France Needs Less Heavily-Taxed Horse Racing
LAI WAH CUP
Final Next Sunday
HEAVY FOOTBALL PROGRAMME
THE HONGKONG
Paris, Mar. 2. What France needs and must have, is more, better and leas heavily taxed horse racing to pull her out of the crisis.
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TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1936.
WON £30,000 ON ONE RACE
DEATH OF TURF WIZARD
Famous horse-racing coups, carried out by what was known un the Druid's Lodge confederacy" before the war, are kecalled by the death of Mr. Jack Fallon, known In his time as one of the greateni training geniuses of the Turf.
Once worth thousands of pounds, ho died dependent on the charity of sporling men, who raised a fund to help him. He was 70 and had been
for many months.
1903 and 1004:-
He is supposed to have won £30,000
event.
on the 1003
New Rugby Controversy
PRINCE OBOLENSKY'S STATUS CALLED INTO QUESTION
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YESTERDAY
THE HONG KONG - JOCKEY CLUB.
Draft Programmes and Entry Forms for the First Extra Race
While it is known that the International Board, at their
New York, March 3. meeting in London on the eve of the Calcutta Cup match writes Swan, Culbertson & Fritz Dow Meeting to be hold on Saturday, "Flaneur" in the Sporting Chronicle and Athletic News, will have Jones Summary of yesterday's market: 14th March, 1930, (weather per before them suggestions as to alterations in the playing laws Industrial issues to-day reached now mitting) may be obtained at the that were ventilated by the Dominions' delegates to the recent highs since 1931. Farm sculpient Secretary's Office, Exchange Build-
and steel stocks rase, whilst utility conference with the Rugby representatives of the home unions, securities were upward due to
to the ing; the Club House, Happy one wonders if the matter of international qualification will also belief that dividends would increato Vailey; the Hong Kong Club; the If a corporation tax it adopted. Many Sports Club; and the Stables, be raised.
traders have delayed commitments, Shan Kwong Road. pending a study of the President's tax
Entries close at 12 o'clock nesrage. General market optimiem
have reached me on
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This opinion was expressed by Robert Lazard, member of Lazard
in- Rugby Union men are very Freres, international bankers. This 67-year-old financier is.quito a sporta-
terested in this question, as I hap He made his name when he was
pen to know from the letters that man, for he has had a meing stable employed at Druid's Lodge stable, on
the subject. horses, for the last 30 Salisbury Plain, which, with Captain Averaging
moni usually years. Explaining himself, Lazard. W. Forester, for many years Mas-The question that in fold United Press:--
ter of the Quorn Hounds, Mr. A. P. naked is: "What is the exact quali- "To start hor
on the upgrade, Cunliffe, Str. W. B. Purefoy, and Mr.fication for a national side?" economically, financially and Indus-E, A. Wigan as patrons, he made a
The only answer one can give in trially, France must first have more terror to the bookmakers.
that there is no exact qualification and better horse racing, for France
and that Two of the most successful coups than one qualification that is if a
when a player has is a country dependent for her pron in which he took part were when perity upon the success of the luxury
Hackler's Pride, owned by Caplain
man ef, say, Scottish parentage was trades. Among the luxury trades I
squally en- include boutism. Tourists
Forcater, won the Cambridgeshire in born in England he is the
titled to play for either country, and best customers of the luxury pro- ducers."
the matter is decided either by one the other being first in the Union Lazard pointed out that 90% of the being played in mid-week in the
tourists, are drawn to. Paris for her In 1904 it was doubtful until three field for his services, or by junior divisions of the local football
personal Among the amuse-
or four days before the race whether player' have been
preference.
instances of March league, one match being brought for amusements. ward from Saturday to this afternoon.ments, he finds, that there is nothing lackier's Pride would run.
Mr. A. P. Cunliffe arranged to back players with dual qualifications de May There is the usual heavy programme comparable to the racing of Long-
no that they might take October for the week-end, including the Lai champ, Auteuil, Chantilly and Mai-the horse in the provinces at very clining places in the trial matches of July
one country of aubsequently being December Wah Cup final between the Royal ons-Lafite near Paris and Denuville, favourable odds to win £50,000, Not
their chance a aingie bet was made in London at Navy and the Chinese on Sunday.
invited to play for another country, January any call-over.
