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FAREWELL TO CAPT SPINKS.

Follow Jockeys Entertain Him At Dinner. Captain E. G.Spicks, R A.O.C., one of the best" all-round`sports. men Hongkong has known, will be leaving the Colony to-morrow, and no doubt he will take away with him very pleasant memories of bia' sojourn here, and especial- ly of the cordial sentiments ex- pressed last night, when he was the guest of honour at a dinner given by Hongkong jockeys in the Hongkong Hotel. There were appropriate decorations, and appropriate turf phraseology In the monu, including an OF hortation 10 "loosen girtbe about

half way through the excellent repast.

Mr. C. B.. Blason occupied the chair and seated on his right was Capt. Spinks and, on his left Mr. H. Seth, with the rest of the cour pany assembled on three sides of a realistic model of the Happy Valley racecourse, even to the

Rock. At either end of the room were flags of black and yellow with whip, shoe and bit in the centre, | and on the tables horseshoes de corated with the Jockey Club's culours. A very toughtful act was the provision of jockoy caps those present at the conclusion of

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Lieut. Maughan,

who has failed in his at- "tempted dawn-to-duak flight

LOTONS Americe.

CORRESPONDENCE.

(To the Editor of the "Hongkong Telegraph.")

A Denial.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

AFTER A MONTH.

Sequel to a Piracy.

..".

An exciting experience bafel the crow of a trading junk on the 12th, of last month whilst on the way from Pakogau to Jap÷F« | with a cargo of timber. For |tbirty hours they were forced to keep company with a gang of birates who bad overtaken their] boat thirty miles out from Pak- ogau, and who, according to the usual procedure followed in such cases, were not averse to availing themselves of the services of the crew in the sailing of the vorse. The gang appeared to be undecided as to the place of land. ing, and for thirty' hours, sailed along the coast aimlessly, until, returning to the spot where they bad committed the outrage, they put their victims ashore. » Some kind villagers took them in and gave them food, and an interval] of nearly a month clapsed before anything further was heard of the case again.

It turned out that the master of the pirated trader had been very persistent in his afforts to recover his boat. He had zone to Macao, and roturning to Hongkong made a through search for it. Reward crowned his efforts when he came upon the boat in the barbour. It was lying off You- Dear Sir,-We belong Eaema mati on Saturday, but later shifted beach pidgin man Ab-Yow-Wer to Aberdeen. Here the police, and Ah-Day-Yer. We talked you acting on information supplied by Proposing the health of Captao blong ploper talkos in you the junkmaster, paid a surprise paper. Easma flag no blong gloen visit on board and arrested eight Flag gloon colour with devil face men, who are alleged to have bleng bad joga. mekee tie on launch. We cavee are said to have been identified by One master been the gang in question. Some at home and therefore it would nono ploper; nex' day we pay one the victime, but not all, and the

bleder sampan man.

the repast.

"

Spinks, Mr. Blason said he

sorry to hear from Capt. Spinks that he had no intention of ridine

be their pleasure of reading in the near future that he, had won the Grand National, or some other famous race. Mr. Blason described Capt. Spinks as the most optimistit than he had ever met, No matter what pony he rode, whether a good,

Dero Sir,

We bleng.

AH-YOW. WER AH DAY-YER.

Hongkong, July 10, 1913.

"

one or a bad one, he always go Spinks said he was not bragging the best out of it and was even any way when he said that he

police bave therefore found it necessary to get the other mem. bare of the crow to come down from the country. In the mean- time the case has been given formal remand, on the application of Inspector Pilcott.

Fourteen Bodies Recovered.

bentco until the winner passed the felt just as comfortable on a horse THE LAUNCH TRAGEDY, post. He was sure that all present in a chair. Knowing how dif- wished their old friend a very pleadeult it was to control China saat voyage home and a happy ponies he could sympathise with time in the Old Country: (Cheers) the young men who came out on,

Mr. H. Soth, supporting the toast, inexperienced mounts, which were The week-end tragedy in which related an incident which happened really troublesome with their short the Namtag launch turned at the gymkhana meeting in April. necks and hard mouths. In con- turtle off the Praya West, 1922, when young. Mr. Neniaze clusion, Capt. Spinks had a word to was recalled yesterday by the rode Knockuli Leg. Coming up the say to the stewards of the Jockey discovery of the dead bodies of straight Nemazce crossed Spinks, Club. "In my life-time," be some of the passengers who were who had a perfectly good claim said, "I have been in same pretty drowned. Ten were picked up When Capt. Spinks came in Mr. [cight corners and I do not say yesterday and this morning the Seth spoke to him about it, and without good cause. that the remains of four of the other us

fortunates were found floating on the Captain replied "Young jockeys here have not sufficient

the surface and were taken out of Nemazce would not cross anybody | protection on the course from

the water near the Kowloon to save his life; that boy rode a nasty nullahs and ditches. Only Godown Company's wharf at West clean race and I am not going last Saturday, in the first race, Foint, and the Macao boat wharf. *put in a protest." Mr. Seth added had to choose between going inte

