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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MAY 19TH, 1925.

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Y.M.C.A. FOR SHANGHAI, "A PROPOSAL TOO GOOD TO

LET PASS "" Shanghai, like Hongkong, is

to have a. "Foreign Y.M.CA. building," Ata for inaugurating campaign funds, held in Shanghai last week, sir Edward Pearce made the announcement.

were

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A JOCKEY'S TRAINING...

HONGKONG. JOCKEY CLUB,"

HOW HEARD WON THE SHANGHAI WEIGHTS. ALLOTTED FOR NEXT

~CHAMPIONS.

A writer in the X-C., Zhelly Före des cribing the training of Warrenfield to win the Champions, sa

MEETING..

[NY: ARIES..].

he had to mert and trained himself as this occasion, is also far more in accorık seriously as he trained the pony,. therance with considerel opinion after a care; by setting an example to the novice ful study of past form. With regard to jockeys, who so frequently complain that the only reason they do not win races is the adjustment of weights, however, his that they do not get the right ponies line is as difficult to follow as on previous If it is not permissible to speak of neersions

Yet

C. R. Burkill as an "old" man our Below will be found the handicaps for certainly cannot say it of Heard. the intter is no chicken and be had a the two 6 furlong races and the two 13. gruelling time when he engaged Mr.mile events on Saturday, May 30th. Knije, of 35, Bubbling Well Road, a

Russian expert masseur and physical in- In the June Handicaps (15 mile), mai

LOCAL SPORT.

LAWN TENNIS.

H.K.C.C. TOURNAMENT.

En she final of the Handicap Singles "A" on the, H.K.C.C, ground yesterday Major Hattersley-Smith (1/0) beak

N-

of the Upen Championship Singles was

Aud S. E. Green, O'Callaghap winning. plaged between Capt. C. O'Callaghan by 6-0, 1-2, 6-

TO-DAY'S GAME.

The foal of the Handicap' Doubles is down for dreision to-day when B. D. Evans and W. Hyde (1/8) play N. L H. Railton and W. B. Cornaby (1

BILLIARDS.

MR. OSMUND'S SUCCESS. AT:

SHANGHAL

Mr. A. J. Osmund. billiards- cham

The game, which attracted 2. very large crowd, was full of interest, throughout, says the Mercury's "Prport. Two sessions were necessary to com-

In the "B" Class Chesham Handicap.plete the match, the first taking place at

CHIL Face

the Saturday, the

Tha

The official handicapper to the Hong-Dr. D. J. Valentine (+4/0), 2-6,5-4, 6-4, He went on to say that in view of There is another side to the victory kong Jockey Club is to be engratulated A stand court game in the tibb-round the sum of Ts. 550,000 which had been Warrenfield won by many lengths, scarce offered to Shanghai as against Tsly out of a canter, with the pick of local on the promptitude with which he has 200,000 which they were called upon to racers hopelessly in the rear, but that completed the handicaps for the Whit. Ilis classification, on raise it was not for them to refuse so was not solely because Warrenfield was sintide meeting. generous "an offer. Sir Edward explain the better peny. Heard well know whist ed that he had, when first hearing of the proposition, called together a number of his friends including Mr. Fitch and Mr. Dollar to a private tifin party where they had "discussed the matter and had all arrived at the same opinion, that Shang Bat could not afford to throw away such offer for the benefit of its young men. These men had formed themselves into a committee and after his return from A recent holiday he found that they had chosen him as chairman, Since he had been appointed to this office he had found the work a most interesting experiener..

In the course of further remarks. Sir structer, "and told him the idea was to the Monday, the weights will be the pic of Hongkong, met, and easily, de- Edward said it behoved them to consider take off about 4 lb.. to put on a lot same as those for the Waterford Plate feated the Shanghai Champion, Mir, R C. B. Johuson, in a game of 1,000 up. the growth of the city and they must of strength, and to ensure a sound wind.

Probably, in the last week only, Heard on the Saturday, winners, after the pub at the Clah Lusitano in Shanghai fast have a place for their young men in the skipped more than any of the novices lication of the weights, having to carey | werk. 57

Settlement. Alrendy foreigners

a lifetime. He puffed, a penalty of a. lbs. for engh victory. being driven out of the Settlement by have done in

CHENTUM HANDICAP (6 f.) Chinese through the purchase of lund, groaned, and grumbled whilst he did but they had been fortunate in securing physical jerks, but he stuck to it and the property on which, though only of three he went on to the course thoroughly ft. me, they proposed to erect a building which would nervinmodate 200 young sters. Out of the Ths. 201,000 which they phoped to raise they had already been pro- mised Tis. 113,500 and it only remalied to raise from 87 to 35 thousand taels more. He thought they were doing good, in looking after themselves. Shanghai was an International Settlement and did not belong to any offe country. He was very pleased to see so many present of American, British, Scandinavian, French and other nationalities and he hoped that they would do their best, to use an American expression, to put it across Shangha for the other Tis. $7,000..

