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MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1929.

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RACING

LINCOLNSHIRE ÄND GRAND

NATIONAL

LATEST LOCAL PRICES

We understand that the following are the latest local prices on the Grand

'Lincolnshire and the

National:-

Orbindos

91. 10-1

YACHTING

FIRST CORINTHIAN RACE DECIDED

CLUB v. THE SERVICES

The Arst Royal Hong Kong Yacht

MARATHON RÀCE

GUNNER KATAR SINGH'S FINE VICTORY

SOME GOOD TIMES

Inaugurated last year, when it won by Pte. J. Tiernan, R.A.M.C., the second annust Hong Kong Márathon race under the auspices of the St. Peter's Church Young Men's Club was successfully held on Saturday.

Was

It attracted 108 entries and both Club's Corinthian race (for racing the start and finish were witness yachts) took place on Saturday, theed by a large gathering of interest. course being Channel Recks. Kaw-ed spectators. The competition loon Rock Channel Rocks, Cust was for both individual and team Rock Buoy. Distance 6.1 miles, prizes. Any number could enter Started 2.45 p.m.

the race as a team, the "Nestanglo" taam shield and medals presented by Mr. Tsang Fock going to the team of which five men finished the course first.

The result was as follows:

TIMES Finishing Corrected 5.05.40 5.03.41 5.06.58 5.05.27 5.14.36 5.11.02 5,19.45 5.20.35

D.N.F. D.N.F.

Club y, Services Yesterday's event was a Club v. Combined Services contest, which the latter won by 112 points to 100. The morning race started at 11.05, the course being.-Start, Club Line West to East, Channel Rocks (P), Kowloon Rock (P), Mark on Line (S), Cust Rock Buoy (S), finish, Club Line West to East; a distance of 5.5 miles.

race started at

The afternoon 2.35, the course being-Start, Club Line West to East, Channel Rocks (P). Kowloon Rock (P), Channel Rocks (S), Cust Rock Buoy (3), finish. Club Line West to East; a distance of & miles.

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14th Gunner Babu Singh, Hong Kong_and_Singapore Brigade, RA."

18th Ldg-Sigmn. Sibley, H.M.S. "Suffolk."

16th Gunner Katar Singh (2), Hong Kong and Singapore Bri- gade. R.A.

17th Pte. Barrass, King's Own Seattish Borderers,

Mr. G. W. R. Griggs for the second prize cup for Club members, Officials Responsible The following were the officials of the Marathon:-

President: Very Rev. A. Swann, Chairman of Sports Committes: Mr. E. Zimmern.

Joint Hon. Secretarias: Memra. Thanks to the splendid running J. C. L. Wong and H. S. Clayton.¦ of Ptes. Gear, Hume, McCabe,

Hon. Treasurer: Mr. E. Manning. Malbey and Barrass, who, by being

Starter: Mr. E. C. Thomas, Among the first 17, scored 54, the

Judges: Messrs. G. W. R. Griggs, "Nestanglo" team shield and team D. Trafford, W. Lamb, F., C. Mow medals presented by Mr. Tsang Fung, Peter Pau Lt. Col. H. B. HX.S.B., RA, and Fook went to the 2nd Battalion the Vernon, King's Own Scottish Borderers. By Lt-Comdr. J. G. C. Gibson, H.M.S. scoring 65 points the Hong Kong "Suffolk."

Singapore Brigade, RA and

Timekeepers: E. C. Thomas and secured second team place, a signal P., Sands, although there' were ; nå, honour, prizes offered.

In addition to the individual and were two cups team prizes, there offered for the first two mambers of St. Peter's Club to finish the course. These were awarded as under:--

All the competitors, of course, went in for. the individual prizas, but with the exception of six who ran as "individuals,” they also ran as teams, as follow:-

St. Peter's Club, 8; H.M.S. "Suffolk," 10; 2nd Batt. King's the Club's grounds. Own Scottish Borderers, 16; Naval | ・・ and Military Y,M.C.A., 7; 1st Batt. Queen's Royal Regiment 7; lat Batt. Somerset Light Infantry, 9; 1st Batt. Northamptonshire Regi- ment. 18; 3rd Batt. 15th Punjab Regiment, 14; and Hong Kong and Singapore Brigade, R.A., 10.

