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SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1929.
THE WORLD SPORT
FANLING HUNT.
THE GRAND NATIONAL MEETING.
[By "RinginiL"]
All the local lovers, of steeplo- chasing will be present at the Kwanti racecourse to see the Fan ling Grand National meeting which will be decided on Sunday afternoon, the first race com- mencing at 3 p.m. sharp.
The principal race of the day will be the Grand National Hop over a distance of 24 miles and it should be one of the most interesting races we have seen for many a day.
My Lady and.. Ace of Spades, who will go to the post "in this event, are two tried performers who have a number of wins to their credit, and it has been a moot point for some time now as to which is the better of the two. I must confess that 1 am ut a loss to say. However, Sunday's meet ing wil deelde.'
The events have met with liberal therefore Bupport by I shall expect to see some big fields competing:
owners;
Full particulara will be found in the advertising columns regarding transportation, etc. My selections
are:
1st Race,
1 Movanagher 2. Craigavad
James Pigg.
2nd Race.
1 Target"
2 Cavalre
3 Siang River
3rd Race.
1 Duke of Nelblang 2 Drake
4 Fire Call
4th Race,
1
Ace of Spades
2
Montana
3 Fanling Stag
5th Race,
1 Tłumbell
2 Blotting Paper
Kiangsu
TWO SETS ALL
McEACHRAN AND RUMJAHN TO PLAY AGAIN,
CENTENARY OF THE
BOAT RACE.
RETROSPECTIVE OF THE PAST 100 YEARS.
HEREDITARY'S. PART."
LOCAL CRICKET. FANLING HUNT A.P.C. V. UNION INSURANCE FANLING HUNT
The following have been select-
"
ed to play in the above match on FANLING HUNT
the Navy Ground, Kowloon,~ on Sunday at 11.30 nm.:
A.P.CW. G. Bree, S. II. Clarke, L. A. R. Duncan, H. L. F. Dwin, D. S. Green, E. D. Lawrence, G. The Centenary Boat Race takes Lee, HK, Prosser, A. W. Ramsey, place this afternoon over the B. L. Stock and A. J. Wolf. famous course, Putney to Mort Union Mess.-J. W. Alabaster, lake It la believed that the crows R. D. Beaumont, J. L. Bonnar, are the finest which have over re-A. C. I. Bowker, J. R.. Collis, E. presented their 'respective Univer-Hudson, H. N. Laver, W. Leckie, sities, and given favourable con G. A. L. Plummer, R. D. Reod and The principal match in the Hong-ditions, the struggle should be the C. D. Wales. kong C.Clawn tennis tournament most thrilling ever.
When the future Bishop Words- yesterday afternoon was that in the open singles between S. A. Rumjahnworthwho, Incidentally was one
THE HOCKEY CLUB. and 3. S. McEachran. It went to of the only two men who both Varsity four seta, two all when failing light played cricket in the brought it to a close. The game match and rowed in the Boat
The following will represent the will be played all over again, Race, although many have com- Hongkong Hockey Club first team Rumjahn had a very narrow escape bined Rowing and Rugby Blues in their match with the 3/15 Pun- from defekt. McEachran led two sets to one and four games to two proposed and procured a boat race jab Regiment on the U.S.R.G. and was playing so steadily that hobetween the two Universities, he ground at 6.16 p.m. on Wednesday: looked likely to secure the match. probably did not realise int, hey, K. Tait, W. Woodward, J. Had he forced the pace a little more
was helping to found the world's Rodger, A. A. Dand (captain), E. at this point, it is probable that he most popular sporting event. Yet J. R. Mitchell, J. E. Noronha, H. would have won, but he allowed Rom that is what he did: in the univer-Owen Hughes, G. E. R. Divett, G. Jahn to make it four all and then to sality of its appeal the 'Varalty R. Vallack, H. V. Parker and C. C. Lako tho set at 7-5,
Boat Race leaves the Soccer Cup Francia. Final lengths behind, and Its only. The second team, to meet the Ro- serious rival is the Derby. creio on Monday at 5.15 p.m. on Monday will bo-W. K. Tait, J. Rodger, L. F. Nicholson (captain) R. R, Todd, E. J. R. Mitchell, A. A. Dand, C. Bodiker, W. A. Nowers, G. E. B. Divett, E. C. Fincher and T. Whitley.
