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THE EAST BORNEO PLANTING COMPANY, LIMITED.

A meeting of shareholders in the above Com- pany was held at Mears. Gibb, Livingston & Co's offices at noon on the aoth inst, There were present Mr. B. Layton (Chairman); Messrs W. H. Ray, W. Judd, S. L. Darby, C. A Ozorio and C. F. Harton, Secretary. The resolutions passed at the meeting held on the 8th instant were read and confirmed, thereby authorizing the Directors to borrow the sum of $50,000 by the creation of Debentures bear- ing interest at $12 per cent, per manum,” HONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION

The 9th competition. for the Kweon Kwan Yeen Challenge Cups terminated on Saturday last. The four best scores are appended :--

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Yarda,

Mr. E L Wondin.....

(Mach difte).............

ist Stage

and 520ða bár

Mr, F.-G. Collins (Martini-Henry)

ik Suga

and Stage

Mr. C. Ford beauti

Marun Henry)

ist Sugere

and Singe

Mr. W. D. Brailwood...

(Martini-Henry) spion

and Stage

Grand Total. Total.

317

360

1,60m

283 8 8 2.8 % 88 88&

Add....... 32

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VICTORIA RECREATION.CLUB.

REPORTS OF THE SUB-COMMITTEES AND

· STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS, 1889-1890. Committee-President, H. E. Sir G. William

des Vœux, K.C.M.G., Chairman :-Bath-House Sub Committee, J. M. Laing, F. Shepherd, and A. G. Stephen Boat-House Sub-Committee, Capt. Davidson, E. Friedrichs, and A. Turner. Gymnasium Sub-Committee," D. Kennedy, Fr. W. Koch, and C. H. Thompson. Hon. Trea surer, R. T. Wright. Hon. Secretary, . G, C. C. Master.

REPORT OF THE BOAT-HOUSE SUB-COMMITTEE.

The amount expended during the past season on repairs to the boats has been rather heavier than usual.

It was thought advisable before the Regatta (on the principle of a stitch in time saves nine) to send the six fours and four Double Sculling pairs 2 Class over to the Dock Company to have them thoroughly overhauled, repaired and painted, which was most efficiently done, and the thanks of the Club are due to the Dock Company for so kindly undertaking the work and only charging cost price for samme.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1890.

REPORT OF THE BATH-HOUSE SUB-COMMITTEE. The Daib House has been overhauled as

piles, is in good repair, asual and, with the exception of several decayed

The Committee have been unable to learn anything definite as to how long the Bath House will be allowed to remain in its present position, and they have thought it undesirable to incur more expense in repairing it than has been actually necessary for the safety of the structure, and the comfort of bathers.

The Aquatic Sports were held on the 23rd and 34th August, and the various events were well contested by a large number of competitors-it is a matter of regret, however, that more of the | older members did not compete,

A. G. STEPHEN, 1 Sub-Committee. J. M. LAING,

advantages, and up to date their name have been legion, is keener, less mercenary, and of a more thoroughly sporting type than it is in Shanghai..

Stakes from a big field and then placed the seal on his racing fame by beating Noirmont and Zephyr in the Champions,

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at Shanghai to see the races and, with one Godown rent for all port single exception, and that exception had been'Sale of old stock! In the Seitlement for about a month, they delighted were the only visitors from this colony at that time in Shanghai Naturally they could not help belleving that the grously insulting and utterly unfounded references were aimed at them, although not one of the four bad the slightest race-lotteries. Of course they had to put up with interest either in Mr. 'Suszoon's stable or in the a lot of good-natured and harmless chaff, and eventually the acting editor of the paper which printed the paragraph, assured the pic sent writer that it was not intended for the faur) the one person at whom the attack was aimed gentlemen above mentioned, and actually named. thereby laying the paper open to an action for libel in which its editor certainly would have" come off the worst. However, if this is the sost of feeling acknowledged and fostered in Shang-

REPORT OF THE GYMNASIUM SUB-COMMITTEE Jockey Club will endeavour to extend to visitors the reputation of being vile tempered, a "man-hai racing circles; it in nöt difficult to understand

