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The past season has seen a more spirited attempt to revive the sport of rowing than has been known for several years. The revival of row- ing interest in the Colony is being steadily but surely accomplished, and soon it promises to regain the popularity it enjoyed in former years. In support of rowing, the Recreation Club, more
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gangs. The alternative placed be- fore the bookmaker" a rough house if you don't pay, but a quiet time on your pitch if you do "-has lost a considerable part of its force because of police protection.
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With the close of the season, a great finale was recently achieved by five members of the V.R.C. Without preparation or experienes of "deep sea towing and its trea- cherous currents," these keen row- ing members climbed into their Men from the Flying Squad at respective seats in"
p the Scotland-yard are at every grey- Club's four-ony skiffa and, heading hound meeting in the London dis- towards Lyemoon Pass, they de-trict, watching for the gangsters, cided to keep on going" until who may be dangerous, and any they had encircled the Island. An complaint from a bookmaker in heur's steady rowing sw them likely to be thoroughly sifted by the through the Channel and heading police and by the management of out to sen. Here they were passed the greyhound tracks.
by several ocean liners, including What happens at the greyhound two President boats, the passengera meetings in this party of men en heard taking great interest in will go round to all the book- the "little skiff so far out to sea." makers in the various enclosures. Following the coast line-their only with a collecting list for some one "chart "they soon, passed Cape who has fallen on evil times-is just Collinson and it was here that they going into prison or is just coming met their first experience of swells out whose wife is just about to and rough seas." However, the have an operation, or some story crew were still fresh, and hard pull-like that. Every bookmaker is "ask ing soon, saw them through theed to contribute, and every book. danger and at Repulse Bay beach, maker does. where they rested for a few hours. to patronise the Kiosk." Leav ing Repulse Hay they had a steady journey to Sulphur Channel, but it was here that they met their big. gest difficulty. The cross-current through this channel make it almost impassable, even for large sailing hoats. The low skiff danced about like a cork in a rough sea and the choppy waves soon found their way into the boat, fling it fall six inches deep. Frenzied baling saved the situation and, with aching arms, they pulled through the channel to
'The usual amount given," said a. London bookmaker, "is a shilling or half a crown, according to the enclosure your happen to be in. The gang goes round at every grey- hound track in London about once a week. Supposing there are two hundred bookmakers on the track, then the gang gels at least £10 a night.
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Actually there are three main divisions of the racecourse gangs: the northern, with headquarters in Manchester and offshoots in Shef field (a bad district) and Newcastle: the Birmingham-the most dan- And Now to Macao)
gerous of all-and London, ...There Stirred by the success of their are sub-sections of the ganga in first effort, these five sturdy rowers London-Clerkenwell, Whitechapel, are making preparations for a trip the Elephant, and Notting Dale. to Macao on Sunday, June 8. One
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of the V.R.C." four-bar" boats in every gang, whether in London or being specially prepared for the the provinces, are well known to the voyage, with amall free-board police; and detectives can -around the seats as a precaution them up at any time they want. against being swamped. They ex- Gang feuds have cessed, owing to pect to accomplish the trip in ten a tacit agreement that each gang hours, if conditions are favourable, should keep to its own province and and will leave the V.R.C, a′4 8.12. not invade the racecourses of the take the innercourse through Cap- others. There are on occasí `s suimun Fase and along Lantau small outbreaks, owing to jealousy Island, making a final dark across, over a woman, or a sense of injus the treacherous Delta where the tice over a bookmaker's levy. The sea is at times extremely rough, police, however, have the whole Preparations for a very warm re-gang danger well in hand, and the ception are being made in Macao only real sufferers-and that to a to welcome the rowors од their lessening extent-are the book
maker...
arrival...
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now make the long 40-mile journey E.
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