He's Lazy-But He's Worth £50,000!
MAHMOUD IS NO GO-AHEAD AT HOME
By F. G. H. SALUSBURY
AND now what about Mah.
moud, grey, record-making Derby winner, and producer of the broadest smile ever seen on the face of his owner, the Agu Khan? How is he feeling? What is he doing?
I went to Newmarket, to find out, and met Mr. Frea Hawtin, Mahmoud's stable lad.
Mr. Hawtin's advice is to put everything you have on Mahmoud whenever he appears, beginning with the St. James's Palace Stakes nt Ascot, and proceeding, probably, to Goodwood and the St, Leger.
After that, Mahmoud is likely to go to the stud.
" NICE AND
GOOD-TEMPERED"
MR. FRED 11AWTIN with Mabrouk
after the Derby.
and on the course he was a proper devil. They had to warn kint or
Now they're much better behaved It's a funny change in 25 years."
The ten-pot went round ngain. We talked of Newmarket in the winter "Nothing to do," said Mrs. Hawtin. The stockily-bullt horse is now worth" Fred makes those woollen mais to pras And. at any time, About £50,000. "And if he wins the Leger," said Mr. Hawiin, in the slow, there's nothing but racing. Judicial manner of men who have much
the time away.
"When I first caine here," she smiled.
to do with fast horses, "he'll be worth-1 couldn't get used to seeing on many £100,000."
We were in Mr. Hawtin's house, with Mrs Hawtin, who is still horse from shouting at Epsom, presiding over the
ten.
"I've 'done' Mahmoud since lie was broken," said Mr. Hawtin. nice, good-tempered horse, with of sense....
Iol
"I think," remarked another stable-lad present, "that horses have more sense than human beings. I respect 'em mere, too."
'Well," resumed Mr. Hawtin, “he's full of sense, and he's got one human falling, which is
"More Lea?" naked Mr. Haw- tin.
Which is, that
he doesn't want to do any more work than be as to.
He's a lazy horse. you might 303. He's got to be encouraged. He's better way, too. thin at home.
"The *heads seemed to th that he wouldn't 'stay at Epsom. the trouble being that he bad Mumtaz Mahal in
Mr. Frank Butters, his pedigree: But that was just the slew of the 'henda." -ho-great-ho
iemalt men with their big wives.
that was before I was tharried."
TO BRIGHTEN
UP THE TOWN"
The len party broke up.
But
Mr. Hawtin, still a "lad," though In his forties, after reminding me to put my shirt on Mahmoud, said: "There's one thing they want to brighten up the town, and keep the young men here,"
"What's that?" I asked,
stable ?**
"Another
"No," replied the £2 fs. a week guard. jan of the £50,000 Mahmoud," no-a fnc- Lory."
MILITARY CRICKET
Medical Corps Defeated At Shamshuipo BATTING COLLAPSE
THE HONGKONG 'TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, JULY -- 3, 1936.
LOOKING OVER INDIA'S CRICKET HISTORY
TRIALS AND
TRIBULATIONS
Concluding Article By BOWLS TOURNEY
R. Abbit
The last encounter between British and Indian cricket before that which is taking place in the present season in England was
in the series of games when Mr. D. R. Jardine took his team out there in the autumn of 1933.
has
A WORTHY FOE
During
bad
U. M. Omar Beaten By J. E. Henson
COATES' EASY WIN
led
In the Open Pairs Championship. Glendinning and J. Shepherd de feated C. J. Tacchi and R. Bass by
J. E. Henson, of the Kowloon Looking back from the present it is authority a temperate judgment and Bowling Green Club and a compara-| tively newcomer to lawn bowls chaun- A somewhat sad occasion as i was the good fortune.
TOO AMBITIOUS
plonships, caused a minor sensational Inst time on which the finest captain
the course of the whole yesterday when he defeated U. M. England has produced for many n year was to lead one of her sides.tour no less than 3 matches were Omar, an ex-champion in the pen bit Omar was Since then, sickened by the mare played of which 17 wore won, 16 were singles by 21 shots te 14 on the Kow
Vizianagram loon Docks green. presentations of those who inved drawn and 1 against
of
was lost. attack
The programmu was prob- below form but nevertheless the merit a form venomously about which was by no means what they ably too ambitious, 18 matches (in-of Henson's victory could not be Henson found his opponent. said it was and, and by the time-ser-cluding the three Test Matches) were denied in view of the experience of ving and vacillation, of those who ranked as first-cinss. Of these ten bis should have known better, Jardine were won, seven drawn, and one lost. form right from the start and
Most of these victories were fairly throughout the game which ended on retired in disgust from! the game
On the Club de Recreis green, A and the world has once more been comfortable though against an XI of the 19th head. made safe for star batomen. In the India and Ceylon nt Colombo Eng- period of which I write however, Jar and only got home by eight runs. E. Contes defeated T. Fergusson dino was still in the game and led a Five of the old brigade from India rather easily, the score being 21 shots were pinying in this match. I do not to 5 in his favour. The winner play. very useful side to India.
propose to deal with the majority of ed at the top of his form and only these matches in any detail, but the allowed his opponent to score on four It had been recognised when Gilligan Tesis were interesting. In the first, heads. The game ended on the 18th Contes scored a four on the went out nearly seven years before England won by nine wickets. India head. that the Indians were foemen worthy however did not do so badly. They 13th.
