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THE INTERPORT "REGATTA. ANOTHER WIN FOR SHANGHAI
The interport regatta was arranged, at considerable trouble, by the Royal Hong kong Yacht Club who at the same time took the opportunity of holding its close ing yachting cruise of the season and of distributing the trophies won by the various yachts during the past season, The regatta proved an unqualified success and a large number of yachting and rowing enthusiasts were present ng North Point to witness the events. -
the
The trophies won during the past yachting season were distributed as follows:-
Mr. COLLAR replied "vory, briefly o behalf of Bhanghai. He thanked them for the very sporting way in which the vialtors had been treated, and for the good time they had been given. Ha
kled that the our had dime"extra ordinary well for them, and said ha- would turn the duties of replying to the tonat over to Mr. Scholbohm.
The visitors drank the toast with enthusiasm, singing the while, "For they are jolly good follows." R
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threa Estéaring to the rowing orènia, här. Lowe said they were indel, fell to Shanghai for quarters of a mil)-1, Shanghai, P Schweitzar ~(bow); F. W Schlobohm visiting the Colony. He congratulated (stroke) and A. T. Stubbs (cox) the visitors on beating Hongkong.(Hour, Hongkong, J. 9. McCann (bowy, H HONGKONG LOSE THE ROWING
Some day they hoped to bring Droger' (stroks), and G.; Buzavet (cox). CONTESTS.
0 bear.)
back the shields. The interest taken in DRAGON BOAT Rack-Won by red crow. After a lapse of neveral years an inter- the Hong Fours was very gratifying and Horo FOURS (distance three-quarters port regatta was held in Hongkong on this should help to buck up oarsman of a mile)-1, Navy; 2, Public Works
Mr. Sentoncity said he welcomed the Saturday, and Shanghai added to its ship here very much. They were very sorry, Department; 3, Ewo; 4, Talkoo
POLICE LAUNO CREWS (distance ons opportunity to addrosa the gathering. It. sporting victories this season in inter-that, owing to unforeseen circumstances,
was his first introdection into interport port contests yet another for the visiting Singapore and Canton had not beeu able mile)-Won by No. 1, Police, Launch
INTERPOAT FOURs (distance one mile). Towing, and he was proud to be a team won both interport rowing events to send crews to compete. The Club Bhanghai, P. Schweitzer (bow), member of the crow which bad come on the programme the interport pairs would be welcoming Swatow on Sunday Schlobohm (two), S. Phillips (three), H. down to Hongkong among men who wra and the interport fours.
and would bare a sailing race with them. Collar (stroko) and G. R. Razavet (cox); such good sportsmen. One thing that Mr. Lowe thanked the officers who had 3. Hongkong, D. C. Logan (bow), H. had struck him during the day was the Dreyer (two), -, Norgaard (three), attitude of a Hongkong umpire. He so successfully made the arrangements for 1. S. McCann (stroke) and H. W. Patley pointed out to their coxswain the heat course be know; told them what to avoid,. the regatta and paid a special tribute (003).
and did everything in his power to show. to the Clerk of the Weather,
SCRATCH FOUR (distance half a mile), them how to win. "I want to say," he Mrs. BLAIR then distributed the yacht-Four teams rowed. The winning team concluded, that you people have lost. ing prizes won during the past season, was composed as follows:-I. Zelensky today through misfortune, and although and was horsell presented by little Miss (bow), Gotch (two), W. R. Andrews
I want all our men to drink to Pfordten with a beautiful bouquet of (three), J. B. Brown (stroke) and 8 Do na losera, you are good sportsmen..
Begg (cox).
Hongkong" flowers tied with the Club'a colours.
M. D. K. BLAIR, returning thanks on behalf of his wife, said: My wife has Two or three lighters moored lengthwise asked me to thank you for so kindly CHAMPIONSHIPS BEASON 1992-1023.
