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RACING NOTES.

[BY RAPIER]

Happy Valley now presents an

THE MACAO RACES."

PROGRAMME OF THE INAUGURAL MEETING.

The Inaugural, race meeting for Chias ponies of the International Race and Recreation Club of

animated appearance in the early THE EVENTS AND CONDITIONS morning as most of the prominent racing people are closely studying form. Amongst the more regular attenders are Messrs. H. P. White, T. Dhanbar, F. Sutton. I. II. Priestley, F. C. Hall, W. E. L Shenton, J. Peël, D. Abbey and Mr. He Kom Tong,

Mr. E. J. Paterson, the popular Clerk of the Course, is usually in attendance seeing that everything goes smoothly. Racing men never seem to grow old and the accret of, their youthful spirit is their in- terest in the sport coupled with early morning visits to the course and a sense of humour. The grass track is being used for galloping and it is in fine condition despite the absence of rain. Of the 45 sub- scription griffins at least 75 per cent. will race and probably all of them will go out in different events to qualify for the Extra Meetings. Luckily the ponies were all fat and when they arrived and it is not, therefore, necessary to train them intensively. Amongst the new owners, Mr. C. B. Brown, seems to bave done rather well in drawing Stonehenge and Mr. Ho Kom Tong has also secured & good, pony in Kom Tong Hall.

Sir Victor Sassoon has bought Bengal and it is now on its way here from Tientsia. This pony pre- viously belonged to Mesars. Fraser and W. H. Donald, Peking, and intterly to General F. A. Sutton, Yukdeo. There are acveral ponies [in Shanghai that would give Bengal a good race but it remains to be seen whether we have anything in his cinas down here at present. It does not, of course, necessarily 'Icliow that a pony doing well in the North will do equally well down

here is the difference in elimata affects ponies almest as much as it does human beings Bengal's com-

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THE FIRST DAY.

1.-1 p.m.-The" Opening Capt. Once Round. Winner, 3400; 2nd, 200; 3rd, $100- and three cups to winning jockeys kindly presented by 1.RR.C Directors of I.KR.C., and Macao Electric Lighting Co., Ltd. For all China ponies. Weight per inches. Entrance 85.

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2-The Arela Preta Stakes:" Five Furlongs, ¿

Kuangshui no tickets were sold and no business transacted.

After a night's rest in Liulio, in an LUM. outstation, our com- Winner, 250; 2nd, 8100; 3rd, $30.pany, four foreigners and nine For all ponies. Weight 145 the up- Chinese, started off on a forty li's walk to Sinyangchow. The ter-'

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3.—The Governor's Cup: Onè Mile,

Artar Tamagnini de Sousa, Barbosa, recently been held by Fan-Chung- A cup kindly presented by H.Eritory through which we passed had Governor of Macao, to be won twice hsiu's men, but now hardly any in suocession by same owner or soldiers were to be seen "until we owners OT three times in all. Winner, 8350; and, 8250; 3rd, 8150. reached Sinyangcbow. The railroad Entrance. $10.

appeared to be in good order, no bridges destroyed and no rails torn up. The road was filled with peo- ple going and coming. No one ac2 costed us or tried to stop us.

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4.-The Macao Shiak Stakes: Three

Quarter of a Mile. Winner, 8300; 2nd $150 3rd, $100. For all ponies. Weight 145

ba ap. Entrance 85.

5 The Praia Grande Stakes:

Three Furlongs,

Winner, $250; 2nd, 8100; 3rd, $50. For grimas of 192 and subscrip- tion ponies or griffins of 1.R.R.C. winners of to-day barred. Catch weights. Entrance 83.

| 6.-The U-Un Stakes: Half Mlis." Winner, 300, 2nd, $150; 3rd, 2100 For all ponies that have started to-day. Winner carry 150 Ibs. Catch weights. Entrance $5.

THE SECOND DAY. 1-12.30 pm The Canton Stakes.

Three Furlongs. Winner, $250; 2nd, $100; 3rd, 850, of I.RR.C. Winners of Saturday For subscription ponies and griffies to carry 145 lbs. upward. Catch weights Entrance 83- 2.-The Mongha Stakes: Half Mila, Winner, 8250; 2nd, 100: 3rd, 850, In 1984 he won the 1 mile at the For all China ponies. Winner of

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In 1995 at the Autumn Tientsin Meeting he won the 1 mile Trial Plate, 2.01.3-6 seconds.

4 Scars Of War.

In Sinyong the soldiers were very much in evidence. Ten's, Chin's, and Wei's headquarters were there and their soldiers filled the streets. The marks of last year's warfare were everywhere in evidence. The foreign houses, the hospital and school buildings, the walls of the city, etc.,

showed innumerable bullet marka. Trees were being cut- down all around the city, for fuel.)