The rain-storm of the 29th and 30th May last caused a partial collapse of the back wall of the Gymnasium, and the hall was flooded thereby to the height of about one foot-the water lifting the flooring, which had to be re-laid entirely,

The classes were recommenced on the first of October and were regularly attended bra good number of members up to the 30th April. To our regret, Staff Sergeant Mills left the Colony in the beginning of February, his term of service having expired, and the esteem in which he was held by his pupils was shewa, on their part, by the presentation to him of an address and a We succeeded in retaining the services of his successor, Staff Sergeant Tennant for the remainder of the season and it is proposed to again secure his services, if available, after At the Amateur Athletic Sports held at the Happy Valley on the 8th March, a competition was included for exerches on the Horse, but we regret to say only two entered. The Cup was won by Mr. W. Jackson.

memorial.

the summer.

An intended competition in Gymnastic and Defensive exercises, and Boxing did not come off on account of insufficient entries; it is pro- posed to hold the contest this year carlier in the

season ie. in the first half of February, when, doubt, many will be more likely to compete feeling themselves in a better state of health, to show the proficiency attained during the wintermonths. In conclusion the Committee have to say that the Gymnasium is in a fair state of repair and that the new. "buck" recommended in our last report has been procured from home to our entire satisfaction.

D. KENNEDY, FR. W. KOCH,

Gymnasium Sub-Committee,

CHAS, H. THOMPSON,

Statement of ACCOUNTS OF THE "VICTORIA RECREATION CLUB" FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST DECEMBER, 1889.

.15

Cask,

The Hongkong Jockey Club might, however, imitate with advantage many of the regulations and customs of the Shanghai Race Club, especially in the treatment of visitors and during race days. Every possible courtesy is shown to strangers by the executive of the Shanghai Race Club, as well as by private members; not only are tickets of admission to the Grand Stand provided, but polite invitations to the daily Club liffins are Invariably forwarded, and any information on racing matters is frankly, and freely given. No Valley has become an accomplished fact, and doubt when the New Grand Stand in the Happy that will be at no far distant date, the Hongkong similar courtesies and hospitality, so freely ten dared to Hongkong "sports" at Shanghal andthe Coast Ports. There is one very important privilege whichthe Shanghai Stewards retain,--and which I shall endeavour to introduce here at the next meeting of the Jockey Club-that is with reference to electing visitors as qualified to ride during the meeting. By one of the rules of the Hongkong Jockey Club no person is qualified to ride unless he is a member of the Club ridiculous restriction, in my opinion, which bears very hardly on naval and military officers who may be here only temporarily, and on visitors generally, as before they can be qualified to ride they are mulcted in a heavy entrance fee and a year's subscription. The working Stewards of every meeting, that is the Judge, Clerk of the Scales, Starter, and C. C, should be empowered to concede to any qualified visitor the privilege of riding during the meeting without payment of any fee, and I am convinced that an alteration of the present rule to meet this suggestion would both work well and meet the views of the sporting community generally, besides being highly appreciated by visitors.

The Shanghai Grand Stand, although a vast Happy Valley, is still a long way from being Improvement on the ramshackle structure in the

perfect. It struck me that the accommodation for ladies was susceptible of great improvement, and on the steps of the Stand, the coign of Vantage from where most of the talent plant themselves during a race, the ponies are actually

lost to sight after entering the straight until opposite Belle Vue. Surely some arrangement could be made to bave the trees removed that obstruct a full view of the race-course from this popular and convenient stand-point The coffee-room, ladies' rooms, etc, are very, well arranged, and leave very little ground for | fault-finding, but I was very much struck with the altogether inadequate accommodation provided for the general public, Members of the various clubs and their friends, as well as visitors from other ports, have everything they To Subscriptions ..................

$4,341.00 want, but for outsiders the provision made is any Subscribed, "Aquatle Sports," in 16900 thing but creditable. I met a couple of sea-going Fees, "Aquatic Sports,

56.00 friends on the lawn who insisted on my jolning Subscribed for Oars....