Among the donations announced to- wards the Foreign YMCA, building project at Shanghai are the following:- Shanghai Hace Club, Tls 20,000 Hong GENERAL SIR WILLIAM RYCROFT

"Osmund reacheit 700. Johnson's kong and Shanghai Bank, Tls, 4.000;

ore then standing at 578. The latter Messrs, Jardine, Matheson & Co., T..

In the senior class are found :----

put together an all round 53, and 5,000: Messrs. Butterfeld & Swire. Tis.

ibx..

Ibs couple more sizeable breaks-left the 3,000 Standard Oit Co, T. 3,000;

The Straits Times says: Major Dictator D... May Lent (Jate

scores at 741-688. With Osmund at: 777, Equitable Eastern Bank, Th,000 General Sir William Rycroft hus resign Chiengo

163 The Hottentot).152 Johnson settled down for a spell, and Among the donations in gold duliarsed the Governorship of British North told Leaf .....30. Suracen 150 passed on to 70%, as hear as he ever got were Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada. Borneo. Sir William was recently, Phenomenal D.......160. Beauty Doll 149

"in the game to his opponent's score $10.000; International General Electric,

Auchenzench ...147

Osmand immediately ran up 4, and $3,000. The preliminary gifts exceeded Singapore General Hospital and its Love 155

145 after is entirely on medical groutils that be Blotting Paper.157

Pappy Leaf..

session of "safety-play and TIs, 100,000,

has decided to give up his post.

Ac Rothesay .156 Grey Streak 144mall breaks the scores reached 878-761. companied by Lady Rycroft he leaves for Saligin

143 ....... 155 home by the Blue Funnel steamer Hector Magnificent D...154

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SERVICE FOR DR. SUNYAT SEN. IN LEGATION WHERE HE WAS CAPTIVE.

BOWS TO PORTRAIT.

LONDON April 13th.

of the Chinese Beneath the room Legation in Portinnd Place. Marylebone. W. in which he was imprisoned 20 years ago, 400 members of the Chinese colony in London, rich and poor, met yesterday afternoon and mourned the death last month of Dr. Sun Yat Sen President of South China...

The small upper room to which he was hustled following his kidnapping in the street was locked.

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six n'clock, and when the crowd assembled for the second session the score board ml 502-408 in favour of Osmund, wh

placed the balls and patinued his break, which carried him to 6.

Johmann followed--with-39-40-which 147 Osmond replied with the best break of

iba..

Inale Charlie...150 161 Alcantra 149

Langsat

100

..159

Toomai

.150.

Solly

103

Hailsham:

..152

1.47

.145

the evening 89. consisting mainly of 144 losing red hazards after losing, the white .7944 #7.

The result was that Heard not only the first did not let Warronfield down. but he weights are:- was an easy first in riding honours. As compared with A. N. Dallas he had but Gaudie nine frets, ane second-and-sis thirds, King Alf-ed to 11 hrsta, six seconds and three thirds, Jambar but there was a wonderful difference in The Critic... the class of mounts the two had. Heard Valiant...... inclines very generously to novice jockeys Two Pairs..

King Ptolemy and goes out of his way to help them. If Uncle Tam.

New York......142 ther would think of what he achieved Beldorney Star: 152

Quah at the meeting now concluded and how A.B. he did it, their own success would be In view of King Alfred's secumd to the greater.

Dictator Dahlia, over, this distance.. when he was beaten by lengths in the fast time of 1.99.3-5, the advisability of role- gating him to the "B" division is open to question: and, if started here, he should take a lot of beating, as the class is very poor.,

BRITISH NORTH BORNEO,

RESIGNS.

It may be recalled that His Excellency. Laly Rycroft, liss Gardner and Miss Harrison left Jesselton on April 2nd last year en route for the United King dom.

Sir William was advised by the medical authorities, to visit Eng land for the purpose of consulting a specialist..

His Excellency the Governor and Lady Rycroft arrived in North Bornen on November 18th, 1929.

Since that time

His Excellency has visited practically all the Government stations and other parts of the country, with the exception

...130

......153

CRANS

Baby Eyes Gymp Rayfield

With the score at 629-439, Johnson He made a break of 31, and later reached 30, with his opponent at. 649. Johnson again compiled & useful 30, but got tird

....140

ap in a top corner, missing a difficult.

