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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1937.

PROGRAMME FOR DERBY SPECIAL MEDALS "Laneford Trophy MANDARINS OF HANKOW PAPER HUNT

DAY ARRANGED

Schedule Provides For

Twelve Races

GARRISON CUP TO BE DECIDED

Monday, February 22, 1937, will þe a red-letter day in the local racing year for it is on that day that the Hong Kong Derby, over a distance of one-and-a-half-miles, will be run at the Race Course. It is, of course, much too early to make any forecasts. For one thing the entries have not yet been received while an- other factor that renders such premature prophesy impossible is that anything might happan between now and that all-impor tant day.

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As with the case in the First Day of the Annual Race-Meet- ing, the programme for Derby Day consists of twelve events, the first race. being timed to start at 11.30 am. ànd a perusal of the draft programme, given below, will give the indication that a tho roughly enjoyable day's sport in promised.

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SECOND DAY

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22 1.-11.30a.m.-The Tower Stakes. -Winner $800. Second $250. Third 5130. For China Ponies, Subscrip- tlun Griffins of this Club of this Meeting. Weight for inches as per En- scale. Jockey Allowance. Lance $10. From the Two Mile Pust. Once Round and It (About

FOR BISLEY

Prizes In Imperial Contests

CORONATION SHOOT

The following are the starting times for the "Laneford Trophy", which is to be, he'd at the Kowloon Golf Club on Sunday ----

9,00 G. Milne, and H. G. Judd 8.04 J. F. Smedley and W. M

9.08 W. Taylor and W. J. Woolley 9.12: A Caims and A. Eastman 9.164. Dennis and . R Leitch be struck for the National Rifle 320 E. Booker and J. Mckelle

Special Coronation medals are to

Association for

the CoronationTM

Bisley and will be presented as prizes in Imperial and other con- tests. It has been decided to award one to the captain and each member of the successful team in the Rajah of Kelapore the "Morning Post" (Junior Kolapore) Imperial Match, and the "acen- non" and "Barnett" contest.

There will also be medals for the competition which is to com memorate the Coronation. That event will be shot for concurrently with the "King's" (first stage), and some of the individual competi- tions. In the individual events competitors may only take one of the medals.

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Melbourne 7.-3.30 p.m.-The Cup-Winner $750, Second $250. Third $180. For Australian Ponies

"The Coronation competition, to of any Season. Weight 140 lb. Winners at any time of one race; shot concurrently with the 5 lb. of two races. 10 lb; of three Royal prize (first stage), will be in or more races, 14 lb. penalty. En four classes as provided in some former One and a Quarter of the competitions in trance 310. Miles.

years. There is; however, an addi- 8.-4.00 p.m.-The Hong Kong tional class for the Junior Division, Derby. A Sweepstakes of $20 exch, Officers Training Corps. Members of the O.T.C. who enter for that $50 additional or Starters with $3,000 added. For China "Ponies, special prize will be given a free -12.00 noon.-The Perth Plate. bone fde" Griffins of this Meet-entry for the "King's." The first --First Section--Winner $600. Ing. Winner to receive 70 per prize in each class will be £10, to- Second $250. Third $159. For Aus- cent., Second 20 per cent, Third gether with a Coronation silver tralian Pontes," Grimni of this I per cent., of the total amount. medal. Meeting. Weight for inches as per Weight for inches as per scale. dale. Winners 10 lb. penalty. Joc-Ponles to be ridden by Jockeys who kay Allowance. Entrance $10 One have won at least 10 Official fat Mite.

races anywhere or Jockeys, ap- proved by the Stewarda. One and

Half Miles,

One Mile 171 Yards)

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It is officially announced that there is no change in the weapons authorised to be used except for bona-fide. Australians resident in the Commonwealth, who are to be allowed to use the 8MLE design to the Common- for wealth Forces by the Austrailan

Government.

As the .38 revolver is not yet a general issue except to the Regular Army, the 455 revolver may be used.

The Grand Aggregate will be divided next year into two series

be

restricted to the. "M" (Medium) Class competitors who will eligible to enter for the "open" class.

Note:-One entry only will be made for Races 2 and 12. In- tending Starters must be de-.-4.30 p.m.-The Chater Cup-rific as issued clared in writing to the Secret- Presented: with $750 added ary, at his office, the Race Winner. Second $250. Third $150. Course, before 6.15 p.m. on Sa- For China Ponies, that have start turday, 20th February. 1937. ed in at least five Extra Meetings The Stewards will determine of this Club during 1936. two or by lot in which section poules three of such Meetings previous will start.

to 1st July, 1936, and two or three The above notification does subsequent to that date. Ponles 'not relleve Owners of the res-classided "A" Class as at 31st-Dean "Open" and a "Junior Grand," Fonsibility of declaring their cember, 1936, barred. Weight 145 pories as starters in the usual,b. Winners, during 1936 of one manner. on the day of the race. 6 lb.; of two races, 7.lb.; of three or more races, 10 lb.: penalty, Subscription Grigins of this Club The Imperial Meeting of the Na- 3.-12.30

p.1. The Curragh allowed 5 lb.

