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LEAVE TO APPEAL. GREYHOUND

DECISION IN FAVOUR OF APPLICANT.

Sitting in Full Court yesterday.. the Chief Justice (Siry Josph Kamp and the Puisse Judge (Mr. Justice Lindsell)"gave their decision in a recint application for leave to. appen! against a judgment in the Summary Court:

Originally, the Ip: Tuen Tsit Shing frm. 147. Pai Ho Street, Shanshuipo, sued the Wong Kn Ke Firm 11, Yu Chan Street, Shunshuipo, for so, fur goods sold and delivered, and materials jsupplival,

RACING'S SWIFT

POPULARITY.

HOW IT SPREAD IN ENGLAND.

BRIGHT PROSPECTS AT MAÇÃO.

"In the autumn of 1925 a man at a meeting of the Sussex County Coursing Club mentioned the words. Greyhound Racing. That man was Major L. Lyne Dixon, who is th day the Director of the Greyhound Racing Association, Those words than conveyed nothing and impress. The abdon was heard by Mr. "ed nothing, and little did the henr Judice Lindsell who gave judgers realise that fer övery one pre- tent for plaintiff with costs, and sont and interested in the coursing the appen is against that judg mouth

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Leave as "granted for the notice of motion to be amended to allow the hearing at a later date, on the terms that the costs of and incident 14, the hearing of the objection, should be the respondently in any

event.

that day ten thousand would be in- terested in Greyhound Racing win in two years. Major Dixon spoke in the wilderness. He was popu lar and respected Syure in. tho coursing world, and so people lis tened but they did not hear. Later. The Judges hold that the appelrumour said that a track might be Jans did not give the respondents reasonable notice, but they were not prepared to digniss the motion ous of hand. They thought.the case was one in which the respondents had met tween prejudiced by the irregu larity to an extent, which amend ment could not cure

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Mr. B. C. H. Lim, instructed by Mr. P. H. Sin was for appellant defondant, while Mr. Lo D'Al raada, junior, instructed by Mr. M.! A da Silva, was for respondet -plaintiff.

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opened in England, and when this was confirmed just a little interest

wure was aroused and opinions ventured. Every opinion agrood, The Racing Greyhounds behind, an artificial hare would be a joke-sim ply too ridiculous. Aud, the dogs, they would certainly not run after such a silly hare twice. Moantime, Major Dixon DOVOZ cussed to, explain, but his copansi-i as must have been tosted so the hit. A few degs were sold, as the owners put it, for this, track" stunt, which when the Coursing season finished, completely vanished frou the minds of ninety nine out of every hundred of those interested: iu greyhounds.

Tie Sport Spreads |

The next chapter of the introdue tion of Greyhound Racing opens at Manchester with the building of the Belle Vus Track. Sume thre thousand people, turned up on the opening night. Those three thous- and went away and carried with them the word that this new novelty was worth seeing. They brought others, and after the first week, the figures commenced to creep up, until, at the end of the season ten shousand spectatory WAA a thin crowd; and on popular nights, in favourable weather, every inch of the space 428 packed, and thousands were turned away could not get in. All this convinced the Greyhound Racing Association that they could go forward with ccnfidence to launch an ambitious programme which, commencing with the White City Track in Lon don, will eventually carry Grey- bound Racing into all the 'chzel centres of population in the Coun try. The Edinburgh trick of the G.R.A. opened in August was. fol. lowed by tracks at Birmingham, Leeda, and Harringay. Others are at Southend, Liverpool, Blackpool and Glasgow.

"People Like It."

who

The G.R.A finally ended up with a Greyhound Course at Wem-1 bley Stadium, and the Directors. with reference to recent suggestion, that dog racing will soon die out; state there is no evidence of any decline in the interest taken in this sport. Well ordered racing they consider has come to stay. The orderlinosa st. tine încetings has been remarkable. The full significance of Greyhound Racing as a. sport oven yet bas hardly been realised.; There is one short summing up f the whole situation which can be put into three words, from which averybody can make their own de ductions. Those three' words are "People Like It.". Heaps of reasons, including, of course, the gambling, could be given to explain why, but that is not the point. The point is that they like Greyhound Racing, The cold facts of the ever advancing figures of the attendan- ces at the Tracks all over the world len vos no Joophole for doubt even to the most sceptical,

In Macao..

The Macao Greyhound Racing Club have now engaged to venture in the sport on a big seald ng is | already indicated, and they, DO I doubt, will meet with the sucecea Egained in other parts of the world, They have engaged an experiencea [staff and the track and building, such as the stands, control tower, brakéhouse Sectori are nearing | completion: The kennels which has accomodation for 300 Greg- hounds were ready some,two, menths ago. Boon you will hear the whir of the electric kare speeding around' the track with the dogs, in (full pursuit. Training has already started and soon the dogs will be ready, for trial runs with the elec tric hare.

The data for these trials will be announced publicly so watch care fully for the announcement when one and all will be welcomed to attend and view, what will be the first performance of this highly ex- citing sport in this part of South Chink,

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