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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH—THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8TH, 1881.
cation to five o'clock, and we shall not only run the China Mail hard to keep pace with us; but we shall reduce the Daily Press, so far as local news of interest is concerned, to the level of a mere reprint from the evening papers.
Whon he condomas the
As we go to pross we learn that a telegram has been received from Abor- dean Dooks to the effect that Captain Harvey of the steamship Cleveland has shot himself. No farther particulars have come to baud..
We thank "Sportsman" for his kindly suggestion, which, however, hai already recuivel our attention, One of the new features of the Hong- kong Directory will be a table of win- nors of great races in Hongkong and Shanghai, with times, and other par before publishel in any similar work. The price of the volume will be only Two Dollars.
ticulars relating to gonoral sport never
TRAINING NOTES.
Notwithstan.ling the wretched wea. thor, there has boon a good deal of proliminary work got through by the subscription griffins during the past
a
for measure. Our opposition to the smooths down his criticisms on public
Hockey's chesnut and Mr. Gordon's matters he is at once accused of being
small grey raced down the straight, morning print has probably not been
evidently of much moment, excepting in open-bribed. If he calls things by their
the latter, who has ing the eyes of the present lessce to proper names, he is unfitted for his
benefited by being huoked on the the fact that the Daily Press does position; if he does use terse, un-
roads, winning hands down. Spectro
AND
and Phantom, after a bout of“ trot- not necessarily possess a monopoly of mistakeable English in his articles
ting, cantora up to the Black Rock Manafantarers of the following
the good things in the Far East. To he is low and ill-bred. Unless he
from the three-quarter mile post, the AERATED WATERS, víz:
the China Mail our existence has supplies his readers with plenty
favourite going in fine form. A whole SODA, TONIC, SARSAPARILLA,
proved an undoubted boon, as that witticisms he is set down as stupid;
string of Mr. Granmont's galloped the '' AND POTASH, LEMONADE,
enterprising paper has made it a re- if he does go in for buffoonery, he
same distance, the big bay, belonging GINGERADE, RASPBERRYADE,gular practice to take from our lacks stability and is not to be
to a well known Macao sportsman, making a favourable impression. The AND PHOSPHORIC CHAMPAGNE. columns, without acknowledgment, trusted.
most of the noteworthy items which wrong he is a good kind of man but
East Point griffins wore galloped so- Deliveries in Town and Harbour from have figured in the evening journal. greatly wanting in discretion; but
Penitenth water and southaven old since the middle of last June. How if he permits wrongs and grievances
trotting exercise, both looking fresh ponies Strathpeffer and
did ever that game is nearly played out. to pass unnoticed he is a truckler
and woll. On Wednesday morning In a few weeks more we shall be in a and a coward. If he exposes or con-
some good work was got through. position to meet our adversaries on demns the acts of a public man he
Mr. MacOniodds was first in the field, something like equal terms. Early does it out of pure spite; if he
and the griffins standing in the names in January we shall have a paper at applauds the policy of the Govern-
of that gentleman and Mr. C. H. our command equal to any journal ment he is the tool of a clique and
Hutchings-a brown with four white in China. At the request of a nu is hunting after the "loaves and
legs and a dark grey-were sent twice merous body of subscribers we have fishos." It his comments are in-