750.00 them in a friendly tipple, and they took me to a 8.96 place like a barn underneath the Grand Stand, 676 47 which I was informed was the public bar and tiffin room. A disappointing attempt bad been $5.501.43 made secure a sort of semi-privacy for the tiffin-room by partially fixing it up with matting, but it looked more like an enclosure for keeping .$1,080.81

1.117.60 goats than for the proper entertainment of the public. And yet there is ample space for the 205.60

Etting up of a comfortable bar and convenient 185.89

trifling. Mr. Reilly, of the Central Hotel, who 409.67

rans this part of the show, should see to it 343.55

before next meeting. 336 81

"

Interestti

4. Balance.

Contra.

that true sport is at present at a somewhat low ebb in the Model Settlement,

AN OLD SPORTSMAN, Hongkong, slut May, 1890.

THE CHINA MERCHANTS

COMPANY.

How good Hero is, nobody outside Mr, Sassoon's stable can have any accurate ideas When he was first trained last year it was currently reported that by collateral private trials he had proved superior to Zephyr, and although this high estimate was generally discredited, it would now appear that it was not far from the truth. Hero, if not the tallest is (with the possible exception of Zephyr) certainly the most powerful China race-pony I have ever tooked over. He measures 11 hands 3 inches under the standard, and until you are close up him grand propelling power, and R. barrel like a scarcely looks so high; he has capital shoulder,

thoroughbred horse. This famous skewbald bas

enter" and a lot more to the same effect, whereas he is as quit as a sheep in the stable and behaves on the race-course as one would naturally expect a high-mettled racer to behave when surrounded by a ridiculous cavalcade of miafoos, mounted and on foot, worrying the pony's heart out. Hero has a good, honest, game- looking head, and he showed in the Derby, where Vaticinator made a gallant but hopeless attempt to cat him down, undeniable courage, and I have no hesitation in saying that he is a pony of the very highest class. His public form will stand

THE PAST YEAR'S WORKING. analysing. In the Griffins, after being absolutely

The Company's fifteenth periodical balance left at the post, he rushed through his field in sheet for the 14th year of Kuang Hsu (1888-8g) the first quarter of a mile and won in a common

was duly submitted and published. From the canter, the official time of the race being a miin. the rat month of 15th year of Kuang: Hail to the 29 4-5th secs, but Hero's actual time was about end of the same year (1889-90) constitutes tha 3.27. Again, in the Derby-where the quality 16th period, the accounts for which show a gross of Shanghai sport and sportsmen was painfully profit balance of 569.000 and odd tacis. Deduct evident from the fact that for the principal classicing 302 000 and odd taels for depreciation of race of the meeting the local opposition to

steamers and godowns, and 8,00 incl for the Griffins winner was composed of two dividends to shareholders, a total balance useless "crocks," Obstructionist and Horribel, remains of 126,000 and odd taels. Out of this and the Hongkong-owned Vaticinater the big H.E. the Superintendent has sanctioned the skewbald, after racing down the last named, payment of a bonus often per cent, to the staff of came away by himself and won with ridiculous the Company, leaving a net balance of 167,900 ease in 3 min. 11/2-5th secs. Had he been and odd taels which, with the balance from the

but Mr. Humphreys had the pluck to oppost exclusive of payments already made and pro- ridden clean out, Teen-kwang's record of 3 min. previous period, makes a total sum to credit of Is secs, would have easily beca lowered. Nobody 732,000 and odd taels.

Of the original debis to foreign merchants, Hero for the Chau-Shang-Kuik Cup, which he won by a dozen lengths in 2 min. 8 vision for instalments due to the Hongkong and secs. official time- min. 6) secs. being the Shanghal Bink; Jardine, Matheson & Co, and register of another reliable time-keeper. This Russell & Co., there is still outstanding a sun of 500,000 and odd taels. The deposits from was the skewbald's final appearance, as Mr. Sassoon, for reasons which I certainly provincial authorities amount to 600,000 and failed to comprehend, did not start him for odd tacle, Shanghal Sycee, which are to be paid the Champions, Whether Hero is a better off in full in the first month of the 16.b year. H. E. the Superintendent obtained the sanction decide; both racers have their special advocates of the Throne for the amount to be paid without pony than, Zephyr is a question not easy to

Our Government gives support to and supporters, and fairly sound arguiments can be adduced for each claimant to superiority-commerce in every possible way, and we Chinese but we shall have to wait until the Shanghai merchants ought on that account to unite In Autumn Mecting for a satisfactory solution of loyal endeavours to progress the knotty problem.

interest.

