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Payne, Ladybird, and Dart got off well to- gether, but She was down near the lee end of the line in a calm patch and got left. Payne carried on with a light wind to within half-a- mile of the Chung Hue mark and then waited for the other three, which were becalmed in different parts of the harbour, and were passed by many of the first class soon after their start. It was a beat up in the north wind as far as the north side of stonecutters and Meteor was then leader of the A class with Maid Marian | next, then Phoebe, Ladybird, and Erica, with Active and Chanticleer some distance behind but all in front of Dart and She. With the excep tion of the two last, the boats all caught up with Payne and were becalmed for half- an-hour at the Chung Hue mark boat. A light N.E. wind put them round in the following order :-Active, Chanticleer, Meteor, Payne, Main Marian Ladybird, Erica aud Phoebe, with She and Dart about twenty minutes or so after. A reach brought the boats to the fairway buoy, when the order was-Active, Chanticleer, Payne, Meteor, Maid Mariau, Erica, Phoebe, and Ladybird within about four minutes, She and Dart still behind In the beat up to Cosnopolitan Dock the wind fell lighter, and Erica passed all bat Active and Chanticleer, the others keeping the same order except that Payne fell to the rear of the A class boats. A free reach to the finish with a N.N.E. wind, during which Erica went to the front and Maid Marian into third place, and the line was crossed as follows:-
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A CLAES.
H. M. 8.
Erica.
5 2
Active
5
Maid Marian
5
3 first 10 points 25 second 4 34 third 1
Chanticleer
5
4 13
Meteor
5
B 38
Phohe
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3 35
B CLASS.
Payne Ladybird She
Dart
H. M. 8.
5 9 55 first 10 points
12 15 second 4
5
5 41 33
gave up
third 1
Points gained up to date are :------
Maid Marian
Erica...
Active
Chanticleer
Phoebe
Payne...
Ladybird
Dart
She
FOOTBALL.
21
18
季
1
21
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HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB V. LADIES'
RECREATION CLUB.
There was but a small attendance at the new
ground, Happy Valley, on 18th December to witness the match under Association Rules be- tween the Hongkong Cricket Club and the Ladies' Recreation Club. Among those present were Major-General Black, Colonel Gordon, and a few ladies. The kick-off was announced for four o'clock sharp, but it was not till 4.30 that the teams faced each other, and for the first half of the game each side had to play with one man short, Mr. P. G. Davies, R.A., and
Mr. C. W. Gordon, W.Y.K.. not having turned up. The following were the respective teams-Hongkong Cricket Club-P. G. Davies, R.A. (captain), W. D. Mayson, R. G. D. Dewar, R.N., J. R. Gillingham, W. Arm- strong, E. R, Morris, A. E. M. Head, R.A., H. C. Rawson, R.N., J. R. Noble, and D.
Wood. Ladies' Recreation ClabE. L. C. -Berger, H.K.R., H. W. Looker (captain), P. L. Ingpen, W.Y.R., J. W. Crowley, W,T.R., E. F. Mackay, J. D. Danby, R. S. Anton, H. S. Moberley, H.R.K., and G. W. Millward. Mr. Frank Browne acted as referee.
The Cricket Club won the toss and at the outset of the game brought the ball in close
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| in time. After this the leather travelled to and fro for a while without any very material advantage to either side. The goals were attacked in turn and at one moment the Cricket Club forwards might have scored if they had only kept cool. The ball dropped from the gaol keeper's bands three times, but in the bustle the forwards failed to touch it. At another moment a foul was given against the L.R.C.'s goal quite near the posts. The chance was missed, but a corner followed. Noble planted the ball at centre, but Morris shot just a little too high.
Upon changing sides, the Cricket Club's goal had two very narrow escapes. Anton made a straight shot, which Davies, who had turned up and had taken charge of the posts, only managed to divert by a blow at the ball. The L. R. C.'s forwards then pressed on, and Dewar and Mayson had to do their utmost to save their goal. Dewar, however, finally got the ball through, and sent it over to Head who took it down the wing. He was pressed by Looker, but managed to pass the ball on to Noble, who returned it, and Head sent it spinning into the net. This was the first and the only goal scored during the match. The L. R. C. in the increasing dusk tried their level best to get matters even, but all their efforts proved futile, The Cricket Club thus won by one goal to nil.
CORRESPONDENCE.
[We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.]
THE OLD GAME OF BLUFF.
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TO THE EDITOR OP THE DAILY PRESS.