over the usual quarter mile course, arranged to alter our hour of publi-clined to be personal, he is an unweek. Owners, naturally enough anxi- there being little difference between mitigated blackguard; if they are ous to find out what their ponies the pair at the finish. Bohemian and not, his paper is dull and insipid, oro made of, have lost un time in white griffin from Shanghai galloped giving them the usual sharp burst about half a mile in fine style. Mr. and he is a crawler. We do not pre-own the straight, unl as truthful Kerfoot's dun griffin easily disposed of tend to possess qualifications to please chroniclers, wo mast frankly own that everybody; and we really could not the result has only in a very few iu. Spectre in a pow," and looks a pro- accomplish the task however hard we stances provod satisfactory. The weed- honours if he only keeps sound mising candidate for German Cup tried. We think our readers willing out of useless ones promises to be and goes the right way. Lochiel now readily admit that running a wax- even inore extensive than in previous and Mr. Barrotto's dark grey can. work is child's play compared with years; however, for the sake of sport, tered twice, the former being grea- oditing a newspaper to the satisfaction it is porhaps, better to havo general of the public. We trust our corres-mediocrity than one or two flyors of tly admired. Souter Johnny, in the same stable, also cantered, but failed pondent is satisfied. When he with the first water. The best mover of to please the cognoscenti. Lord of draws his subscription to the Tele the whole mob we have yet seen on of the Isles and Dauntless did healthy the course is His Excellency, a very exercise, the latter getting away with graph we shall send him just one more copy to show that we still exist. showy looking brown, belonging to Sin-qui on the far side of the course, that keen sportsman, Mr. Henry. but only for a short distance. Mr. Although slightly on the small side, Hockey's pair of griffins were both style, and looks overy inch a racer. straight, the chosnut proving the bettor this pony moves along in exceptional spun out in a hard race down the It will be understood that at presont of the pair; and on a repetition of the our opinions as to the future prospects trial the same result was conclusively of the various ponies are simply based demonstrated. Mr. Henry's grey can. on style of going and general appear- tored once round, and came in slightly ance. By and bye when the animals lame. The morning's proceedings were are sent along at three parts spood in brought to a close by a griffin belong. company, we shall be able to speaking to Mr. Kennedy, of the Horse Re- more authoritatively. We mention pository, being sent half a mile, which this to avoid unintentionally misleading distance was covered in about 73 secs. our sporting readers, as it is just on the cards that His Excellency, or any other of the showy ones, may be able to gallop fast for a quarter, of a mile Owners should and then stop doad. always remember that although a pony may not be able at first to exhibit great speed, or correct galloping for, he need not necessarily be useless. Race-horses run well in all shapes, and with all kinds of action, and as training
The steamer Pakhai, about one p.m. ungainly animal into a racer of bigh of the ith instant, the first of the ebb class, owners of griffins which at pro- tide, slipped off the bank where she sunt appear anpromising shoul: tako has been lying ever since she was encouragement and persevere right up towed and beached, and is now in deep to the day of closing the entries. The past history of our subscription grif water with the funnel just visible at low water. She may be mised, but fin racing is all in favour of persevor- ance in training and taking pot lack at she is considered a total wreck. A notice at onormous expense. For the present the finish. When Martingale won the of, and Heather Bell, with all his size rities that the channel east of Brown's sequence of the sauken vessel's position, logs were tiod, but yet he won, Bayan and that two white lights will be ex- was another mean looking specimen hibited on the Pakol's masts from son. who gained a winning bracket, and
set to sunrise to mark her position. a three-cornered animal known by the The cause of the Phot's slipping off name of Roon, who looked worth A concert, the programme of which we published the other day, was given about ten dollars at the utmost, actu- the beach was a very high tide which to be the best medium for news at the. Temperance Hall last night, ally ran Cunshaw to a short head, and raised the vessel and snapped the
We
Shareholders of the Canton Insur-
be hold at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
We learn from the Agents of the Glen line (Messrs. Jardino Matheson & Co.) that the steamship Glenartney left singapore yesterday at daylight for this port.