Repairs, Boats and Boat-house...... 363.10 luncheon room, whilst the cost could only be the winner at the finish. Eureka is a grand time. If they.cat down freights, although our

By

Balance.

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Wages .......

1

Ga*......

Class

21

Advertising and Printing

JI

"

Repairs, Bath-bouse, qu..................... Gymnasium.....

"Aquatic Sports..................................

New Stock,...............................................$283.75

11

Oart

162.76

Rates........

10

"Regatta ".. "Sundries

Besides which, there have been the usual incidental repairs, more especially to the tuba, which appear to have a marvellous knack of damaging themselves, at least we presume so, as although there is a rule to that effect, accidents and mishaps are rarely reported. Of course good deal of the damage done prises from the inexperience of the members using the boats, which are not suitable for beginners. It is not fair to expect those who have never been" in a boat before in their lives, to get into an unstable craft, such as these are, and to at once master the. use of sculls and slide; one has only to watch the futile efforts of some members to get away. from or approach the raft to understand how difficult it must be for them to avoid sampans and other obstacles when out in the harbour. Every one must have a beginning, and accidents arising from this cause must be expected, but we do wishi members would report same so that the damage could be seen to and repaired at once; as by leaving same to be found out the boat is often used several times in the meanwhile and the damage materially increased thereby,

We hope in time to see these tubs entirely done away with, as they are expensive to maintain, being easily damaged, and besides generate a very bad style of rowing. To leam to row a man should be in in a good steady bost with fixed seat and capable of holding someone to coach him; in this way he will learn more in a week than he would in a year going out by himmell in one of the present tubs, in fact now he probably picks up faults which no amount of future coaching will eradicate.

The Class are very badly off for boats. Two Double Sculling Gigs with fixed seats are now being built and will be ready for use in a few weeks, and we hope that next season it may be possible to add some more bosta to this class,

REGATTA ACCOUNT..

To Subscriptions

לו

13

.....$731.00

"Special" Entrance Fees "Balance to V. R. C. Account......

By Refreshments

Advertising and Printing

Cash Prizes

,. Wan Hing

IF

255.00 515-25

And now for a few words generally about 446,51 the ponies and the racing. Taken as a whole 63.40 the griffins, as regards class, were in my opinion 410.80 above the average and some of their performances 541.69 bythe clock" were exceptionally good, especially considering that, owing to the weeks of wet $5.501-43 weather preceding the meeting, nearly the whole of them were palpably short of work. The mighty skewbald, Hero, did not belle his private reputation, and stood out by himself from all his compeers, but Vaticinator, Autocrat, Black Leaf, Unicorn, Vagrant, Sahara, Likelihood, 410.70 and Envy, are all promising race-ponts that are likely to be heard of again. The last named, $1,912.05

the property of Mr. Buxey, a shapely little pony and a grand mover, was amiss throughout the $495.77 meeting, or he would probably have earned a g. winning bracket to his name, while Autocrat was so big and in such bad condition for racing 230.00 462.00

that it was a great error of judgment to start him at all. However, Mr. Chantrey's grey is such a 50.00 100.00 good-looking one and so powerfully pot event of anything 314 50 together that, in the 169.93 going wrong with Hero, bis chance of the Shanghai St Leger ought not to be overlooked bacon, armikably well shaped $1,912.05

roan in Mr. Sassoon's stab'e, has à tremendous dash of speed, and ran so prominently in the Griffins, after being left behind at the start, that

Use of Launch Marina ............... "Steam-launch Co................................................mmisia

Improvements on, Marina......................... Sundries

TYPHOON ACCOUNT.

