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After a series of futile and undignified Quarrels the 5th Plenary session of the Kyoming. tang has been closed, nothing having been accomplished. The course of the meetings. and the causes of its failure are fully explained.
The terms are given of the settlement between ¡England and China of the Nanking incident.
Canton, still uneasy without the proper beads of of the Government, is again urging Marshal Li Tsai Hain to return.
The Chairman of the Wuhan Provincial Council, Marshal Li Tsung Jen, has drawn up an elaborate plan for the completion of the Hankow-Canton Railway, and suggests the appropriation of the returned Boxer Indem. nity fund upon this scheme.
The usual review is given in this issue of the WEEKLY PRESS of the social, sporting Many pre- and Legal news of Hong Kong. parations are afoot for the busy season that sets in when the summer heat moderates.
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LAWN BOWLS.
COMMENT ON WEEK-END
GAMES.
TO-MORROW'S PROGRAMME.
For the first time since they started to play lawn bowls, "the Craigengower senior team succeed- ed in defunting Talkes on the Dockyard ground in
a League mated VA Saturday Taikoo's veteran bowlers used all the science they possessed, but they were out bowled once the visitors had master ed the ground and taken full measure of their opponents' play It was after the tea interval that Craigengower really got into their stride and convinced the many spectators that they deserved to win
The Civil Service again lost and are now definitely out of the senior division. Their juniors won a expected and may probably succeed in their efforts to gain promotion if they maintain their winning form. The Recreio. "A" team are also going strong at present and working for promotion.
Prospects For To-morrow.
TENNIS LEAGUE,
TO-DAY'S MATCHES.
Two atatches bave been arranged for to-day in the Tennis League,'
"B" Division.
South China A.A & Nippon Chab.
"Q" Division.
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DOG-RACING SLUMP?
PASTIME THAT IS LOSING ITS APPEAL
TOO MANY TRACKS.
Greyhound racing has passed its zenith, and is now finding its true level as a popular pastime, claims thu-Daily Aaprese This newspaper
Chinese R.C, I. Recreio II. South China make their cal appearance in the "B" Division in this match against the Nippon has carried out an inquiry in Lon- Club. They are now occupying the don and the provinces to discover runner-up position in the Table what will happen to this business having suffered only defeat at the hands of the Chinese Recreation of chasing the electric hare. The Club, the champions. It is gener-position is carefully reviewed by ally expected that they will beat means of opinions obtained from up, but if the unexpected should men best able to judge local condi. happen then they and the Hong tions, and an analysis of facts and Kong Cricket Club would tie for that position.
the Nippon and remain runners-
The tie between the second
figures.
One conclusion stands out: there
strings of the Chinese Recreation are too many tracks, for the grey Clah and the Club de Recreio pro hound racing public is confined mises to be very interesting. While
PHILOSOPHY ON THE LINKS.
LEGACY OF GREAT GOLF BOOM.
BEHOLD THE CURLËRS:
BY A. CM. CROOME)
When I first took to
MASTER OF. 179 LANGUAGES.
SER GEO. GRIERSON'S GREAT WORK.
WHY GIPSIES KNOW HINDUSTANI.
CAMBERLEY, Surrey..
At the opening of the British Academy's new premises in Bur playing lington Gardens, W., a gold medal" golf my interest in the game was struck to commemorate the com- purely personal. To my mind thepletion of the monumental Linguis one thing that really mattered was Lie Survey of India will be pres the progress of one Croothe, his seated to Sir George Grierson, who achievements in match and medal play, the constitution of his pack has carried out this great work. of clubs by one or another of the three recognised methods practised by acquisitive fanciers, and the like. If I had to specify the oe casion on which my purview of the game began to enlarge I should name that horribly, wet day at Oxford, when I first made the ac
After sixty years of study, dur ing which he has reduced to writ ing 170 languages and 334 dialects. Sir George still regards as his prin cipal recreation the study of philology and of the various Indian rernaculars," Honours, including the coveted distinction of the Order the former are favourites, the re- almost entirely to people who bet,quaintance of Mr. John Low, of Merit, have been showered upen him, but he is happiest when he 1 do not think that anything or quit will have an important hear. Profits of many tracks are waning, philosopher and historian.
