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The bolting quotations on Aug. la were as under, but no doubt in the course of this week or early next week, Reuters will cable run- ners and betting.

Last week I dealt with three hor sus having good outside chances, namely, Rose on Soleil, Shell Triasport and Saloam; and this week it may be just as well to mention another which has come into prominence,

very unwiso un

definite new

TRAINING REPORTS.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1931.

Lawn Bowls

LEAGUE SEASON NEARING SUVATHELENDAVAL

SOME INTERPORT POINTS.

[By "GREEN"];

The unfavourable weather last

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THREE SENIOR GAMES DRAWN.

MONDAY'S RESULTS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

BOOKS and READERS

LAND OF DREAMS.

TEALAŠSAgy Mary Frances CABAMA ALONDON, Aug. 31.)) | adsM AlighTM Mäemlled.. 76, 68: The following wore the results of side of 15 Tubtitle suggest football matches, played to-day of childhood by the western waver Eva Hening anything but realisma story the English Lengua

Miss MeHugh a count of her Irish childhood "la ng rich in Facts as it is tender in omotion,

IRELAND OF LONG AGO:

playwright Tople

InTondog;

wins a

Jadam Paraday his story ala mysterious poisoner there are yarns of Prince Florizel, the in- visible lovers and “Civility Paya!!: reconcils Birs Edward Heath and his kinkman Leo, the Journalist in the Quinney episods. “It con- cerns a fountain of bronze made by. Sansovino for Migdier in the mid. chook, and for a duck dlo of the Sixteenth Century, york, And for the darling which plays sovoral double-crossing bo

turkeys it bec, beo, parts in the sale of New Hall, the *Curadle "off the Heathrafamily, in Michael, the groom, enriched their Bucks. This like all the tales, 18 knowledge too. It was from him told in Mr. Vachel's accustomed who "measured heads on thy, the entertainment at the Miss McHugh board of the man lively manner. There seemna no zou Surell the world knows that sign of the Grid should stop short you never did a wiser thing than with this instsimont. to have the head measured once in

Division I. Ja ide

laborg Shereld U

She and her sisters grew up Blackburn, front

O an eclated Big House in a peasant laddersbold Aston Villa 1 community, and she got to know Leiter

Middlesbrottle people of this testera scaboord West Hony Grimsby stories or to West Ham

Chelten

know them Stories of ghosts and hobgoblins, of madness and decay play as important a part in her experience as the queer characters and comic saying that: throng her memory, or as the fierce storms and troats and fine sunny days of that untamed coast, by now when den

Barnsley Bradford Bury Chesterfuld Millwall Poré Vale Tottenham

6 Bradford C

3 Oldham

2 Stoke

2 Bwanson

1 Plymouth

1 Leeds Un

4 Proston

ArDigialon,

TEL. (South)...)ạ

Brist Cardiff Clapton O. ch

Queen's Park

a

1 Brighton

1 Crystal P

Luton

Norwich

1 Massield

Division

III.' (Förla).

Saturday caused a distinct disap- pointment to lawn bowers as only two? were completed out of

games a total of six included in the pro comes to hand that he is running:gramme Along the postponed The St Leger, & race for three if however he does go out, as 1xture was the and remaining year olds, value over £11,000, and think he will, he has a fair out game in the senior division between over a distance of 1 mile, a fur-side chance. Pomme d'Api in a the Civil Service and Craigongow louge and 132 yardi, will be run | strong colt and seems to liko roer. Taikoo again wop against the at Doncaster, to-day week, Soptom | ing," al. said and done too, he is Kowloon Dock loam, ar 1 anticipat bera

I think the only entry to have ed, but it was a closer game than raced this distance, or rather be the last time as the visitors More rond it. I might add he has been only two shots in arrears My ex- tippba for the Cesarowitch.“

pectations of seeing the Kowloon Bowling Green Olub establish them. selves as junior champions 150 tame to pass, as they accounted Jacopo, Goyescas, Sandwich and for the Civil Service string for Rons on Boleil, all seem to be go the second time. One of the Bowl ing well in training, but one hearsing Green rinks had to admit de little of Cameranian, except that feat by five shots, but Davidson's everybody scome to be trying to rmk rose to the occasion with a beat & horse described as "As majority of 18 shots, who Drake's

shots.