J. D. Thomson defeated J. J, Baslo of our willow, but the doings of the made 210 and 268 while England side in England in 1932 had made it score of 438 In their first innings by 21 shots to 16 on the Kowloon C. even clearer that a great improvement Valentine cracked up 130 for England C. Kreen. The loser led in the first had taken place and the M.C.C. do while Amar Nath made 38 and 118 four heads but after that Thomson
. elded that they must send out a really for India, In England's huge innings scored a four to take the lead which strong side. The Amateurs were D. Nissur took five for ninety in thirty- he maintained throughout. The game
II. R. Jardine, C. F. Walters, B
four overs, an excellent performance. ended on the 21st heag, V. Valentine. J. II. Hunan, W. II.
The Second Test ended in a draw. Levett and C. 5. Marriott. The pro India again putting up sold scores of fessionals included! C J. Barnett, L. F. 247 and 237, while England made 403.
James Lang-in this Amar Singh sent down 25 shots to 17 at the Kowloon Rowl- Townsend. Mitchell, overs for 100 rum and wickets-n!
A. II. Verity. Gregory, Nichols, Clark, and pretty useful performance.
eloven Elliot. One coald raise an
Indin lost the third game. As in from the company that could take on the second they lost the toss and Eng- did duty at land ran up 336. Then India were the English side that
An exciting game of bowls was enough to lose Nenomal Lord's over last weekend!
unl, who intcked one of Clarke's
witnessed at the Hongkong Electric As always happen in an Indian tour there was a good deal of illness and fast ones on to his head and had to green when C. Champelovier of the owing to the heat. Indeed retire from the game. Without him. Civil Service C.. bent D. M. Khan strain
1.C. by ahots' to 20 Singles tho
Ingles 41 crumbling pitch India there may be some difficulty in obn
Championship. At one stage Khan taining the professionals in the fu- benten by 202 ruas.
to I have already referred the was leading by 20-17 but Champeluvier ture as of the above named Nichols Clark, Landgridge and Townsend were match which Jardine's side lost in nn staged a last minute effort by scoring all badly upset and were off their extract from a wireless talk. I can two singles and a two to win. Khau
fours in his total game for the first part of the 1934
team-fan while J. II. Human was badly state that of the present Test scored two
played inst week)
Wazir twenty.
"RUMJAHN THROUGH Palio, schwer by malaria. This and All,
C. K. Nayudu.
D. Rumjahn of the Craigengower the frequency of matting wickets Mabarajah Kumar of Vizianagram, C.
nt the Indian should have proved a great help to S, Nayudu and Mohammed Nissar C.C. beat J. Watson India but it seems that they did not played for the victorious side. The R.C. by 22 shots to 15 after 24 hends. do so well as was expected and had Maharajah Kumar never played in At one stage Rumjahn was leading but Watson lost some of the fighting spirit that an Inlian Test side nor did Pafia, but by 16 shots to seven hnd previously been shown. Mr.besides the other for V. M. Merchant, staged a good recovery and was down Hubert Preston in the 1935 Wisden Amar Singh and Mustaq Ali ilid, by two shots on the 21st hend. The puts this down to the fact that they while L. P. Jai, Gopalan and Amar score being 17 shots to 15 in faveur were
somewhat overnwed by the Nath--not in Inst week's aide, also of Rumjahn. RunJahn however - sorted himself and scored a single and strength of the side brought against get Text places. them. This ning be so. I cannot
The future of the side remains to two twos to finish the game, help thinking that possibly the tide be seen, but their achievement last was already on the turn and Indian werk was better than I had hoped for cricket was due for a temporary de- and I slut hope to write notes on their
future progress in due course:
ing Green Club Glendinning was the outstanding player of the quar- tette, laying muay, pell-placed woods, and being largely responsible for the victory.
faney that, it is quite possible that and having to play the fourth innings of the round of
In a friendly cricket match played at Shamshuipo, the "H.Q." Wing of the 2nd. Bn. East Lancashire Regi-cline. ment defeated the Royal Army Medical Corps fairly comfortably by 98 runs.
