THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1926,
SPORTS
ABOUT SWEEPS.
TURF EXPERT'S PERSONAL OPINION.
TALK IN GENERAL.
What Effects Police Action May Bring.
To the Baltor of the "hina Mail") Sir,-As your turf correspon- dunt I have been asked to give my views in that interesting locat of cush topit the running sweeps. First of all, I must in sist that in no way do I pose as a legal expert. That part of the question does not enter into what I have to say. I merely intend to state a few facts. I trespasa on points pertaining to the law, I crave your readers' indulgence.
SECTION
THE AUSTRALIANS.
RUN UP BIG SCORE AGAINST
LANCASHIRE. Y
BARDSLEY'S CENTURY.
Red Rose County's 3 Wickets
In One Day.
London. July 14. After losing badly to the Aus- traliars af Manchester last month,
Warren Bardsley of New South
TENNIS LEAGUE,
....... ANOTHER DOUBLE FOR THE
CHINESE.
"YESTERDAY'S MATCHES
Two matches were played terday in the Tennis League.
As a result of their victory ever Craigongower in "B" division, the Chinese Recreation Club top
the table in this division,
on the
The match was played CR.C.'a courts. Secres Yaw Man-kit and Lau Man- ching beat A. Zimmern and J. W. Leonard Bent W. J Howard and W. E.
Crocker
THE CHINA MAIL.
ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY,
SHANGHAT'S PRESENTATION
TO MR. HERBERT.
MR. F. T. SMITH BACK.
A JOURNEY INTO HITHERTO
"UNEXPLORED COUNTRY,
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LOCAL SHARE MARKET.
OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS.
HONGKONG, JULY 15, 1928, 10.30 a.m.
Hongkong 'Estate Broka..."
Sharebrokerat Shars & Roul
Amoolation.
Names,
London
The work of the China Society At the monthly Committee Meet- ing held lo the, Shanghai Club on of Selence and Arts is brought to July 8, Col. W. F. L. Gardon, C.M.G., view once more in the return of resD.S.O., president, proalding, a pre. Me, FT. (Ajax) Smith to Shang- sentation of a silver salvor suitably hai after as extended period of inscribed was made to Mr. R. B. collecting specimens in Fekien TT. on London Herbert who is shorty leaving for Province at the behest of the SoTT, on Shanghai
Banks. home.
The President in a short | clety. speech expressed on behalf of the Mr. Smith's former travels in Hongkong Bank
do. members their appreciation of Mr. Turkestan and Western China, of Herbert's services to the Society which he wrote in the "North China Chartered Bank for the last six years more especial- Daily News," at length will be well Mercantile Bank, A. & B.
do. by in connection with the decorn-remembered by readers. From that& O. Bank tions for the Caledonian Bail and | trip ha brought, back, a Jame wished him all prosperity in the civet a most engaging beast, but Bank of East Asis
Marine InsuITANCOR future. Mr. Harbert in expressing also, it was lost in the latest ex-Canton Insurance.
pedition.
China Underwriters with aurprise at this token which
Mr. Smith was accompanied on North China Insurancs. would always be a handsome re-the expedition, from which he tainton Insurance membrance of happy Limes In now returned: by Mr. G. T. Shanghal
Kralhukov who was aunt through the courtesy of the B.-A.T. Com-
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Beat G. A. Hyder and A. R.
Remedios
88
25- 8
5-6
Kyck Po-kan and Lau Fook- ki lost to A. Zimmern and J. W. Leonard
Bent W. J. Höwnrd and W. 'E.
Crocker
Beat G. A. Hyder and A. R.
Remedios
There are many kinds of cash sweeps in the Colong. Some are; of alsolutely the highest integri- ty. They are above reproach even when compared with the most popular in the world. It is inviduous to quote names, but those who are genuinely interest- ed in the turf and their interests in with the tourists to-day at Loat to W. J. Howard and W.
are bona fide. will know the ones Fean. In one or two, tickets are
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Wales:
Lancashire bugati conclusiona
Liverpool (three days' return
match
The Australians won the toes and
not obtainable-it being necessary baited first. When stumps were
to sign one's name in 4 book:
This procedure "eavares that the sweep is restricted to registered members of the promoting con- cern, as an outsider is hurdly likely to be satisfied without some title to a number?
