January 13, 1902.] Mr. Veitch's
Silk Purse Ryan's Moriturus proved himself to be capable of learning how to run straight, for with a little coaxing from his owner he led the way to the other less educated and reached the tape far ahead of the other animals. Three only ran home; the others went in different directions
Ryan's Moriturus
Murray's Patrick
Mottram's Pride of Hoihow
10 YARDS' HANDICAP.-Two Prizes.
Scratch
3 yards
4 yards
5 yards
7 yards 10 yards
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Mr. B. Ryan.
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3
Mr. J. Mottram. Mr. A. Otto.
Mr. G. F. Veitch. Mr. W. Frederick". Mr. H A. Atkinson. Mr. W. Murray. This was a splendid race; about half way the competitors were in a cluster led only by Mottram who, although penalised, forged ahead shortly after the start and kept his lead by teu Otto and Murray yards from the others. straggled for the second place and ran very close together up to the tape.
Mottram
Otto
Murray
HIGH Jump.-One Prize.
Mr. Frederick
Mr. Mottram
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Mr. Murray Mr. Ryan
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Mr. Veitch In this competition five entered; after a few trials Mottram and Ryan were left to finish the contest, which resulted in Ryan beating his plucky opponent, by clearing 4ft. Sin. easily and with a few inches to spare. In the compeition for third place Veitch won.
Ryan
"4ft. 3in, Mottram
3 Veitch STONE AND BUCKET RACE.-Two Prizes.
Mr. Frederick
Mr. Murray
Mr. Mottram
Mr. Otto Mr. Veitch
1
Murray had 10 yds. start and picked up his stones first. In ranning to the winning post Mottram rushed ahead and won by about seven yards.
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Mottram Murray PONY RACE; out, round a post, and in owners not allowed to ride their own ponies but to have mounts assigned to them by lot; owner of pony last past the winning post to receive the prize; no saddles, whips, or spurs allowed. One Prize.
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Mottram drew Atkinson's Ballyhooly Murray
Veitch's Faugh-a-ballaugh Frederick Ryan's Picqon Otto
Murray's Prince Atkinson Ryan Veitch The first jockey in was Ryan, closely followed by Atkinson; Veitch managed to lag behind and brought Otto's pony last; Mottram last but one.
Mottram's Midder River Frederick's Spot Otto's Hans
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SACK RACE.
Mr. Frederick Mr. Mottram
Mr. Murray
Mr. Ryan Mr. Veitch In this race Murray led all the way to the winning post; at the start Veitch was a good second, but after clearing some fifteen yards he had a fall which put him out of the race, as Mottram and Frederick were don upown him and went ahead in good form; Murray won by many yards.
Murray Mottram
Frederick
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TUG OF WAR.-Entries.
Team Ryan Murray Frederick
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Team Atkinson Mottram Veitch
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
The same riders and ponies as in the Pony Race, Ryan came in first with Frederick at his heels. Veitch brought his pony to the winning post ten minutes after all the other ponies were in, and won the prize for Mottram.
TUG OF WAR-For Customs Boatmen. The two cap us picked their men by,turns, This resulted in balancing the two teams so equally that the first attempt had to be given up after fifteen minutes' pulling. At the second trial the winning team pulled their opponents in a few minutes.
Winner of each event to receive 5 points, second 3 points, and third 1 point. Each member of the winning team in the Tug-of-war to receive 1 point. Cup presented by H. E. the Taotai to be awarded to the competitor scoring the highest total of points during the meeting.
This trophy was gained by Mottram who scored the highest number of points.
Three cheers for the ladies and three for the committee brought this much enjoyed meeting to a close.
Judges:-Mr. J. Acheson, Mr. F. Belin. Committee:-Dr. S. L. Lasell, Mrs. B. Ryan, T. Mr. Shirdan, Starter:-Mr. G. A. Forsaith.
HEAVY AMERICAN LOSS IN SAMAR.
Yet another successful bolo rush is to be recorded in the dark annals which deal with Samar, says the Manila Times of the 28th alt. A strong force of savages attacked a small detachment of men of the 9th U. S. Infantry, inflicting severe loss upon the little band, who realised that they were at the mercy of a horde of cat-throats, and fought with a desperation equalled only by the band who escaped from the general massacre at Baloguingon. Out of a force of eighteen men engaged in a desperate hand-to-hand fight with an overwhelming insur- gent horde seven were killed, fire seriously wounded, two slightly wounded, and the cap- tain in command slightly wounded. An official telegram, giving the details of the fight, was received in this city last evening, from headquarters department of South Philip pines. Captain Schoeffel, of the 9th Infty., with eighteen men, was scouting the country, having received word that there & were number of insurgents infesting the neighbourhood. At a point near the pueblo of Dapdap, while the detachment, consisting of eighteen men from Company E, were struggling through a dense thicket, they were suddenly surprised by a savage yell from onrushing bolomen, who had been lying in ambush in the thicket, awaiting their approach. The little band was entirely surrounded by the.savages, who sprang from the thicket on every side, rashing the detachment, and a bloody and desperate hand- to-hand conflict ensued. Rifles were used as clubs, being smashed over the heads of the attacking force, the detachment realising that it was a fight for life with a horde of blood- thirsty men who knew no quarter After several of the detachment had succeeded in bringing their rifles into play, the attacking force of bolomen began to speedily diminish under the rapid and well directed fire, and those who remained realised that victory was not to be had even with their overwhelmning force, and hastily retreated, suffering heavy loss. The detachment also lost heavily, only four out of the eighteen men having escaped without receiving a wound,
The attacking force was driven from the field without the loss of any property, the insurgents not being able to get away with a single gun. The loss of the enemy, while not given in numbers, is reported as heavy, which could naturally be expected in a fight at elose quarters where the attacking force, con- sisting of a large number, are driven off the field.