ia in his library, ing on the League Table. Recreio and some
are probably making anybody could make me a COTE- When he received me there, bare so far lost to the Chinese I
Dont. There is strong evidence petent historian. But constantn Daily Mail correspondet, be who are admittedly the better of
and sympathetic association with told me that he was still working the two teams, so that should the that a number of the courees can-
John Low has at least induced in hard at the languages of India.. To-morrow's matches include the Portuguese emerge victorious 'overi not carry on for another sesso.my mind the habit of philosophis | He said:
the II, they would occupy the Share values of the public racinging. Notoriously the philosopher's runners-up position. Both teams
This he does by deducing the are keen to win and a hard struggle companies have lumped since the job is to search for essential Truth. boom of last year. Attendances at universal from assiduous observa is expected.
many London and provincial tracks have fallen in the past few months, and continue to fall. Free tickets are issued in considerable numbers to dress the more expensive stands aad enclosures, especially in the London area.
full programme which was post poned owing to bad weather on May 28th and the important matches in the senior division are un the Valley grounds. All Clubs in the two divisions are meeting for the first time as the return. games had also to be postponed owing to rain..
Craigengower senior, receive the Kowloon C.C. and should have no difficulty in maintaining their un- beaten record. The Kowloon Bowl- ing Green are visitors on the Police ground and opinions differ as to the probable winners. The Police, however, on their own ground, will not allow, a visiting team to beat them easily and they should win. Taikoo should gain the points at Civil Service.
Laikoo juniors are receiving Craigengower and a victory for the Kowloon home Club is indicated. C.C., at home, should boat East Point. The Yacht Club who are playing at home will probably do better this time and realise their the ambition when they moot Recreio "B" team. The meeting at the Valley between Civil Service and Recreio "A" is the important fixture of the afternoon between promotion candidates. If the form which the Portuguese team bas been showing recently is maintained it will surprise no one if they come away with the points.
Open Championship."
With J. & Lindsay of the Kow loon Docks having been beaten by bis club-ste J. C. Brown, the Interport player, the pairs in the Open Championship to enter the ith
round are:-
E. W. Hogbin (K.B.G.C.J
Gibson (K.C.C.). J. Ferguson (Taikoo) v. J. C. Brown (Kowloon Docks). W. Macfarlane (K.B.G.C.)
R Duncan (K.B.G.C.).
A. B. Clark (Police) . J. O. Mo Laggan (Kowloon Docks).
J. Ferguson, the veteran Taikoo player and A. R. Clark of the Palice have been slowing extremely good form and are fancied for the final.
To-marrow's League programmе and tables follow:
Division I, Civil Service v. Taikoo. Police . Kowloon B.G.C. Craigengower. Kowloon C.C. Division II.
Taikoo #. Craigengower. Recreio "A", i." Civil Service. Yacht Club. Recreio "B." Kowloon C.C.. East Point.
LEAGUE TABLES.
The positions in the League 10 date ure:-
Division I
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MARATHON RACES IN
IRELAND.
A SHORTENED COURSE!
DUBLIN, Aug. 13th. In the Tail Teann Games, the
Marathon race was won by Joie Ray (America), Steytler (South Africa) being second and Adams (Scotland) third.
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tion of individual phenomena. Obviously he will make no sort of show at his job if he limits his observation of phenomena to those in the production of which he bas himself been concerned.