To Balance, ........................................................$1,655.06 | I think, with the skewbald out of the way, he

The cars for the six fours A Class being a very scratch lot, and it being considered that the By Balance, Club had expended all that it could be fairly asked to on the rowing members, a subscription was got up amongst them, which enabled a com-

plete set for each boat and several spare ones to be ordered from Salter of Oxford, England, which we think from their balance and handi ness have given universal satisfaction to

82.75 would have cleverly won that race ; but I am doubtful about his staying powers, as he was $1,737.51 rather easily beaten in tan Manchu Stakes by

Vaticinator and Autocrat,' after looking all over „$1,737.81 | a winner at the entrance to the straight run-in. Sabara, a big brown with powerful quarters $1,737.81 ought to have easily won the Jockey Cup for Mr. Sassoon, but his jackey was quite helpless at the finish and Mr. W. Crawford on Venture, a fyaway cheenut of Mr. Humphreys, scored a

R. T. WAIOHT, KUN Hoa Treasurer.

46,839 44

549.5.3-4

905 4411,73

Total..............Tis.

: Dr... Rent of land at Shanghai......Tis. 27,852.112,3 Repairs, pivévésoudrere Interest on sundry deposits... Sundry expeùSES T Official dividend on shares...

arm of Depreciation of steamers and godowns... Dividend to Gross profits [shareholders far period Tis. Bonus to Di-

·569,264-2.7.2 ]; . rectors mud

staffed- Balance (net.

Total.

· profit)

-38,851.5.9.7 93,146.7.4.8 56,316.4-3-4

120

301,690.6.6.0

80,000,0,0,0

18,657.3.6

167,916.2.5.1

·Tls: 905,343.1.7.3

Balance for present period...Tls. 167,916,7.5/1 Balance for last period... 20 555,021-3-2-4

Totalibalance

Tha 723,937-5-7-5

E TIMATED VALUE OF STEAMERS...

Yungching Fayew

Ventin Fungskun Kianghwan Kiangyung. Chintung Hatan.. Harshin

$ 65,000

******60,000

*.**.**** 45,000

85,000-

90.000

-90,000

50,000

70,000

60,000

Harting

6,,000.

Kiangtsen

.100,000

Klangpias

10,000

Kiangfoo

$0,000

Kiangtung

45,000

Hatchang

15,000

Kiangping

10,000

90,000

Rungpat

50,000

Toonan Poochi

90,000

$5,000

Kiangyй.

150,000

140,000

Kwangles

140,000

60,000

Kwangchi

40,000

Sinsheng "Hsinyu

80,000

159,000

1,994,000

Chiyuen

Fútkun

Malfoo

ESTIMATED VALUE OF COMPANY'S - PROPERTY.

Shanghai East Godowns..Tia, 25,000

Shanghai North Mi

188,coo

Shanghai Central

130,000

.600,000

$4,000

170,005

2,000

Shanghai Southern „ Sixteen shops Tientsin Godowns,. Chefod/ Tungchow Ichang:

siteurmiamą - 5,000

Hankowan

Kinklang

Wahuanuit

Chinking „Ningpoolem

Wenchow Foochow Swatoren Macao Hongkong

4,000

120,000

70,000

20,000

50,000

16,000

6,000

24,000

:7,000

5,000

11,000

Haiphong: Premises

22,000

Koba

12,000

Total

1,661,000

TIENTSIN

The number of vessels belonging to the Comé pany in the previous period was af In the present year one steamer, the Hisinyü, has been' The old ponies that ran at the meeting were,

added. The Kiangteen has been fitted with new with few exceptions, an exceedingly moderate lot.

engines. Additional godowns have been erected' Zephyr is, of course, away at the top of the tree

at Shanghai' and Tientsin costing altogether and his successes in the Cathay Cup and 03,000 and odd taels. The total capital of the Shanghai Stakes were easily achieved, whilst Company as shown in the 15th period has been his defeat in the Champions was entirely dac reduced 100,000 taels. The actual value of to the ridiculous fashion in which he was

wharves, vessels, rahd godowns stands st ridden. After losing more than half a dozen

