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After all,

THE CHINA MAIL.

#STURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1921,

France. It is not our fault that the truth ever comes out, I'm HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB MEETING. of what we bave. don't believe yon care very much. German conduct in the war com ready to bet that Milner in his

and that. Winston said "No

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FOURTH DAY'S RACES.

ULOHE OF BRILLIANT MEETING.

LARGE CROWD WATCHES CLOSING EVENTS.

The

Mr Dynasty's King Harry, 153th

and Cartwright as if you did, and upred.

A correspondent soon as it was put to him. I pro- it was for you they were working

MUSIC THAT asks me when the phesy that this Colony, and others, and fighting. If they carry, '00

Band of the Wilts will be glad when Winston once working and fighting for yon, as

Regiment is going more "places his sword at the dis- I fancy they may, what are you going to do about it? The inter- to have a new tune to play on posal of his country, as be thea ests against them, and against you, Sunday mornings on the Paradetrically did when quitting the Ad- work underground and powerfully Ground. She says she is growing miralty. It would be worth while

To-day, the fourth and last day of Unplaced ponies $25.00 eseb, ticket If you really care, ou must show weary of the same tane month into get up another war to give him

the 1921 meeting of the Hongkong Nos. 599, 25, 315, 240, 310, 504, 500,- it. As for me, I know when Tre and inanth out. I can understand the chance.

For the first time in Jockey Club at Happy Valley, brought 420, 23, 406, 404, 613, 48, 181, 230, had enough. You may be bureau- how she feels about it, and if the

its history the Navy out a large crowd intent on taking 503. cratic slaves to the end of the Bandmaster is as willing to please

TRUST about to poeness officers

of wardrooms rank who advantage of the final-opportunity Mr Nemaren's Ardelan, 1500 chapter, but they can't touch meja lady as I am, he will switch to-

presented by the biggest sporting

(Mr Gibson) morrow inte something less mono-

Messrs. Horie and Lay's By Jingo, -I've got my fingers crossed.

Observe the tonous. A man of the Wilts can have risen from the lower-deck event of the year.

15516 Again it was a good razing day, solely by competitive examination.

******(Mr Hill) 2 LEG SHACKLES "newspaper story not be a man who won't

Where anxiety 's. Within the next 53 weeks (J30 with a bright sun, shaded at times Mr L N. Leefe's Now-or-Never

14710 ..............(Mr White) 3 which tells how

PIECEGOODS. the least grain of 19 to March 3) five candidates are by drifting clouds, and a fast track--- golf becomes the

comfort is appre expected to be promoted to lieuten though to be sure it was a trife Mr Saints' St. Anthony, 150ib

(M- Doyle)} . arbiter of Young woman ciated, and there has certainly been ants from amongst those who sat duty.. And it was warm enough to

I wish permit the ladies to appear in their Mr Carpetnor's Don Juan, 155lb men's fashion.

(Mr Soares) 0, orders tailor-made tweed skirt, of anxiety about the piece goods trade. under the new scheme. width not to allow more than a team from one who is in it that them good luck, and I trust (says daintiest dresses, and their most

Carpenter, 15216.......(Mc Potts), { pace of 22 in. Her golf pr. had since Chins New Year the outlook Truth) that they will be given summery hats, with the result that Messrs. Moxon and Mackle The

Hongkong mer appointments worthy of their the stands were pictures of pretty

Everybody was out to McJ. F. Macgregor's Strathfarrar,

spirit told her she kept her feet too wide has brightened.

142 (Me Spinks) 0 apart when driving: Silly story, chants are making clearances that achievement, and not quietly slip-colours

enjoyment Was in theCapt. Henderson and Mr Üyer's or a silly girl, There's a lot off until then hang fire, and providedped into back-water jobs as a cou-be entertained and

Even those who bad East, 1421b.......(Mr Hancox) walking in golf, and a hobble skirt we have peace in South China, the cession to conservative prejudices. of Already the Review al. would be tiresome. If all she tone of the market, indicates early

of Reviews shows the seen their best "tips" go glimmering, Mr Soares' Valley Child, 149b

(Mr Nemzee) '0 wanted was a measured stance in improvement. Up country stores

effects of a change of and had lost with painful regularity. editor. Philip Gibbs and had every normal reason for be Mr J. G. Patterson's Norwith driving, a strap round the ankles, are not glutted with stocks, so that

standing. 1491b (Mr Shaw) 0 removable at other times. would while last spring's turn-over is not have served her purpose, 1 saglooked for, there is a real prospect has started well. Here are a few ing down-hearted even they ching

chy, 150lb (Mr Bell Irving) strap rather than chain, because of worth while business. That's worth-while thoughts he got from the hope that on this closing day Brig-Ger. Macnaghten's Given

G. I. Chesterton.. entitled "Re- their luck would turn, and their last

chances would be better than their Mr Grimstone's Scottie, 155lb do not associate this story in any good..