These remarks have been elicited by a letter we have received from a HONGKONG, 8TH DECEMBER, 1881. correspondent--a well meaning man doubtless-who advises us to follow Ir is the common fate of all pub- the example of our contemporaries lic men to create enemies and de- with regard to Governor Hennessy's tractors, and no one is more unfor policy, and to give up our habit of tunate in this respect than the con calling a spade by its proper name. ductor of a public newspaper. Al-Our energy and perseverance are though it is universally admitted that praised in the most laudatory terms; an honest representative of public our honesty of purpose is franklyance Company are reminded that the opinion must altogether ignore in admitted; but we give offence by Extraordinary General Meeting will dividual in favor of general inter- being too personal, and too uncom- ests, this fact is conveniently ignored promising in our general criticisms. by those whose susceptibilities may It may be so; our correspondent's happen to be rather roughly hand- indictment may possibly be a perfect- led by the publication of naked truth.ly just one. Probably had As our worthy friend, the editor of adopted the "truckling" system, at the Shanghai Mercury, puts it, edit- which both our contemporaries are ing a newspaper is hardly so pleas- such, talented experts, we would at A very ably written and interesting ant an undertaking as "running" a the present moment have been one article on "Sir Walter Ralegh in Iro- wax-work. Since we first gave the of the pillars of the party to which an 1," from the facile pen of Sir John Hongkong Telegraph to the world, our correspondent ostensibly belongs. Pops Hennessy KC.M.G., Governor our policy has invariably been based But as we have taken a thoroughly of Hongkong, appears in the Novom on the principle that the public in independent position, and been aber number of the Nineteenth Century, terest demanded our first considera-true servant of the public in standing tion, and remembering the well-up for public interests against all known fable of the old man and his ass-we have consistently stuck to our early text. We can claim to have fearlessly spoken out on every up with the vain delusion that they ding to the annous, will be initiation, frequently transforms, the awkwari yesterday and has not returned yet.' occasion where abuses of any des- form the bone and sinew of the com- and election of W. M. Treasurer and cription affecting the community at munity, have come to regard us as a Tylor for the ensuing year. Visiting large came under our observation, regular journalistic Ishmael, a lite-brothron will, as usual, be made oor- without fear, prejudice, or favor, and rary pariah, whose unorthodox pro-dially welcome. we will continue to do so to the end.ceedings are greatly to be deplored. As is well known, our course so far, We have no objections that it should has not all been plain sailing, nor be so; but we would wish it to be did we ever expect that it would be,understood that we have never soli- although we certainly never looked cited, nor do we desire the patronage hatchway into the hold of that vessel, Valley Stakes he was thought little has been issued by the Customs autho-
for the class of opposition which was ultimately developed against the existence of a journal, which, had it been treated less scurvily, would probably never have directly. op- posed already existing interests. It must be fresh in the memories of our readers how courteously we were welcomed by our remarkably en-
The regular monthly meeting of comers, irrespective of rank and posi-Unite 1 Service Logo No. 13ttwil be tion, the sanctimonious humbugs held Freemon's Hill, Zotland and hypocrites who puff themselves Strost, this evening at 8 o'clock pre- cisely. The principal business, accor.
The adjourned inquiry into the death of Charles Gutz, carpenter on, barl his death through falling down an open the American ship Valiant, who mot
AMOY.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
AMOX, 6th December. News reached this yesterday (5th
inst.) that the German bark Pallas, from the North, is on the rooks close
to Dodd Island. The German corvette Hertha left for the scene of the `wrack
or support of any particular party was resumed yesterday before the or sect. Those who do not agree Coroner and a jary. After hearing and fine appearance, galloped as if his Rock is now but one cable wide in con- with our politics and our principles the ovidence of Mr. Brawer, Govora need not subscribe to our paper. ment Marine Surveyor, and Captain Our claims to public support are Daly of the Valiant, a verdict of acci- easily stated. The Hongkong Tele- dental death was raturoed. graph has already been generally admitted-even by our opponents
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of
lightened, and exceedingly polite contemporaries. The Daily Press, the sheet, and the many well under- not contented with ignoring our stood difficulties we have had to face existence, ridiculed the undertak-in having the paper printed by con- ing as an absurdity which would tract, it may be guessed what can fall to pieces in a fortnight. The be done with greatly increased China Mail, not to be outdone, took appliances and improved facilities. umbrage because we were honest We claim to be independent and im- enough to decline to follow their lead partial. We frankly own our many
and there was of course a large and highly appreciativo audience. We did not attend. The person who has the management of these affairs did not have the politeness to sond us an in- vitation; and yet we have personally done some service to the institution during the past five years. A friend
The Scotchmon of this port gave a chains with which she was Tam Otand ball on the night of the 30th ult, in honour of their patron saint., The band of the German corvette Her the was in attendance, and dancing con. tinued till two am, of the 1st instant.
