ments only, can be a cane or ash- plant costing a few shillings, but JOCKEYS' EARNINGS. because it is an araient
usually a whalebone or gut whip,
tator," "the new London weekly Peers were discussing the SILLY STORIES ABOUT BIG priced at anything from five
guineas upwards. INCOMES.
paper by the original editor and Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) The Jockey's Bane.
which provides that all Then there is the little matter contributora of the 'Atlas'"; and Bill,
the "Spectator" last month cele- animals, except pigs, must. be of the jockey not having anything, brated its 100 years of life by killed in Scotland by humane to worry about except to turn Up the production of a history of it killers. The animals referred to The Chinese Recreation Club lost As a result of the liberties for the races and to keep fit. No self and some special numbers of are defined in the Bill us their first tennis League match that some people have taken with thing to worry about forsooth!the paper. It has already lasued yesterday when the "C" Division the careers of jockeys, there is why the hurry and scurry of long
CHINESE R.C. SUFFER DEFEAT.
LEAGUE MATCHES.
De
Taoi Ping-fan and Ng Kam-chuen (C.R.C.)
beat . A. Rocha and G. A.
Noronha
lost to A. A. Remedios and
A. Gosano .....
beat H. A. Barros and C. A.
Barretto
SOME HARD FACTS.
:
its control for the future is to be
OX,
Horse, mare, gelding, pony, foal, colt, filly,atallion, ass, II. team was defeated by seven perhaps no other subject in con- night journeys across the country details of the scheme by which
donkey, mule, bull, cow, bul- nection with the turf so complete with awkward connections, games by the Recreio II,
lock, heifer, calf, steer, tails:-
ly surrounded by fallacy, fiction, dashes by aeroplane across the vested in the hands of six ex-
sheep, ewe, wether, ram, lamb, and nonsense.
Channel, motor journeys, and the officio trustees, hended by the
boar, hog, sow, goat, and kid. Time after time I have seen it reat, would drive many a hardier Lord Mayor of London, relates
the "Observer."
Lord Bertic of Thame, with the represented that the life of the!
man to an early grave.
Its annals are remarkable for idea of shortening this, proposed 6- 5 jockey is nothing but beer and
As to keeping fit, everyone skittles. I read an article recent-
knows that this is the bane of a continuity that has few, if any, to substitute the following de 4-7ly in which it was stated that the jockey's life. How can he parallels. For a hundred years finition:
The progeny or hybrid the luckiest individuals in racing hope to keep fit by continual the editor has been also the pro-
progeny of whatever age of 7.4ure the jockeys.
"No education is required to ing, massaging, etc.
istarvation, turkish baths, wast.prietor and printed his individual-
*ity in unmistakable characters on the equine, asinine, bovine,
suilline, or caprine species. 17-16 become a jockey," the article con-, We all ignore the matter of the paper; and three reigning
He complained that the origin- tinued. "Most
jockeys are every jockey having a valet to editorships have filled the great- taught their job for nothing look after his kit, because iner part of the century. The near-al definition was inadequate be While owners have heavy ex-
iest parallel one can suggest is the cause it did not include a headmastership of Shrewsbury Galloway, which was an animal 4-7penses, and trainers recurring
School, Butler, Kennedy, and between a pony and a horse, a trouble with their horses, a
Moss reigned as long and glori- cuddie, which was the. Scottish 5-6 jockey has nothing to worry
ously as Rintoul, Townsend-cum-name for a donkes, or a hinny, about but to turn up at meetings,
Hutton, and St. Loe Strachey. which was the off-spring of a he- 7.4 riding, exercising and keeping
It is a further evidence of the ass and a mare. fit."
Chan Hip-wo and H. C. Hung (C.R.G.):-
lost to L. A. Rocha and
G. A. Noronha
lost tn. A. A. Remedios and
A. Gusano.
heat . A. Barros and C.. A.