(Mr Knoll) 0 I have spent a good turn **: way with the chain worn by the

The difficulty of defining an first. Accordingly, they too, were

i A MUSICAL many happy hours young lady in Fanbers's "Salam-

This was the off* day of the

(Mr Heard) 0 EVENING. Tately making a one-deal is that it tends to be a plati- optimistic. string 'cello out of a tude: a thing that everybody agrees The short stories

15316.............(Mr Sutton) TCHESKOV. Anton Telekiseigar box for rather, several cigar to and nobody acts on. If I hal Meeting, the day when the non-Messrs. Çox and White's Leotard, The Mr Seth's Moonshine, 14516 are like straps on boxes) experimenting until I got to pas most shortly what is dis. wimpers and the "also-rans" were

(Mr Seth) 0 the chopping block of Life the tone that pleased toe. When I tinctive in my individual ideal for to have their opportunity.

The Ro be found in the word return. Aumbers as The "Also Ran" Stakes, Sir Paul's Mystic Dahlia, 1571b Goodbye. Bacher. From his most book, just got to the stage of picking out the near future, I think it would programme included such promising

(Mr Vida) The "Loiterers"". Stakes,"

Half a length: a head. translate, and presently to be Tosti's

stry, etc., and Feau had ceased Unless we are free to return, we

A good start was made. Mystic are not free at all. The Frolical Finale" Stakes," and The Last published, these two bits come:

give as much sport Try ebrated the birthday to how his protest (he has a bet-

Dablia and St. Anthony led abreast. of an Invest "nau. Took the opter ear than mine) I felt the crea San, I suppose, is an example. Chance" Plate all of them engaging

25 such

the Derby and the bottom bend. In the home straight portunity to show off and praise tive joy and complacence. I show So much that is called progress is one another. Only tomanis the ed the thing to a friend who droy merely fatalism: we must go on the feature faces of the Meeting. The same order was kept round the end of the dinner they suddenly ped in for a hook. He said: "Is because we cannot stop. Because

rans can put up an exciting contest back to fourth place. Ardelan. By discred that the win and not your piano in tune?" I riposted: wealth is too much centralized, it champion Stakes. For even "also the field closed up. St. Anthony fell It was tuned by Andersons not must be more centralized; because among themselves, though they may Jingo, and Now-Or-Never came up been invited; they ind forgotten."

Then I think I could everything is officialized we must Solomon (alines: Oh, how long dgo."

they all passed, coming in the order dark is lit. No night, when I manage to play your accompani- have more officials: because the pot do so much against the top and challenged Mystic Dahlia whom

The uncertainty that prevailed mentioned.

Time: 1.17. was a chill. so terrified the by its ments. We might have a musical family has been despised, it must I asked him if he had be destroyed. I say on the con-

also rans," regarding their special darkness as los my invisible evening. existege Land, to David my done well at the races. I had to trary that we must revert to the among the non-winters" and the Fatherthes guest only he gift of change the conversation, for I saw normal or perish: to Christendom qualifications, added zest to the bet barmonising words and sounds, to that he meant to be kind, and before it was poisoned by Prussia: ting. It is one thing to hack favourites; sing and pinise thee on strings, to couldn't possibly make him under to the guilds before they were it is quite another to back unknown laurent sweetly, to make peuple stand. He is probably a musician. crushed by capitalism: to freedom quantities, Altogether, there seemed weep or aduire beauty: but why I'm not. I kathe musicians. before the war was made an excuse to be more fan in placing bets to-day bast this given me a meditative. They fuss and fret over sendtones. for turning temporary discipline than on any of the previous days-- Some always excepting the speculation steepless. Hungry mind? Like an! When I am making happy noises, into permanent slavery. tasect born of the dust, I hide in for my own enjoyment, semitones Musicians darkness; and in fear and despair, are nothing to me. all shaking and shivering, I see think I should play the tempo and hear in everything an invisible directed by the composer. I don't

Why this morning? I go as I please. The chords of

семе the sun

out the dead march, played in rag-time, Why does from behind the temple and please me. It shocks the musi gild the palm tree? Why the cian. Well, let musicians keep out beauty of women? Where does of my way. My way is to enjoy the bird hurry, what is the myself, and for that I make my meaning of its fight, if it and own rules. its young and the place to which it hastens will, like myself, turn to dust? It were better I had never been born... In order to tire out my body by nightfali, all day sesterday, like a mere workman, I carried marble to the temple; but now the night has come and I can- not sleep. I'll go and lie down,

