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THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
Lloyd Thomas, R.A., Peter Hyndman, W. A. | CONSOLATION RACE; 120 yards; post entries; Sparks.
open to all competitors (except those in open events) who have run but not won a prize. Prize presented.
J. M. V. dos Remedios (8 yards) F. H. Kew (scratch)
Lieut. Lloyd Thomas (12 yards)
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Time 22. Kew won the race for the two previous years, last year's time being, 23 secs. THEEE-LEGGED RACE; 100 yards; prizes pre-
sented.
F. G. Chunnett and E. Abraham... M. E. Asgar and P. Hyndman
Time-15 seconds.
LADIES' BICYCLE RACE; post enteries; half mile; nearest finish to 5 minutes; (open); -start in saddle. First prize presented by Mr.
Ho Tung; second prize presented. Entries:-Misses Mather, Henderson, Wad- dell, A. Rodger, and Roza Pereira.
Miss Rodger
Miss Pereira Miss Mather Time, -5.03.
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ONE MILE FLAT RACK (Handicap); first prizs presented by J. McKie, Esq.; second prize presented.
Entries R. Lapsley, T. Meek, Jólin A. Moller, A. E. Alves, F. H. Kew, J. S. Bruce, Peter Hyndman, A. W. Xavier, J. Millar, W.
W. Toller.
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J. S. Bruce W. W. Toller Time, 5.124. 120 YARDS VETERANS' RACE (Handicap); competitors to bo over 35 years of age and not less than 10 years' residence in India, Chica, or the tropics; 1 yards start to be given for each year over 35 years of age; first prise presented by the Hon. C. P. Chater, C.M.G.; second prize presented. Entries-J. Coyle, 37 years, 3 yards; C. H. Thompson, 38 years, 4 yards; J. Dickie, 39 years, 6 yards; Dr. J. M. Atkinson, 41 years, 9 yards; A. M. Roza Pereira, Sen., 48 years, 19 yards; N. Macdonald, 63 years, 42 yards.
Dr. J. M. Atkinson N. Macdonald
Time, 13 seconds. D. Atkinson won by only
about half-a-yard.
120 YARDS HURDLE RACE; 10 Flights; pre- vious winners at Hongkong or elsewhere to be penalised 24 yards; prize presented by M. A. Souza, Esq. Entries-Lieut. T. C. Lloyd Thomas, R.A., F. H. Kew, P. Hyndman.
P. Hyndman
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Lieut. Lloyd Thomas Time, 184 seconds. Lieut. Worsley, W.Y.R., in 20 secs. Hyndman was leading all the way; Lloyd Thomas fell at the ninth
won last
hurdle.
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BOYS' RACE, 440 Yards (Handicap); post en- tries before 2 p.m.; open to all Boys over 12 and under 16; handicap at the post, age to be stated on entry; first prize presented; second prize presented.
E. Humphreys D. Carvalho
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Time, 56 secs. Twenty-three starters. HALF-MILE FLAT RACE; open to soldiers, sailors and police; entries to be given to the starter not later than 2.15 P.M. second, and third prizes presented. Taka Mow, H.K,A.
B. Williams, K.O.R.
Bombardier Carter
Time, 2.103. Eleven starters.
First,
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BICYCLE RACE; Three Miles (Handicap); start in saddle; first prize presented by the Hon. E. R. Belilios, C.M.G.; second and third prizes presented.
Entries A. McKirdy, A. A. Alves, J. A. 8. Alves, F. H. Kew, R. Henderson, T. Meek, A. M. Roza Pereira, J. C. Logan, Peter Hyndman.
A. McKirdy (scratch) A. A. Alves (300 yards) J. C. Logan (600 yards) Time, 9.131.
440 YARDS FLAT RACE (Challenge Cup); to be won two years in succession before becoming the property of a competitor; prize presented by H. N. Mody, Esq. Entries-Herbert W. Looker, F. H. Kew, Peter Hyndman.
F. H. Kew, 1.6.
Looker and Hyndman went to the starting point to allow Kew to qualify for the race.
Lieut. Campbell, H.K.R. A. W. Xavier Time, 13 secs.
POLO.
On the afternoon of Friday, 1st April, in plea- sant weather and to a large concourse of specta- tors, a polo match was played between a team representative of the Army and Navy and a Civilian team. The teams were composed as at 5 p.m., but a start was not made until some under. The game was notified as commencing
time later.
ARMY AND NAVY.
Capt. Burney, R.A....Back H.R.H. Prince Henry...8 Capt McLachlan, K.OR. 2 Mr. Johnson, K.O.R. ... 1
CIVILIANS.
Hon. T. H. Whitehead 4 Mr. Landale Mr. J. Hastings Hon. F. H. May
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ground, failing to score by inches, On Land- ale joining in again the game settled down in the centre of the ground for a while daring which H.R.H. made a succession of nice baok- banders. Eventually McLachlan got away again, but only obtained a corner, off Hastings. From the corner hit the ball was sent across the line. From the hit in Landale made some beautiful strokes, which was being carried on by Hastings when time was called, the final Civilians, 1 sub. score being-Army and Navy, 1 goal and 2subs.;
though his pony did not assist him much in the May, in particular, played well throughout,
second chucker, while Landale, despite the also Capts. Burney and McLachlan. vagaries of his pony, was in good form, as were
Mr. Des Voeux, R,E., kindly acted as referée, Capt. Loveband, A.D.C., as time-keeper, and Mr. Platt and Capt. Paton, K.O.R., as scorers.