3.770 000 tacks. Compared with the 11th year lengths at the start, Mr. Dallas made no

of Kung Hsd (1885), when the present Directors attempt to get near the front until half a mile took over charge, a total of 50,000 incls or from home, and then he set Zephyr the impos-thereabouts has been written off the capital sible task of making up about ten lengths,

The agreement of this Company with Jardine's and still he was only a length nd a half from and Butterfield's hat terminated by lapse of specimen of the Mongolian racer, but he was Company will in itself suffer loss, yet the mer manifestly unfit besides being unsound, and broke chants and people of China will greatly benefit down in the race for the Criterions. Noirmont's by it. In the 2nd year of Kuang Hali.(1876). victory in the Roadsters' Plate and his second in the Champions may not amount to very much,

when Chinese and foreign vessels -lowered their the latter undoubtedly being a false run race, rintendents advanced from official sources

rates, the Northern and Southern Trade Supe but Dr. Ruegg's sturdy cast-off will yet see better days if he remains sound. Hollyhock day it is even more necessary for, the Govern

1,700,000 laela to tide over the difficulty. Tow one of the best trained ponies that faced the ment in its arrangements for the general welfare starter, landed the Hart Legacy Cup and Great to devise efficient measures for our mutual pro- Northern Plate without an effort, in fact, he won

roth May, 1890.j the latter event so easily notwithstanding a 7lb. to the utmost in thought and deed, being not in..of water being obtainable in the Tientaln tection. We trust that all will exert themselves

The river is decidedly better, from 7ft. to 8ft. penalty, that he must have proved dangerous in unmindful of our Rulers' object in establishing the junks to reach Tientsin, the Viceroy has the Champions had he been slipped for that event this Company, fel, agt e

Reach at high tide Owing to the inability of Duncraggan scored a fluky victory in the Criterion

As usual four-tenths per cent. of the profits are closed at least one large canal, allowing more Stakes which ought to have fallento Fontenoy apportioned for dividends to shareholders during water to flow in the river, and we understand he but Mr. John Peel's dun is only common cargo the present period, making with the official has also sent a dredget to work at the obstruction and much the same might truthfully be said interest a total of one per cent, to be paid on the in the Tientsin Reach The river at the Brick about Vengeance, Forester, Vernal, Mercury tst day of the 3rd month: (April 19th), Coples Kilns, and in the reaches below that point, is shal and several others. Elegant is a handsome of the books will be sent to their Excellencies lower at low tide, although there is sufficient water second-rater, and that grand stayer Volcano the Superintendents of Trade and to the Super to allow steamers to come and go. About eighteen was slightly off colour, as were Visitant, Eintendents of Custome at Tientsis and Shanghat; Janks have been towed up during the past week. Dorado and Vigour. Dolores is a true race copies will also be placed pony, and he won the Kiang-u Plate in hand. Offices in Shanghai, Tientele, Hanko, Foocho, clear itself, sufficiently to admit the passage of the Company and, although it is not expected the river wil some style, and he ought to have won, if he did

Canton and Hongkong, for the inspection of the steamers to Peking some amelioration of t the not actually win, the Ladies' Parre. Fontenoy's shareholders at those places dann distressing block may be hoped for. clever victory in the Consolation Stakes stamped him one of the best ponies at the meeting separately sent for general Information,

Printed summaries of the Accounts will be and no success was more popular than that of the veteran Dunkeld in the half-mile Chu- ka-za Cup, the gallant chesnut, rigorously ridden by Mr. Maclean, upsetting a very hot favorite in Wisdom.

the

(Signed) SHENG HSUAN-AUAL,276

A General Manager. (Signed) MA KIEN-TCHONG, And Joint Manager (Signed) SHEN NENO-HUMAN

Joint Manager.

BALANCE EHERE.

Liabili

Subscribed Capital....

(additional),,,"

Official Deposits........ Insurance.............. Property at Kwol-chirmemoran Foreign Loane.....