The leave" Decessitated Kiss in-off. a simple massy-stroke from. Osmund. which was succesfully applied-the only one of the game. The two players wend. to the table a number of times be for

Again the Hongkong player made a 142 break over 50, falling down for the first,

time on a centre pocket losing baard.

The scores went on to 945-800, John- Of the above, Chicago Phenomenal son compiling a 37, mainly off the red Dahlin, Rothesay, Baby Exes and King Emperor last met in the Twickenham Handianp (1 mile) when the weights were 2-

-Them. Now.

lbs..

Ths.

Chicago

150

165

Phenomenal Unha... 149"

Rothesay

151

160 155

Baby Eyes

1-49

143

King Emperor...... 151

140

At $77 Osmund hit up 21 and broke down on an easy winning stroke, thus enabling his opponent to add to his score, wohich remained at B47; when tho Hongkong inga ran out.

Uemand has tournament temperament which strikingly contrasted; to, that of his opponent, says the Mercury. Though pitted against an older and more ex- perienced player, he went right ahead with all the confidence of youth, and Since then Phenomenal Dahlia, carry Fran up his points with amazing rapidity of a few stations in the interior which ing 158 lbs. has started once, finishing He pays a simple though decidedly he had arranged to visit during last fourth in the Banstead Plate ( mile) effective game, relying principally on This trip was, of course, un-King Emperor, with 160 lbs. op, won the losing hazards, a phase of the, game at May. avoidably postponed. During their stay Kingswood Handicap (1 mile). There is which he exels "He has a sound know- was in the country both Sir William and no reason to believe that Chicago is not ledge of the game, seldom hesitates over A service of moving reveretre held. The 400 Chinese faced the por- Lady Rycroft have taken the deepest in a good performer nt & furlongs, yet a shot, and demonstrated that when called.--. trait of Dr. Sun Yat Sen hanging over terest in sports and in social e from Phenomenal is asked to meet him at a upon, he is quite capable of exventing an altar hidden by flowers and draped which they will be very much miss difference of 5 lbs, though he was beaten the most difficult shate,, all with, theâ with white knotted silk. Over the pores while Lady Rycroft has been inby lengthy in the Twickenham Handi-pleasing ees which makes him a player Johnson played with trait. in Chinese characters, was part of defatigable in entertaining at Govern cap" when in receipt of 10 lbs. King worth watching.

ment House. I

Emperor no mean sprinter when in the a certain stiffness and certainly was, not. Dr. Yat Sen's last message

But whether the result Sacrifice self for count the nation;

conceded 25 lbs. by would be different with the local nt his Or the walls were banners inscribed Sir William Bycraft was born in 1881, mood-who has proved that 150 lbs. is at "his, beat. and after being at Eton entered. Sand- to burden, is with poems of tribute from Chinese hurst from where he joined the High Chicago and 20 lbs. by Phenomenal D. best is a matter for speculation.

this basis is to friends and societies So that went land Light Infantry and later served To allot weights on from ceiling to floor were of pure silk.

in Egypt, South Africa, the North-West penalize honest ponies and encourage A string band played if funeral Frontier and Somaliland, He was in dishonest ones. This is not to say that music. The musical voice of Mr. Chu,

the European War and was mentioned King Emperor will win-he is actually acting Minister of the Legation, intoneil ever times in despatches, decorated with not worth backing for real money what tributes at the altar-side, and the Chinese the Insignia of the C.M.G., and promot ever his chances on paper. The point is Native-Anthem was played.

ed to Major-General. He holds numer that on his performances, since the ed, such lenient treatment. Phenomenal ous ather decorations; including Frenchy Twickenham Handicap, he has not earn- Dahlin has been certainly well looked after" by the handicapper and not weighted according to public perfor maoces, any more than has King. Em- peror. That Chicago would probably win at the weights is beside the point, At the Kowloon Magistracy before since Chicago may not be sent to the W. Hamilton yesterday, a post, in which case the light impost of Mr. E. Chinese was remanded for a week on King Emperor becomes more pronounced. charge of having committed an armed robbery at 603, Shanghai 'Street, on the 15th insi,

At the bidding of one word the whole audience bowed low three times towards the photograph. It was the ceremonial Grecian, Rumanian and Serbian, tribute-an old custom but a very solemn one.

in Chinese. the words Beneath Founder of the New China, the com- pany filed to hear the speeches of tribute.

Sir Charles Addis, the banker, spoke Af Dr. Sun Yat Sen as a great, upright man, whose ideals would go on.

POLICE COURT ITEMS.

WATERFORD PLATE (1k miles).

The sixth event is the Waterford' Plate for "B" class, in which the following have been included:-

Ibs.