SIR-Would you kindly allow me a small space to reply to the remarks of · Que Who Knows Them, which appeared a day or two ago in your widely read paper. "One Who Knows; Them goes to the trouble to prove that the Chi- nese are not a military people and that all their pretence at war preparation will, alas! lead to no bloodshed. But should not this be rather a matter for satisfaction than otherwise? Verily we are a queer peeple, we Westerns. We go forth with a mission of peace and good will in one hand, and fire and the sword in the other, to the uttermost ends of the earth; and then when we encounter a people who don't preach but almost put into practise our religious principles, we can find not praise, but only scorn, for them. Is it due to the consciousness of our own short- comings, or what? One Who Knows Them knows, I fear, but very little about them except that they can't fight, and that everybody knows. But fighting is'nt everything. Fifty years ago they could'nt fight when we took Hongkong, But to whom does Hongkong practically belong to day? Might it not almost be said that they have re-conquered with weapons far mightier than the sword ?-Enclosing my card, I remain, Sir, yours truly,
ANTI-JINGO.
Hongkong, 6th December, 1897.
THE PEAK TRAMWAY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS,'
SIR, Visitors passing through Hongkong are put to inconvenience by the fact that none
of the working staff of the Penk tramcars wear or badge of office. Visitors any uniform therefore do not know to whom to apply on the platform for information as to when the trams start, &c. I think a uniform cap, with the word "Conductor" "Brakesman" embroidered on
or
it, should be issued to the European employes
and the Chinese ticket collectors should have a on their sleeves or badge, "Ticket collector coats. With the increased traffic these badges become absolutely essential.-Yours.
DISTINGUISHING MARK. Hongkong, 10th December, 1897.
[December 16, 1897. of the conditions under which the sailing races
are run.
Extraordinary as it may seem, it would ap pear that actually no time limit was fixed for the termination of the races, and consequently the only course which the Committee could adopt to bring matters to a conclusion on the first day was to shorten the course.
What I would suggest for the consideration of the Committee is that, in every sailing race at a future Regatta, a time limit of five o'clock should be fixed upon, and that there should be no shortening of the course under any circumstances, and that, if the first boat does not finish by five o'clock, the race should be resailed,
The start for these races has always been fixed at 1.30 p.m. and the course bas always been only nine miles, and my contention is that, if fast bouts, such as those which we have now in the fleet, cannot get round such a short
course in three hours and a half the so-called race can only be considered as more or less of a drifting match and not a fair test of the speed of the different boats.
Nobody, I think, will contend that the two days racing, which has just concluded, furnished at all a satisfactory trial between the competing boats, and it would surely have been far better, under such circumstances, to have had a time limit fixed, so that the races might either have beep sailed out to the finish or, if the time limit were exceeded. resailed again under some more suitable conditions of wind.
I need hardly point out in conclusion that shortening the course originally fixed upon is a most unsatisfactory method of procedure and must always give rise to a considerable amount of dissatisfaction. As a matter of fact the course was curtailed yesterday in a most abrupt and unnecessary fashion and just at a time when thereal racing was beginning. Four or five
· of the boats actually sailed round the whole course, being in doubt as to whether the race had actually terminated or not; the leading boat, "La Cigale," finishing at 4.58.-I am, dear sir, yours faithfully.
HENRY E. POLLOCK.
Owner of the "Active"
18, Bank Buildings, Hongkong 11th December, 1897. F. S.-May I be permitted to add a still further suggestion to the above, namely, that the present time-honoured Regatta conrse, which is not at all a suitable one, because it involves not only sailing down through the shipping but also running the gauntlet of a long string of steam launches between the Cosmopoli. tan Dock Buoy and the line, might with advan- tage be altered.
THE OPEN AIR FÊTE.
嘉信
TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESS.' DEAR SIR, You may be interested to know that the accounts of the open air fête, lately held in the grounds at Government House, by kind permission of the Governor, in aid of winter relief amongst the poor in London, have been balanced, and that the total receipts amounted to $2,136. The expenses were $430.84, leaving a balance of $1,705,16, which goes home by the next mail.
In your notice of the fête in the Daily Press Really I you credited me with far more than I deserved. bad very little to do with the practical organisation of the fête. Palmam qui meruit ferat.-Yours faithfully,
R. F. COBBOLD, Hon. Treasurer. Hongkong, 13th December, 1897.
JUBILEE MEDALS.
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESS.”
SIR, I missed the following speeches by H.E. the Governor in the presentation of Jubilee Medals on the 11th inst
Rev. R. F. Cobbold.-Mr. Cobbold, the
proximity to their opponents' goal but failed THE SAILING RACES FOR PARTI- august ceremony in the Cathedral was one
to score. Looker then sent the ball forward, and it was secured by Moberley who very prettily dribbled with it down the left wing. Just as he was being hampered by the back, Moberley cleverly made a long pass to centre, who tried a straight shot, for the net, but the goalkeeper just managed to save
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESS.
DEAR SIR, Whilst the Regatta is still fresh in people's minds, I may perhaps be permitted to make some suggestions for the improvement
of the most striking functions of the Jubilee celebration. I have much pleasure in presenting you with a gold medal in memory of that cere- mony, in which you took so important a part.
Right Rev. L. M. Piazzoli, Bishop of Clazo- mene, I have the pleasure to present you with the Jubilee gold medal of Hongkong, in