if Von Goaner could have finished as
"Wild Harry." well as Shanter was a game, resolute little customer, but he certainly had not the appearance of a racor, and his colleague in success, Vagabond, was pronounced by the venerable and ex- perienced " Bonos" before last year's
races to be only fit for sausages.. In
in vilifying H.E. the Governor, and imperfections, and when we do any Excellency, opened the proceedings the face of these facts, owners of aub
misrepresenting his policy, and person an involuntary wrong we are calmly and deliberately accused us not too proud to confess our errors. of being, in plain words, bribed to Editorially we have not the remotest become an unscrupulous organ of intention of even endeavoring to per- the present Government. Through form the impossible task of pleasing our evening contemporary's so-called everybody. What is called public friendliness we became involved in opinion, or at least the various an expensive libel suit, and were sections of society which constitute the general public, who seldom make the cox populi, are the same in most a mistake in these matters, say most material points throughout the civi- scandalously and most unjustly-lised globe. The diversity of views mulcted in heavy damages and costs.. held say by the various branches of It may be true that these are only the Hongkong community-towards trifling matters, and we are quite Editors of newspapers are decidedly willing to regard them as such, amusing. For instance if an editor leaving the community to judge for omits any item of nows he is said to themselves whether we have, or have be lazy and lacks energy; if he speaks got been justified in most rigidly of disagreeable things which actually paying our opponents back measure take place he gives offence. If he
who was present informs us that His with a few very appropriate and sen-
sible remarks.
Recont rains have transformed that portion of the race-course allotted to training purposes into a regular quag. mine. The well known subscription griffin, Lochiel, had a very narrow escape this morning: When trotting round the track ho placed his off fore leg over the fetlook into a drain which is built across the course, the turf cover. ing of which had given way owing to the wet weather. Fortunately the ma foo had the pony well in hand, so that although he nearly came down, he managed very cleverly to extricato his foot from its perilous. position and es- capod unhurt. The large roller is badly wanted on the course at present.
scription griffins will be wise to keep their ponies in training notwithstand ing the poor show they day at present make on the running track. His Ex- cellency, Phantom, Cromwell, Lochiel, Mr. Kerfoot's dun, and Mr. Jediar's chesnut may be all as, good as report says they are; and on the other band they, muy eventually turn out rank impostors.
THE MISSING STEAMER “CHARLTON,”
The following persons formed the crew of the steamer Charlton when she left Syduey on the 25th September for Hongkong, via Newcastle-William Baker, mate; Geo. Henry Hedgely, 2nd mate; G. Scoones, steward; Peter Swaington, engineer; George W. Carr, 2nd engineer George Sutton, 3rd engineer; Geo. H. Potter, A.B.; and 21 Chinamen. In addition to these there were 19 Chinese passangers. The Charlton was built by Backhouse and Dixon, of Middlesborough in Sep. tomber, 1869, and he is owned by Mr.
R. M. Hudson of Sunderland. She was chartered by Mesara. Geo. R. Stovous and Co., of this city and Hong-
Mr. Paul's black and Mr. Theo's white "powed" twice on Tuesday morning about two furlongs, and both moved in fairly good style, our pre- ference being for the black. A mean looking dun and a grey in the same. interest galloped down the straight, kong. The missing steamer is of 786 but the exhibition was rather a dismal-tons register, and was commanded by one, and both animals returned to the Captain Androw Erskive--Sydney Te- paddock in very gingerly fashion, Mr. lograph.
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