A good many years have passed since I began to sit up and take notice of what other golfers were Now, doing. saying, thinking. The Metropolitan Police, who
concatenation of cis owing to control traffic outside the tracks, cumstances which need not be des are good judges of the situation.cribed in detail, my point of view has become purely philosophical. We know the difference between The doings on the links of that Are DO longer The time was 2 hours, 31 mins., now and last year is extraordi- fellow Croome
worthy of consideration. Certain 25.9-5 secs. This is a world's re-nary," said a scalar. officer, whose ly he did hit a couple of drives cord," but it is stated that the duty takes him to the White City, at Mildenhall about a fortnight course was considerably short of the standard distance of 96 miles, Shepherd's Bush, and Wembley. ago that really were drives But There is nothing like the same others were not. And isolated, ac 388 yards.
cidental, phenomens should be dis number of people, and the crowds regarded by a discreet philosopher,, seem smaller now than they were carly in the summer."
BEST BULL-FIGHTERS RETIRING.
SPAIN'S SPORT TOO
PERILOUS.
MADRID.
Recently ball-fighting has been modified in Spain with a view to eliminating deaths among horses and alleviating the tortures, of the ball, thanks to the diligence of the Humane Society in Spain.
With the lowering of risks for the animals, however, the risk of the man has been increased. With
Undeserved Gensure, One universal which I have. rightly or wrongly, deduced from
observation the phenomena is that we golfers are of particular subjected to much unmerited and uncharitable criticism not only by the laity, but also by members of our own community. Ever since the Great Golf Boom bogan it has
of
Best Managed Bacing. It is the opinion of persistent track frequenters that the beet managed racing in the country is at Wembley and the White City. There is more comfort for specta-
custom of professed tors at these places than anywhere been the the
else, and generally a better class humorists to make what they call
jokes about the proneness of people go to Wembley than to golfers to indulge in blasphemy tracks Average and their fellow-golfers are not
ahove repeating them. I shall al crowds at Wembley and the Waite low that, as compared with curlers,
described may be golfers City are about equal.
whiles blasphemious" Taking expenses and everything curler, having laid a stone awry into account, the two tracks in comments monosyllabically on the London which appear to be doing fact, it is customary for his skip the best at the moment are Hare ringay and Clapion.
in one week alone three. deaths have occurred among bull-fighters in Spanish arenas, and grave injuries have been suffered.
In undergoing the various ordenis of the arena the buil is 30, worn out that he has little strength at the end to attack the man.
With the suppression of these barbarous practices, the bull-ring is freed from cruelty, but the bull retains his faculties to such an extent that the man is exposed to great peril and accidents occur with untoward frequency.
other London
When
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check him by saying, to profane sweiring on the ice!"
Some of the languages which consist of warga of caly one syllable are reduced to giring one word many meanings by changes of pronunciation. Thus, in one language. "ba" equals, "lady," three," give a box on the eare," and "favourite of a prince." Thus we have Ba ba ba ba," which equals:. "Three ladies give the favourite of the prince à box on the ears."
Robbery Preferred.
We are indebted to a teetotal king of Persia of LD. 500 for the gipecs of Europe. The king. wishing to reduce the consump-" tion of strong liquor, enacted that there should be no drink Without music. One day be came acroes some of his people break- ing the law. When he remon strated, they replied that there who could make music. The king accordingly wrote to one of the princes of north-west India, who gladly sent. him a number of Doms, low-coate Indians with a reputation for thieving.
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In Persia they preferred pro« fessional robbery to music, finally establishing themselves in "the delta of the Euphrates se pirates. Many unsuccessful expeditions were sent against them, but at laat they were overcome and exiled to Syria. When Syria was conquered the inhabitants were. settled in Romania, where the descendants of the Doms, ' who over are our gipsies, spread Europe..
The resemblance of the gipsy language to Hindustani was first noted by Sir John Shore, a re
turned Governor, about 1800, and many gipsies can still understand Hindustani if it is talked slowly, Sir George, showed me a great collection of gramophone records of.. at the languages of India, and the typewriter, which types any language, on which he wrote the whole of the first draft of the great- work now completed in twenty volumes.
