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VICTORIA REGATTA:

THIRD DAY, DICEMBER 19TH. The racing to-day wap all that. could be desired; both wind and weather favouring the contestants. There was a fairly large attendance of spectators on the flagship, but not so many a | there would have been hat for the sensational Ribel action proceeding in the Supreme Court, which pmved a powerful counter attraction.

The first race was for the

FINAL HEAT in the Ladles Purse. This was one of the finest races ever rowed over the Kow- loon course. The boats went off at a good stendy pace to a c-p'tal start. After a hard struggle for the "blue riband Mr. J. M. de Robeck, with his rapidly increasing stroke, managed to forge Kornblume abated, and held his lead to the end, winning by a short half-length, Victoria (Lord Kelburne) was nespital second; beating Thistle by a about a quarter of a length, Time: 6m.

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The raceover, the launches draw slongside the flagship and their passengers repaired to the aloon, where Mrs. Turnbull presented Mr. de Rabeck with the coveted traply. In returning thanks the fortunate recipient said he was proud to receive it for be felt that he had fairly earned It having devated much time to a thorough course of training,

The GERMAN CUP was the next event, and It turned out a very uninteresting contest owing to the Victoria. (F. L. Jackson, stroke) having walk over; the Shamrock "beaving to when off the Navy Yard. There is such a thing as "overdoing," and it was only too evident that Mr. Kennedy, the siroke of the Shamrock, had over-trained both himself and his crew.

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The Mat event of this year's eminently success ful regalia was the eight-oared race, Club. United Services, which was a grand "treat for lovers of aquatic sport. The United crew went off with a sport at start and quickly placed length between themselves and the Club bost. They then slowed down to a stendy 40 per minute, which they maintained throughout; winning a wirowed race in the very commonest of canters, The Club men were never "In It," from start to finish, but made a game spurt towards the end and thereby succeeded in reducing the defeat to about three lengths only)

UNITED SERVICES. 1-Stephenson. -Thorburn,

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responsibility, and when we found out about it we gave the boy a twicer with the strap, and he left and took out a summons against we for assault. But somehow or another we managed to get the old Forse pretty fit, and trying »gʻinst ̧ hacks of different descriptions we persuaded our« selves that we had the biggest certainty ever known on a TICS:COW:30,

When the horses were galloping in the morn- ing the kangaroo dng Victor used nearly always go down to the course, and run round with them, It amured him apparently and didn't hurt anr. one, so we used to let him race; in fact, we rather encouraged him because it kept him in good trim to hunt kangaroos, When we were starting the horses away for the meeting some. one sald we had better tie up the dog or he would be getting stalen at the races. We called and whistled but he had made himself scarce, and we started off and forget all about him.

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Ingly, they all formed in procession, and at the bead of the cavalcade 1 approached the top of the cliff from the edge of which Aksu comes suddenly into view. We descended into the town by a tenfoot gully and passed through narme streets between astonished and gaping crowds to the house of Madamin Bal, a-native aksakal or older, whose business it was to look after the local interests of Russian traders, His premises were large and commodious, with plenty of stable accommodation, or rather standing room, for our horses My host's reception-room, too, was large and lofty, whilst to me were given his wife's apartments, that lady On having taken her departure for a season. the mentow we took a ride round the town. It is said to cootalo 4,010 houses, some of them mounting up the sides of the surrounding cliffs, and there are in the town goo Chiness, and 500 Dangan (Chinese Mahomedan) familez The

Bucktowndown Races. Red-hot day, every reat are Turkish. Mounting to what was the fort, built during the lasurrection of Yakub thing dusty, everybody drunk and blasphemous. Khan in place of an old Chinese. cliadel, we All the belting at Bucktowndown was double- event. You had to win the money fire, and obtained a good view of the place with the river and adjacent gardens and rice fields, the fight the man for it afterwards. The start for our race, the Town Plate, was delayed for a verdure of which was in striking contrast to