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Theh. again, there are sweeps in which tickets can only be pur- chased through members or only members are recognised; and/or- prizes can only be drawn through members. The laying down of these conditions also tends to non- resemblance to an ordinary lot- tery.
Thave also seen sweeps, run by clubs, in which the "bdy cor porate" Stood to beneft. but no -individual Tickets were sold to j
anybody, s. is done in a lottery.
The question of commission to sellers also crops up.. I am of the opinion that a rush sweep has a better nume ir ratio to the lack of commission paid to agents to dispose of tickets. By this I mean that the sweeps which are known to be "good" need, hardly pay my inducement to sellers, but this is not general, there being exceptions.
W. M. Woodfull of Victoria.
drawn, they had scored 388 runs for the loss of 3 wiekuta;
C. Chon and H. Le beat A. Zimmern and J. W. Leonard
10. I
thanks stated that he was "n" took"
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The following letter was sent to Sir Sidney Barton K.EE, C.M.C., pany to be oficial photographer of on the occasion of his knighthood:-the expedition and to get motion My dear Sir Sidney-At our picture scenes of the country whiche meeting held yesterday it was un-up to the date of the present ex- 8-8animously decided by the Commitpedition with the exception of ted of St. Andrew's Selety to con- Latouche and Mr. Cliford H. Pope 23-10 vey to you their warmest congratu- who had traversed it, is believed to
lations on the recent honour con- have been unexplored, 8-3ferred on you by His Majesty, and
to assure you that the bestowal of: it has caused the greatest satisfac- tion to our members. In wishing you and Lady Barton all prosperity In the future, we trust that you will be granted many years in which to enjoy this high distinction so deverence vedly won.
E. Crocker Beat, G. A. Hyder and A. R.
Remedios
9- 2
21-12
C.R.. 69. Craigengower" 30.
"C" DIVISION.
Played on the Recreio courts, defeated Club de Rectcio division "C."
In
The Recrecio, by getting games, have scored the highest against the lenders. Scores:- Remedios and Barretto lost to
Ma Wel-but and H. S. Lee Lost to Cheng Chi-wing and
Chiu Teun-chin Beat Un Hiu-fan and Choung
Wing-kui
"
Believe me.
Yours sincerely,
W. F. L. GORDON
Colonel,
President. St. Andrew's Society. and his reply:---
My dear Colonel Gordon. My wife and are very grateful for the 4-songratulations and good wishes so
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kindly expressed in your letter of 7th instant.
I hope you will let your Com. mittee and members know how much we appreciate your friendly 33-20remembrance, of us..
Believe me.
Ozorio and Ribario lost to Ma
Wei-but and H. S. Lee. Lost to Chung Chi-wing, and
Chin Taun-chiw Bent Un Hiu-fan and Cheung
Wing-kui
29:
13-20-
T. J. E. Andrews of New South
Wales,
made
· 165, E.
Leitao and Assumpcin lost to.
Ma Mei-but and H. S Lee 66. Beat Cheng Chi-wing and Chju
Tsun-chiu ........ Lost to Un Hiu-fan and
Cheung Wing-kul.
#. 5
4-7
Warren Bardsley
1;
Andrews 95.
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I am told that nearly every sweep comes within the scope of M. Woodfull 66. T. the Ordinance. except, perhaps, those which are entirely restrict- "ed to members of the promoting organisation and, possibly, those in which tickets are not issued.
Hitherto one ran sweep at one's own peril. but if there was no doubt about in- tentions, the sweep was ignored.
There were 8,000 spectatora. The the hot, and weuther was very wicket good.-Reuter.
ABOVE RULES.
OUTPOINTED CRITICISM ON
SUZANNE.
