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Mr. Bailey then told the audience that he was very sorry Mr. Mollison had left the ring, and he (Mr. Bailey) would be quite willing to hox his opponent again. This was the concluding event of the evening, and his Excellency then delivered a humorous speech before distributing the prizes.
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His EXCELLENCY said -Gentlemen. I have been asked by Mr. Saunders, our worthy secre. tary and. I may say, our factotum, to distrilmte the prizes this evening, and I need hardly say —it is not necessary for me to say that I cepted the invitation with a great deal of pleasure. I am President of this club, and I am proud of the position. (Applause). The Vic. toria Recreation Club contains the flower of the youth of the colony. (Applause). I have enjoyed the last two afternoons very much indeed, and so have we all in the dress circle (laughter) and I am quite sure all you gods in the gal lery (renewed laughter) have enjoyed your- selves equally well, judging by the enthusins- tic applause which you have given to the worthy competitors. I should like to make a few remarks about what happened yesterday, It is not given to every man to be able to jump over his own head- laughter but there was a wonderful example yesterday within the limited area of this noble lauilding. Laughter). It will surprise a good many people to hear that I Mr. Hyndman jumped over his own head. heliore Mr. Hyndman stands 5 feet 9 inches: yesterday he cleared 5 ft. 9 in.. and if he had been in the open he could, as was reported of Lim. have cleared 5 ft. 11 in. It is a great thing for a man to be able to jump over his It would take two ordinary men to jump over my A.D.C. (Lond laughter). The second ruan in the high jump was Mr. Arthur. who has distinguished himself all through this meeting. (Applause. As far as my opinion trees Mr. Arthur was best in the vaulting horse, best at the parallel bars, and hest at the horizontal bars, and the Victoria Recreation Club is to be congratulated upon having secured the services of such an excellent young man as one of the Mr. Arthur comes to us with a great members. reputation from Dulwich College. He has proved himself on the cricket field as a wicket keeper and here as the leading man in gym- nastics. The second item was No. Ginstead of No, ! 2, and was the competition in the light weights between Mr. Kew and Mr. Kluck. a very spirited match, and although Mr. Klinck gave Mr. Kew soveral clinkers" daughter) he was beaten. Towards the end of the con. test Mr. Klinck saw several constellations (laughter) and of Kewit might he said as Stanley said of Richmoud, “ Courageous Richmond, well hast thon acquit thee." (Applause),
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a wise discretion in retiring in favour of Mr. Armstrong. I think Mr. Kennett must have been reading Twelfth Night," and studying the part of Sir Andrew Agne Cheek, who said, Had I thought he had been valiant and so cunning in fence, I'd have seen him dawned ere I'd challenged him.' (Roars of Laughter). Gentlemen. I do not think I have anything more to say except to congratulate you most heartily upon the per formance I have witnessed this evening and last night, and to express the hope that I may he here next year to distribute the prizes on a similar occasion. (Lond Applause).
His Excellency then distributed the prizes as follows.
Gymnastics.--First prize, H. Arthur; second prize. H. E. Hayward.”
Boxing. Catch Weight. W. S. Bailey: Light weight, F. H. Kew; Feather weight. M. A. Figueiredo.
Fencing. W. Armstrong.
Cheers and the "tiger" for His Excellency the Governor, and cheers for r. Saunders, the Secretary, concluded the procdedings.
The following are the result::--- BoxING Light weight. 14 stone. F. H. Kow heat C. G. Klingk, HORIZONTAL BAR. The following competed. II. Arthur, H. E. Hayward, A. Pitacco, E. Joseph. A. Á. Alves. M. A. Figueiredo.
Rises The competitors in the above also took part in this event.
EXHIBITION CLUB SWINGING The exhibi- tion was given by Sergeant W. Smythe, of the Rifle Brigade, whose performance was excep. He was loudly applauded and tionally neat. had to respond to an encore.
BOXING
Feather Weight_Final. M. A. Figueiredo heat J. Silva Notțo. The three rounds were inctive of some very interesting boxing. In the first round both men fought with considerable vigour. and in the second Figueiredo drew blood. His op- pouent came in for a lot of punishment, and he- fore the third round was over he was quite beaten, but he stuck pluckily to the end, not- withstanding a sharp succession of nasty swacks
from Figueiredo.
EXHIBITION BOXING - Light Weight. Baufield, of the Royal Navy, and Private Simmons, of the Rifle Brigade, gave a clever exhibition and they well herited the loud applause bestowed upon them
EXHIBITION BOXING - Midlo Weight-Cor poral Gilbert, R.B., and Coral Hale. R.B., gave a stylish display throughout the three rounds, and in the last one some warm work was put in.