Hackler's Pride came in first, and and there have been cases also of men Spot.
reserves including other beis the "Drub's actually being
for one then playing for an- When Uninsured, also owned by country and Lodge Confederney" won £60,000,
Relection of Princo Obolensky, as a Russian not yet naturalised, to play for England has aroused most of the com- troversy, but it is generally agreed that it would be very un fortunate if so fine
player should be lost to international Rugby.
This afternoon two innlor matches are due to be played, when the Royal Engineers and the Royal Navy meet at Causeway Hay and the R.A.M.C. and East Lancashires play off their tle at Chatham Road.
Nice and Cannes elsewhere.
THOSE WHO BENEFIT
"Thus the women tourist who goes to these racer must have the gowns and dresses thai go with the races," he continued. "So she goes to the great 'couturier houses and as a re- sult thousands are given lucrative employment. This Kisa applies hatmakers, shoemakers, glovemakara, Jewellers and manufacturers of per- fumes and cosmetics. Similarly these The following is the offelul pro-businesses gain from the male nt- gramme for the week ending Wednes-tendants to the races." day, March 11:
The principal attraction of the weok-ond programme is the Lai Wah Cup final between the Royal Navy and the Chinese. This match in to be played at Bookunpoo at 4 p.m.
THIS AFTERNOON
SECOND DIVISION Beyal Engineers v. Royal Navy (Causeway Bay), 3 p.m. Referee: Rt, I. Evans.
THIRD DIVISION
R.A.M.C. V. Eost Lancashires (Chatham Road), 3 pm. Referee: H.
Marlin.
W. Collier.
SATURDAY
FIRST DIVISION
R. Reynolds, Linesmen: H. J. Bland
and C. MasOTES.
Lo
Lazard then named a group which benefit directly from racing, including jockeys, trainers, breeders, farmers who specialise in race horse cereals, gate-tenders, turf-keepers, the person net of the pari-mutuel betting estabs lishments and others.
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"Ninety-five per cent. of there people who drive their livethod either directly or indirectly from racing are the backbone of the French nation," Lazurd explained. "That is to say they represent the small sturdy folk-that class which dominates France."
RUGBY FOOTBALL
To-day's Matches In Seven-a-Side Tourney
The following is the draw for the Seven-a-alde Rugby Tournament. in all of Charity, which is being played on the Hongkong Football Club to day Wednesday. (preliminary round) and Saturday March 7 (second round, semi-finals and final):
PRELIMINARY ROUND' R.W.F. "A" bent HI.K.F.C. "B" 20.0 HMS. Tamar beat' R.A. 3-0.
TO-DAY'S GAMES
other The
It is admitted that, as he han fived practically all his life in England and learned his football at an English public school and at an English university, England has first claim on his services un- der the rather lax system that ob tains in these matters.
March May July..
September December
11.18
Mur. 3. 11.18/18
10.76
19,09/60
10.42
10.35/36
10.00
10.01/02
10.07
10.05
11.28 .11.23
New York Rubber
10.02/02 10.05/05
16.02 15.62/62 15.71 16.75/78 15.81 15.83780
15.03
16.10
15.95 16.15
Total sales:-08 lots.
May July
90%
Chicago Wheat
100 100%/100%
00/89% September
80% 80/80 Monday's sales-7,212,000 bushels,
Chicago Corn
83% 834/834 84
8447844
81% 84/81 New York Silk
1.60 1.0234/04 1.00 1.574/58 1.55 1.50/56/
May
July
60% 60
61/01 61/01
Winnipeg Wheat
p
MCCALL'S CASE
May Dominion players with Scottish ancestry, though students at English July
October universities, have played for Scot- the Innil, and this season, there is rather remarkable ease of McCall, an Irishman, whose only qualification for Wales seems to be that he is II.K.F.C.