Recreio 41, C.R.C. 58. Selected Teams.
Yours sincerely,
S. BARTON.
WHO IS TO BLAME FOR FAILURE OF TARIFF CONFERENCE?
Yangtze Insurance
FireTM Insurances.
China Fire Insurance.. K. Fire Lasurance
Shipping. Douglaser Hongkong Steamboats. LK. Tugs & Lighters. Indo-Chinas (Prof.)
do. do.
(Def.) L'a. (..) Hk. Oriental Navigation Shall Transporta
Home of the Blue Tiger. Starting out from Poochow on January 7 last Mr. Smith and Mr. Kraintkov, accompanied by a Chin-Star Ferries Water-boats ear-taxidermist and an interpreter.
Refueries. went by-launch into the Futsin dis- triet, famous through the experi- Chiza Sugars
and writings of Harry Malabon Sugars 'Caldwell and" as the home of the Blue Tiger of which Mr. Caldwell collected during his stay there, nine sperimens. Shortly after the start the party joined up with that of Mr., Ciifford H. Pope, member of the Third Asiatic Expedition of the American Museum of Natural Hi tory, and remained with them for the 19 days.
Curious Malarial Attack. Then, after returning to Foochow in a final and unsuccessful endea "vpur to secure some pictures. Both motion and still of the New Year's Cestivities, Mr. Smith's party start ed out once more up the Min River for Yenping. The expedition, acv cording to Mr. Smith when talking to a representative of the "Nortn- China Daily News." was at this
disrupted by early stage.
malarial attack which curious
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"LOST. OPPORTUNITY OF CHINA. necessitated two weeks in the hos pital and even a return later after a kind of relapse when another start had been made and the party had arrived within 120 M of Gatun. A menth in the hospital In Yenping where Mr. Smith had to return Peking, July 8.--Mt. Chang Keo-Arally, removed the cause of the kan. the newly appointed Acting unclassified disease and the party 15-18 Minister for Interior took up his continued its collecting activities of
duties to-day.
zoological specimens with great Gatun was reached or Today's Cabinet Council passed | rapidity.
June 1 and it was in this district the following resolutions:-
that the largest portion of the 230 mammals and reptiles and the 60
The following teams, have been selected -
(1) As a step towards filling H.K.C.C. (away) v. C.S.C.C., in the vacancies in the Chinese dele division B.4.30 p.m_on_Saturday:gation to the Customs Tariff Con- R. E. Coxon and W. L. Dunbar, C. ference, the regulations for the C. Stark and E. J. R. Mitchell, Conference should be revised. L. M. S. Lloyd "and R. Lawrie.
(2) The solution of the ques- H.K.C.C. (away) Club de tich relating, to the restoration of Recreio, in division C, 4.30 p.m. on the compounds of the Senate and Saturday:-S. M. Garrard and G. S. the House of Representatives to be Hugh-Jones, J. D. H. Crawford and left in the hands of the Department E. w. Hamilton, W. L. Smith and of Education.
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With the kindred subject of raffies' I am not so familiar. have seen tickets openly disposed 8f, but the primary object of pro-
Of all sensations (there have moters, was not so much the betual prods, but the getting rid of some been several) in connection with possession which was otherwise the lawn tennis championships at
(3) To accept the resignation hard to sell. Such raffles, 1 un-Wimbledon, the failure of Mlle. A. C.-Howell
of Dr. C. T. Wang from the Tupar- derstand, have also been looked Lenglea to play on June 23 is Chinese R. C. (away) v. U.S.R.C.. at with Nelson's eve behind a dud perhaps the greatest, says the in division. B. 4.30 pm. on Satur- ship of the Russo-China
ference. "Daily Mail" under a splash head-day-M. P. Chao and Lo Man-ho, telescope.
Strictly speaking, if the Policeing "Is Lenglen above rules."
This paper says "rules should Man-kit and Lau Man-ching. put their foot down-or, as you say, once the Puritanical mania apply equally to every competi- sets in the "big sweeps' will be tor, and players should adhere to non est. To get a big prize, the time-table or pay the penalty." INTERPORT GOLF.
