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SHANGHAI RACES.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

RESULTS OF FIRST DAY OF SPRING MEETING.

MACAO RACES..

ENTRIES FOR THE EIGHTH

EXTRA MEETING.

The opening day of the Shanghai The following are the entries for Raco Club Spring Meeting results in the eighth extra race meeting of the Prominent International Race and Recreation good times being made. jockeys were Mr. Dallas with two Club of Macao, Ltd, to be held on firsts and third and Mr. Poto-Hunt Sunday, May 13; with one first, five, seconds and two thirds. A feature of the opening raco was that Christmas Chimes, the win-

Hallo, Isostacy, Six Hundred, nor of last year was relegated to third Diana, Sugar Loat, Silver Mino, Gold place, while the rider of the winner Mine, Pitchfork, Westlake, Branco, was second in last year's event Little Darling, Glenmorin, Circe,

Race I

(Mr. Sokolof) Duke of Portland Moonlit Ere (Mr. Pote Hunt) Christmas Chimes (Mr. Heard)

Timo 2 mina, 1-1/5 seconds.

Raco II.

Ploncor Nith

Veterock

(Mr. Encarnacao) (Mr. Hill) (Mr. Sokolof) Time 55 1/5 seconds.

Race III. Pretty Light (Mr. E. Moller) (Mr. Hill) The Warbler White Rosemary (Mr. Pote Hunt)

Time 1 min. 10 1/5 seconds.

Race IV.

May Novices Race-9lx Furlongs,

Valour, Lucky Star My Lady, Mult nomah 11, Zircon, Glory, Kom Tons 1 Hall, Full Moon, Ullswater, Easter 2 Day, Chemal, Stang River, Fir Dee, 8 Golly, Mysterious, Walchow.

The Praia Grande 'Handicap, "A" Cia56.

TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1928.

ARMED ROBBERY.

OUTRAGE IN BROAD DAYLIGHT,

Another daylight armed robbery. was perpetrated yesterday noon in the heart of the city, when four bandits under the protext that they

camo to rent a room gained admit- tance into a Chinese, house in. No. 156, third floor Hollywood Road. : According to her report to the polico, a Chinese widow of 80 stated that on Sunday the four men came up to her house and looked over the rear cubicle, which was to let. The men then went away after paying a deposit of $3, add- ing that they intended to move in the following day,

Yesterday at about the same hour Ma Ka Siac (171), One Third at 12 noon they returned and un- (On the Mall) (162), My Lady (161), suspectedly the widow admitted Fifty Fifty (Islam) (166), Wild them and once inside the premises Fellow (153), Glory (Cedric) (162), they produced doggers, threaten- Wachang (150), Aristophanes (150), ing the woman to keep silent. It Branco (160), Chemal, (148), Carar appears that the widow was the (Macao Beauty) (140), Chow Tozo sole inmate in the house at tho 1 Lon (144), Little Sit Tang. (140) moment. The bandits tied her foot 2 Warlordship (140).

and pushed her on to the bed, and covered her up with a cotton coverlet

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The Praia Grande Handicap, “E”'

Class.

Suaning (165), Kem Tong Hall

For ten minutes they stayed on the premises ransacking the place 1 (160), The Zebra (Rainbow) (155), 2 Spring Day (156), Man of War (164), making off with a

pair of gold 3May (163), Ching Hoi (152), Gold bangles, a pair of jadestone Mine, (150), Glenmerin (150), Suther-bangles, valued at $120, some other innd (148), Ullswater (147), Ben Hur jewellery and $90 in Hongkong (147), Tap Sinc (145) Westlake bank notes, valued in all at $316. (145), Veloz (143) Valour (140), Six Hundred (140), Castle (140).

Le Pollisson

(Mr. G. A. Pollock) Sarnia H

(Mr., McCann). Campbell (Mr. Haimovitch)

Ting 1 min. 30 seconds.

Race V.

Quiet Eve Firefly

(Mr. Polo Hunt)

(Mr. Maitland)

2

3

Pat

(Mr. Bowling) Time 2 mins. 36 3/6 seconds.

Raco VI.

John Willy (Mr. Wells-Henderson) (Mr. Pole Hunt) Silver Wing Wynk

(Mr. Moller) Time 2 mln. 72/6 seconds.

Ince VII.

Slembar

Big Ching

Fontissimo

(Mr..Bott)____

(Mr. Hill). (Mr. Poto Hunt)

Time 3 min. 8 245 seconds.

Whenteroft

Wedding Eve

Poppyland

Raco VIII.

(Mr. Heard)

(Mr. Pole Hunt) (Mr. Dallas)

Itace. IX.

Time 2 min. 4 3/5 seconds.

Alligator

(Mr. Haimovitch) Engagement Eve (Mr. Pofe lunt) Shorty McGee (Mr. Maitland)

Time 2 min. 6 seconds.

The Snake Bird

Race X.

(Mr. H) Double Chance (Mr. Pote Hun) Aanbonstree (Mr. Haimovitch)

Timo 1 min. 30 3/6 acconds.

Race XI.

Cloverland

Busy Beo The Chosen Bird

(Mr. Dallas) (Mr. Maitland). (Mr. Wells-Henderson)

Timo 2 min. 41 3/5 seconds.

Race 1.

Bonnie Scotland (Mr. Dallas) Zorhan Mr. Wells-Henderson) Sceptre

(Mr. Maitland). Time 2 minutes,

Race XIII

The Praia Grande Handicap, "

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Shortly after the bandits had left the widow. fréed herself and reported to the police, who later detained a Chinese suspect on

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British authorities have never con. sented to grant a reciproesl ad- vantage to France and Belgian nationals desiring to visit the United Kingdom. Facilities for As reported some time ago mili-visits without passports have been tary guards are already provided granted to French and Belgian Que Third, San Diego, Little Sit for the trains, and apparently pro nationals between certain French Tang, Velox, Ching Hol, Gold Mine, tective measures are to be extended. and Belgian ports and ports in the Wurhang, Branco, Wild Fellow, The track will probably be patrolled. United Kingdom.. Setherland, Ma Kan Slac, Aristop- In overy case of train hold-up, The Arcin Preta Handicap-1 Miles, the engine crew wora invariably Ma Kou Sinc (371), One Third (On kept under control by the robbers, the Mall) (162), Fifty Fifty (Islam) and consequently, the entire train (155), Wild Fellow (163), Branco was helpless. The locomotives are 3 (150), Wachang (150), Warlordship now to be atted up with grilles and (1-10), Mowgli (110), Ching Hoi steel plates, and it is hoped these 140), Six Hundred (140), Glemerin fitments will prevent robbers from 6140) Tap Sine (140), Silver Mine gaining access to the engine cab. (1-10), Mysterious (140), Pitchfork Hitherto it has been a somewhat 1(10), Sunning (140).

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Loch Tay, Full Moon, The Zebra, Glory, Kom Tong Hall, Spring Day, (Mr. Herlofson) 1 Isostacy. Little Sit Tang, Fook Shau, (Mr. Hickmoti) 2 Velox, Bailo, Kwong Chow, Ching (Mr. Stanglund) ad, Six Hundred, Silver Mine, Gold Time 2 min. 10 1/5 seconds.

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