GERMANS ARE STEALING FRENCH THOROUGHBREDS
THE GERMANS HAVE been sorting out the best of the thoroughbred breeding stock in France, and sending many of the horses to Germany, writes J. H. Park,
Germans would be the first to The appreciate the value of French bloodstock, because French hor ses have regularly won the chief German race prizes.
They have made a clean sweep of the Grand Prize of the Relch and the Brown Band at Muntch. Nearly all the finest studs in the country were in Normandy, which is part of the German oc- cupied territory.
value of the breeding stock in Normandy reckoned in millions of pounds in had to be
pre-war days. It is to be feared all that has been lost
to the former owners.
K.B.G.C. CLOSING
Most of the horses in training were taken to the Bordeaux dis- when trict when the invasion began, Home" but it was not possible to secure Bowls games travelling facilities
for all the 2.30 p.m.
DAY
Kowloon Bowloon Green Club will hold their Bowls Closing Day on Saturday annual Lawn
members will be "At to their guests. Lawn will commence at These will be follow- mares, foals, yearlings and stailed by the presentation of prizes ions in the breeding establish- won during the year. ments.
Cottage Club captain, who will be in the back paper-hunt on Christmas
A lew of the more valuable
HOME RUGBY stallions were evacuated but the row, Day for the President's her pony did not linish the race
majority of the mares and young Three Rugby Union matches place of Aitkenhead and Carru-Cup was
stock had to be left behind. The were played at Home yesterday, won by Robin thers is back in place of Morgan. Blake, who beat Van Ryn-hunt, which was run over seven
stud employees were sworn to the results being:-- secrecy. They promised not to Cardiff
16 A Welsh XV 0 quet, Carruthers, Aitkentead and berg, who came second, byles of good grass country.
divulge the identity of the Gloucester 26 An Army XV 3 Yesterday, the Club President various animals. No doubt the Home Counties Rest of Eng- a very close margin.
and Commutee were "At Home", Germans have discovered some Public Up to the last moment the hunt to members and their friends at means of finding out what they
in the hands of their annual Christmas Tiffin, was completely
I want to know.
The team is: Thompson; Bosan-
Stewart; Charter and Thomson; Macrae, Burford, Heasman; Gaird- ner, Needham, Taylor (Capt.), Walkden and Kennedy. Reserves: Godfrey and Thomas.
Navy Fly-Half
Problem
Navy have Taylor back in the second row of the pack, in place of Stockham, and their team is: Morahan; McGill, Honeywell, Paul and Bowden; A ̧ Ñ. Other and Ru- therford: Manfield. Watson (Capt.). Winter: King, Taylor; Longmuir, Beattie and Poole,
Army are unchanged from the team which lost to Navy in the first game, and will take the fleld as follows: Picton: R.chards, Hook (Capt.), Douglass and Macdonald: Coombes and, Wedderburn; Su- therland, Ford, Bompas; Millar. Heath; Duke. Pinkerton and Gil- lam. Reserves-Foley, Barclay and Berry.
Times Revised To-morrow's Rugby programme at the Valley is as follows:
V Police
Club
Navy
(2.45 p.m.)
(4.00 p.m.)
V Army
The above times have been changed in order that the decid- Ing game of the Tournament is played at 4.00 p.m.
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SUNDAY
9.16 am. Fine
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Club Championship. Anmerfelt, K. S. Mor-
rison
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9.36
A. McKellar, W. W. C. She-
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9.40
T. Low, H. N. Willamson,
0.44
J. A. Parrish, A. W. Bourne.
9.48
W. E. Hines, L. Jackson,
.9.52
D. H. Blake. F. A. Red- mand
0,50
10,00
W. Stoker, J. R. Way.
10.04
10.08
10.12
10.16
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10.44
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F. D. Hunter, G. C. Wor- rall.
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G. M. Park, S. L. Lloyd. Cal-Shackleton Capt. Bar-
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Major Temple Major Mor-
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9.24 a.m. S.. Tomlinson, A. V. Greaves.
P. Morrison, R. R, Davies.
1,32
9.40
9.44
10.28
11.28
Miss. Cuthbertson, M. A. Annett
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