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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SEPTEMBER 21st, 1929.
GERMAN TECHNICAL TRIUMPHS.
BİD FOR LEAD IN TRANSPORTATION..
WAR ON THE TOTE.
PICTORIAL SUPPLEMENT.
Germany is now bidding for the, lead in world transportation in the air and on the sea. Shown above are three products of German taghuical genius-the Graf Zeppelin, largest diri- gible in the world; the 109-passenger Dornier seaplane, largest aeroplane in the world, and the a.. Bremen, the fastest ship on the high sens.
MYSTERY OF THE GENEROUS
.. ODDS.
Lord Hamilton of Dalzell,"speak- ing at Glasgow at a luncheon under the auspices of the Racecourse Betting Control Board, dealt with the tote, which, he said, had met with a reception that was highly gratifying.
He spoke in his dual capacity as member of the Board and of the Jockey Club.
There could be no doubt that the totalisator had taken on with the casual punter. The opportunity, given by it and not hitherto pro- Ivided by the bookmakers, of bet- ting "for places only" seemed very popular as well it might be with a placed horse returning over 200 to 1.
"And, bestites, our own patrons," Lord Hamilton continued, "It is' clear that the competition. of the tete has had an indirect effect in the alternative betting market. "I have been racing ever since 1 arrived at so-called years of dis- cretion, and I cannot remember
at winning outsiders
such generous odds as were laid last week at Newmarket-33 to 1 in a selling race with seven runners, It and 100 to 1 in a field of five. has been suggested that these generous odds were laid as an act! of war against the totalisator. I do not know how that may be, but If it is a war, I can assure you that it is a war that is waged on one side only."
So far as the Racecourse.Bet-i ting Control Board was concerned, there was no desire to injure the bortmaker, and the suggest'on that the increase of admission: charges to the rings was due to the machinations" of the board was absolutely without foundation.
Dorothy Muckaill, First National star, has attained tremendous popularity following the great success of two of her recent pictures, in which she gave remarkable performances. These were "The Barker" and "His Captive Woman," both with Milton Sills. Miss Mac- kaill was featured in a number of pictures with Jack Mulhall, but will henceforth be starred in big productions for First National.
Big Yachts in the Selent.-Though the weather was dull for the Royal Southampton Club Regulta, the preliminary to Cowes Week, there was an excellent day's racing, with a stiff breeze. In the race for big yachts. Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock retired owing to a mishap, and Mr. F. T. B. Davis's schooner Westward won easily from Mr. A. A. Paton's Lulworth. Our picture shows Lulworth on the beat back from Calshot Spit to West Bramble, with West- ward ahead rounding the buoy. (Times copyright).
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