1st R. G. Hunt. Time: 69 mins. 2nd Young Taun-luk, a youngster of about 15 years of age.

After the race, tes was served in

The Northamptonshire Regiment, it might be explained are the last of the original "Shaforce" to be moved from the Northern port and are at present in Hong Kong await Ing passage on H.M.'s troopship "Dorsetshire."

The Course

The course, over a "distance of 8% miles, was as follows:-

Start at Lyttleton-road (outside the hostel entrance of the Hong Kong University) along Lyttleton road, through Park-road, then wind up Robinson-road, along the new Motor-road to the end of Con- duit-read, then through the Con- 10 duit Viaduct to Mr. Biggar's 8 House Then along Pokfulam- 15 road, down Dairy Farm

point of Jubilee-road, along that road to Mount Davis-road, up 6 Mount Davis-road to the Point of Pakulam-road, along that road,

Pte.

The Lincolnshire

Athford

Auditor

Aurelian

25-1 95--1 33-1

Baytown

.100-6

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Break of Day

40-1

Yacht

Cab Hero

26-1

La Linda (1)

Diana (2)

Caporal

20-1

Dorothes (3)

Capture Him

14--1

Speedwell (4)

6,33.16

Cornwallis

16-1

Boojum (5)

5.34.06

County Guy

30-1

Colleen

D.N.F.

Fohdnaun

Daphne

D.N.F.

10-1

Ailsa

D.N.F.

Garnock

25-1

Pierrette

D.N.F.

Grotesque

20-1

Joan

D.N.F.

Guarda' Parade

16-1

Why Wonder

D.N.F.

Harpist

20-1

Wings

D.N.F.

Irish Romance

161

La Chance

40-1

Bluenose Adanac Lola

D.N.F.

La Gamita

25-1

Leopardua

25-1

Lone. Knight

20-1

Mail Fist

Miscou

25-1 22-1

Musical Prince

50-1

Nestorian

20-1

Norwest

25--1

18-1

Orosmade

16--1

Parwiz

25-1

Philammon

16-1

Playboy

20-1

Residue

20-1

Scintillation

Songe

Thackeray

26 1

Tommy Atkins

20-1

Umalepagaas

14-1

Voltero

25-1

MORNING RACE

Yosemite

25-1

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Club

The Grand National

Yacht

The Ace II.

501

Allsa

Ardeen

30-1

Wings

Beech Martin

90-1

Boojum

Billy 'Burton

10-1

Adanac

Brights Boy

18--1

Zephyr

Pierrette

Carfax

20-1

Joan

Finish Pos. 12.28.05. & 12.28.61 .12.24.26 1 Я 12.30.31 12.33.34 31 12.28.34 ទ 12,33.17

$

10

The Coyote

30-1

De Combat

30-1

Points

57

. Delarue

40-1

Combined Services

Easter Hero

Daphne ....

151

Why Wonder..

Easy Virtue

30-1

Bluenose

Gay Dog II.

30--1

Speedwell

Grakle

20-1

Gront Span

10 1

Gael

Knight of the W.

22-1

Koko...

18-1

Lloydie

25~1

Lordi

22-1

Low Tide

40-1

Club

Master Billie

12--1

Daphne

May King

40-1

Why Wonder

Mount Etna

25-1

Bluenose

Newsboy

30-1

Speedwall

Rathory

40-1

Lola

Rathowen

30-1 Theela

Guel

4.10.18 9 4.08.36 4 14 4.15.22 4.10.50 10 4.13.19 12

1

Richmond I.

40-1

Ruddyman

50-1

43

Skrin Prince

181

Morning

Sprig

201

Tipperary Tim

25-1

Trump Card

Magucionne

20-1 Ailan 16-1

Wings

Boojum

Total ....... Combined Services

4.08.50 6 4.09.42 1.07,55 3

7

.8

12

Adanas

4.05,50 1

15

Zephyr

4.12.17

11

4

FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Pierrette

4.07.11

2

4.13.34

secs.