quarter of an hour, because the starter fatlyNDER the parched appearance of other portions of the landscape. The bosses looked poverty-stricken refused to leave a fight of which he was an and crowded together, one or two mosques only interested spectator. Every horse, as he did his rising above the low, dull level of the flat, preliminary gallon, had a string of dogs after him, earthen roofs. The bazaar, however, was full of and the clerk of the course came full cry after the men and women, not all of the latter being dogs with a whip. By and by, the horses strung wiled. Our foreign appearance attracted atten- across to the start at the far side of the course, tion and collected a crowd, amongst whom the They fiddled about for a bit, and then down went Turkish element was respectful or timid; but thefisg and they came sweeping along all bunched tioł 10 few Chinese whom we saw in this up together, one moke holding a nice position on Turkish quarter. On looking into the shops the leside, All of a sudden we heard a wid there were scen both English and Russian chorus of imprecations "Look at that dog!" goods; the English of fine mualla (though Our dog had made his appearance and chipped 1 do not remember much else) and the lu with the racehorses and was running right in Ruslan of cottons and chintzes. Twenty years front of the fold. It looked a guinea to a poore ago. Aksu was said to be celebrated for i's Berry that some of them would fall on him. The manufacture of saddlery and harness, its pottery, owners danced and swore la 'awful style. What and raw hide jars called dabba, for oil, butter, did we mean by bringing a something mongrel there to trip up and kill horses that were worth a &c. Its tobacco also was considered the best in the country. All these, with cattle, and the paddockful of all the horses we had ever owned, ar ever would breed or own, even if we lived to shawl wool of Ush-Turfan were exported to the reighbouring towns. Also at a still earlier. date, be a thousand? We were fairly in it and no lead, copper and sulphur mines were worked in mistake. As the field cams past the stand the Brighbouring mountains, and coal, found in the first time we could hear the riders swearing at hills (near Karabagh where there are hot the dog, and a wild yell of execration arose sulphur springs) was brought into the town, fmm the public. He had got right among the Now, however, it seemed to me the trade of rack by this time, and was racing alongside Aksu must have decreased, though I am with his friend The Trickler, thoroughly enjoying out statistics on the point; but everything look himself. After passing the stand the pace ed poor. In keeping with this it may be added became very merry, and the deg strel that when on the morning of departure weched out all he knew, and when they wanted to exchange lumps of sliver to the value began to make it too hot for him he cut off of La for small coins for purchases by the way, corners, and joined at odd intervals, and every the messengers declared that they had tried time he made a fresh appearance the people in throughout the bazaar, but that no one possessed the stand lifed up their voices and "swore cruel" so much ready cash. I feók early opportunity as the boys phrased it. The horses were all a to send my card to the hinese Tao's or the whip as they turned into the straight, and General, the Governor of the district, who lived then old Tricolor and the publican's mare singled In the new fortified city, seven des off. On cut. We could bear the "chop, chop I" of the arriving, the Tsotsi ment to say that he had whips as they came along together, but the mare "lost his father," which was said to be a poiite could not suffer it as long as the old fellow could, way-sometimes of excusing himself from and she swerved off and he struggled home a personal interview, and, we saw instead his winner by a length or so, Just as they settled Secretary. Our reception was conducted with down to finish the dog dashed up on the Inside, ceremony, and we were taken to an inner and passed the post at old Tricolor's girths. audience-chamber and regaled with tea and pud. The populace Immediately took took to him with ding, with varieties. Business was then opened stouts, bottles, and other missiles, and he bad to scratch gravel to save his life. What wis by my asking that the two men who accompanied me from Kuldja might be sent back; next, that the amazement then of the other owners to learn

that the Judge bad placed Tricolor first, Victor L two Chinese might be given me as escort to

second, and the publican's mare third i Kashgar; and lastly, that I might be allowed to visit the local prison jutt of which was granted. To the prison I went on the afternoon of the next day, one of the most horrible I have ever Visited," says my diary, The room that called forth this note was a small one into which 23 men were crowded, the only furniture in it being long, wooden stocks, like those of Bokhara, to was by a hole in the roof, and the atmosphere was so close and hot that one could hardly breathe, Several prisoners wore the cangur, or wooden frame, about the neck, which is said to be rather a censure or reprimand then a punishment; and is supposed in China to carry no disgrace with it. The frame weighs usually between 20 and 30 lbs., but I think I have seen, one heavier at Kakhta. It is andet reit upon the shoulders without chafing the neck, but is s The open boats bad. most fun, for the breeze broad at 10 prevent the wearer feeding himself was a full blooded half gale at times, and sall- except, as in the case of the man at Kikchts, by ing was something like decent. Five start d,means of a long-handled spoon. The name, re- one being the winger on the first day, aldence, and offence of the delinquent are wri ten who was consequently allowed only to ran for upon the cangue for the information of passer love. This was a pity, for at all points she by, and the colprit is usually exposed in a public showed her superiority, hoth in sailing proper place. Besides the cangus we saw at Aksu two ties of the host and skilful handling. The instances in which a wooden past six feet high, Impérieuse gig falshed first after her, and won. and perhaps eighteen inches round, was chained

to a man's neck and ankle,-so-that-where---Town Plate. "Banjon Sydney Bullitin.- Second, Lt. Carey,

ever he moved this undesirable companion, drag- ged or lifted by a card from the middle had also to be carried. "I distributed some tengas or small silver coins among the prisioners, and asked that they might be brought outside into the yard after which i was allowed to take several photo. graphs, some of the poor wretches being almost without clothing, and all very miserable in ap

The crews were constituted as follows:-

CLUB, 1.Duscan. 2.-Dention... 3-Manok, 4-Lockhart 5.-Friedrichs.

3-Taylor.

4.de Robeck

6,--Maclean, 7.-Jacksor.

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6. Saunders, 7.-Skott, 8.-Master.

Caldwell (cox)

THE SAILING RACES, (From one of the Saltors.) FIRST DAY.