It was an interesting game, in which both players brought off nome There were many very fine shots.
game,
baseline
He
It is difficult in writing upon the long rallies, in which the placing was a feature. Rumjahn changed his Boat Race Centenary to avoid a tactics several times in order to discongestion of trulems, because the over a weakness in his opponent's most striking facts about the race but with little result. At one are known to all. The popular time he commenced hitting hard, at interest in the race, for instance, another he played a purely game and then he went in for chop Hot merely among Londoners,
and, son and strokes, He, however, found Me-irrespective of whether they have carsmanship; there are cases not
and steady.
ur have not personal connexions merely of father.
either Enchren sound
University, but brothers, hat even of three genera At the commencement, it looked as with if Rumjalin would easily win.
throughout the world, is a truism. tions of Blues.
Space forbids giving more than started off in fine style, but once The reasons for this popularity
a passing reference to such in- his opponent had settled down ho are also fairly obvious. The race had to fight hard for every point. He is above all suspicion; it is free; cidents as the dead-heat of 1877, the
act nt 7-5. In the secured the first
it comes at a time of year when Henley victory of the Oxford seven McEachran came very prominently into the air time and sport generally, in rather dull. over a Cambrid not allow Rumjahn to win a single Add to these the undoubted facts Grand Challenge race of 1843, and
that in rowing amateurism is right the occasions on which Kame. As a matter of fact he won
and
professionalism after being behind at Barnes, has eight gamez
on top. off the real, taking the first two in the third not. In this nowhere, and that, in spile of re- come out and won-38 Oxford in act he led 4-1, and then took it at cent metropolitan and occasional 1900 and Cambridge in 1921 or 6-4. Rumjahn was obviously worried foreign victories at Henley, the such legende as the one which is in the fourth set. He started out to standard of 'Varsity rowing is handed down at Radley that W. B. amaah his opponent off the court and secured a love game. The next two generally of the very highest, Woodgate, after the race of 1862 went to McEachran, The latter held and we have explanation enough, or 1863. walked from London to the advantage at 4-2 and was play-if we add the consideration that the Oxford by night. ing well enough to win. The next race and the last stages of practice few games provided & strenuous provide an adequate excuse for the atruggle, Rumjahn making the score wearing of "favours" and the cele- four all and then winning at 7.0.bration of an outdoor holiday. There was not sufficient time for A further set and the game will thus be played over again,
The game was umpired by Major Lucas, who discharged his duties emciently. Occasionally, Rumlahn was guilty of foot-faulting and might have been pulled up more than once for this offence.
In another open championship THE SECOND EXTRA. match C. E. Holmes retired after
being two sets down to J. Hale,
L. Forster defeated L. Goldman in the Club championship in two
ENTRIES FOR THE EASTER RACE MEETING,
The programmo
for the second extra race meeting, to be held on Saturday, March 30, and Monday, April 1, has just been published. There are nine races on each day. The principal event of the first day is the First Aggregate Stakes and on the second day the Easter Plate, over a mile and a half. The follow- ing are the entries in the "events in which handicaps are not allotted:
First Day.
straight sets.
J.
The resulta were as follow: Open Singles Championship; Hale beat C, E, Holmes (retired) 7-6, L. Forater
6-3.
Club Championship: bent L. Goldmin 6-2, 8-6.
Handicap Doubles: G. W. Sewell and G. C. Grove (owe 15/1) beat A. H. Penn and A.C.I. Bowker (ruc, 16) 6-2, 6-3,
Monday's Matches.
!
a crew,
Another clear lesson of boat race history is that each side has periods of victory, and therefore we should not cheaply accuse the losers of do-
Oxford's eadence. After
first - Boat Race History.
victory in 1829 we find a run of The majority of readers will be Cambridge victors; Oxford went familiar with the main outlines of thend in the sixties and the nineties Boat Race history; the story has with runs of nine successive wins; been told in full down to 1909 in Cambridge has now scored five Mr. C. M. Pitman's history, and times running since 1923, as Oxford is being brought up to date in the did prior to 1914. The truth pro centenary history, in the prepara bably is that a couple of victories tion of which Mr. G. Drinkwater gives prestige and-popularity to the has, so to speak, stepped into the Boat Club and thus increases both thwart left vacant by the recent numbers, and confidence; it also lamented death of Sir T. A. Cook, means that the victorious "Varsity oarsman, is probably fortunate in its genera Radley
Oxford Olymple fencer, skilled alike with tion of coaches, including College gun and pen, and editor of the coaches, and that probably there la "Fleld." Perhaps on this occasion some one directing personality-o it is permissible to summarise again Haig Thomas or Escombe, a Mc- the main facts and to recall a few Lean, Fletcher or Gold..