2 ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB.
ELEVENTH CLUB RACE-3RD APRIL, Course :-Channel Rocks, Kowloon Rocks, Meyer's buoy, Channel Rooks, Kowloon Rocks.
Starters, First Class :---
For the first three minutes of the opening chucker the game was sticky, after which it be gan to improve, first blood being drawn by Burney, who, while being hustled by Landale, made a good hit, which with luck should have been a goal but only scored a subsidiary (Army and Navy, 1 sub.; Civilians, 0). From the hit out Landale showed some fine hitting, which was only checked by a good back-hander by H.R.H, The ball was shortly driven behind the Civilian's goal line again. Soon after the hit out McLach- lan made a fine run, but in defending his goal Whitehead hit behind his own line, McLach
lan foozled the corner hit, but the ball again went behind the Civilians' goal line, off May's pony, giving another corner hit to the Army and Navy. McLachlan, however, failed to improve on it. Landale then made a fine run, but the ball
Burney, and Johnson hooking Whitehead's stick, was again brought back to the Civilians' goal by Burney scored a goal. (Army and Navy, 1 goal, 1 sub.; Civilians, 0.) From the centre hit May but Burney saving in fine style, McLachlan got made a fine run up to the Army and Navy's goal, well away, but was hustled from the goal by Landale, Johnson scoring a sub, almost immedi- ately afterwards. (Army and Navy, 1 gaol and 2 subs.; Civilians, U) from the hit out May made another fine run, and was again only checked by Burney. The ball was soon taken back to the Civilians' portion of the ground and after a sharp attack on the Civilians' goal Whitehead in defending agin hit behind his own goal line. McLachlan took the corner hit, but Hastings cleared with a very fine hit, unfortunately hit- ting out of play just on the call of time, with the score at: Army and Navy, 1 gaol and 2 subs.; Civilians, 0. On the resumption of play in the second chucker after an interval of ten minutes, the Civilians re-arranged their team as follows on account of the peculiarities of some of their ponies, the Army and Navy team retaining the same organization as in the first chucker.
CIVILIANS.
Hon. T. H. Whitehead 4 Mr. J. Hastings
Hon. F. H. May Mr. Landale
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Active Meteor Maid Marian Phoebe Erica Second Class :-
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Dart Payne Ladybird
Mr. H. E, Pollock Mr. C. H. W. Kew Mr. J. Hastings Mr. F. H. May Mr. A. Denison
Dr. Clark Officers, R.E.
Mr. C. D. Wilkinson
The second class started at 1.20 and the first at 1.30.
After several races in hard winds the breeze was fairly light all through the race and in Kowloon Bay very light, with a strong flood the Hongkong shore and the others kept on the tide. Ladybird, Dart, and Active went over to Kowloon side, and getting light winds in the bay were rather out of it. There was a fairly Ladybird and Active round a long time ahead strong wind off Quarry Bay which put the in their classes. The second class boats had a better breeze and a weaker tide to beat against, and so gained a little on the first class, but part of this was soon wiped off.
The times at Channel Rocks were :—
Ladybird Dart... Active
Meteor
Erica
Maid Marian Phoebe
H.
M.
8.
2
23 05
2
27 17
35 04
39 00
39 50
44 20
45 31
reach to Meyer's buoy, the same order was maintained. In the beat up to Channel Rocks the second time, Phoebe passed Erica and the
In the run down to Kowloon Rock and
times here were :-
Ladybird
Dart...
Active
Meteor
Phoebe
Erica
Maid Marian
Рауде
M.
43588888
H.
3
50 15
3
53 25
53
27
3 59
30
2
4
3 06.
14
26 00
Dart and Active had a fine race and made a dead heat on the line, which was crossed as follows:-
Total Second Class
Marks to date Ladybird. 4 33 15 first 10 Dart
4 33 45 second 4 Payne
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42
5 6 50 third 1
46
First Class Active
Meteor
Phoebe
Erica
4 33 45 first 10 4 37 43 second 4 4 38 55 third 1 4 39 43
14 17
5
60
Maid Marian 4 51 59 Chanticleer
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Shortly after the commencement Landale carried the ball in fine style up to the Army and Navy's goal, and thongh well hustled by Burney, made a very pretty stroke on the near side, under his pony's belley, the ball only just missing the goal (Army and Navy, 1 goal, 2 subs.; Civilians,1sub.) TheArmy and Navythen pressed the Civilians hard for some time. Landale, how ever, cleared for the latter, but hit the ball out, after a fine run, at the far end. Shortly after the throw in Barney made a very hot shot un- der his pony's neck at the Civilians' goal, but unfortunately a pony's quarters intervened. From the re-bound, however, Burney made another fine hit, just failing to score subsidiary. At this period of the game Landale was not much assisted by his pony and he was at times lost to his side. On Landale returning to the ground Burney hit out, but the ball was soon driven behind again. The hit out was followed by some fine runs by | McLachlan, Hastings, however, saving his goal" The N. C. Daily News states that another well. Landale here changed his pony, but find-landslip occurred at the head of the Shangbai ing the new venture lame had to retire for Engineering and Shipbuilding Company's new further change, during which time MoLachlan dock at Pootang on the night of the 25th March, made a brilliant run the whole length of the but it is fortunately not serious.
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The Ladybird is thus safe for first place in the second olass.