DECISIONS OF THE COMMITTEE

03

Morning

40

Total

112

GOLF

The Management Committee of

the Football League report the

following decisions:-

Letter of protest from Chinese

Lola

Thecla

.12.20.63 8 12.27.45 4 .12.27.27 ន .12.20.40 2 12.36.44 11 12.36.02 12 .12.35,50 12

Points

AFTERNOON RACE

4.08.42 G 4.09,51 8

1

Hill to

pass the Hong Kong University (front entrance) and along Bon- 11 hain-road to King's College where 12 the race ended.

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The winner of the race; Gunnér Katar Singh of the Hong Kong and 3 Singapore Brigade, R.A., was also the first man in last year but then 49 had the misfortune of being dis- quallled on account of his having gone out of the course when pass- ing the Chinese cemetery at Pok- 10 fulam, and thus had to concede 7 frst place to Pte. Tiernan, of the GR.A.M.C.

Katar Singh's time

of 51mins.

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LAWN TENNIS

· MATCHES AT CHINESE RECREATION CLUB

There was a disappointing and to an interesting match at the Chinese Recreation Club yesterday when T. Honda, the local cham plon, played an exhibition match with Comdr, Gill, of the United States Navy. The match was to have been decided over three sets, but after a good struggle in the first two sets, Comdr. Gill was un-

able to continue, when 2 love down in the final set, owing to a strain In his right thigh.

The Honour of Winning Before the distribution of prizes, the Very Rev. A. Swann, President of St. Peter's Club, addressed the gathering. He said that he was glad for the fine support which had been, given to the second Marathon race held by the Club, glad that the

À CRC. v. USR.C. Club had again mado such a suc- cess of the event, and glad that It

The Chinese R.C. played the was a competition between amateurs who were not out for money con-US.R.C. and the results were as siderations but for the honour at follow: tached to the winning of such a race. The trophies which they saw on the table were being given to the successful few not as payment for. their fine performances but as evid- ence of their sporting prowess, of which they had every right to be proud as clean sportsmen.

Horace Lo and 'lu Tak-cheuk · lost to Major Lucas and Dr. 2-6; lost to Tottenham 2-6, McEachran and Goldman 2-6, 6-7: beft Hazel and Herbert, 6-2, 6-2,

Ng Szekwong thi Ho Karao Lucas and Dr. beat, Major Tottenham 7-5, 6-2; beat Mc- Eachran and Goldman 6-2, 6-2; beat Hazel and Herbert 5-7, 6-2, 6-0.

Speaking on the meaning of the word "aporisman," the Dean sald that he had come across a fine de- finition of that word by R.C. M. K. and M. W. Lo beat Major Lehman which he must pass on to Lucae and Dr. Tottenham 4-6, 6-3, all those present. He asked the 7-5; beat McEachran and Goldman members of the Club to pay particu-1-6, 6-1, 6-3; beat Hazel and

Herbert 6-2 6-2. lar attention to it.

Total: CRC. 7 points; U.S.R.C. 2 points.

Lehman was quoted as follows:- "What, after all is a sportsman? As I understand the breed, he is one who has not merely braced his muscles and developed his endurance by the exercise of fame great sport, but has in the pur- suit of that exercise learnt to control his anger, to be consider ate to his fellow men, to take no mean advantage, to resent as a dishonour the very suspicion of -trickery, to bear aloft a cheerful .countenance under 'disappoint- ment, and never to own himself defeated until the last breath, is -out of his, body,"

That was the spirit in which the race had been run that afternoon, 6 33.4/5secs. was over a minute bet-concluded the Dean, and all those 3 ter than the time of 53mins. with who had taken part in it were which Tiernan wan the race last sportsmen in the Bense of that

definition. (Applause). 57 year.

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The First Seventeen

The names of the first seventeen 9 runners to finish the course, with the times of the four prize winners are given below:-

1st Gunner Katar Singh (1), 19 Hong Kong and Singapore Bri- 2 gade, K.A. Time: 51mins. 33.4/5-

Athletic Association re the Senior JUNIOR SECTION CHAMPION-

League game V HK. Club, on February 2. Secretary Instructed to call for report from Referee and arrange a special Committee meet- ing to consider it.