Barretto
Lau Ting-wai and fung (C.R.C.):-
Hon
lost to L. A. Rocha and
G. A. Noronha
boat A. A. Remedios and A.
Gosano
lost to H. A. Barros and
C. A. Barretto
creio" 11. 63.
16-17
"A jockey will often have a Lung-valet to look after his kit. Several of them carn £5,000 or When a delighted more a year. 4. 7 owner feels disposed to reward someone for winning a race it is the jockey who gets the reward and no one else. Yet his job has lasted only two or three minutes; the trainer has spent months. on 13-20 the horse.
"A jockey has got as much as
7- 4
2.9
Total: Chinese R.C. IL. 46, Re£3,000 or a Rolls Royce as a pre-
sent after a win, and even an ap prentice in his early teens has re- ceived as much as £250 for win- ning a race."
S. CHINA WIN. In the "B" Division South China beat the Nippon Club by 25 games. Details:-
Ho Wal-hing and Chan (S.C.A.A):-
beat Isomura and Tahara. beat Sajiki and Yoshikawa. hent Fujieda and Hachiuma
So
Exceptional Happenings.
Now, how true is all this? It might all be gospel in isolated 7.4
cases but it should not be claim- 7-4ed that because these extraordin- 7-4
ary things have happened that they always, not yet often, hap- 21-12 pen. Strictly speaking, they are
Luk Kang-cheung and Luk Ding the rostest exceptions to the rule. cheung (S.C.A.A.) :—
drew with Isomura and
Tahara .
beat Snjki and Yoshikawa . beat Fujieda and Hachiuma
6
Take the first statement about jockeys being taught their job
4- 4 for nothing. That statement surely is two edged? Most of us 83 expect to be paid for going to work, even if only by getting up 18-12 at six on a bitter October's morn- ing to sweep out stables and take horses to exercise.
Lee Wai-tsol and Lee Won-tsoi (S.C.A.A.):-
beat Isomura and Tabara. beat Sajik and Yoshikawa . beat Fujieda and Hachiuma
7- 4
At this time he is un apprentice G- 3 or "lad," and while on the sub- 8-3ject it would be as well to deal with that £250, said to have been 20-10 paid for one win. That money
Total: South China 59; Nippon was never paid to the apprentice, Club 34.
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continuity that seems inherent Lord Balfour of Burleigh, who in the "Spectator" ("My Grand- was in charge of the Bill, said mother," as R.L.S. used to say that the only merit of Lord affectionately) that Mr. Evelyn Bertie's proposed definition was Wrench, the present proprietor- that it was a jingle, and as such editor, has said that he would not reminded him of the Latin gram- change a word of many para-mar tags familiar to youth. graphs of Rintoul's original The Peers decided to retain the prospectus. The original idea original definition...
still prevails.
No. 1, Wellington-Street,
Robert Rintoul, a Scotsman,
who had first printed and the MONEY & SHARES.
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.
edited the Dundee "Examiner," was persuaded by Byron's friend, Douglas James Kinnaird, to come
On London— and try his fortune in London.
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Bank, on demand... 2/- 3/16 lowed by the "Spectator," pub- Bank, 30 days' sight. lished for a very brief while Bank, 4 months' sight 2/- 3% from one of the courts of Fleet- street; but Rintoul soon flitted to
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sight. two stone steps at the front door to enable the ladies to mount on demand their horses. Its latest migration On New York-
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to a house where Leigh Hunt Credits, 60 days' aight 60% once lived,
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On Bombay The "Spectator" had a prosper-Wire
for 30 years under on demand Rintoul-the author of the fam- On Calcutta- ous Reform Bill phrase, "The Bill, Wire the whole Bill, and nothing but On demand the Bill" and steadily increased On Singapore—-- its reputation, though its circu- On demand lation was, never large. He sold On Manila- but to the trainer to whom he is bound. A trainer, of course, is actual fact, only the crack riders it, a few months before his death, On demand
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was bought in 1861 by Meredith 30 day's night turivate them put by a certain percentage
paper) It is worth while dealing with Townsend, who presently took and give it to the lads when they the matter of those jockeys earn-Thomas Holt Hutton as co-editor Op Yokohama—- are out of their time.
ing over £5,000 a year. If we and co-proprietor. Their colla- On demand While the lad is in the stable take the number of races a jockey boration is famous.