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there must be many tickets-und then there must be many buyers. Sweeps would then be restricted
to the circle of each club, just for
Mlle. Lenglen has received pre- ferential treatment and Main Street wants to know why.
Mr. Marsh, President of the Australian Lawn Tennis Associa-
Lau Fook-ki and Kwok Po-kan, Yew
SHANGHAI ACCEPTS NEW
.CONDITIONS.
."
Shanghai is reported
(4)
To dissuade General Chang Chi-hal from resigning from the post of the Minister of War.
A Lost Opportunity.
Mining. Benguets Kailan Mining Ad Langista (Combined) do. (Single) Shanghai Exploration Shanghai Lun Rauby Tronch Mines Ural Caspiana
Docks, Wharves Godowns, be. H.K. & K. Wharves
HK & W. Docks Hongkews..... New Engineerings Shanghai Docks
(new)
Landa, Hotels & Bidge. H.K. & S. Hotel (old)..
do. Hongkong Lands H.K. Realty....
Territoriak Humphreys Estates Princes Building Eural Lands
Cotton Mills. Ewo Cottons Orientals
(new)
Shanghai Cottons (old).
do.
Miscellaneous. Canton Ices Cements (comb.). do. (old) do. (new) China Buses...
do. (old) da, (now) China Prov. (comb.)
do. (old). do. (new)
to 600 species of beetles were add-China Lights (comb.) Fed to the collections. These speci
mens will find a repository pro tem in the Museum of the Royal Asiatic Society where they will be classi- fied. It is hoped, however, that they will form a part of a future China Society Museum, for which plans
have already been, formed.·
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The Bandits Tribute. Of the actual difficulties of the Con-expedition, Mr. Smith had little to say when questioned, other than that the bandit-infested country On the proved difficult enough. way from Foochow to Kiengang in a launch the party had a definite A person, closely in contact with taste of the bandits methods. Dr. W, W. Yen, has stated that. Fired upon, the expedition came to China Icat her golden opportunity a halt and was made to pay $200
before it could go "scot-free." which she had two months ago when the Customs Tariff Con- would appear, however, that the ference was opened, adding that it joke was on the bandits for once will be of no avail to try now to in the history of outrages of this mit-more's the pity. I for one. that "everyone is glad the Ameri
ing in the launch as a special will miss putting on the pecu-
by Hongkong, for interport, zelf already suspended. sions: $10 or $5 in the hopes of can girls defeated Mile. Lenglen.
Regulations Changed.
favour to a company in Fukien, winning-a-small-fortune
Her behaviour was utterly in excusable, but not more incompre-first day, as distinct from
Foursomes-will-be-played on the Peking, July 8-The Foretnom $200,000 in silver which was to be used in payment of certain the Finance Departments, hensible than that of the Com-
bails, when the Hongkong team
which were entrusted with the task employees of this company through. mittee controlling the tourna- goes up in the autumn.
Singles of revising the regulations govern-out the province. Needless to say, ments. It says ittle for those in will be played the second daying the Customs Tariff Conference, the ranoom was comparatively "It is quite time that Mile. There will be no byea and all to-day amended Article 5, which cheap under the circumstances, but, provides that the Minister for as it is a rare circumstance that Lenglen was taught to respect the matches will count as one point.
In other words, the match will be Foreign Affairs shall be the Chair-such an oversight is made by the rules and regulations or drop out on the lines of the Walker Cap of tennia."
man of the Committee, so that the rapacious plyers of a bandit trade, (Britain America) annual con-
Chairman shall now be elected by the joke is not one which one night test for amateurs.
care to repeat.