A detachment of native soldiers, under This contest was easily won by Ryan's team Lieutenant Lang, heard the report of heavy ⚫ who pulled their opponents twice conseou-firing and hastened forward to reinforce the
tively.
detachment, but arrived too late to take part in VICTORIA CROSS RACE.-Course and at- the battle, as the four men who were not signment of mounts, as in Pony Race. Com- wounded, assisted by their wounded comrades, petitors to race to dummies, dismount, pick who were fighting to the death. had played bavoc with the enemy's ranks. It is believed them up, remount and return with them to winning post. Owner of last pony to receive that the bolomen were aware of the approach of the prize. No saddles, whips, or spurs allowed. the reinforcements and hastened their retreat. One Prize.
· The arriving party, under Lieutenant Lang,
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assisted in burying the dead and caring for and removing the wounded from the field. Had Lieut. Lang and his force not arrived to assist in the work of removing the wounded, it is hardly probable that they would have ever reached their station again, It is more than likely the entire detachment would have suffered annihilation while caring for their wounded pomrades.
In the face of such hordes of savages, who in- fest the island of Eamar at the present time, all the vaunted and much talked of “ peace negotia- tions" are an empty farce, the Times comments. Fire, cold steel, hot lead and hemp will prove more effectual in the end than any negotiating or legislating that may bɔ enacted.
TRADE IN NORTHERN SIAM.
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The following remarks are from Mr. Consul W. R. D. Beckett's report on the trade of the Consular district of Chiengmai-the whole of Northern Siam-in 1900:-
The year 190 was, except as regards teak, a dull one for trade, and with that one exception, calls for litt e comment. Local shopkeepers attributed the dullness to the enhanced price of all Enropean goods, which, coupled with a low rupee-tical exchange as compared with previous years, made prices prohibitive to the Lao peasant purchaser, and reduced the profits of traders to a minimum. An explanation of the poor market given by a Chinese trader at Utaradit on the Nan River, where Bangkok goods are stocked for distribution to the Nan and Phre markets, is though somewhat pathetic and hardly historically correct, interesting, as throwing a side-light on public opinion in Northern Siam. The Chinese trader's explana- tion was that no fewer than 60 foreign merchant vessels laden with merchandise had been captured on the high seas by the victorions Chinese in their war with all the Foreign Powers. Hence the scarcity of trading goods in Utaradit. The rice crop was, it is true, slightly damaged by the excessive rains which continued, strange to say, nearly two months beyond the ordinary period, and by a visitation of caterpillars after the rains had ceased. But the harvest was, on the whole, normal, and the country people were satisfied with their stocks of grain.
Operations in teak, successful though their result was during the year owing to the can hardly be excellent floating season,
a factor in determining the reckoned as general commercial prosperity or otherwise of this Consular district. A good timber season meins a hardly-earned increment to the timber firms, and an accumulation of timber at the duty station followed during the ensuing yest by an increased export from Bangkok, but affects only lightly and indirectly the general purchasing power of the bulk of the population who take no part in extracting the took but confine themselves as a rule to agricultural pursuits. Speaking generally, the year was one of average prosperity to the population of Northern Siam, though the returus of over- and trade available show considerable de-
and in exports orease
imports. This the opinion of those decrease is due, in best qualified to judge, to the irritating regulations as to passports imposed during the year by the Siamese authorities. These regulations, introduced to check dacoity, have had the unfortunate, though doubtless uninten- tional, effect of intimidating the overland pack- trader, whether he imports hats and hardware from Kengtung, or takes Chiengmai bullocks for sale in Lower Burma. Encouragement to trade, whether transfrontier or otherwise, has never at any tim been a conspicuous charac- teristic of the local authorities. The present passport system will if continued, soon prove fatal to a transfrontier and inter-State com- one of considerable mercial intercourse, which, if properly fostered, might develop into magnitude,
With regard to the teak trade the percent- ages according to nationality for 1898 and 1899
1898 were:-
British Danish
3
1899
59
69
2
Chinese, Siamese, etc.
39
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