The toast of "Rowing," was proposed at the entrance to the Yachting Club's inviting her here to-day to present these CRUISER CLASS-Chinese Rig. 1. Endy by Mr. R. StTHERLAND, who very briety
· enclosure and fitted with ample seating handsome prizes The presentation of Jean, Mr. E. M. Raymond (salled by Mr. recalled to mind some of the old time- accommodation made a splendid vantage these prizes has been a great pleasure to Force); 9, Vibe, Mr. A. R. Low; growing men of the East. The Hon. Ar
lish Rig. 1, La Cigale, Mr. N. Oracher Stephen, of the Hongkong Bank, was to ground for witnessing the races. In the her, and I would like to tako caso of the rowing events, whilst the opportunity, since so much stress has dauma, Mr. P. M. Hodgson (alled have been with them that night, but his
by Mr. House)...
had written to say that he was very spectators could not see the whole of the been laid on the question of economy in
HANDICAP CLASS-1 Bolla, Mr N Furry he could not attend, because he race-from start to finish-from the prizes, to point out that almost every Croucher; 2, Diana, Capt. T. Arthur. Would like to have given them stands, owing to the starting point being thing you have seen on the table to-day! ONE DESIGN CLA38.-1, Daphne, Mr. F. zemininences of regattas thirty-five years That rather puts me out of hidden by the projecting land occupied by in the way of richting prizes has hean R. Smyth; 2. dila, Mr. C. E. L Grist | ago.
HEYWARD-KEYA Chass-1, Adande, Court," said Mr. Sutherland, "and when the Hongkong Electric Company; they paid for out of yachting fees, while the were afforded opportunities of going out prices to be presented at the rowing Capt. W. Davison, B.N.B.; 2, Sea Lark, look round and see all the gray" headh,
fatheads, it makes me rather diffident. by launch and following the race. All dinner this evening have all been subs Mr. E. Cook; a Travia, Mr. H. 9. and the bald beads, and even the
scribed for by influential mer, of the Rouse, the rowing events finished opposite the Calony sympathetic to rowing. Now
GALL CLASS-1, Toinette, Messrs. Dabout talking of regattas tunnty-five lighters and some exciting tussles were these functions, as you are well L. Ralph and J. Thayer; 2, Joan, years ago, for I still feel young, and
am still good looking.(Laughter. aware, do not
AD H. Blake. on wheels.
and applause). However, as I was great deal of organising and hard work COMMODORE'S CUP FOR RACING YACHTEot allowed to do anything at the The course for the rowing events ex-for weeks ahead is necessary, and the (presented by Mr. A. R. Lowel regatta *** to-day your very genial tended over the strip of water. from time sometimes at great inconvenience to Dorothea, Mr. G. Hogg (sailed by Mr, committee said I might spook to-night if point between Quarry Bay and the Ming many members of the Club is taken up D. Bentley), Joan, Mr. D. H. Blcks.
1 liked, and I happened to like, in planning and re-planning in order to
Mr. Sutherland said he rowed in the “ Yuen Gardens to North Point (directly make posudble such a successiul regatta ne, CosMODORE'S CUP FOR CECISERS (bre opposite the Club House). It was in I am sure you will agree, you have sented by Mr. A. B. Lowe)-Fiolet, Mr. International regatta at Shanghai in 106 Nevertheless," he added to the indicated by yachts, not participating in witnessed today. This necessitates a M. Henderson.*
VICE-COMMODORE'S CUP FOR RACING accompaniment of a gust of laughter, the sailing events, riding at anchor on working committee, and although the the outside boundary line. There yachts, (laughter)I am sure you will agreeDaphine Mr. F. R. Smyth Sealark, Laying rowing clube such as they now. working committee does not always work YACHTS (pressated by Mr. D. K. Blair). z. He went on to say that in which were mainly cruisers, had dressed that it has been successful
Mr. E. Cock.
had in Shanghai and Hongkong, they ship.
carrying through an event of such
were very ducky. He wished them to VICE-COMMODORE'S CUP CRUISERS (pre-realise that those clubs, with their Amongst those present at the Regatta agnitude as seldom occurs in Hong-
their sinking funds, and. were: H.E. the Governor and Lady kong The interport events have been sented by Mr. D. K. Blair) Viole, finances, Stubbs, H.E. Admiral Sir Arthur Leveson highly successfiil. One thing at least Mr. A. R. Lowe.
debentures, and the facilities they afford- and Lady Lovesna, H. the General we are sure of the best crow in each TAI YUT Cup (for prize winners ined, were only made possible by the bard Officer Commanding (Sir John Fowler interport event has won. Cheers,) I championships). - Adanac, Capt. W work of those who had gone before. and Miss Fowler and many other well would now like to thank all those who-so Parison, E.NE.