Dairy Farme
r A Wing (full pd.)
do. (part pd.) Hongkong Amusements. HK Constructions Hongkong Electrics H.K. Developments HK Ropes (comb.).
do. (old) do. (now) Hongkong. Tramways Lane, Crawfords Macao Electrics Mackintosh Nanyang Tobaccos Penk Trams (old)
do. (new) Sincerey Singapore Trama- United Asbestos
Watsons (old)
do." (new) Wm, Powells HK. Telephone
the fun of the thing and I sub-tion, in a letter to the Press, says accepted new conditions, proposed regain it when the Conference is kind, for the expedition was carry Taxis
Yours, etc.,
"PATROL."
Hongkong, July 14..
PALACE HOTEL BILLIARDS.
F. M. da Cruz defeated L.A. Osmund in the semi-final of the Palace Hotel billiards handicap last night by 250 points to 181. Both played from the owe 200, mark. Scoring was fast all through.
Cruz made a break of 79, 8 points more than the previous best so far fheld by Gmünd). Other breax« were 19, 34, 17, 19, 86, 29. Osmund 19. 28, 34, 18, 22, 21, 26,
Henderson (er.), the other defeat-
charge.
WORLD'S RECORD.
FRENCHMAN'S KILOMETRE
!!
FIGURES.
Paris, July 14,
matches.
four-and
SPECIAL TAX UPON JAPANESE.
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Shanghai, July 10-A special tax will be levied upon the Japanese" people residing in Chinese territory by the Directorate of the Shanghai-
the members of the Committee. The object of this revision la, i la reported, to enable Admiral Toal Ting-kan, the Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs to avoid taking the chair Toho
More Newspaper Comment...." Tokyo, July 8-Commenting on the suspension of the Chinese Tarift Conference, the Tokyo "Nichi
Giant Rat and Tree House. Of the specimens brought back which are believed to be as yet unclassified in the zoology of the province, Mr. Smith mentioned the giant black rat, the tree mouse and two specimens of the diamondblack" snake.
The French runner, Baraton, Woosung Commercial Port, accord
Although this Fukien expeditior To-morrow, Osmund meets J. W broke the world's kilometre recording to a report current in local
is barely finished, plans are now Nichi" to-day, after stating that the in 2 minutes, 27.1-5 seconds, beat- official circles:
going forward, according to Mr. The Chinese papers state that in attempt to throw the blame for the Smith, for another similar exeur- ed semi-finalist. for the third prizing the Swede Lundgren's 2 mîne.
Cruz meets G. Moore (owe 200) 28% secs, at Stockholm in 1922. the past few days, the Chinese deadlock upon Japan must be re- sion into the northwest, in Kansu
Reuter
police have been busying them-garded as nothing but an expres. selves with taking of census of the sion of that state of mind which and the border-country of Tibet.
in the final next Monday.
On July 24, A. J Okmünd (champion of the Colony) meets F. Jones in an exhibition match. Jones is a new arrival. He has a big re putation as a cuelst and is des cribed as champion of the Naval Yard.
ADAMSON. CUP.
HONG DOULBES TENNÍS.
Japanese residents in Chapel and distributing notifications of the im- position of the tax to every house,
The notification in brief explains the reason why auch, a tax should be collected from the Japan rasi dents and inform them that it must be paid to the Tupan's office in a specified time.
-Only-one match was played yea- terday in the H.K.C.C. inter-hong tennis doubles, W. A. Nowers and L. M. B. Lloyd (A.P.C.) (rec. 1/6), defeating J. W Alabaster and SM Gerrard (Union)" (red. 5/6} by 9-7, In the Royal Hongkong Golf | 4-6, 6-3.
"American capital oscillates Clubs, Adamson Cup, played from To-day D. S. Green and T. D. E. between internationalism and July 4.18, Mr. F. H. Glover quali-Pendered (rec. 5/6) (will play F. isolation. A more aadignified fled with a score of 102 (loss 24 Syma Thompson and R. L. C. exercise in the art of wobbling we handicap), equals 78.
Valentine (rec, 15-1)77
carrot recall-Leo Marse
desired suspension but which now does not wish to assume responsi bility, accuses the New York "Herald" and the British "Obser ver" of attempting to shift respon- aibility for the suspension of the Conference upon Japan. The same fournal continues
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