A dark-bearded representative of the Soviet Union said little of Sun Yat Sen but much about Soviet Russia's desiro "to help the Chinese people in their Two Chinese appeared before Mr. struggle for emancipation and progress" E. W. Hamilton at the Kowloon Magis

Sir James Cantlie, the doctor, who won tracy yesterday, charged with pilfering. Gandie 162 for Dr. Sun Yat Sen liberation from his The first was charged with having stolen King Alfred ...161 legation prison; said with emotion: "Iba, of mussels from the a. Tran on Jambu have never seen a man who brought to me the 18th inst, and was sentenced to two Valiant" more the idea of Christ"-Daily Mail, months hard labour. The second for having atolea 41be, of rice from the s.8. Bintang was sentenced to one inonth's hard labour.

THE CHINESE CUSTOMS TARIFF JAPANESE FORECAST OF 12

PER CENT. DUTY,

A Japanese news agency says it is understood in Tokyo that the Chinese Government is purposing to submit the following to the coming Customs tariff

conference:-

In view of the general increase of Cost of living throughout the world, the tariff should be raised to 12 per cent, instead of 7 as proposed.

2-Likin shall be abolished within one year after the tariff bas been increased to 12 per cent.

3-The revenue from the increased

Mowgli

iba.

These three finished in the order named in the Esker Handicap (1) miles) ca Ape 11th, since when Clover Club has not started. A edmparison follows:--

Golden Chrysanthe-

mam

Clover Club

Then.

Now.

Ibs. Une

145

156

152

163

102

Grey Knight... 157 The verdict was length; 14 lengths. We now find that Clover Club is penalised Bibs for beating Grey Knight by 1 lengths, but meets Golden Chry- anthemum at 7 b. difference, as on the former occasion, despite the fact that Golden. Chrysanthemum WOO by one length.

In other words, clover Club receiver nothing for his defeat by one length. whereas he is penalised o lbs. for the 1 lengths by which he defeated Greg 150 Knight. At the same time, Golden" 150 Chrysanthemum is penalised 6 lbs. for. Demon Boy148 having defeated Grey Knight by 24 Langat..........147 lengths, yet is not penalised for having King Ptolemy...144 defeated Clover Club by 1 length.

A.B.

.160 ........150

Duke of Frisco...150 Beldorney Star.152 New York 112 The only possible explanation is that 140 the handicapper considers Clover Club Uncle Charlie...150 Quab ......

Beyond the weight allotted to King should have won the Esher Handicap. Alfred, which appears light in compari- I am of the opinion that he was un- lucky to be betten, but whether such an At the Marine Court yesterday, beson, there is little to cavil at, I fancy.

"A" CLASS

opinion justifies the handicapper in for Lieut. Comdr. G. F. Hole, N.,

totally ignoring the placings of Golden auswer IG boat people appeared to

In the "A" class, the following are Chrysanthemum and Clover Club is at

lbs. the weights:-

charges of obstructing the wharf at Wing Lok Street on Sunday. They were each fined 86, with five days' hard labour in Chicago default A boat mistress was fined $10 with the alternative of ten days hard labour for anchoring her craft in the Southern Fairway.

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1es Dictator D. les Clover Club......163 Grey Knight 162

Gold Leaf...160 Phenomenal D...ico Curiosity Shop.160 Gypsy Lovest Golden Chry

Kanthemum.116

Baligia

158

183

lbs.

least open to argument. On this occe sion, the handicapper is entitled to the. Magnificent D.154 benefit of the doubt, though the import Seattle'

..153 allatted to Phenomenal Dahlia admite Braygrag152 of no explanation that I can find.

Loch Rannoch...150 In the Empire Handicap (13 miles) the

Saracen 150 weights allotted were:-Clover Club Beauty Dablia..149 (159), Grey Knight (158), Gypsy Love Uncle Alf148 (158), Curiosity Shop (160), Golden Chry Wimmern

santhemum (138), Phenomenal Dabla Poppy Leaf145 (154), Saracen (149), Dictator Dahlia Baby Eyes.143 (156) Rayfold 140

For some reason 6 lbs. has been in dealt with, but the most striking incon having started, whereas the weights of ristency is seen when one compares the Golden Chrysanthemum and Saracer Phenomenal's weightshould have remain- weights of Golden Chrysanthemum, bave only been increased 1 lb. At least,

ed constant. (Continued on next Column), Clover Club and Grey Knight.

tariff shall be used for the redemption in connection with the Decorative Arta Phenomenal Dahlia is again harshly posed on Phenomenal Dahlia for unt of foreign and domestic loans and for Exhibition. It is to be the facsimile of culture work.

Thames bouschont, moored in the 4.The Customs to be placed in full control of the Finance Department, Seine, and one of the appurtenances will under the supervision of a foreign direc be an American bar, where the presid ing genius will be a man from Shanghai. tor and a commissioner.