It is not Cambridge oarsmen who anecdotes."
In the first race, arranged by Mr,nowadays talk of Oxford's de C. Wordsworth, of Oxford, and Mr. cadence, nor was it Oxford oarsmen
an
The following matches will be played on Monday:
Op Singles Championship: Lim Colonial Stakes-Five Furlonge. ' Peng-chin J. Hale; M. K. L. Buke of Chantilly, Chesapeake H, D. Rumjahn. Bay, Glory, Blue Danube, Monterey Handicap Singles "A": L. Forster Peck, fowe 16) Lt, D. Smith (rec. 2/6); Bay, Tarmacadam, O-Mooting- J. Barrow (rec, 3/6) v0. E. C. procured some light blue ribbon: Cambridge and Oxford, and help-| Imperial Hall, Bakers Bay, ton, San Francisco, Triumphant Stag, Marton (owe 3/6).
Winsonte
onte Star, Young Pretender.
First Aggregate Staken-One Mile. Duke of Cliantilly, Chesapeake Bay, Erin's Isle, One-Third, Our Prince, Grand Tattoo Eve, The Jamaica, Fickle, Imperial Hall, City Hall, Christmas Chimes, Huntington, Win- aume Stag, Young Pretender.
Union Plate-Six Furlongs.
C. Merivale, of Cambridre, the who emphasised the fact that Com- course was from Hambledon Lock bridge defeats in the nineties were to Henley. The Oxford crew rowed only checked by an Oxford coach; in the dark blue and white colours these cheap and fictitious jibes come of Christ Church, Cambridge wore from anonymous and probably un- Lady Margaret colours, but in the athletic selfappointed critics. Tho second race, 1836, finding at the spirit of the Boat Clubs is better no shown by the facts that A, T. W. last moment that they had colours, R. N. Phillips, of Christ's, Shadwell gained a Blue at both this almost inadvertently starteded to establish amateur coaching In the rivalry of the Blues. The race both Varsitlen, professional coaches in early days took place over havi, proved complete failures, vericus
West- and that W. B. Woodgate, II. Mc- courses-Henley, minater to Putney, Mortlake to Lean and W. A. L. Fletcher, Oxford Putney, etc., W. T. Thompson, of oarsmen, all at times coached Cam the Cambridge 1829 crew shared bridge, while Oxford owed almost Tennis enthusiasts will be interested Wordsworth's honour of also play as much as Cambridge to R. C. to hear that Ong Ee-kong, the tennis ing in the cricket match. champion of the F. M. S. and runner- The Putney to Mortlake course up for the Malayan. open champion was first used in 1845, and has been ship. will arrive in Hongkong next used regularly since 1863. Some
He is due a short holiday.
Wednesday, the Chenonceaux on on
Mixed Doubles E. R. Price and Miss Moffett (ree, 4/0) v. 5. E. Green and Miss Heard (awe 16).
Chinese Player Paying a Visit to Hongkong.
1
Lohmann.
Supremacy of Eton. ·
If one can ascribe any particular
Duke of Normandy II, Heretofore, Zephyr Bronze Idol, Rummy, Sun-week for a
of us think that a shorter course,advantages to either side they aliny, Mountain Air, False Alarm, Pumpkin. Papaya, Touch Wood,
During his stay, he will participate entailing a faster rate of stroke, would possibly be the following: Supron, King's Parade, Silver Stag Pink Pearl, The Plormigan, Inca, in a number of matches. The pro-would be a better test; also that Cambridge Colleges are on an aver-
gramme is being arranged
by the Hon, when: westerly winds make the age twice as large in number as Loch Elive, Skinfaxi, Sunloch, Alder. Secretary of the Chinese R. C., and course hopelessly unfair it would Oxford Colleges, and therefore put crews; but the Oxford ley, Aberdeen, Half Pint, The Jungle the games will probably be during the be better to row on the ebb. But on moré
Euster holidays.
dolnite the raco is now auch a national Honours Course in Classics takes has been fixed Nothing
up. visitor's first event that any change or postpone normally four yeara against 'an match will probably bo against Homent would provide fuel for average residence of three years Ka-lau, the C. R. C. champion, and Bolshevism; as things stand, the ho will also take part in a doubles, besides being matched against either Honda (the Colony's champion) or S. A. Kumjahn..
Book
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Dominion Plate.--One Mile.