Gold Leaf, 100 fine The Shanghai interport baseball undergoing his training he is pro-rides and credit him with the Mr. St. Loe Strachey.
(per tael) team yesterday met the U.S. vided with his whole outfit, stipulated £3 for every race, and
(Bank's Ten years before the partner-Sovereigns "Asheville" and won by six runs hoots, "colours," saddle, breeches, £5 for every win, the question re- ship ended St. Loe Strachey join-
buying rate) bridle and whip. But when he The line-ups and scores fol-blossoms out into a free lance solves itself Into elementary ed the staff first as leader-writer-Silver (per az.)
arithmetic to be worked out on (in succession to Mr. Asquith, Bar Silver in Hong jockey the responsibility is divin- last year's figures. We then see later Lord Oxford), and he, in Kong ..... ed. He buys his own boots, how few jockeys command these turn, became sole editor and pro-Chinese Copper Cent Box breeches, spurs and whip. The figures.
prietor after Hutton's death in Chinese Copper Cents 6% prem
Rate of Native in- trainer buys saddles and bridles The jockey does get his £5 for 1897 and Townsend's retirement.
7%.D.A. terest for horses and the owner pro-a win and £3 for a loser. That Very soon he made the paper a vides the "colours"-silk or satin
Chinese Sub. Coin money is guaranteed for him, and great financial success. He has jacket and cap.
Specially light jockeys' boots has to be paid at seale. If he has himself written the story of his Hong Kong Sub. Coin Par.
a retainer he is entitled to have "Spectator" days with great nar- cost two or three guineas a pair half of it put down at Weather-rative zest, His eager spirit! though they weigh under the by's in advance, the remainder to was worn to shreds by the war be paid on the jockey satisfactori and his multiplicity of occupa- ly completing his contract. tions. He was wonderfully served
to five.
low:-
Hoffman
"Asheville."
S'hai Chinese.
Brunner Chadwell Ariel
rf, Tsung
c. Chang
16 Llu
ci., Tany
Bacon Henson.
38. Kim
P. Ang
Yukey
3b Chen
Evans Sakey
2b Char
If. Loo Scores by Innings,
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total U.S. Navy...3 0 0 1 0.1 0
S'hal Chinese 0' 1 1 2 0 0 2
BOWLS.
5
6
A. CLARK BEATS McLAGGAN IN THE "OPEN."
[By "Bins."]
Gray's Rink and their performance
for a long time. An experienced No. 1 is specially suited to singles
contestants and at the 10th hond
He is also allowed to charge by his working editors, first Mr. the score rend Gall. At. the any owner at whose request he C. L. Graves, and then Mr. J. B. specially attends a meeting, a sum Atkins, who remains on the staff eleventh head a little misjudgment! on the part of McLaggan and the not exceeding one, pound a day to-day; but he knew his own grip jand travelling expenses, the to be slipping, and just before his fortunes favouring his opponent amount to be divided between death sold the control to Mr. Evelyn' Wrench, who had worked on all sides of the paper, both as contributor and manager.
gave Clark 4 which he followed with a 2 making the score 12-6 in) his favour. It seemed now as if Clark
the Was
winner but
the end.
them..
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He took the names of
9.60 27 8/16
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284% dis.
LONDON EXCHANGES,
Paria
London, Yesterday.
124.25
New York Brussels Geneva Amsterdam Milan
4.85 7/16
84.90
25.205
12.105
92.80
Berlin
20.86
Stockholm
18.13%
Copenhagen Oslo
18.18%
18.185
Vienas
34.25
Prague
Helsingfors.
· 192.90.
Madrid
29.18
Llabon.