An undercurrent of fear was mani- fest, for what might come should the Southerners decide to make an

pressed that the peace negotiations advance north. Hope was also ex-. might prove successful. The two

Mission schools were closed, chiefly because the students were afraid to

come to the city. The hospital and evangelistic work was still going

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Bandits Active."

quiet. There are soldiers coming and going and a good number of We found Juchow comparatively

THE SILENT THEATRE.

A CREASED SOUL.

Both of the above times are & 8100 For all ponies.Weight pering the last of the 8th Division of by the Red Spears, however, and to be desired, but from beginning"

record for the Tientsin Race Course. At the Spring Meeting he won the Tientsin Champion Stakes in 1925 (1 miles) in 2.35 secs" and at the Autumn Meeting in the same year he again won this race in 2.34.2-5 sec. He is a grey pony 13-1 and his picture appears in the 1026 Tientsin Spring Mecting race

book.

-M.I. Point To Point Raca,

This race at Fanling over a five- mile course attracted a fairly big crowd. It was very interesting to spectators as they could see the whole of the coure from the hill near Mody's Bungalow. There was a field of 24 and they were sent of by Mr. Charles. It was a most interesting race with the usual number of casualties. The follow- ing were the first four men Home:

1.-Mr. Alec, Potta..

2. Captain Reidy. 3-Mr. Pym.

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Winner, $300; 2nd, 3150; 3rd, inches Placed ponies allowed o The Unplaced ponies allowed 15

Entrance 85. -The Jockey“ Cap: Five

Furlongs, Winner, $250; 2nd, 8150; 3rd, $100. A cup kindly presented by Mr. Lu Lim Ioc to the winning jockey For all ponies. Weight per inches Placed panics allowed 5 lbs. Unplaced ponice allowed 15 lbs. Previous winners to carry. 5 Ibs extra "Entrance $5.

5.-The Ladies Purse: Half Mile.

Winner; $200; 2nd, 8100; 3rd, 250, and prizes to jockeys presented by the ladies of Macao. Entrance 63. 6.—The Inaugural Sweep Stakes: One Mile.

Winner 9700; 2nd, $300; 3rd, $200, Open to all winners and placed ponies only. Starting fee $20, (Post entry). Weight per

inches

-The Visitor's Cup: Five

Furlongs. Winner, 8250, 2nd, 8150; ard, $100. For all non-winning ponies. Catch weights. Entrance $3.

8--Mafoo Race: Four Furlonga. Winner, 100; 24d, 250; 3rd, 82s For all unplaced ponies to be ridden by matoes in racing colours. Riders 15, 850; and, 825; 3rd, 310. Un placed 85. No whip and spur allow. e most wonderful performance fored, Entrance free. (Post entry),

4-Mr. Bousfeld., Master Burgess Fearon came in about sixth in this race, which was

one of his tender years.

Mr. Pym won the cup for the first member of the M.I. in and the non-members cup went to Mr. Potta, who was riding a pony which did not belong to the Mounted In- fantry. These trophies wore duly presented at the Hunters Arms amidst scenes of great enthusinam. This

was somewhat marred by the collapse of a private in the ML with very few drills to his credit, on his being informed by Mr. Mag. naraara that this race did not count as a parade,

Macao Race Meeting.

I do not know whether the Macao Race Meeting was a recognised China Race Meeting and it would be as well if members of the Hong Kong Jockey Club consulted the Stewards before taking any active part

HEALTH BULLETIN OF

EASTERN PORTS.

The Health Bulletin for Eastern ports for the week-ending January 8th, 1927, stater:--

I case

#FLAGUE.

at Colombo.

1. case at Bemarang..

1 casa at Bourabaía;)

BAL SYALL-POT

8 cases at Bombay.

214 cases at Calcutta,

1 case et Madras

Tcase at Rangoon

· 2 cases at Tuticorin:

2 cases' at Vizagapatam.

1 case at Singapore."

9 cases at Padang

3 cases at Bangkok.

- casos, at Vladivostock.

12 cases st Karachi.

them staying in the city. There seems to "be" a general movement If Victor Huge could have fare--

seca Lon Chaney's gorilla mouth- towards the west, evidently

meet the advancing Kuominchun: Outings in the hun version of the in the villages robbers in larger or Hunchback of Notre Dames he smaller bands are operating. One probably would have consigned his part of the soldiers here broke lose nuusript to the flames rather the other day and started south to than Bave so great a work treated After some inquiry it was ascer-join the robbers Some distance in this fashion. The acting and pro- tained that a military train, carry-south of the city they were attacked unction of the film leave nothing to end we have the hideous acting entirely cut down. Their comman- der also was killed. At a small of that creased spirit whom s large village south of here there is just puble misguidedly admire. There now a fight going on. The soldiers | is nothing pathetic about Lon had occupied the place formerly but | Chaney's Hunchback. His flogging, left. During their stay they had remembering the standards of the behaved outrageously. On their resge presented, is not undeserved < turn the people decided to keep for the crime in which he is an them out, offered them money and sccomplice, but to see it carried out uniforms. We finally succeeded in food, if they would stay out is about as edifying as a visit to a getting our bundles and suitcases When they insisted on being let local prison when corporal punish- arranged in such a way that therein, the people decided to defend ment has to be administered for

themselves.