Duke of Normandy II, The Jamaica, Mountain Air, The Pheasant, Loch Alsh, Loch Elive, Skinfaxi, Noukhail, Flying Stag, Thunderbolt, The Ape, King's Falloch, Dark Eyes, Half Pint, The Jungle Book
Second Day.
London, Mar. 22. Juak Bay Plate Seren Furlongs,
In view of the damage to "Miss Duke of Chantilly Chesapeake Bay, England" Major Begrave is not mak One Third, Our Prince, Monterey Bay, ing to-day any further attempt on Tarmacadam, Grand Tattoo Eve, O-Moon Peck, Bakers Bay, Imperial the water epood record.
Boat Race would stop, or at least interrupt, any revolution!
at Cambridge, and this accounts of Oxford men who have taken part for the existence of a large number in four victories whereas Cambridge. Popular Fallacies.
can only produce one coxswain with From the very first the Bout Race this distinction. R. C. Bourne, now has confuted two popular fallacies: M. P. for Oxford, stroked four win (a) That rowing straine the oarsning Oxford crews, 1900-12. The man's constitution; (b) that it is supremecy of Eton rowing in the Incompatible with scholastic distine days of Warre and de Havilland tinn. Mr. Pitman proves by incon helped Oxford, which, prior to 1914 trovertible figures that the Blue of had 158 Old Etonian Bluca, as com- He is going to Washington to re-twenty-two years old has a longer pared with 87 at Cambridge. The Hall, City Hall, Rose Hall, Buster:ceive the International Trophy from expectation of life than the average excellence of Radley, Shrewsbury, Blue World, Huntingtop San Fran- cisco, Winsonis Stag, Young. Pre- the Vice-President of the United man; a visit to Leander Club dur- and other schools of late years has tender.
States, and to meet the British Aming Henley week confirme this. As kept up the standard of recruite, Easter Plate-One and a Half Miles,bassador, Sir Esme Howard-British to scholars, let us remember the but Oxford no longer has "a jualer
Duke of Chantilly, Erin's Isle, One Wireless, Third, Grand Tattoo Eve, Pickle, Town Hall, City Hall, Blue World, U Un II, Christmas ton, Twilight Eve, Younes, Hunting- Pretender, King's Falloch, Little Thunder.
Tela Helling Plate,One Mile. Glory, May, Blue Danube, Fifty Fifty, Desert Storm, Bright Prospect, Chow Taxe Lon, Mongolian Stag, Tangle, Triumphant Stag, Nara Stag, Fanling Stag, Dark Eyes,
Starling Staken.—Italf Mile. Duke of Normandy II, Iferetofore, Zephyr, Bronza Idol, Rummy, Sun- shine, Mountain Air, False Alarm, Pumpkin, Papaya, Touch Wood, Fat
Choy, Sopron, King's Parade, Sliver Stag, Pink Pearl, The Ptarmigan, Inca, Loch Etive, Skinfaxi, Bunloch, Alderley, Aberdeen, Half Pint, The Jungle Rook.
Hebe Plate---One Mile.
two bishops, three deans, one pre-eight in training at Eton" in the bendary, and two legal luminaries best of the post-war "Varsity crews, who rowed in the first Boat Race, however, as for example both Ox- and such later Blues as A. II. D. ford and Cambridge in 1981 and Steel-Maitland, Oxford, and R. Mc- Cambridge in 1924, the Etonían ele Kenna, Cambridge, Cabinet Minis ment has done much for rhythm tera: E. Warre, headmaster of and watermanship. Eton, as was also J. Hornby, both of An final convincing proof that Oxford; G. C. Bourne, the Oxford neither side possesses overwhelm- Duke of Normandy II, Bronzo Idol, coach and Professor of Compare- ing advantages or has sunk in the 0-Moon, The Jamaica, Mountain Air, tive Anatomy, and judges such as depths of decadence we need only Touch Wood, Mongolian Stag, Mowgli, J. W. Chitty of Oxford, and G. point out that the Centenary race The Pheasant, The Ptarmigan, Cream Gurdon, of Cambridge; while will start with Oxford one victory Cracker, Loch Aish, Loch Elive, Cambridge Blue, S. B. Bruce, is at ahead, and that we anticipato u Noukhail, Skinfaxi, Flying Stag, present Prime Minister of Austra great fight to decide whether Cam- Thunderbolt, Sunloch, The Apella.
bridge shall draw level in this hia- King's Falloch, Dark Eyes, Half Pint, Another certainty about rowing toric year.By. L. Coell Smith in| The Jungle Book.
Is the tendency towards hereditary the Observer.
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