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LAWN BOWLS-
Suggestion Made By
B. E. Maughan
DATES FOR SHANGHAI VISIT
At the General Meeting of the
Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Associa-
tion. held in the Board Boom of
the South China Morning Post last night, a suggestion was put forward by Mr. B. E. Maughan that Hong Kong should be affi- liated with Shanghai, Hankow and possibly Singapore and Yoko hama. on the lines of English Bowling Association..
IF every town in Yorkshire possessed a town
moor, there would still be only one TownL Moor for Yorkshiremen, that of Doncaster, where tens of thousands of people are to-day congregated to witness the greatest racing event of the North T Leger"
Northerners, always sportsmen, were the first to start a classle race. Col St Leger, a famous North country squire and owner of race horses founded the race which bears his name, in 1776, four years before the Derby. In the first year it was won by Lord Rockingham's Allabaculia, when there were only six subscribers and five starters
How very different "from" nowadays? The year 1929 holds the record for subscriptions, which numbered 326, and in 1913 there were 321; in the years of the war, however, they aver- aged only 35.
The scheme received the api proval of Mr. H. Nish. President of H.KLBA, and the other mem The County Stand at Don-twenty favourites have won; bers of the committee, and it was caster, a sort of royal enclosure of them started at odds-on." The thereupon decided to select a sub- of the North, has been shorn longest odds ever laid on a fav committee consisting of Mr. Mau of much of its splendour by ourite were when Galtee. More gban, Mr. C. J. Tacchi and Mr reason of so many of the big won in -1897, and started at 10-1 H. Nish to go into the matter. places round being shut up by on. Ten years before that Or- Those present at ́yesterday's force of economic circum-¡monde started at 7-1 on, and in meeting were: Mr. H. Nish, the stances.
1915, and in 17 and 13 the aver President. Mr. C. J. Tacchi. Vice Wentworth, the seat of Lord age price of Pommern, Gay Cro- President. Mr. C. B. Hosking. Hon. Fitzwilliam, and, incidentally the sader, and Gainsborough was 4-1 Secretary. Mr. G. E. F. Thompson, largest house in England. its on; these three races, owing to Hon. Treasurer, and Messrs. Lfrontage being 235 yards, is one the war, were, of course, run at De Rome. W. E. Hollands, U. M. of the few exceptions, as there Newmarket. Odds-on have on Omar. F. X. Silva, A. Brooksbank is always a huge party there for many occasions been upset. E Kern, T.F.Stainton, F. J. Jones the occasion. In old days Lord 1898 Jeddah started at 6-5 and J. V. Ramsay.
Starbrough used to entertain at and was beaten by Wild Fowler, Shanghai Due On Oct. 4
Sandbeck, and large parties camej belonging to Mr. (now Sir) Har from Newstead, Welbeck and ry Greer. The Shanghai Interport team is
Davies, however, a celebrated due to sail from the northern port lumber, while the late Lord Sa-
vile. at Rufford Abbey, always bookmaker in old days, said that entertained King Edward. This he invariably lost money ber 2 and will arrive in Hong was before the days of dustless the Derby and Oaks, and won it Kong on October 4. They will remain in the Colony 12 days, and, went by special train from Oller-
roads: consequently the party on the Leger
by the ss. Tatsuta Maru-on Octo-
as it was found impossible to toz. come to some arrangement where- by the Shanghai players would
Diamond Jubïee..
In
OIL
over
Betting to-day is not on a par with that of the past. when, for instance, in 1823, the notorious Lord Kelburne, afterwards Lord
meet all the local Clubs and play! His late Majesty only once won Glasgow, land. £21,000 to £1,000 the zone games as well. it was the Leger, and that was with Dia-against Brutandorf for the St proposed by Mr. U. M. Omar and mond Jubilee in 1900. Unfortun-Leger.
seconded by Mr. B. E. Maughan,
that the zone games be done away with and, a' game played at the Police EC and the Indian R. C instead
The following programme was accepted by the meeting
October 4 Match at Civil Service C.C. October 5 First Interport at Recreio October 6 Match at Kowlosa C.C October 7 Second Division Match at.
Trikoo
October 8 Match at Craigengower C.C. October 9 Match at Indian R.C. October 10 Second Interport -at: Civil
Service C.C.
October 11 Match at Recreio October 12 Third Interport at Kow- loon B.G.C. and Interport Dinner. October 13 Match at Police RC. October 14 Match at Kowloon BGC. October 15 Match at Kowloon Dock
B.C.
The Interport Entertainment Committee was then selected and is as follows: Messrs. H. Nish, C B Hosking, B. E. Maughan, F. J. Jones, A. W. Grimmitt, B. W. Brad- bury and R. P. Phillips...
Mr. J. V. Ramsay then suggest- Ted:
that the Interport Dinner should be held at the Kowloon
C.C. and this was put to the meet- ing and carried unanimously.
BUDGE DEFEATED
"Bitsy Grant Enters Semi-Final
-HH the Aga Khan's Bahram, winner of this year's Denti
and favourite for the St. Leger, which is being run at Doncaster this afternoon.
ately, owing to the death of hisy This bet, which, in fact, be Forest Hills, to-day brother, the Duke of Edinburgh, won, was made at the Star Inn at Bryant -“Biky": Grant, who re- he was prevented from seeing Doncaster. Three years late presented the United States in the the race.
the same peer lost £27,000 /over
1935 Davis Cup séries against The dam of Diamond Jubilee Mameluke, which had won the China, caused a sensation yester-was bought on the advice of his Derby but was beaten by Matil- day when he eliminated Donald trainer. The Prince of Wales, as da The victory of the filly last Budge, of Davis Cup and Wimbie King Edward was then, was stay-named was commemorated at don fame, by 6 4 6 4, 57, ing at the Newmarket Rooms, and Stapleton Park, in Yorkshire, the 63 He will now meet S. B. John Porter was very anxious home of her owner, the Hon. S. Wood, the 1931 Wimbledon cham- that his Royal master should Petre, by a chiming clock over {pion," in the semi-final round buy Perdita, a mare to be sold at the stables, surmounted by
weathercock,an Beater.
the sales one morning. So im-race-horse Budge was the central figure in portans he about the busi-known as the "Matilda clock” 20 amazing incident on Mon
Victories the Prince was obliged
his dressing- In the last generation the pre- deal of sent Lord Derby has on two oc- that casions upset odds on rites
when he refused to contin
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(had interrupted "the mate
third set" (with Grant:
and walked off the the protests of offe alternative but
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