Jockey Allowance. tional Rifle Association will begin Handicap. Vinner $600. Second

Allowances accumulative. En- on July 5 and close on July 17. The $250. Third $160. For China Pon-trance $10. One and a Quarter National Stfall-bore meeting will les classified C Class as at lat Miles.

be held at Bisley from Júly 5 to 10. December. 1830. Jockey Allow-

10.-5.00 p.m.-The Challenge The Army Rifle Association Cham- ance Entrance $10. One Mile,

Cup--Value One Hundred Guineas,pionship meeting and the Cham- -4.-1.00 p.m.-The Victoria

For China Fonics. Weight for pionship meetings of the Royal Stakes.-Winner $1,000. Second

inches as per scale. To be won two Navy and Royal Marines will be $109. Third $200. For China Pon-

years consecutively by a Pony or held from June 28 to July 3 The In Weight for inches as per Ponies the bone fide" property Territorial Army Meeting is again

ale: Entrance $10 One Mile,

of the same owner or owners, Win- fixed for the Arst week of the 5.1.30 pm The Garrison Cup. ner to receive $600 and 70 per N.R.A. (Imperial) meeting. -Presented by the Officers of the cent. Second $250 and 20 per Garrison with $500 added tor cent.. Third $150 and 10 per cent.,

race.

Winner. Second $250. Third $150. of the Entrance Fecs until the SWIMMING BATH

For China Ponies. Subscription Cup is finally won, when the dec- Grims of this Club of any Sea-ond Pony will receive: 75 per cent. 601. Weight for luches as per and the Third Pony 25 per cent of scale. Subscription Griffins of the Entrance Fees in addition to this Meeting allowed 3 lb. Winners the place money, Entrance $10. anywhere during 1935, of one race. One and Three Quarter Miles.

1 lb of two races, 5 lb of three or more races. 7 lb: at this Meet

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FOR BOYS

ON TRAINING SHIP WARSPITE

Fresh Water From Shore

11-5.30 p.The "Black Rock" Stakes,Winner 180: Second $250, Inz. 3 lb. penalty. Subscription Thira 1605 For: China. “Poftës, Griffins of previous Seasons, that bond de Grimns of this Meet- have not won at least two races at ing. Weight for inches na" pèr race meetings of this Club, bar-scale. Subscription Griffins of thik red, Jockey Allowance." Penalties Club of this Meeting allowed 10 lb. "and Allowances accumulative. En Winners · 10. penalty: Jockey

trance $10. One Mile

Allowance. Allowances accumula-.

One~ "Mila. 6.-3.00 p.m. The Mongolian tive. Entrance $10. Stakes-Winner $600. Second $250, 12-8.00 pm The Perth Plate. Third $150. For China Ponies,Second Bection)--Winner 3803. | board the training ship Warspite Subscription Griffins of this Club Second $250 Third $150. For by the Eari of Romnes, President or this Meeting. Weight for inches Australian Pontes, Grimns of this of the Marine Society, off✅Grays, as per scale. Winner of the Valley Meeting. Weight for: Inches as per Essex. Stakes 7 lb. penalty. Jockey Al scale. Winners 10 b. penalty. lowance. Entrance $10. Seven | Jockey Allowarice. Entrancej: $10. Furlongs.

One Mile addition

KIRKHEATON CLUB'S NEW PAVILION

Herbert Hirst And Wilfrid Rhodes Honoured

A new swimming bath, 35 feet square, with a total capacity of 324,000 gations, was opened on

The bath, the third to be built

in the 180 years history of the Bociety, is supplied with fresh water from the shore, la artifi cially heated;"and" is provided with a purifying and sterilising plant capable) of 'dealing: "with. the whole of the water every six bots.

9.24 D. Gausden and T. Hen-

derson

9.28 HH Mundy and C. a.

9.32 B Christensen and E H

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9.36 WC. Simpson and H. C. 1 Borner

9.40 8. Jex and W. Kershaw

"RUGGER"

Non-Biased Rulers

Of Game

Actually, when

The ruler of Rugby football in Britain, have long prided thouplves on the purity of their attitude towards the game.

comes to ploking sides for the internationals, they desoend from their loftiness and we bark on less etherial methods a cal

The composition of England'ą two International trial"

trial teams this year raises an old grievance In parti onlarly acute form.

In the first trial, apart from two Sonth Africans on Australian Seat

9.44 A. A. Lopes and F. C. Barry Dool was included in the

9.48 T. D. Paton and B. MacNider 9.52 E. O. Murphy. W. Stoker and

TENNIS IN THE SCHOOLS

GRANT FROM THE L.T.A.?

A circular letter. extracts from which are given below, was recently sent to the Headmasters of all the leading Public Schools.