The bonny a moulded young horse as team assisted with six

Halifax over looked through bridle." Cam Kowloon Bowling Orben Club thus Lincoln Inglesant, a colt by Gay Crusaderoniun ie quoted below, at 2--1 and added their name to the follow- Rotherham

Stockport er-Polite, is owned by Mr. Somer. seems to have an outstanding

the junior sec. Tranmere: ing winners in ville Tattersall, trained by Law chance.

tion:

Watcall Bon, and cost 4000 guineas as a yearling. He ran but once as a two-year-old in the Critorion Stakes at Newmarket, when ba was fourth to Alexis, Lampeto, and Pickpocket, this over six furlongs. An injury to one of his knees provented him from runing in this Benson's classics, but on July 29 last he raced at Goodwood in the Sussex Stakes over a mile, and won readily by two length. In this race he carried the same weight as the second horse Diplomat, viz Sat 8 1bs and Trinidad, a grently improved colt, carrying, dat 3 1ha, finished a further short head, away. "Actually" on this running Trini- dad should beat Inglesant in the St. Leger, however the latter is uoted at 33/1 and Trinidad at 100/1, for the reason I expect that tamile is about the latter's dis-

INGLÉSANT

POMME D'API.

Apparently, there" was a, mishap to this colt early in the month and ho was placed on the easy list. His price has to 20/1

It is considered by one good au- thority that Pomme d'Api is hard- Jy in the same class as Cameronlan, Orpen and similar of the top-raw- yers, and an investment would be

LEAGUE TENNIS.

WIN FOR UNIVERSITY.

The H.K. University beat the Radio S.C, in the "C" División on

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If there is one to beat him, the consistent Orpen seems the most likely, or the unlucky Goyescas who, does not seem to relisit the last bit of fighting.....

I hope Cameronian will win, but close thing I think it will be. with Orpen who seems a "place certainty and probably Goyescas.

For an outsider it must not be forgotten that the sire of Lord Darby's Billy Salaam won the Der- by, and her dam the St. Leger, and another with a good chance is Rose-en-Soleil.

Betting Quotation on August 18, 2/1 Cameronían. 5/1. Orpen.

1/1 Jacopo and Goyescas, 10/1 Sandwich... 18/1 Hose en Soleil, and Shell

Transport..

17/1 Link Boy..

20/1 Pomme d'Api."

25/1 Salaam and Sir Andrew. 33/1 Inglesant..

40/1 Gallini.

100/1

1024, Kowloon Dock R.C. 1995. Polica Club. 1920 Kowloon, C.C. 1027. Kowloon C.G. 1999. Club de Recreio. #1029 Taikoo Club

1030. Civil Service! 1031 Bowling Green Club.

League matches and the Aitken head Shield game will be out of the way when Shangha, send their team down for the interport con- test, in October. At the meeting of the local Association on Monday, Selection Committee was appoint-

ed to pick twelve players (with ne Cossary reservca), who will provide a separate set of four men in ench of the three tests. The under

50/1 Abbots Worthy, Concerto,

Estate Duty, Reveillon, standing was that the third game Armagnac, Convoy, Glennd would-be played in any case even mond, Knoloma, Lightning Star Pickpocket. Santilio, though it may not be necessary to St. George, Truculent, and decide the issue. There was a na- Trinidad. Birthday Book, Homer, tural desire, on the part of Club Tilson, Carmelus and Tip representatives to have their res pets/

pective grounds selected for one of the tests Kowloon Dock; Craigen- gover and the Electric R.C. put forward their claims for considera-

200/1

o Southend.

1 Northampton

New Brighton

6 Hartlepools

5 Rochdale

4 Bea-Fanny. One of Miss McHugh's earliest momuries is of the sea after storm when she was "as psual sit ting in the recess of a jagged pro- 1 | jection of rock just over water

mark Thore, watching for the "niath wave," as children do, she saw a strange sight

3

I

Crowe

2

o, Doncaster

1

2

1 Gateshead Scottish League:

And then, as I watched, it cams, parhaps indeed the ninth; a ways

while. Don't I have it done my. once or tribe or maybe thien fiuta a year "—those times I do bal".

eping terribis bha with the nerfs hall her badhche But the wise ad has only to put his hands on my head, and I'm as right as rain,

THE

GUNMAN THRILLS AND SOME DOMESTICITIES,

MAN AT THE CARLTON Edgar Wallace. Hodder terrible cure for headache, or for one who do be in bad spirita,

Stoughton, 74/EdJones. 200 Mr. Edgar Wallace has excelled or do hayo pains in the eyes, i

Probably there will be no moroa thriller; his new story bas a himself Every book he writes is records, such as this of Miss Mc doren thrills in every chapter. The Hugh's, for the material is fast aliaf criminal is a gunman, with disappearing Ireland is being an organisation and plan of cam standardised, however slowly, like paign that almost, put, Chicago in the rest of the world. Thers can the shade. Captain Timothy Jor not be so many picturesque big-" | dan, Chief of the Rhodesian C.I.D. gara now na there were in Miss) is home on a holiday when a series McHugh's day to coax food and of crimes in Scotland attracts his shelter cut of the most reluctant | attention, on account of the resem householder by the deft excitement blance in their methods to those which marked session of crimes in South Africa, that had kept him busy professionally out there. Lew Davey was the man. Jordan" recognised his hand, though he had never been able to clap eyes, or handcuffs, on him.