On Thursday the wind was wretched, and "galling" was about as exciting as the excursion of the late Mr. Noah in his home made fishing jank.

In the half-decker race Effe, through her better handling, made the most of the supposed wind, and led from start to finish. Took them all day to get there. Hi-yah second, Kitten third, and the other two out in the cold.

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SECOND DAY.

Four partly-decked brats started-the Kitten, Pearl, Hi-yah, and Faith. The Kitten and Hiyak got away first and kept the lead fairly well together for the whole time, the last-named winning easily. The Fai-d got share close to the north end of Stonecutter's Island, and spoilt whatever chance she may have had.

As soon as the last race was over a course Was steered for the V. R. C. Gymnasium where Mrs, Barker distributed the prizes to the suc cesiful crews.

Mr. J. H. Stewart-Lockhart, in a brief and ap propriate speech, thanked Mrs. Barker for graclus The proceedings and called for three cheers for her which was heartily responded to. Major-General Digby Baker acknowledged the compliment on behalf of Mrs, Barker and complimented the club upon the success achieved and the admiré able arrangements made for the comfort of the spectators on the 'Kukiang. This was followed by thren hearty cheers being accorded the Hon. Treasurer and Hon. Secretary of the V. R. C. which brought the 1891 reguita to an end, we

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The publican irled to argue it out with him, He mid you couldn't place a kangaroo-dog second in a horseract. The judge said that it was hit (hiccough) business what be placed, and that those who thiccough) interfered with big would be sorry for it. Also he expressed the opinion, garnished with a fusilade of curses and biccoughs, that she was the right sort of mare for a poor mah to own, because she would keep him poor. Then the publican called the judge a cow, and the judge being willing, a rip, tear, and chew fight ensued; which Insted some time and the judge won. There were Is protests lodged against nur win, but we didn't have any fear of these gaing against te we had laid the stewards a bit to nothing. We got away with our horses at once didn't wait for the hack race. Every second man we met wanted to rus as a mile for too aside, and there was a drunken shenter who was spoiling for a fight, and he said he had heard we were "brimming over with science," and he bad ridden forty miles to find whether it was a fact or not. We folded our tents like the Arab and silently stole sway and left the point unsettled. But it remains on the annals of Bucks towndown how a kangaroo-dog ran second for the

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pearance. But olker abominations of a similar character awaited us at Kashgar, Kasbgar in distant from Aksa about 300 miles, or a caravan jourony of 15 days, Ita Yengt Shar, or New Town, is the principal fortress in the Western portion of Chinese Turkistan. Here we observed la riding through its main street several Chi- Bess shops and merchants. Here and there also might be seen Chinese or Manchu'women, but they are comparatively rare, since most of the Chinese in Kashgar are soldiers or officials from China, proper, who do not bring with them wives, the Turkish" readily marrying their daughters for such periods as their Chinese husbands require them. The condition of the Kashgar women is extremely degraded. They AKSU AND KABBOAR.

out number the men in the proportion of more Aksu is a place of considerable antiquity. It than six to one, so that fathers practically sell appears in the Chinese annals, under the Han their daughters, even before the age of puberly, Nac Dynasty, as early as the Second Century, B.C for from five to ten abllllugs each. So de and some authors think it to be the "Auxacia based is the condition of morals that I was told, mentioned three centuries later in the geography seriously, by a European who had lived five af Ptolemy. Hluen, Taing, before crossing the years in Kasbgar, that he know many girls to Muzar Pass, stopped one night at the Kingdom have had so husbands before they were capable of Pho-lab-kla, as the Eastern portion of Aksu of becoming mothers. The messenger who in his day was called; whilst at the end of the came from the Russian Consulate to meet me Fourteenth Century, in connection with the wars had only recently marked a bride of twelve of Tamerlane, Aksu is described as consisting years old, and he was her fourth husband; of three castles, in communication one with whilst my own gloom on receiving ass, for another, and regarded by the inhabitants of wages, must needs go and take a girl of twelve the neighbouring provinces as an asylum in whom his father had selected for him, and time of war, The Aksu district pow contains wished him to marry, in onder that after about a doz.n villages, and is said to have a' accompaning me to India he might have an inducement to return home agalo. This is population of 180.0: souls,

what Mahomedaniam is doing for Chines Turkistan ; for these so-called mariages and divorces are all performed and sanctioned, by The Mullabs |--N. C. Dolly News.

When approaching the place from the north as described in my last letter, we were not a little surprised to find awaiting us at the small hamict of Shiengiz a deputation of white turbare! A'ghins and And fans, rl of them mounted, and ready to escort us into Aksu. Bal dist we were to turn aside for a feast they ihad prepared of a strughtered sheep, under shady trees, near apaakling rills, with abundance of luscious fraft. Here we quaffed tea as we 1ay on carpets; and those who had not break fasted early as I did ample Justice to the vlande "act forth, Conversation also dowed

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