There were‹ ̈ certain men thChina known ladies and gentlemen.
willingly assisted us, and, although Holla cap, Daphne cup, Adanac cup, responsible for bringing rowing up to distinctions are invidious, I would like The Lady Jean cup, La Cigale emp the fine art that they had witnessed at to mention the names of Mr. Carpenter and Toinett cup to who is always in the lead in these matters,
Beon.
THE SPORTS.
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The principal rowing contests were, of and Mr. Cock who has helped considerater date to be presented at at the regatta taas day. They went out of
The following wers the officials for
course, the interport aventa only two teams contested-Shanghai and sistance in regard to the catering arrange day
In these bly; also Mr. Donald Logan, whose as Hongkong. Canton was also to have sentments here to-day has been invaluable. But VRC. Representatives — Mears. a competing team, but, at the last i would particularly mention Mr. H.S. Dryer and C. Earnshaw. moment, that port was unavoidably comRouse and Mr. D. L. Ralph Mr. Rouse, pelled to scratch its entry. An invitation as sailing secretary, has successfully had also been entended to Singapore to carried us through another sailing senson Lt-Comdr. Hake, R.N.R. participate, but the Southerners could and has stood up to the job, manfully, not see their way clear to accept, much I have dong the work myself for yeare and
to the regret of all concerned.
ROWING.
the
their way to train and coach, and bring He hul their crows up to the mark. not a chaplete list of the names, but he H. thought there were certain men who
should be called to mind. In Shangha there was "old Brodie Clark real. good sportsman there was Ned Reise and there was Huchtin. Euchtic was . German, but l'a da good "port". row at the Soochow Creek, in Shanghai. Thore was Duncan Glass, who used to. E. 0. Pearce, now Sir E. C. Pearce coaches China has ever seen. Then there Boats: Meurs. B. C. was Jimmy Hall, coach and stroke lead to about two lengths. Hongkong the palm, and I will now and each of them Witchell, A. H. Carroll and O. Earn Dunman of Taikoo, Jimmy MoNealy struggled hard in the second half of the to accept a gift as a little token of Mrs show.
Arbuthnot, W. G. Bons, and many race bus could not make up the lost Blair's and my own appreciation of their
others. And there were those men who ground. Shanghai won by about two services to this Club.
had been, the means of giving them good lengths. In the other event-the Inter- Mra Blair then-handed a cabin clock
sport that day. There was H S. Rouse, port Fours (for the Smyth Challenge) to Mr. Rouse and a telescope to Bs.
the finest stroke there; there was Wall, Shanghai again went ahead at the start Ralph amid applause.
Judges: Commodore H. E. Grace, Darch, Franklyn, Messer, Sir Stuart and hold the lead throughout winning Mr. Ropis, replying on behalf of Mr. R.N., Hours, H. S. Rouse, E. Cock and Lockhart, Stephens, Owen Hughes, Major: by about a length and a half.
| Ralph and himself, said he could only Capt. T. Arthur. Of the other events great interest was assure M Blair that anything they shown in the Hong" Fours, which was could do to further the interest in sail won by the Navy by about half a lengthing was an absolute pleasure. He was from the Public Works Department's reminded of a quotation from a fellow crow. Ewo was a good third and Taikon countryman of Mr. Blair's-Robert Lonix fourth. Ewo had been looked upon as Stevenson, who wrote:Or will any. likely winners of this race, and certainly not likely to be beaten by the P.W.D.