of vanity and pity, or many old men who swear by all the goats earby a in Burren,"

of nearly opaque" green which... This book, though a trife over seemed to tower above us, perhaps sweet in style, han flavour of its thirty feet in height. But, own that is wholly Irish. It is at strange and terrible, in this wall once. strange melancholy and

A ROUND DOZEN OF GOOD TALES,

of green, this moveless living wall, amusing.. there was hold stilly, a dark red. | - object, like a carved status of proj pitiatory sacrifice to the god; horned tast atill whole and beau tiful-with a glossy cont. For a In the Scottish League, Clyde, long while, it sooned to me, I gaz. playing on home ground, beated at it embedded there, like a fly Dundes United by four goals to one.

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.

· División Li

v.. Newenstle

in nrober.M

It was Mrs. Tully, the cook and general manager of the household, who chiefly painted the splendours of the departing Ireland for Miss McHugh's wondering eyes From her she would hear of the tines, The following mutches are due for ↑ when there was as much thrown dway in the kitchen as would feed play to-day:

the parish for a month;” and of the boy ladies sailing along for themselves, all stripped, with milk-white skins like a song.

nd floo Apnguage of Ducks. 74, - It was Mrs. Kully whợ taught the children how to speak to the duckɛ who would not come when they called them. Said Mrs. Tully generat de data loggy

How could they come to you, tho, craythurs, and you only saying chooky! Wisha, bow would they know what you'd be saying to them 1. Sure, for a chicken it's

Birmingham Derby Liverpool Portsmouth Sunderland

* ManchesterTM C. ....Bolton,.. . Everted

West Brom

Division I

Bristal C... Manchester U *

Division

Exeter Gillingham Swindon Torquay

Notts C.

Southampton

III. (Souta):

Fulham

Beading

Watford

7. Bournemouth

Division LIL (North).

Carlisle

Barrow.

Hull

Chester

r.Southport

Accrington Darlington Wigan Wraxham York

Scottish League. 4. Leith

M.C.L. SWIMMING GALA."tion, but in each case the voting Aberdeen

Dundee was confined to the proposer and seconder. Had the Vice-President Falkirk

Kilmarnock of the Association, not intervened.

Partick

WHERE TO BUY TICKETS,

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The Hon. Secretary of the Minis

Monday by 8 sets to nil at Pokfuering Children's League, Mrs. R.

5 R M. Henderson, wishes to draw the Opper-attention of members and their friends to the fact that the sale of tickets for the Gals, to be held on a September.. 8, will close on Satur

L.A. de Bitva and L. heim (University) cafe best W. Clinson and Y. T.

Mang beat W. Wu and C N. Tsang 7-day, September 5. beat C. N. Lau and W. Abban 6-2

P. Kho and E. M. Lo (Uni.

versity :-

beat W. Chanson and Y T

Mann.....

No tickets will be sold at the Gala and early application should be made to Branch Secretaries.

Navy-Mrs. Walker, 102, The

G&Peak, best W, Wu and C. N. Tiang 7-3 Army Mrs. Marsden, Paak bent C. N. Lau and W. Abbas & 3 Hotel vi

* P. L. Tan and! A. L; Thai (Uni- Peak Mrs. MU 192, The "versity) -- fora de forks and

beat. W. Chanson, and Y. T.

Pook,

Police.Mrs. Wolle, 157, The Mann ................) . 1 Penk beat W. Wu and C., N., Tang 68

Ayr Rangers v. Morton

Cowdenbeath.

to suggest the Club de Recreioan Third Janark. Celtic one of the grounds, I have PERSON'

to fear that this ground would have been left out of consideration.

With its spacious accommodation:

SETBACK.