It is feared that the total loss of all I could say was 'You are, a a nullah, six feet deep, or the ditch lives will exceed twenty, the

ran opposite. Hope. Dahlia at heavy toll being due to Üre "One word describes Capt, Spinki solutely blindly and I am quite fact that when the launch -sportsman, remarked Mr. H. B.sure another yard would have overturned a large number of her L. Dowbiggin, who was called upon carried me through the fence Inte passengers were pinned under the the fullah. Bostman would have awnings and cargo and were un- Lo support the tonst and who immediately resumed his seat amidone through it like a piece of able to extricate themselves. At loud cheers.

paper if the start had been made a number of coolies dived in im- the two mile post. (Laughters mediately after the accident and The ponies run blindly and some saved quite a few of the pas ..mes some of them suffer from leengers. 'mad staggers.'” Capt. Spinks

port."

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Capt. Spinks' Reply. The toast was onthusiastically received and Capt. Spinka was

he dil

'given a rousing reception on rising added that he hoped the stewards to reply. He remarked that he

would not think he was criticising could truthfully say

NOT Loo harshly, but he felt bound to look forward with any feelings of any what he believed to be true. pleasure to going Home after having He should always look back upon spent such a very happy time in the enjoyable time he had spent in Hongkong, except, f

for the

reason Hongkong and should carry away that it might mean as improversca with him pleasant memeries of his

New Rider Welcomed.

In his wife's health, That night stay here. (Cheers). he had had a very fine compliment paid to him in being described as Mr. H. Seth welcomed a new a sportaman. He thought he could rider in Major White, who, in reply, truthfully say that he had always said that to describe him as the tried to do what was right; he successor to Capt. Spinks was set sometimes lost his temper as most ting too high a standard, There of them did but he ocrtainly bore was one thing he wished to say no malice afterwards. Capt. Spinks and he was quite sure Capt., Spinka went on to say that he had been would agree with him. Soldiers riding now for about 40 years on all were always birds of passage and Boris of horses in all parts of the could not help making comparisone world. Ho could be excused as to how they were treated at for feeling that when he came to the various places where they were Hongkong he knew all about them, stationed. Generally they were

but he had found almost every time greeted with the remark, "Here he had gone on to the course some is another of theco-soldier men thing fresh to learn. If was mistake for a young man to think that he knew everything aboutį

very good animal, but he

was compoiled to agree with

trying to shove himself in."

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'A PUZZLE A DAY.

There is a number of two figures. Add the two figures to- ether and multiply by 5, and you will have the number.. Add 9to the number, and the position of a figures will be reversed. What is the number 7

Yesterday's answer:

alty tealCWLL YE

JACEK

RE IN

RCAT?

THE BRO

RABWN PUPU

D R E 3$

Starting at the square in the

is travelling about the world Major lower left hand corner, and follow. White said he had never been, beting the lips indicated, the names

riding The China pony was A ter treated as a newcomer than he of twelve colours may be traced, WON in Hangkong (Applause) each colour being contained in He very much appreciated the three squares, ao follows: drab, the description given of it in the kindness which had been shown red, pink, purple, blus, green, South China Morning Post, "dan-him in giving him mounts only a yellow, white, groy, black, car- gerous at both ends and uncommonth or so after his arrival. I mine, browO, fortable in the middle," (Laughter am Bure Capt. Spinks will agree

and Applause),

· His Ambition in Life. Capt. Spinks told the

|with me,” Major White concluded,} . CARDINAL SEES PLAY.

"this consideration is very much Brussels: Cardinal Mercior 24-appreciated amongst fellow like recently paid his first visit to the thering that when a buy bin us, who do not know what it theatre. He accompanied his ambition in life was to be a moans to be a resident anywhore."|clergy to a private performance jockey, and at 18 he started riding (Applause).

of the miracle play, Gulbour, horaes, He enjoyed himself quite The rest of the evening was tarring Mme. Yvette Gullbert.: as much when riding at 50 spent in musle and goog, the pro-

being gromme

as when he first commenced

contributed to

Mr. Blason had kindly said thaiby, amongst others, Messrs. I he had always tried to do his best Zellensky, C. H. Blason, H. C That was perfectly true: Capt Macnamara and E. Fotte,

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