ป

Desby, relurging to Peking in the course of leaving for the South, where he will meet Ma | Colonel Denby, U.S. Minister to China, Is

about six weeksgathe

Rain is still much wanted in Peking, and the Emperor has been offering up prayers for it."

The family of the, inte. Marquis Tstog not only invited the Diplomatic Corps to a funeral ceremony, patated last week, but extended the invitation to all their foreign friends in Peking

The new. Tientsin town hall has been opened with great clat, Li Hung-chang, and all the Tis 2,000,000,000 foreign officials and residents, being present at 608,000.742 | the ceremony, which included an address to the

,340.551 Viceroy, Chinise Times,

PERING.

0.000

I have compared the statement with the Books lucky victory, In the Faota's Cup 'Bahara sport, nor is it racing, In the face of this Customers. Deposits dialek 372,293.124 (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT,) merabers using them, and,wa trust in future, and Vouchers in the possession of the Hon. I'made amands for this unlucky defeat by winning Mr. Humphreys having a "go" at the assumed asurance Risk on Company'sukohaganied by smen has received a telegram from Russia to

when possible, all cars and sculls will be got

from home.

Treasurer and find, the same to be correct.

W. R. MCCALLUM,

Auditor.

Hongkong, 16th May, 1890.

SPORTING GOSSIP.

SHANGHAI SPRING HACES.

So far as the actual racing was concerned the

***********/2N502,61,3,930 Interest on Deposits 49 487.123

Share op 310,711.223. In is ficely stated bere that the Toung.If

6th May, 1890,

may 27 705,037.093 the effect that the latter country will protect rumania 22mu80,000,000 Account:732,037,575.

in the bands of Mr. Dallas, he landed Champlons. And, while on this uncongenfar Tamurance Risk on Company's jojobandedrea if necessary, even against China, and the

own vessels

cargo boals Profit and Loss

Total

It will be gathered from some comments in the foregoing hastily written notes and remini ethics of sport as understood and generally scences that I am not favorably impressed with practiced in Shanghai. It was quite a new their ponies from races like the Derby, Shanghal experience to me, to see owners keeping back Stakes, and Chan-Sbang-Kulk Cup because these events were regarded as certainties for Hero and Zephyr. That sort of thing is not second-class peddling it was quite a relief to see a grand race from the penalised Elegant, with cracks Rrace after, race, and who can doubt Visitant, Fontenay and five others in the field.

that he got rewarded for his plack in the Likelihood took my fancy very much, and Nothing can be said about the sculling beats, A 1 Class, except that the wonder is that they have held together for another season. There

the Spring Cup (one mile) in good style topic I should like to know on what principle of from six opponents. This was the only

sport, fair-play, or good breeding, Shanghai are so very few members who scull that the Club is not justified in buying new boats, and members

race in which that pony took parts Black Leaf racing men preserva an insulting and solemn who wish to indulge in this form of rowing

is one of the gamest griffins that ran at the silence when Mr. Sassoon wins a race, and meeting, and he can both stay and go fast. After school-boys when anyone else scores a success! Sundry Debtors

raving-wild like a parcel of boisterous should keep private ones, as these light craft will not stand being used by four or five members,

finishing close up with Vaticinator in the Griffins,! each with a different style of aculling.

recenf Spring Meeting of the Shanghai Race succumbing by a short head to Vagrant in the conspicuous element at the race-meeting now Mortgages

the racing-like black was very unlucky In Surely the invidious exhibitions that were such Current Account There has been no diminution of interest taken Club was quite up to the usual high standard, Racing Stakes, but he scored an easy win in the ander review, were unsportsmanlike, uncalled for Interest wing PAS, success, and in February a further allip such important events as the Derby, Shanghai followed this up by entirely upsetting the calcula Sassoon's racing methods, but so long as le Value of Cos by members in rowing. The Regatta last year and in fact, but for the very poor exhibitions in Concordia Cup against nine opponents, and and unjustified, besides being in execrable persons..

taste may not altogether, approve of Mr. Valde of was given to rowing by Singapore sending up a Stakes, and Chau-Shang-Kulk Cup, it would have tons of the talent by running clear away from crew to compete against us, when, although we been an almost unqualified success. Favorably Dolores (7lb. ex), Autocrat, Volcano, and thres