PETROLLE AND WOLGAST

BOTH DECISIVELY BEATEN.

and terraces overlooking the bowi- BOXING HOPEFULS HAVE ing greens, the Club de Roercio, without any doubt, offers the beat facilities in the Colony for accom madating au interport crowd, and between now and the date of the great event they will be able to put one green, in a condition which will compare favourably with the best green in the Colony, claima în

Jimmy regard to which appear to be New York, Aug, 20, divided.

||MoLarnin to-night won a decision over Billy Petrolle in ten rounds According to the decision of the meeting, the first interport game of fust and interesting fighting. will be played on the Bowling McLarning once an aspirant for Green Club ground, the second at lightweight title honours, is the Taikoo, and the last at Club de welterweight, champion. Recreio,Three unofficial “gamés

McLarnin weighed 148 lb. and

have also Leon arranged, the

Shanghai v. Kowloon game to Petrolle 130. lete played on the K.C.C ground The champion's vistory, was deci- Shanghai e. Victoria as""Craigen="||| tanks gower; and Shanghai . Combined sive. Throughout the ten rounds,

beat C. N.; Lau and W. Abbas 6- C Peak Children's Club, Mrs. Hal. Secondl League at North Point on he out-boxed Petrolle. He abra-

alifax, 372, The Peak,

Penk

but

the ground of the Electric RC dening all safety frat tactics With the decision to provide three HK. UNIVERSITY & Y.M.C.A.

YMCA Prisons-Mrs. Franks, 151, The separate rinks in each of the games and punching furiously. There

en in the interport serice, there were no "knock-downs, Victoria--Mrs. Simpson, H.K. would appear to be for the first twice Petrolle slipped and in the

tlinds a / betters chance of inclusion ity, and Mrs. Mathieson, of the best players in one of the eighth road he appeared, to be on Branksomo Towers!!!

rinks. A general desire byw more | the verge of a knock-out. The first than twelve players is, of course,

. On the VIM.C.A. ground the Home tedu lost to the HK. University by

D sets to nik

5. A. Gray and G. Puncheon

-lost to Ada Bilva-and-

L'Oppenheim

Host to PL. Tan and A C lost to P. P. Kho and K.-M.

MANAGEMON 9:6

G. Ferguson and J. Wilson

Mid Levels Mrs. Shiel Peak Road.

to be expected, and the task of end, the fifth round went to Pe the Selection Committee would clle, while the third round was

Kowlopa.-Mrs. Fletcher, “Kings, therefore appear to be a delicate preh. All the other rounds were

clere," Kowloon/

Quarry Bay - Mra, Phillips, Cornhill, Quarry Bay, and Mrs. Mitchell 3, Quarry Point Quarry

·lost to Silva and Oppenheim" 8-2} loit to an und Toni an to

lost to Rio and Led

Woo

J. Price and A. White

to El

one. As far as the Bhanghai ten won by Molarnin

is concerned, Mr. Dorrance.par-

kept alive, by the Cup which he has

ticularly would receive a hearty | North Adams, Man, Aug, 20— wejonge from the loend bowlers Cris Pineda, the Byweight chame is interest in the game here 10 pios of the Philippine Telanda placed for competition between to-night won a decision over Mid- Paul's". Girisi. Collógn —Miss | Taikoo and: Kowloon Dock, which | get Wolgast ein „ten? rounds of In.

Grounded will be decided for another year foresting Welgäst?lis carris next Baturday, week," "Lastic year rodzina/analdicunt the Girly College, Dorrance was the honoured standing contender for, worlds By

quest during the competition for weight title honours/becca Pineda'a This Dupret Taikoo and

the contest will takes

Kowloon Dont, an

champion

vodlivar, Ba

By Vachell,

Captain Jordan goes to Scotland Yard from that moment he is equally occupied in trying to track down Davey and his gang and-in avoiding their attempts to put him out of action. The Carlton, his Londen headquarters, ces very little of him, although a shooting: affair in which he is the target. takes place under its distinguisbed roof,llia smsailant, in «faultless evening attire, escapes unobserved but then, as Mr. Wallace explains, the spectacle of a woll-dressed man at the Carlton was inos (un-

His pursuit of the gang and ite

AT THE SIGN OF THE "GRID.

Hornoe Anesley Ward, Look. 7. 8d. net. The Gridiron is a small cub where every member bad achieved some mosaure of success, and thoroughly understood (before clec. tion) that his fame, whatever it might be, was to be left outads. There are vast possibilities in, the || usua}," way of tales to hp told by and of such a membership, and here Mr.guuman leader keeps him, on the Vachell provides a round dozen to rond most of the time; and when go on with. He warms to his his vacation ends; he must have work his yarns improve as he been fairly glad to return to the proceeds, and the last is the best, comparative tranquillity of his and has the incidental advantage official C.1.D. dutica. It all makes of introducing an old friend, capital reading, of the genuine Quinney, ne dek kajal Wallace, brand, vintage f quality! The Brat relates how Laxton All the women have mysterious proved himself "clubable" (getting histories that add to their attraca himself "featured" in the picture itions, and "The Man at the Cirl- Press at the same time) with the treacherous gid of a catburglar The conversion of Henry Kurran, the lecherous author of "The Sty,"

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