Starters: Mr. E. W. Carpenter and Umpires: Hon. Mr. C. Mcl. Messer, The first of these events to be rowed off know something about its heart.B.E., Mr. A. Murdoch and Mr. A. A
barnings. Mr. Halph has been respon- Alves, was the Interport Pairs for the Percy sible for most of the arrangements
Judges: Commander 0. W. Beckwith, Smith Challenge Cup. Shanghai got here today, and without his help 1R.N., Capt. E. D. O. Wolfe and Mr. Wad W. D. Little, one of the finest away to a good start and in the first half don't know what we would have done. Logat. of the race they gradually, increased the To these two gentlemen. I would award Blasters of
|men,
Clerks of Course: Messrs. T. H. G. Brayfield and J. Kerr.
--TACHTING.
Clerks of Course: Messrs. A. W. Yan Andel, G. G. Wood and G. Burn.
THE DINNER
ME. SUTHERLAND IN LEMINISCENT. STRAIN.
Brook, and that couple, Day and Martin.. Thry rowed," he said, "in the paira together, and with great polish (Laughter.) Then they had the brothers. Alves, who had been associated for years. and years with
There was Fracklyn, and poor old George Cornwall. There was Roderick Campbell, a coach who was in the Scotch "eight"
ERCOPIS,
tard to tell me that business is more entertaining than fooling amongst hoats? He must never have seen a boat or never In the interclub races, the VRC have seen an office, who says so and the happy dinner at the Hongkong Hotel, they rowed in the Scotch eight
The regatta was concluded with a very years ago. He remembered when. won the Pairs, and thus wrested the one is a great deal better for the when the prizes and cups were distributed Mardoch Challenge Cup from the health."(Applause.). RH.KY.C. The latter were, however successful in' winning the Interclub the Commodore and the working com-
The proceedings closed with cheers for to the day's winners. Hongkong them against the English "eight" in '96. They had to undergo the mortification of seeing won, and after the race the English. eight entertained them to dinner. Scalling match for the Blair Challenge mitice.
their flag handed over to the Shanghai The dinner went on and Roddy Camp Shield Tiran winning casily from C
captain, However, they bore up well bell made a speech. When he started tak Earnshaw representing the V.R.C.
under the strain, and Mr. Collar was talk about rowing, we were, of course,
TACET BACINO FOR LADIES."
In the Interclub Fours for the Stock- Course: Start, Club House line (W. cheered to the echo sa he received the all very keen. He described all the train- brokers Challenge Cup, three teams to E.); mark boat off Kowloon Dock valued aquare of bunting from the hands ing, etc., and then to got up and said: competed, two from the R.H.KY.C. and Point (P.); mark boat of Holt's Wharf of Mr. W. Logan.
Now we come to the race of to day.' one from the FRC. The Royal's No. 2 (P.); maris boat on Club House line The chair was taken by Mr.ALE.Well we all leaned forward against our- eraw came in first with the V.R. C. second (P.). Twice round. Distance 44 miles.
An Interesting event was the Dragon
Lowe, and he was supported by the Vic tables, and grabbed the nearest port GAL CLASS-1, Tometts, sor (Mears. Commodora, Mr. D. K. Blair, and mem. bottle, if there was one. We were all on boat race between two teams of Chinese D. L. Ralph and J. Thayer), sailed by bers of the day's committee The deck at that time. No-one went ander arranged by Ah King, the red boat's crew Mrs. Elliott; 3, Jon, scr. (Mr. D. II. visitors were present in force.
the table in case the English fellows. winning by half a length. The spectatore Blake), Miss Robertsen,
When the mon had been steadily should go through our pockets (laugh-
and down the courao to the beating of
drums and the wild gesticulations of the crews prior to the race. The
During the afternoon the King's Regi- mental Band played delightful, selections of music, MM PE
PREBENTATION OF YACHTING PRIZES.