#runs square" he has a right to manage bis Kalping shares (in defeated them twice in the fours, they took the situated as the turfites of the Model Settlement others in the Pari-Mutuel CupIt is somewhat an affairs as he thinks best, and I certainly for Company's Sculling race. A miniature Regatta was organised are in regard to obtaining a practically unlimited singular that Black Leaf, Likelihood, and Envy thorough straightforwardness of his racing Formosan Shippin on this occasion and amongst other races was one supply of race-ponics at low prices and posses three of the best grifins at the meeting were policy. There was just about as much shares

never heard even a whisper Impigning the Corean loan, between the Navy, the Regiment, Singapore and sing exceptional facilities for training almost cast-offs from Mr. Sid's (of Hongkong) stable, the Club, in which the Club had to take back throughout the year, with many other adrag. seat, coming in third to the two former; we hope, tages unknown to Hongicong, it would Indeed and were picked up at auction for a few taels Justice and true sporting spirit in the Chinese godown however, that this will only prove an incentive be singular if the Race Club's half-yearly each. Such to one of the phases, and by no pointedly insulting and disrespectial conduct Old share accou ta members to keep up practice and that next reunions at any time falled to produce big means an unusual one, of the glorious uncer have just alluded to as there was in the Cash account paragraph, which appeared in Frovfden for Regatta a similar race may be got up in which | Kelds and good sport. But notwithstanding Lan

Shanghai newspaper a few days prior to the offici1 deposite we trust the result will be reversed.-

all these advantages, it will generally be

IceThe big lotteries at the Shanghai Valse of vessels.. admitted that racing in Shanghai for some Mr. J. D. Humphreys has a pair of good Club, the Masonlo, and the Central Hotel haveall Value of launches, car years past has been a very long way behind ponies in Vaticinators, and Vagrant, that fallen through this spring. This is not and bulki. the sport of monarchs as carried out under with anything like a fair share of lack because Shanghai is more hard up than viul, Valise of godow the auspices of the Hongkong Jockey Club will yet in lots of races for the blue white hat because le has got tired of being fleeced Value of gear in the famed Happy Valley. It can hardly be | and red " banner of the Hongkong leviathan, by the horde of satellijes of the leviathan that the racing men in this colony are either Vagrant was perhaps fortunate to beat Black stable who twice a year, on pleasure and better or traer sportsmen than their confrires in Leaf in the Racing Stakes, but he finished with | on business bent, fourney to Corinth from the the North, although there can be so doubt that the noflinching gameness, and I particularly observed south to attend out hipple games. We regiet. spirit of betting--that absolutely necessary con--that he made a very good show for a mile in that, the lotteries have suffered, but it was comitant of successful racing all the world over, the Shanghai, Stakes when pitted against the necessary to do something to protect ourselves is immeasurably stronger in the British colony flying Zephyri Vaticinator is rather smaller | against the Hongkongües, who make a business Pront than in the Cosmopolitan settlement y nor am I than his stable companions, measurita only 13 of what should be sport. Mr. Sassoon himself disposed to entirely agren with the argument that handa 3 inches, but he is powerfully set up, and | races for his pleasure, but bis satellites mala It is the frequency of race meetings in Shanghal; has all the appearance of a race pony al high | the turi atracak. Therefore, vallejoice) to ce that accounts for the comparatively limited general class. His perfonances at this mooting wore them on toast" for once.

LIST OF BOATS,

A 1 Clais

Sculling boats. ^a

A Class

6 Fours.

4 Double Sculling pairs.

B Class.

gigs.

a Double Sculling pairs.

Sculling tabs.

E.FRIEDRICHS,

A. TURNER?? Capt. DAVIDSON,(absent),',

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interest exhibited 1 but be the reason, what it is most consistent, as after ronning second to Hero H. A day for two" "belose_this-Herary gem may, racing in Hongkong, with all our dis. In the Griffins' and Derby, he won the Mancha, appeared, four / Hongkongles" had. Arrived

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