Athens Bucharest
Rio
Buenos Aires Bombay Shanghai Hong Kong Yokohama
163 23/32
2 7/32 875 79712
5 29/32
47 7/16. 1/5.15/18 2/73% 2/0 % 1/103/32
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Hard Work. But even with these fees most McLaggan by good generalship jockeys are compelled to work A more than usually interesting scored in the next 4 heads 1-2-3-1 hard in riding gallops for train- match took place yesterday evening and at the 16th head the score was ers, in order to swell his income, on the Craigengower Cricket Club 13-12 in his favour; and the com- and whenever a jockey is re- ground when A. Clark of the Polica met J. O. McLaggan of Kowloonment all round the green was "Atained by an owner who does not grand game. Clark here however happen to have a horse running Dock in the last 8 to decide which struck a patch that Vulcan with in a race, it will be found that he Now that Mrs. Grundy is dead, of them should enter the semi-his thunderbolts could
not have is always ready to accept mounts Mr. Grandy is busy carrying on final.
the prohibitions of the unhappy beaten. His first wood rested on from other stables. McLaggan has been putting up the jack, his second covered it, the
In short, therefore, it is ex-home, writes a correspondent, a fine game lately and I had heard other two were in the same posi-tremely doubtful whether more What was our surprise, there- him described as 'Kowicon's Hope.' In the league he plays No. 1 in S. tion behind and he kept this up till than a dozen jockeys to-day are fore, he writes, when boating sa The score for the last earning such good incomes as will the Thames recently our party last Saturday will not be forgotten four heads was 4-3-1-1 giving him allow them to save against a rainy was visited by a fussy official,
day or old age. the game by 21-18.
The rainy day for the jockey, equipped with a pencil and note- McLaggan is a fine bowler with! matches; but also is a Skip and a beautiful delivery and at the 16th alas, most often occurs, for there everyone wearing bathing cos-
Mme. Lapolate, wife of the Cana- A. Clark of the Police holds that! head I thought I had made a mis. are always difficulties and dan-tume, and ordered us to put on
take in tipping Clark to win the gers to be faced. A broken limb, more clothes over them.
dian Minister of Justice, performed position...
શ It may surprise your readers the christening ceremony at the In getting to the last 8 Clark final and fully expected the Dock Concussion, a sprain or even
bruise will be enough to keep him to know, adds the correspondent, launch of the Canadian National accounted for Neilson in the first man to get home by 1 or 2. off a horse's back for along that in these enlightened days Steamships Company's vessel "Lady
Clark thus enters the semi- round and Wragge in the second,
while, perhaps for ever. We also and Bennett in the third, while hisnal and will meet the win- have the reminder of jockeys who even the wearing of a full univer- Nelson," from Messrs. Cammell
sity swimming costume worn at Laird's yard at Birkenhead. opponent beat Gow, Mair and her of the match between W. Pendered. If anything he had the Macfarlane and R. Duncan (both fell by the wayside in the hordes 90 degrees in the shade consti-
Sir Alan Cobham, the alrmag, more dimcult fourney and he fully of the K.B.G.C.), to qualify for the of breeched and galtered tipsters tates an act of indecency in the
and touts' who infest our race eyes of the official Mr. Grundy was given the honorary freedom Justified the confidence that was final,
of the Turners' Company at the Indeed, it is not too much to The large number of spectators
City Guildhall, believe that if any jockey had de Mr. Herbert Hickman, a Leeds A visitor from Paris and his little voted as much time and energy to present were well rewarded for their attendance and saw some son were. Injured and pante was any other occupation he would be hairdresser, stated that 75 per The London County Council have wonderful heads in the first half created among women bathers when assured of an income greater cent. of the men ahave at home now, of the game. One shot was all a signalling bomb exploded on the than he will ever receive from compared with 76 per cent, in hair
the Turf.
dressers shops formerly. that was conceded by either of the Deauville promenade
placed in him to win.
courses.
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