In the fifth test match mentioned Phorses told me that if one im agines a flock of sheep running and mean what they say, why do they in our earlier cables in which Eng fixes one's attention upon if the buy? If they stopped buying, the land made 204 in the first innings, mind gets confused and one falls Race Club would do the worrying, Kelleway took four wickets for 276 firsts, 8 seconds, and I third on his

and probably reduce its rake-off and Gregory three wickets for 42. asleep. I'll do ita

Capt. Francis McCul-chop-chop. As it was, such crowds lagh makes a carious were rushing to gam-to invest,

Messrs. Lazarus, the well-known REASONS. slip in writing from that they got in each other's way,

Riga about a custom and complained of the slowness of firm of opticians, are removing to No. 12, Queen's Road, until recently that has spring up whereby Rus the clerks.

Also one of the trees occupied by Pathe Freres, and next luckner to get out of the country. sian ladies marry foreigners in

in Statue Square has a door to the Colonial Dispensary. The flower on it, and the business of Messrs. Lazarus has ra saw an adut, by a lady with a large bees are busy in the Flower Mar-pidly extended and in their new commodious premises they anticipate cf dowry wishing to marry, a young het.

The story as told to making improvements in order to He made en- Englishman.

me on the street yes-satisfy the increasing demands of quiries, but having found that the

terday. A certain their large clientele. lady wanted the marriage to be merely nominal, and having a fiancee awaiting him in Belfast, he took no further steps. That way of putting it gives one the impres sion that if everything else bad been satisfactory, the Belfast lady would still be waiting.

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***TRUTH, JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE'

HONGKONG, SATURDAY, FEB. 25, 1997.

ADVERSARIA.

The rooted liberty of flowers

breeze

Is theirs, by national pulsive, terse,

Tethered. uncaptured,

obeyed at ease." Time strengthened laws

verse.

in

mystery.

HIS

rules A young ex-officer friend of his

||

Or they are like our seasons that

admit Inflexion, not infraction: Au-

tumn hoar,- Winter more tender than our

thoughts of it, But a year's steadfast-four; Redundant syllables of summer

rain,

And displaced accents of authen.

tie Spring; Spondaic clouds above a gusty

plain 'With dactyls on

the wing. Not Common Law, but Equity,

is theirs-

Our metres; play and agile foot

askance,

And distant, beckoning, blythely

rhyming pairs, * Unknown to classic France;

Unknown to Italy. Ay, count,

collate,

CHEAP

CASE

عمر

Several people have grumbled to me this SWEEPS. Week about the Race Club deducting 20 per cent. commission from the cash sweeps. They say that is a bigger deduction than was made even for War Charities. I have no patience with such grumblers. . They are not forced to buy. If they really

SPRING.

CHAGRIN

Winner $250; second $100; third 2-THE "LUCKY STAKES.— $50. For all Griffins that bare run at this meeting and not been placed. Weight for inches as per scale. (Jockey. allowance.) Four Post entries. starters or no rate. Entrance fee $5 to be paid at time of entry. Five furlongs.

call this living in a dead world; that attended such an interesting but it is just the contrary. If the distribution as that of the cash spring did not return, we should sweep on the Championship. That Parimatuel:

Winner, certainly was a good one--that $24,080. know that the world was dead."

In every way it has been a most successful preeting. No better could

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

be said than that. Even the weather

WATCH

OUR

FOR

SOUVENIR NUMBER

$ 25.70

Places.-1st

$7.90

2nd 3rd

$ 8.20 $12.60

Ticket No. 669 1st

man did his share in a handsome Cash Sweeps manner. This should be remembered to his credit in case, at some future time, he suffers from a spell of ill- temper and refuse to co-operate.

$1,983 80.- 638 2nd $566.80 147 3rd $ 283.40 Unplaced ponies Commission

10

$ 150.00

$ 745.00

$3,730.00

Total Usplaced ponies $25.00 each, ticket

Of the Owners, Sir Paul Chater's stable still stood first at the close of the third day's racing, with 6 Arsts, 8 seconds, and 4 thirds to its credit. Next came Mr. John Peel with 4 firsts, 2 seconds, and 5 thirds, fol Nos. 147, 230, 59, 669, 268, 717, 742. lowed by Mr. G. H. Potts, with 3 198,638.