"A" v. East Lance.
tached to the Welch Regiment. Referee Dr. J. A. R. Selby, 6,00_p.m. Only u year
Wales nr two aga Royal Ulster Riften v. H.M.S. Corn-selected for one of their trial mal- wall. Referee Dr. J. A. R. Selbs, 4.30 ches two typically English young
whose
with only connection H.M.S. Dorsetshirg
V. 4th
Sub. Wales was that they were educated Flotilla, Referee Lieut. Hamilton, at Rydal School. Colwyn Bay. Both players declined the invitation on
ground that they had no quali fication for Wales.
March May July
al-
4.45 p.m.
B. & S. (Taikoo) v. R.W. F. "C". Referee Lieut. Hamilton, 5,30 p.m.
ILK. & Shal, Bank (Wayfoong) v. Royal Air Force. Referee Mr. D. W. Masewen, 5.15 p.m.
R.W.F. "R" bent R.E. Second round: R.W.F. "A" Tamar R.W.F. "B"
When these people make money. continued Lazard, all France is mak Club de Recreio v. Royal Navying money for they do the bulk of the nation's spending. According to (King's Park), 4.30 p.m. Referee: Luzard, the great injority of the K. Ip. Linesmen: W. Brierley and nation's selling a directed to
this Royal Welch Fusiliers v. South whole process as an endless renumie class of buyers. Thus he soon this China "B" (Sookanpeo), 4.30 panchain, everyone working and selling Referee: E. E. Randall. Lingsmen: to someone else who is making money E. Gaythorne and G. E. Goodfellow.
Kowloon v. Chinese Athletic (Kow-elling to someone again a bit higher loon Ground), 4.30 p.m. Referee: W. the economic ladders "nd infinitum until you arrive at the inevitable con- elusion that bigger, better and more attractive racing is the logical, finan- South China "A" y. Club (Caroline cial, industrial and economic keystone
Referee: H. Fin the French Prosperity Arch." H), 4.30 p.m. Scrutton. Linesmen: T. Davies and
DETERIORATION OF RACING D. W. Elis
To support his statements, Lazard St. Joseph's v. Royal Artillory, pointed out certain facts. With the Stonecutters (Causeway Bay), 4.30 | crash, he said, countless stables were pm. Referee: W. P. Fayne. Lines disposed off and the many who con- inen: C. Lane and T. Goldsworthy.
rented did so with Royal Vister Ritfes v. Police (Prince | horses from breeda. Due to their ex- Edward Rond), 4.30 pm. Referee: cess, Lazard said, breeders started to J. Smyth, Linesmen: R. Bernsteinit off the bulk of their racing stock.
He continued:
This started the deterioration of harse racing. The slaughtering of Kowloon v. South China (Kowloon thoroughbred stock cut down the Belds and quality of the racing, which Ground), p.m. Referee: A. 3. Stockbridge.
became less interesting and people Royal Engineers v. East Lan- began staying away. There was, as a
consequence, a crash of the luxury Players are requested to castles (Chatham Road), 3 pm. Re-trades, fellowed by the inevitable de changed as there is only limited Chinese Athletic v. Club de Recrolo trade and industry in Francesinese, changing room accommodation avall. (Caroline Hill), & p.m. Referee: S. MacCormac.
and J. CharTCY.
SECOND DIVISION
feres: J. H. Lawrence,
R.A.S.C. and R.A.0.C.
Club
tinued to ruce
With the co-operation of others, Lazard is out to remedy some of the (Military Ground, Happy Valley), conditions in racing, to stimulate il 3 p.m. Referee: H. Martin.
and encourage business as a whole. Ile urged the governnient to cut down Royal Welch Fusiliers v. Royal
the tax on pari-mutuel betting to Navy (Sookunpoo), p.m. Referee: bring out some of the hoarded French W. C. Thwaites,
Eastern
v. Radio Sports Clubny. With others, Lazard or famom French Sweep- ganised the (King's Park), 3 p.m. Referee: A. T. stakes and night racing at Long- Jarmain,
champ. He is now attempting to get the government te legalise bookmakers in conjunction with pari-mutuel.— Laited Press.
THIRD DIVISION
Royal Air Force v. Liga Portuguesa (Railway Ground), 3 p.m. Referec: A. E. Clarko.