watching these two boats careering (Mr.J.: L Adama), Mrs. Adama; 2, given the loyal toast, Mr. J. §. MOCA and be mid! You had a most excellent were given an amusing half-an-hour HAYWARD-HAYS CLASS.-1,. Gladyo, scr. worked through, and the CHAIRMAN had tor)-Well we waited with bated breath, Sealark, cr (Mr. E. Cock), Mr. Har proposed The Visitors and at the start and the rowing the rowing, it ton;- 3, -- Ursula, 10mess," (Mr. H. “B.
same time made a happy little cone the most damnable rowing I ever saw Bouso), Mr. Rouso, N
gratulatory speech "We did our bee" in my lifeAt that the Scotch eight
went completely under the table, ONE DELION CLASS1, Daphne, or, he said, to give them a good race in (Laughter.) (Mr. E. Smyth), Mrs, Gibbings; both events, but I think the better team Mr. Sutherland went on in mora Halcyon (Mr. DE R. Blair), Miss won. (Hear, hear.). I hope we shall serious vein. He expressed the opinion Harston, NY
have learned a lesson to day from them, that rowing was the nest thing a young At the conclusion of the day's racing HANDICAP CLASS 1, Diana, sor (Capt, and that in the future we shall do our fellow could take up when be came out the Commodore of the Yacht Club (Mr Arthur), Mrs. Arthur; 2, Dorothen, best to beat them. But it will take to the East. It was a cheap sport, one A. R. Lowe) in asking Mrs. 3. K. Blair, (wife of the Vice-Commodore) to present 45 Mr. G. Hogg), Miss Phelipe.. seine doing, I don't mind saying, with calling for very little money. A goung the yachting prizes won during the past
the present material we have in hand man would simply leave his office, have o season, said it gave the members of thei INTERCLUB PAIRS (distance three: (laughter)-but I think it may be done row and shower, and emerge feeling as fit Royal Hongkong Yacht Club very great quarters of a mile) 1, VHC, Marcall if they will only put their backs into as a fiddle. He took no exception to men plosure to see so many friends present (bow), H. Jde B. Moore (stroke) and it (Applause). The speaker went on going out to tes dances or bridge, or say at the Terzita, and particularly to G. Razaret (x); 2, BH.KYO, G. to say that the visitors had shown the thing they liked a certain number of notice the interest taken in the after- May (bow), O. Stute (stroke) and Wsolves to be excellent sportsmen, and had days in a week, but he could say that ho noon's aport. They were also glad to
accepted terms and conditions somewhat himself looked back upon the days in welcome HE the Governor and Lady H. Petley (cox).
ROWING BÁCIA,
Stubbs, Admiral Sir Arthur Leveson and INTERCLES SINGLE SOULLS (distanco unfamiliar to them without a murmur. which he was rowing in Shanghai, and Lady Leveson and Sir John Fowler and three-quarters of a mile), R.E.K. They were unused to rough water elsewhere, as those in which he had been Mice Fowler. Ho would also like to T.C., G. Tira; 2, V.LO, Crowing and the course was straxit fits broadest sense they would
fitter than he had ever been since. Taking. mark on the presence of Mr. Eaton, Earnshaw
one so that Hongkong had had to land senior member of the New York and
them a coxswain. But even so they had also that rowing was a sport which thing in the world equal to the Oxford ill beaton the home men. He hoped had lived, and would live, There was that when Hongkong did gap to and Cambridge boat race, Here was a Shanghai they would try to recover all sport which would cause hundreds of that they had lost that day,
thousands of people to come miles and The toast was received with musical miles in order to stand on the towing Встоцев.
path and watch sixteen men flash past.
INTRECLUB FOURS (distance one mile), Boston Yacht Clubs Long before maay 1, B.H.KYO. No. 2 tean, Dixon (bow) of thors present were born, this rentleman G. Tyran (two), M. L. Hailton (three), had taken a very keen interest in yacht G. Stute (stroke) and Sorenson (oo); ing and oarsmanship and it had given V.H.C., Marcall (bow), Wonys (two), him great pleasure to witnom this regatta C. Earnshaw (three), H. J. de B. Moore on the other side of the world.
(stroke) and G. Razaret (our),
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