3.
The golfer has no skip to direct Reports from places in the North his conduct; for that title cannot with absolute propriety be accord where greyhound racing is a
reed to his caddie or even to his gulor feature are as follows:- partner in foursome play. Never Manchester.-At the Balle Vuetheless, he does not abuse, the privilege of free speech more fre track-the first greyhound racing quently nor more grossly than the track in the country-the average players of cricket and other games. The Spanish buli-fighters have
Another plea which may be ad-
thoroughly inefficient but vanced in defence of the golfer is is united in protest against these attendance is 15,000. Seven to
Those modifications. One of the most eight thousand people attend the that whatever he may say he says consistently lucky player. promising toreros of Spain has de- White City, Stretford, and six to it immediately after the circum-ho compete against him are satis- clared himself through with the arena, and Nido de la Palma, seven thousand the Salford track, stance of intolerable exasperation fied when they avoid defeat at his has occurred. The cricketer must hands. Inevitably satisfaction at. the the attainment of a low 'ideal' is one of Spain's most
There is no doubt that greyhound return from the wicket to reputed
in some degree a bar to progress. fighters, has retired. Belmonte, racing is highly popular in Man, pavilion before he can put into
words his opinion. about the The Rules of Golf Committee has called the pope of bull-fighters, chester. will not return to the ring.
mother of the umpire who has just given several decisions which col- Newcastle- Frobably this transformation of
Greyhound racing ruled him out leg-before-wicket. fectively warn the golfer to be the spectacle, with its adoption of has so far, utterly failed to appeal His choice of phrase must there careful what he says during the precautionary meatures for the to Tyneside sportsmen. Only 500 fore be regarded as deliberate.progress of a match. It has de
were present at the But although thecricketer's cided the player, who, unbeknownst beasts, will make the profession so spectators perilous for men that the majority opening meeting of Townley Park, offence may be the more heinous, to himself, has holed his approach, it is not so likely to recoil on his is liable to the lost ball penalty so will be forced to retire or expose Blaydon.
soon as he states that his ball is themselves to unwarranted dangers
own pate. By swearing at one
lost. It has also been ruled that umpire who his given him out l.b. w. hetloes not increase the the player who had a stroke at a probability that another will do particular hole, and omitted to the same thing when next he goes take it, cannot correct his mistake in to bat. The golfer, who lets his after the play of the next hole has tongue fly when he loses a hole, commenced. as he thinks, undeservedly,, does encourage his opponent to win an- other from bita later.
Talk Warily.
Glasgow.-Average attendance at the White Cits, 6,000; Carntyre, 7,000. The Albion track talla con eiderably lower, except on Friday when there is no opposition. Gen eral opinion is that Carntyre and 0 4 8 ANCIENT CEREMONY IN THE the White City will be permanent.
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P. W. D. L. Pts. Craigengewer 8 A 0 0 16 Police R.C...? Kowloon D.R.C. 3 Taikoo K.C....... 8 4 Kowloon C.C..... 3 3.1 4 Kowloon B.G.C. 9 3 Q 5 E Civil Service 100 0 10.
SHOTS PON AND AGAINST.
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COURT ON A BARGE.
MEDWAY.
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CHATHAM. An ancient ceremony of the ad- For Agst. Up Da.miralty Court, which dates back from 1600, was held on a barge in the River Medway.
Craigengower
... 489 416 Kowloon D.R.C. 553 524 Taikoo R.C...... 483 458 Kowloon B.G.C.. 487 477
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Police O. 508 $11 Kowloon C.C... 439 491 0 Civil Service ... 320 029 0.102 -Division IL
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Sheffield. Average
attendance about 5,000. The racing is believed to have caught on."
Handicapping by bisques cannot be recognised by the Committee, because it excludes the operation of the rule which makes the player liable to suffer for errore commit
Often, one ted with his tongue.
judged to be the limit of what may main
which is not impossible of to-hole it is one of the deadliest.
