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SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1925.

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WORLD OF SPORT.

INTERPORT BILLIARDS.

'SOME DING-DONG

CONTESTS.

MR. ADAM SCOTT KILLED.

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FAMOUS BREEDER, OWNER, TRAINER AND RIDER.

THE ROYAL YACHT.

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In the second evening of play Whilst riding his own horse. I People who see the Royal in the Portuguese Interport Bl Command, in the Springwood sea-going yacht Victoria and Hards contest Shanghai approx Steeplechase at the United Border Albert for the first time are alwaya mately maintained their lead over Hunt Meeting at Kelso, Mr. "Adum impressed by her extremely the Hongkong players, and are Scott fell three fences from home handsome appearance. She is now leading by 121 points. There and, breaking his neck, was killed. one of the biggest and mast were two matches played in the Mr. Scott, woll-known as perfectly equipped of all private first of which J. P. Pereira of breeder, owner, trainer and rider. yachts, but she is only comfort. Shanghai defeated P. Roza of was about 50 years of age. Hisible vessel in calm waters, Hongkong by 500 to 494, and in widow, who, was the second-

It is chiefly, because of her the second of which H. Luz of daughter of the late. Mujor-anstability in rough weather that Hongkong won from J. MCGeneral George Craster Lambert. their Majesties joined her on the Lopes of Shanghai by 0 to 485 was present at the meeting.

Riviera coast, instead of, at Both matches were ding-dong

Among the horses bred and British port; for the Bay of Biscay contests, though unfortunately owned by Mr. Adam Scott were

is not exactly a mill pond.. rather slow.

Her faults as, a sea-going boat Turkey Buzzard, Harrismith, Ja

Jazz In the first match Roza started Band, Nant. Coch, Black Ivory are due to defects in her original off splendidly, and early, secured Waterbottle, D'Amade, Dover sisted on altering the design of construction. Queen Victoria in- a big lead over Pereira, "At

Patrol Roi Rouge, Weathertide, the yacht, when it was built, to 100 he led by 30, and 200 by Margarine. Canny Knight. Be a suit personal whims of her own, 50, and reached 348 with his op Lad, Hectic, Perisheen, Com-with the result that when the boat ponent at 281, in spite of a nice 34 by Pereira in this part of the mand. Lady Peasmore, White was floated cut of the building game. The Shanghai player got Swan, Dunin, Maxim Gun, and dock it promptly turned turtlel a 37 shortly after, however, and Night Guard. He trained them Drastic reconstruction followed, three-breaks totalling 38 broughton the most unorthodox lines on but short of scrapping the entire

him him into the lead at 356 to 353

estate: at Whittingham.hull she could not be given those Roza got a 20, but Pereira forged Northumberland, for, there being qualities of sea-steadiness which a' ahead again, and after a close no laid-out gallops, the horses frst-class ocean-going yacht, in contest. throughout the next

were trained over fields.

tended for a comfortable floating hundred ran out a winner by six He won the Northumberland residence, should have, points over the Hongkong man. Plate with Jazz Band last year. In the second match Lopes start and the Prince Edward Handicap ed off very well. An early 36 with Nant Coch five years ago. gave him a margin, and he reached Two years in succession, in 1919 about 150 as his opponent, Luz, and 1920, he raided the Lingfield came to the century mark. They meeting on the last day of the flat- maintained the same relative posracing season, and won the Finale No. 10, Wyndham Street, tions for a while, Lopes contribut Handicap with Nant Coch and

ing a 33, and the Shanghai man Be a Lad.. Hongkong. P.O. Box 620.

reached 300 with Luz at 254. In the next century, however, the latter drew closer, and a pretty 51, the best run of the evening, put

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There was another close contest in the final century, and Lopes reached 474, five points ahead of his opponent. Luz-finished-well, however, running out with his opponent at 485-

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Mr. Scott owner, so his horses usually won was not a beting at long prices.

FOOTBALL SLAVERY."

A

A BISHOP'S SERMON.

sermon by the Bishop of Peterborough (Dr. C. C B Bard- sley) who visited Hongkong some years ago, in which he spoke of footballers being "bought and sold almost like slaves," has met with a protest from the president of the Southern League, Mr. A. J. Darnell, of Northampton.

Preaching at a footballers' ser. vice at Leicester the Bishop said he regretted the extension of pro fessionalism to fooball, and added, "It has done an awful lot to ruin our games, I scem-to-see-foot ballers bought and sold almost like alaves, and human machines trained as gladiators.

In sheltered waters, however, she is a delightful vessel, and their Majesties will no doubt spend much of their time afloat basking on the sun deck.

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The_discussion which_has_fol.__.

lowed Oxford's unfortunate experi ence in the Boat Race has drawn: an interesting contribution from cne of the oldest of Old Blues, "It is the ruin of club patriotism. Colonel Frank Willan, who was Football is too good a game to be Oxford president 59 years ago and spoiled"

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who later officiated as umpire and

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Mr. Darnell's reply is

Besides rowing in four Your statement that footballers Colonel Willan, who will be 80 years in the winning. Oxford.eight; are bought and sold like slaves is next year, was in the dark blue an unwarrantable assertion, and four which beat Harvard in the dieplays crass ignorance and an Erst contest in 1869. For 20 years absolute want of knowledge of the umpired at Henley Regattal what is known as the transfer and for 13 years performed similar system.

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For many years Australia held | the world's motor cycle record through the agency of Jack Booth, who was the first man in the world to exceed 100 m.p.h, riding · an Indian machine. Then speed kings the world over got busy on the record, and Australia lost it, Although the new world's record holder is an American, the record was established in Australia, and can be called ap Australian achieve

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There. is a boom in golf club colours. The latest club to con- tribute to it is the Bar Golfing Society, whose. treasurer, George McClure, has just designed a rather novel die for the members, by way "I ask your lordship to believe of celebrating the club's twenty- and to recognise that the pro fifth birthday. Someone suggested fessional footballer loves the game that as the basis of the design a he plays equally as much as the wig and gown and a bunker should amateur, and that there is a great be used. So now, on Saturdays deal of cant and hypocrisy in those and Sundays, you may see bar- who continually boast and vaunt rister-golfers wearing ties having that they alone play for the love thin black and white stripes on a of the game."

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