Foam, 119b...(Mr White) 1 firsts and 2 seconds, and Sir Ellis Messrs Joe and Gussie's White

Mr. Knoll led, the Jockeys, with Mr John Peel's Paper Money, Kadoorie, with 3 firsts and 4 seconds.

1601b........ (Mr Johnstone) 2 List. Second was Mr. Johnstone, Mr Stave's Bolshevic, 1551b

(Mr Bell Irving) 3 with 7 firsts, 2 seconds, and 5 thirds.

(Mr Vida) "0. Then came Mr. Vida, with 5 first, Mr Medico's Seven Dials, 160lb 7 seconds, and 5 thirds. Mr. Soares,

(Mr Spinks) 0 Mr. Heard; and Mr. Hill were close Mr Stave's Coniston, 1471b upon them, and then came Mr.

16315

(Mr Kool) O Nemzee, Mr. White, and Mr. Wail Sir Elis Kadoorie's Taipo Chief, Mr Soares' Dandy Child, 15216

(Mr Soares) O lemmair.

Tweedledum, 150th

(Mr Timis) 0 Mr G. H. Potts Moorland King,

152th ..............(Mr Potts) Half a length; a head...

The music for the day was given by the hand of EMS. Hawkies." Messrs Moxon and Mackie's which played the following enjoyable programme, under the direction of Bandmaster A. Lodge: MORNING. March "The Menin Road" Guitarist. man bought what he thought was

The following is an extract from Overture." French Comedy "Bela. A good start was made. Bolshevic a ticket for the Derby. After the race be discovered that it was the the report and award list of the Vere Valsa Doctrinen"...Strauss and Taipo Chief led. The others winning number. He presented it, Foster Writing Competition for 1919-Suite..." Rural Scenes" Malte strung out behind. The same w23 and the Clerk told him it was for 1920"A copy of conspicuous Selection..."Push & Go"...Darewski. kept right through. At the home run. merit and deserving of special com-Patrol. The Wee Macgregor stretch Taipo Chief fell back: White Amers Foam, Paper Money, and Dandy the Champions, not yet Eow's that for chagrin?

mendation has been submitted by Ma Ping Lit, Seiyingpun English Selection "Bric a Brac" Monckton. Childs purted well. They all chai. As you are all pony School, Hongkong." In order of Gavotte The King"Rehlenged Bolshevic who replied well mad this week, I'm merit be ranks fourth in the Empire. Dances Nell Gwyn"......German. but was beaten by White Foam, and was one head behind Paper Money not bothering to

This is the fourth occasioni on which

SHORT

Lady Selborne thinks the objection to giris

pin money "B thoughtless. It is not. Lady Sel- experienced lecturer, I curtail my from this school borne may be right in thinking that delivery to an inattentive audience.

AFTERNOON.

WORKERS. and women working MEASURE rite much. As an artis have been made to pupils March "The Old Cork Road" Adams, for third place. Dandy Child was a

for **

:

Shipowners are becoming alarm

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- Audran

Time:1.16 2/5: 3.-THE "ALL OUT" STAKES.

Winner $250; second $100; third -$50. For all China: Ponies that?" have run at this meeting and not woo. Weight for inches as per scale. Unplaced nummers allowed 5lb. Jockey allowance.) Four starters or no race. Post entries. Entrance fee $5 to be paid at time of entry. One mile. Prai-mutuel:

Overture ******

... Bela. good fourth. Lustpiel" Selection "Razzle Dazzle" Darewaki. Valse "Smiles and Kisses". Andiffe. Selection

"Zig Zag #-- Stampes. Grand March "Florentine Fucik. Selection...La Cigale" March "Entry of the Bulgars" Lotter. GOD SAVE THE KING. 1-THE "HAY AND CORN" STAKES.-Winner $250; second $100; third $50. For all Subscrip- tion Griffins of both classes that have run at this meeting and not won. Weight for inches as per + scale.

The allegation is BANISHMENT that when certain OF ACQUITTED persons are arreste ed and charged PERSONS.

and tried (with all the pomp and circumstance of our Couris) and acquitted, they are promptly re-arrested, probably ill- treated, and banished after merely departmental and private formali-

a woman who is already supported It means that I'll get less money ties have been gone through. I

by father or husband, but who pre- this week, but as I saved a lot by am asked for my opinion. From

fers to work rather than be idle, not betting, I reckon I can afforded at the prolonged slump in the is a good citizen; but she misses it. Esan agrees with me about freight marketa, and they have had what I've seen, I think it very

the whole point. The objection is this. He save he would rather be to confess that the depression has to Hikely. This is how the police re-

that these females who compete in out in the fields this fine weather some extent caught them unawares. gard it. Here," they say, "is

the wage market ander no stress of than indoors watching me write. One prominent owner told a home necessity can and da lower wages, He knows of a most fascinating correspondent in mail week that dangerous person, a thorough bad

there is not in his opinion a paying 4ot, whom we caught after a lot

by accepting less pay than is neces rat bole on the new road. sary to keep a worker who must

Truth, pretending to freight offering in all the markets, of trouble. They are hard to catch,

maintain herself...