Recreio V. Eastern 2-2-29. Owing to a misunderstanding the Eastern team did not turn out for this game. Committee to range fixture.

Navy v. 5. China "B" (9-2-29) Junior Division.-8. China team failed to turn out. Points award- ed to Navy and South China Ath- letic Association fined ten dollars.

re-ar-

SHIP AT VALLEY

The following are the results of the second round of the Junior Section championship played at Happy Valley?—

P. Morrison beat J. Stewart 1 up; W. McKay beat A. E. Clarke |3 and 2; F. Booker beat E. Moore 3 and 1; R. Wallace beat W. R. Hillyer 4 and 3,

Kui School fined tan dollars-

Queen's V. Recreio (9-2-29)

S. China V. Hung Kui School Junior League-Club de Recrelo (30-1-29) Midweek League.-Hung fined two dollars and sixty cents Kul School falled to turn out. referee's fees in above game. Points awarded S. China and Hung Points awarded to Queen's.

2nd Ptc. Baulch, Somerset Time: 52mins. 33secs.

The Dean then called upon Mrs. Kotewall to give away the prizes, and in doing. so said that Mrs. Kotewall needed no introduction to the gathering as they all knew that she and her husband had taken a great interest in St. Peter's Club from its inception. (Applause).

After giving away the prizes, Mrs. Kotewall thanked the Club for L.Lgiving her the pleasure of perform-

3rd Pte. Woollard, Queen's Royal Regiment. Time: 52mins. 41secs.

4th Gunner Daawanda Singh, Hong Kong and Singapore Brigade, R.A. Time: 52mine. 47seca.

(It will be noticed that all the four named above bettered the time in which Pte. Tiernan won last year).

5th Lee.-Cpl. Rowbottom, Queen's Royal Regiment.

6th Pte. Gear, King's Own Scot- tish Borderers.

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H.K.C.C. Tournament

The programme this afternoon in the Hong Kong Cricket Club annual tournament is as follows:

Open Doubles.-E. C. and E. F/-

S. A. and H. D. Fincher v Rumjahn.'

-H...J.

Club Championship. Armstrong v. L. Goldman.

Handicap Singlès "B".-E. R. Price (rec. 4/6) v. G. N. de Man (owe 2/6); L. A. R. Duncan (owe 5/6) v. A. Reid. (owe 15).

Mixed Doubles.-H. V. Parker and Miss D. Stanlon (owe 2/6) v.. A. H. Crook and Mrs. Womack (owe 4/6); Mr. and Mrs. A. Pierry (rec. 4/6) v. W. L. Stanion" and Mrs. J. S. McEachrán (rec. 3/6).

Manchester Watch

Committee

refused permission to the Manches ter Playgoers' Association to pro- duce plays in licensed theatres on Sundays.

Three surfaces of tessellated Roman pavement which formed the floor of a house or shop at least 1,800 years ago, have been found in Seethring-lane, E.C.

The London, Midland, and Scot- ing the ceremony that afternoon. tish Railway plan to She was

have 266 three hearty engines built this year. cheers.

accorded

Three cheers and a "tiger" for the competitors then terminated the proceedings.

Thanks to Donors

The thanks of the Club are due to the following donors of prizes:— Mesers. Nestle and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co., for the "Nestanglo", Challenge Cup, the first prize replica of the Challenge Cup, and the "Nestangio' Team Shield.

Messrs. the British-American Tobacco Co., (China) Ltd., for the 9th Marine James, H.M.S. "Suf-second prize "Capstan Cup. folk."

7th Pte. Adams, Somerset L.I.

tish Borderers.

8th Pte. Hume, King's Own Scot-

10th Lowe (individual runner). 11th Pte. McCabe, King's Own Scottish Borderers.

12th Pte. Malbay, King's Own Scottish Borderera

18th Sepoy Dharam Singh, Pan- jab Regiment.

Mr. Andrew Cheung for the third prize cup.

Mísa R. Mow Fung and Mrs. Griggs for the fourth prize cup.

Mr. Tsang Fook for the team medals.

Rev. Halward for the first prize cup for Club members.

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