Hall-Three to four thousand It is a commonplace of paychq: people attend the Boulevard track logists that the language which -phout the same number as last men use not only expresses, but can work up quite an amusing sear. At the other track the at- influences, their nabits of mind. quarrel from a loose statement The barge, decorated with bunt: tendance is not more than 1,200.
I should not, refer a nice question made in the course of the match. ing, and the decks holystoned till
Edinburgh.-Average attendance of taste to one who has spoken of For example. I was recently a white, wae moored at the end of
5,000 to 6,000 on Wednesday even the ground through the green as party to a match which stood all Rochester Pier. The Mayor oi
nor expert clarity square and one hole to play. Rochester (Councilor F. Mating and 7,000 to 10,000 on Saturday the pretty,"
On the last green my partner. evening.
and accuracy of thought from an thewe), by virtue of his office and
Bradford.-A steady attendance other who describes himself as holed the odd, a nice putt of four also ne Admiral of the River Med-
when I am two feet. The like was at least twelve P. W. D. L. Pts way, presided. The Water Bailiff, of 4,000 to 3,000 on each of the dormie down
This is holes up on him and but two rd inches in length, might have been Civil Service... 9 7 1 1 15
carrying the ancient silver oar, three nights per week.
to be played, a situation thirteen. The man whose job it was Kowloon B.G.C. 10. § 13 13
read the Proclamation opening the Recreio "A"..... 9 0 0 3 12
coart, and a jury selected from he expected.
creation:
putters South of the Tweed. Taikoo R.C... 7 4 0 3
free fishermen of the river were Liverpool. The Stanley track 040
Not long after the Great Golf should never have suspected him of Craigengower... 9
awora in customary form.
has been converted into a Tootor Boom began in England somebody being frightened by a little thing East Point RC. 10
40 6 8 The main business of the court cycle dirt track At Breek Park, invented Bogey competitions like that. But he remarked "What -Recrelo "B" 8 3 1 4.7
has necessarily been curtailed the average attendance is 6,000 to These constitute a mean form of a good finish!" and started to Kowloon C.C&... 8 21 4 6
nowadays, but one presentment 7,000. Yacht Club 8 1 0 72
Banually offered by the jury was Leeds-One of the two tracks, SHOTS FOR AND AGAINST.
to ask approval for the opening of
which were opposite each other, For Agst. Up oyster grounds in the river.
has been closed dova.: Recreio "A" 801 281 999
The calling of the roll of Free- Civil Service 589 435 154
There is one thing certain-il the
·0% men of the River, a gradually Kowloon .G.C. 657 519 138 diminishing body, and the present sport manages to persist there will Recreio "B" 418 487
ing of the Admiral's warrant to his be eventually only five or six tracks Taikoo R.C... 404 434
bailiffe concluded the picturesque in the whole of the country. The Kowloon O.C.... 439 627
ceremony.The only other place rest will have fallen by the way. Yacht Club 3610 hazecimilssermany is car side, tripping as the result of mis Craigengower ... 453 601 0 109ried on in the United Kingdom taking motherlary-ch
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Colchester. East Point R.C. 813 673
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permanent one,
Finishwe the game, because they pander to walk off the green. the weakness of those who cannot squeaked in unison-"The match stand the strain of a medsi round, isn't over yet. He looked us up nor produce the counting hot at and down for a long-two minutes the crisis of a match. The institu- could feel him doing. it before tion of them has, I feel sure, had taking his gutter out of the bag
bad influence--on-British golf and scuffing the ball in by the back. "Colonel" Bogey-the appropriadoor. Discussion of the question tion of that title to the human which side had tried to cheat oc
tha honourable profession of Arms
Arma twenty miles. London Morning golfer's imaginary opponent libels cupied a motor drive of neatly.
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