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BOXING Catch Weight, Final Bailey met Mr. Mollison, and as is explained in the introduction Mr. Bailey was declared the
very sorry to say that Mr. Klinck loft Stains lichind him. (Laughter). The next item yesterday was the contest between the feather. | winner. weights. Mr. A. Figueiredo and P. Hyndınan, and then between Figueiredo and Silva Netto. Mr. Figueiredo is a very promising young boxer -(applause) as is also Mr. Hyndmau, although he had betterbuck up." (Loud laughter). am afraid Mr. Silva Netto also saw a few stars. (Laughter). In the catch weights we have had an amusing exhibition more amusing yesterday than it
this evening. be- P.W.D. I think the
was tackled this evening Mr. Mollison is
the iu P.W.D., isn't he and he had to retire. I think Mr. Bailey deserves a considerable amount of credit. (Applause). Talk about snakes in the grass! They are nothing like Bailey. He is the most serpoutine boxer I ever saw. A serpentine dancer is appearing at the City Hall next week and I hope you will go and see her, but I am quite sure she can- not come up to Mr. Bailey, (Laughter). Whilst on the subject of boxing let me express my regret that the P. R. has lost one of its most orna- mental members. Mr. Gedge, a friend of mine and a fellow county man of mine, has given up the P. I. and taken up the W. R.. ie., the us hope, Wedding Ring. (Laughter.) Let as I am sure will be the case, that he will display in his domestic life the tender fierce- ness of the dove. (Laughter and applause). I wish him a happy marriage and the Crown Solicitorslip in the future. The seventh contest wa: Mr. Armstrong against Mr. Pitacco. This was a very good fight and Armstrong proved invincible, and Mr. Kennett exercised
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were expected to improve, but although he got well set in two balls he failed to stop his third. The R.B. had to follow on and made 140 in an hour for the loss of 4 wickets. Eccles, smacking about in a rather wild style, made 95, which
sixers included four
out of the ground. The following is the score and analysis:-
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Lt. W. H. C. S. Thring, e Paley, Knox ÷ 9 Surgeon Pend, b Knox
Lt. Comm. Grafton, 1 Knox. Capf. Mercer, st. Paley, ↳ Eccles Lt. T. A. Powlett, c and b Knax 1. M. Elliott, b Eccles
Lt. T. Shelford, st. Paley, b Eccles
Lt. ÍI. W. Jusnes, b Eccles
G. R. Blount, b Alexander
D. C. Dalrymple, not out. H. C. Rawson, run out
Extras
Eccles l'ervival
-Total
Baker Carr Khox..
42
4
21
12
24
0
0
16
7
9
5
149
No. of No.
Total Maiden Runs. Overs.
25
2
4 30
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40
17
20
83
OFFI El
R. Bị
42
D
7
0
e and b Shelford 25
Thring, Shelford
b
95
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
No. of No. of
Xo Wide Balle. Balls.
§. E. Hollond, b Dalrymple C. Percival, b Shelford
C. W. Knox, e Powlett, b Shel.
ford
Capt. Eccles, h Shelford.
Capt. Baker Carr, ↳ Elliott Capt. Fergusờn, e Mercer, b
Shelford.
R. Alexander, h. Elliott
Elfiert G. Paley,
D. Power, e Thring, b Elligft T. Close, b Elliott
Major Hon. E. Noel, not out
Extras
Total
Wick, of Bowled. B.
12 hot out
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7
1
ob Elliott
0
0
0 h Elliott
Extras
78
Total.
141
ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB.
The first of a series of three races for a prize presented by the Hon. H. E. Pollock was sailed on Sunday in very light winds. The course was from the Police Pier, Kowloon, round the north fairway buoy and a mark boat off Lyeemoon (leaving both to starboard), finishing off the Pier; 12 miles.
The race was
a handicap for first and second class boats only and the following started at 11.15, crossing the line at considerable intervals:
Bout
Owner Handicap
Time of starting
H. M. 8. 11 20 30
16 40 25 00
16 30
11
27 00
11 45 00
Meteor, Mr. Lammert, scratch Erica, Mr. A. Denison. 45 seconds 11 Dart, Mr. A. H. Barlow. 2 minutes 11 Ladybird. Mr.J.Hastings. 3 Payne, Royal Engineers, 3 Petrel, Mr. Morton Jones, 6 She, Mr. C. H. Gale, 10 Aileen, Lieut. Lee Dillon, 12
11 26 00 11 25 00
Althongh the actual times of crossing the line vary considerably, most of the boats were within a few yards at gun fire, but owing to the lightness of the wind the short distance took some time to cover. Erica, starting near the north end of the line, had a better tide than the rest, which were assembled round about the mark boat at the south end, and with the help of a light south nice northerly breeze, wind drifted into a which carried her down to the north fairway buoy with a lead of about six minutes. Meteor and Ladybird got away from the others and arrived at the buoy second and third, with She fourth.
THE OFFICERS R.N. r. THE OFFICERS R.B. This match, played on the 30th Jan.. resulted in a victory for the Navy op the first innings. Winning the toss and going in on a slow good wicket the sailors began well making over 100 runs for 4 wickets. Pead contributing a good and Mercer 21. At 112 Eccles went on with lobs, his first ball getting Mercer's wicket. James went the same way. Shelford was next. and it may be remembered that his last attempt at playing a lob was to play back to a half volley, which resulted in his defeat first ball. On this occasion he bad, made up his mind that the lobs were to be treated in another manner. He
well up
and came boldly in with his helm
Erica and Ladybird tacked well up to his weather eye, as he thought, open. Seeing the north, Meteor keeping to the middle of the smack-you-out-of-the-colony" look in his the shipping. She following in a middle course. eye the bowler determined to try a little When off the godowns the wind turned to artifice. He put his field out deep and bowled south and on cross tacking Meteor was found a short one. Down the pitch came "Tommy," to have nearly caught up with Erica, but the crack!!! But no he inissed her, and latter was just able to place herself on Meteor's there was one behind the wicket who did weather bow, a position she occupied as far as not miss him, and again the valiaut "T. S. Kowloon Point, where another calm was met had to retire first ball to the lobs. He had his with, and here Ladybird closed up to within & revenge, though, as the score will show. The few lengths of the leaders, with She not far away. After drifting along with the ebb Naval innings closed for 149, and the Riflemen had no easy task before them. Hollond did all tide up to near Blackhead's Point a light he knew, but the bowling of Elliott and of the east wind came down, and Erica and Meteor were the first to catch it which gave aforesaid redoubtable T. S." was too much for
lead considerable When Paley came in things them
from Ladybird the remainder.
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