Liu, Yu Chun's army to Yencheng, would leave sometime in the even ing. We were given permission to go along. With the soldiers we shared a former mailcar which was packed almost full with sacks of

crimes of like nature..

was room for us to sit down. We

The Billeting-Wuisance,

It is a great pity since the Eng- boarded the train at ten o'clock,

lish Alm censor has not the first, The greatest hardship of the peo idea of his job that the Colonial and at one o'clock we were finally ple seems to be the quartering of office; in particular, does not pro- off. There was no thought of sleep. soldiers, in the houses. Almost tect enterprising overseas cinema The train was long and heavy, so

every other house is occupied by a we made slow progress. Finally, company of soldiers. One of our to present acceptable programmes managers who are doing their best after 12 hours ride, we pulled into family, has about 25 or 30 soldiers them by the supplying syndicates

Christians, a former mandarin from having garbage thrust on Yencheng. The soldiers in our car living in his house. They have were very friendly all the way.

A fe, film tradition is growing

Light-hearted Reginald Denny is typical, so is Douglas Fairbanks and most of the big comedians. Lon Chaney is sup- posed to specialise in pathos. Charlie Chaplin can put more trus pathos into ten feet of film than Chaney has shown in his whole career. The film industry will get a nasty jolt if it hasn't the sense... to clear out morbidity and terror

when a train would be going north chairs, blankets, and everything few English productions that come In Yencheng no one had any idea taken their furniture, beds, tables, up in America as well as is the As a passenger train started south The women have to cook for the to light. to Sinyang the day before, it was soldiers first, and then for the assumed that it would return some embers of the family, if there is time during the night or next day. anything left. Their experience is We were all tired out, however, sa just one of the ordinary. we decided to avail ourselves of the hospitality of the CLM. mission

People Friendly With Foreigners. aries and rest for the night. The Mission schools are well at Rumours were rifo about Tencheng tended and no trouble reported being sold to the robbers for a The people are friendly, and no large sum, but nothing happened. agitation against the foreigner is

The next morning an empty beard of. In general it seems that of this kind. freight train was made up to go to while other places have been visited. Chengchew for cost. We found an hy robbers and wars, this district open empty coal car and took pos- has been peaceful for a time. Per- session, It was bittery cold in the haps that is because the robbers car, but the ride fasted only three have been busy in other places hours and we arrived in Hanchow. lately. -

Peaceful Countryside But Little Transport,

Here we learnt that the country west was considered comparatively safe for travel. After a day's rest Tuchos and Kiahsien to Juchow. we set cut in a cart through No soldiers were seen out in the Country

and the people were busy

FENGTIEN POLICY.

ADOPTING SOUTHERN ATTITUDE TOWARDS

TREATIES.

DOG BITES. SAVAGE CHOW KILLED BY A

PIG

Two more cases of dog bites hare occurred. M

A Chinese girl was bitten by a chow dog from No. 14, Sai Street, and a boy by a tarrier from No 44, Tung Street. Both addresses are close to Paddy's "Market. * The dogs are under observation at Kennedy Town, and the two vic tims are in the Government. Civîl

PEKING January 10th at their usual task. Very little The plan of the North to take up transportation is being carried on, a similar attitude to that adopted however Bince, the railroad ser- by the Nationalist. Government at Hospital vice has broken down the surplus Hanrow appears to be making pro Fig Küls Dog. products have to be consumed at grees, says a native news cut a puppy chow, three months home. While this is a hardship on Leaders of the Fengtien faction

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the people, it also serves to keep are declaring that the Customs old, was killed by a pig after the-prices-on-food-stuffs down. surtaxes be enforced first, and then having bitten five men in Xam Tin On the road from Kiahsien to steps taken for the restoration of Village, near Au Tau Folice Station Juchow we passed several fortified foreign concessions, abolition of ex in the New Territories, not villages. The gates were closed and traterritoriality, and. of all

As previously reported the dog. barricaded, and citizen soldiers equal treaties, in compliance with belonged to a Surveyor, The were on the walls guarding. In the aspirations of the Chinese owner and four FW.D. coolies wore some places one gate was kept open. people. Circles not inclined to bitten by this pup, who later broke Neither soldiers nor travellers are either the North or South urge the away from the house and entered admitted to these village.

necessity of putting an end to civil a neighbouring pigsty, where it was (Continued on next Columa), WETK

killed by a pig