Railway v. St. Joseph'a (Raliway.. Ground), 4.30 p.m.
SUNDAY
.
LAI WAH CUP Royal Navy v. Chinese (Sookun. poo), 4 p.m. Referee: D. Kansick. Linesmen: RM. Omar and W. R Reynolds.
THIRD DIVISION
Owing to the large entry it was nccessary to play some of the matches on Monday, March 2. As there were 17 entries H.M.S. Cornwall and H.A.M.C. met in an extra preliminary round, Cornwall winning 0-0.
In the case of units entering more than one VII that marked "A" is the first string of the unit in question. Captains will please arrange for their
tenis and touchjudgo to take the field immediately the previous games have finished.
Arrive
They are
nino requested to avoid practising on the grass Inn and bowling green in front of the Club House.
On Saturday, March 7, play will commence at 3.00 p.m. The band of the Royal Welch Fusiliers will be in attenfance.
SILVER FALLS
EFFECT OF INDIAN BUDGET
London, Mar, B. Today's further fall of silver of is partly attributed to disappointment that the Indian budget provides no réduction of silver duty. Cessation of the "marriage season" is contribut
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the
But one of their school colleagues, Eng. Wilfred Wooller, though an lishman, had the very strong quali Aleation of having been born in.Wales, and the Weish Rugby Union are to be congratulated on their discovery of him before the England selectors re- alised his possibilities.
It is dimeult to see how any hard and fast 'rule can be laid down. It is monstrous to suggest that birth qualification alone should
How apply
many Englishmen born in India and cisewhere abroad would be lost to international football under such a ruling.
And again how many men so treasure their Scottish national- ity that they would decline absolutely to play against their own country on their qualificaDon for England of the accident of
irth in this country? If the International Board can a devise a ruling that no hardship is TEL. inflicted and at the same time devise clear to everyone in awarding that is fixing a
a definite qualification they will achieve immortality. And yet inter- national football has run very well for half a century with unwritten laws that nobody understands,
CANTON COLD WAVE
BRINGS GREAT HARDSHIP TO THE POOR
Canton, Mar. 2:
An unprecedented cold wave has struck Canton during the past few
9
8 1 4
is added by Increasel carlondings and NOON on Thursday, 6th March,
1936. steel production.
By Order,
Swan, Culbertson & Fritz Wall Street Journal comment on 2/1 market:--"The Consolidated Oil Cont pany will probably raise Ite dividends, Wall Street is bullish on stoel stocks, belleving that mill operations will in cresse, steadily with biggest building plans since 1931 and much railroad equipment business. Detroit hina buen buying automobile shares. It is re ported that the Whitney interests re- cently added to their technicolour hold- Inga. Publie demand for low-priced sliäres is still important and buyers particularly like the shares of com- panies that are in the process of re- organisation,"
8. C. & F. New York office cables: Stoclts: Securities-were-in good de- mand and the List closed strong. Prusident Roosevelt игорова gradunted fax on undistributed cor-}- poration earnin~s to raise $1,814,000,- 000 in order to ropeal the Federal taxes on capital stock, corporate in- come and excess profits. The Ameri- can Tobacco Company in 1935 earned $4.40 per combined common share, against $4.46 the previous year. Sears Raelinck's sales were up 10.3 failures during the past week totalled per cent. in February. Business 188, against 210 failures the previous week. Demand deposits amounted $14,000,000,000 乱世 compared with $14,112,000,000.
Cotton: Selling of May cotton is nttributed to
a resumption of Pro- ducers Pool transactions. It is re ported that bids were received for 30,000 bales,
C. B. BROWN,
Secretary.
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THIRD DIVISION
no mention of social credit under from India in view of the fact that pito the new tax of 67 oents on each Royal Ulster Rifles v. European which every adult is to receive $25 Indian demand has come to be regard-ton of cont. Sellers of face cream Polico (Kowloon Ground), 3.40 p.m.every monili as
ed as the market's sheet anchor and other cosmetics are also rejoicing. wages from Referee E. Richardsen.
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Royal Engineers v. Royal Welch Fusiliers (Sookunpoo), 3 pm. Re- feros: J. Butterworth.
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