WINSTON, Argue in defence of and that the pick of the business these bad uns, and it isn't easy 10

Winston Churchill' offering at the present time would get a conviction. There is so much

And numbered fingers, and ap-

ROGZALZ. Va., has sent me a appointment as Secretary of State show a substantial loss. In fact red tape. We know he was guilty,

proaching fate

booklet about the new for the Colonies, says it is of the some of the rates accepted by owners but they let him off. This, a

In the appropriate rhyme.

world language,Ro," which ie utmost consequence that we should are so low that the fixtures are being you see, is a very natural point of view. It certainly makes the police

Are you down described as the a priori language. keep the Bolsheviks out of our kept secret, as shippers, if they further, concessions. It is a fact, CONSTITUTIONAL hearted? Are A sample rogzal" or sentence runs colonies, wherever situated. These knew all, would at once press for into the last judges, which is

Ut ac el ir abz in at selgb seem sound arguments for relieving however that 30s per ton is consider REFORM: you in mourn thus: wrong but if they are, as some

ing for Consti- ebi Ro at ixracamo ro ate bubar. the War Office of a chief who ised as quite within the bounds of think, better judges than the judges

why, there you are. lots of irregularities here just as tutional Reform, that child of rufec id abz," which means "If rather given to running his own possibility for such voyages as River This, comment Karachi home within the next few Ro the international language of anybody else's." bad, which I have pointed out and pride and fond hope? I would you are with us in the hope to make show without much reference to Pate-United Kingdom-Continent, and protected against, and got no back cheer you up if. I could, and coax the world, write to us. The an- looks like a double-barrelled refer weeks: These rates compare with

ence to our knockout in the matter 2009 and 100s respectively a year Cash Sweeps of Constitutional Reform ing. Why should I support you you to look on the bright side. It

ago, while two years ago a freight of Ticket No. 504 1st $1,516,90 48 2nd $433,40 when you didn't support me? would have been a child very diffi-wer is in the negative.

181-9rd $-21670 A friend of mine, writ£86,000 was paid in a lump sum "for Fight your own blooming battles.

HE OB ing privately; thinks its voyage from South America to the MILNER must have been Milner Mediterranean. It is a fall with a Unplaced ponies

who turned down vengeance, and probably the sam Commission

There are

Latina with eye foreseeing on

the time,

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Someone in Waverly,

are

WE ARE NOT зmused,"

·

cult to rear Dropping metaphor

coldly it was a problem. that put forth Alice Meynell in fresh and harder problems, the MOVED served Queen Vic and severely ob VESSES. Squire's Mercury for further it advanced. You are now

January has some quit of them all, and need bother toria, when snubbing & courtier. verses on The English Metres your dear fat head no more. Our A Bremen chaplain sends us a Hongkong saspiration, and that mentioned would not only pay the that are very ingenious. Here are milers have wired it off the plate, complaint of the ill-treatment of Winston, merely happened along freight at the present time, but buy the first five!

and it is up to us to make the best German prisoners of war still in in time to be his mouthpiece. if the ship as well!'

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-Winner

$7.90

$ 6.30

2nd 3rd

$11.30

$.7.30

(Jockey allowance.) Un Flaots 1st placed runners, allowed 51b, Four starters or no race. Post entries. Entrance fee $5 to be paid at time of entry. Five furlongs

Pari-mutual:

Cash Sweeps

Ticket No. 531 1st $2,265 90-

295 204 647.40

194 3rd $ 323.70

Winner, Places:-1st

$ 67.20

2nd

Srd

$ 19.00 $ 920 $ 64.30

Unplaced ponies Commission

$175.00

$853.00

$4,265.00

$-325,00 623,00

$3,315,00

Total

Unplaced ponies $2500 each, ticket Nos 659, 363, 295, 194, 649, 531, 374, 570, 283, 191,

Mr G.EL Forts Allied King, 45516.

(Mr Hill) 1 Mesars, Joe and Gussie's Exche

quer BU1,150 (Mr. White) 2

(Continued an Tage 5)

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