"It is hoped, during the next tew months, to found an associą – tion to further lawn tennts in the -public schools. This body will be organized by representatives of the schools, and will approach the Lawn Tennis Association for re- It is cognition and affliation; hoped that the Council of the L.T.A. will see its way to give a grant to the special financial

SOME DIFFICULTIES Members of the society and guests, including Mr. Frederick Mead; Chairman of the Cond mittee, and Rear Admiral Sir Edward F. Inglefield, heard. Liet- tenant-Colonel D. E Restler, who was responsible for the design and installation of the bath, tell of the difficulties which had to be overcame. The bath, he rald. Few villages have given more to of the game, and Hirst is the only was built in the space farmerty English cricket than Kirkheaton man to have scored 2,000 runs and occupied by the forward boiler. Dear Huddersfield, where George taken 200 wickets in a season-he roomBefore it could be made, Herbert Hit and withd Rhodes made 2.985 runs and took 208 openings in the armoured deck both learnt the game.

wickets in 1806. In each of four- had to be cut out, and great care The Kirkheaton Cricket and teen years, between 1896 and 1913. was necessary when the bulkheads Bowling Clube of which they and he scored more than 1,000 runs and stanchions were "remores, Bow president and vice-president and took over 100 wickets, while that Lie deck was not left un respectively, is to bulka new club bousa in their honours anxit is. Rhodes accomplished this feat. in supported fete that many who have seen them each of the sixteen years between play for. Yorkshire of England tray 1993 and 1926 desire to contribute to MARTIN

*** GREAT ALL-ROUNDER'S

The Earl of Romney stated that 50,000 was still needed to pay for the bath

there A souvenir volume, with short edded, a greater demand for War- biographies of Hirst and Rhodra bore than could

trained fre God of the and histories of the club and will though 70.300 had

by the Society. all-rounders in he history age. is being prepared

In the teams announced the strange name of a MacDonald, born of a Canadian Scottish father and an Edinburgh

mother..

ENGLISH SCOTS WHA HAT

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The height of absurdity in interna tional selections was reached in 1925 When Scotland best England for the first time since the war at Murrayfield. After the match the victations Beota wanted to celebrate in Gaelio. They found two Gaelic singers in Duncan Cameron Camming and Roderick Mackanan, the lat

the latter born in

Stirling Castle.

Both were members of the English aide. One might have thought that this exposure would have brought back the Simon pares of Kugger to a more Atting parity. Obviously, it has

not.

schools to promote coaching.

SCHOOL MATCHES » "Facilities for playing lawn ten- nis are now provided at a large number of public schools In some cases school matches have already teen Inaugurated. There is, now ever, a scarcity of suitable tuition, and it is the endeavour of this as soclation to satisfy that want

"Advantages of membership will include substantial reductions in

CLUB XMAS MEET

Perfect Conditions For Big Field

The most for the Hankow Christmas Hunt was held, in pog feet weufher, just "aqat the free fort beyped Griffths College, on the Chẳng Kung Dyke An excellent had turned cut there being 22 restored jdarn, and ten pë`n doson: follow- e. The country was in very sood condition, though the going was, if anything, a little on the the heavy side after the recent exin and snow."

The hunt, which was laid by the Master, started on the. Inner side of the drks and followed the gozeral wide- Jedi-handed mmi-stroja, which eventually feld, after two checks back to the drks which before kha: zitn-in, the finish being about a mile furth

• the farther side alone.

The dyke thus formed an ex cellent vantage point, from which the numerous spectators had a good view of the greater part of the hunt

.

The start, which, following tradition

and Christmas”, tiffn parties, was not altogether punc tval took place in an atmosphere of the usual Christmas joy, soun to be chequered by the customary Christmas grief, among the fallen being Fitman, Egan, Miss Roots and Dean. Most of these however, were soon remount- ed and continued with ardour un Ciminished, but more than one

Garrard,

the price of sports equipment of all kinda trom reputable firms, Connection will also be established with the Public Schools Old Boys! LA, which is at present in a very flourishing condition, and with the large variety of jai tennis tournaments beld durin holiday sERSOTIN

"CLIPPER is my

lost their ponies (no names, no packdrill and, like the prover bal plough man had homeward to plod their weary way, one pony at least taking advantage of the opportunity to spend a night out.

LEADERS ASTRAY

Mr. Most going very strong and followed by Garrard, Allen and Grossett, led the field for the greater part of the course, as faz as the dyke, where unfortunately paper had been lifted by the country" people, and the leademn went somewhat astray before crossing, thus giving an oppor- tunity for others to pick up on' the run-in the card finally read-

1. A. E, F-Froulkes on “Marco” ing as follows:----

2 F. Allen on “Lucky Boy": 3. A. & Newcomb on “Jubilee" 4. J. Borland 'on "Jasper'

(Heavy-weight Winner)

5. G. C. Grossetton - "Tom

Thumb

6. Mrs Moss on Helluukiang”

cigarette...the brand that's really mild and smooth...and they're fresh from England"

PLAYER'S

CLIPPER

PLAIN AND CORK-TIPPED

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