Taking Brat knock, the "H.Q." Wing scored 145 runs, of which Pte. Sandford-made-42nd Bds Betting 31. Against the bowling of L/Cpl. Whithend and C.S.M. Bison for
dismiscel Medical Corps were He doesn't see why he should go ahead by himself, unless only 47 rutis,
ScoreR: he's encouraged.
He's a quiet horse, a very sedinte horse. He goes along with the others. all right. but he's content to do just that, He likes company.
"THE WHIP-AND
HOW HE JUMPED "
"Now, Mr. Frank Butters won't have Uke whip used on any of his horses in Brainlug and Mahmoud zechs as if he knows that. He won't extet:d hinseit, by himself.
But did you ace what happened when Smirke took out his whip in the Derby? He got n shock, Mahmoud di ite fiew, didn't he?
"He must have best eight lengths be hind Thankerton when Smirke reminded him of his duty. One little pat with the whip and how he jumped!
In the 'He's nice and easy to ride. Winter, of course, when he's not in strong work, he takes a bit of riding. That's why I can lifm Tiptoe. He dances about on his toes.
"IL'S
funny thing." he continued, "but horses are nothing like so wild an they were when I Larted with Mr. William Nightingall at Epsom in 1911."
The others nodded their heads-It's the breeding," ruminated one. "
**Whatever it is, you don't get tire savage ones you hard to get, 1 re- He'd member one called Vigilance. give you a nip as soon aa look at you,
During the two days ended on Wednesday there was a clean bill of Health in the Colony.
"Q" WING.
C. R. M. Elvin, b Crawford Jones ...... Bids Center, e Castell, b App L/Cpl. Whitehead, e Arps, b Crawford
Janes Thompson, b Chase
Ple. Sandford, e
14. Botting, Crawford Joas, la Castell Pie, Johnkoa, e Castell, b Crawford Jones
te. aker, run out
Pte. Newey, b Danzar
Po, Francis, run out Pir. Langford, b Apps 1'le. Harban, not out
Extras
Taint
HOWLING
pl. App for 12. Cul, C. Crawford Lassen 2 for 40. Ret. Cantell for 28.
H. A. M. C.
St. Castell, al Coster, & Elvin
e. Thompson, b Whlichend
1te. Wilson, Els
Cpl. Howells, b Whitehead
Pie. Dantar, b Elvin... Cul. C. Cmwford Jones, ran out
Elvin
Cpt. Appa, b Elela............. I'te. Westward, e Creter, Pte. Foster Whitehead.... Pie. Samuels, Coater, h Whitehead Pte. Glendinlog. not qu
Extras
Tutal
BOWLING
L/Col. Whkehend 4 for 12. C. B. M. Elvin 6 for $2.
FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS
NUTTY, NEVER DID ANYTHING MALICIOUS IN HIS LIFE, SERGEANT! YOU HAVE
THE WRONG ONE, THIS TIME!
1.
THERE'S ALWAYS{ A FIRST TIME,
YOUNG FELLA,
-D
H
12
FEWER PLAYERS
It is undoubtedly the fact that there were fewer players available to form sales to meet the M.C.C. and time after time the same players cropped up.
C-K- Wazir All seemed to pervade the whole country and he with Nayudu, Anar Nath, Amar Singh, Nazir Ali Mahomet forming part of the opposition. (In cidentally that even then A. Mitchell did not like Amar Singh's bowling and he did not do very much with the bat during the tour, having an average of just under thirty.)
The Indian side was led by Major
800
the cares of detracted la
SOMO Mensure
K. Nayudu and I was said that while the success of his own personal game, he did not show
el failed
unel
to his
get third test match.
Lh
היומן
great
her until together 33 beginning to wonder if some of
Jam the internal dissensions which have
her damaged Indian Cricket re 146 rather
head. already raised their cently had
Later on there was an awful lot of bather when the Australian ride was there-Just recently. It seemed to
៨.
1
were in the
The
FRENCH GOLF TITLE DALLEMACNE'S ONE STROKE
_VICTORY_
St.
Germain, July 2.
went In the replay. Ballemagne round in 69 and 70, to which Cotton replied with 70 and 79.
Cotton just missed a ten yard put at the 38th hole for another Reuter.
(Other news of the French championship on page 6.)
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463
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T.T. Bangkok T.T. Saigon tie-TT. France
TT. Germany golfT.T. Switzerland
TT-Australia TT Lisbon.
4 m/s. L/C. London
4 m/s. D/P.
do
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Indians Versus Army 30 drs. India.
Stopped By Rain
London, July 2,
The one-day match arranged bo KEEPS GUNS FIT
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All a statement which
1 quite untrue as, one
Proved to be
Matth
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