The Archive · 1908

THE CHAMPIONSHIP

The final of the Championship was played off on Sunday in beautiful weather between Mr. G. M. Wheelock and Captain J. Dewar. Play was comparatively even, though of an uninteresting character on account of the fiery greens and a strong cross wind. Mr. Wheelock secured the lead at the sixth ined it through rst round saw him 2 up, at the eighteenth he had bettered himself by one. This lead Captain Dewar reduced to 2 by the end of the third round. Mr. Wheelock then won the next three, Captain Dewar securing the following two, and they halved the next. The game then stood dormy three in Mr. Wheelock's favour, and he secured the match on the following green, thus winning by four up and two to play. Mr. Wheelock is to be cai gratulated on his first win in Shangh: Captain Dewar was also runner-up last year, when Mr. Walkinshaw won the The following is the result of the A Class monthly medal played on March 22. Of the thirty cards taken out the undermentioned were returned J, T. Disseldaft 1 down. exaggeration it may be said that a better afternoon's music could not have been arranged than that which wi listened to in the Kaisersaal of th Club concordia on preree one were needed, of the oe that bright, it was good,

the dallest music is not necessarily the best), and it was exactly the right length. Here and there it might be possible for criticism to raise a slight objection; as, for instance, that the time jin the last movement of the Bach trio got rather out of hand, while in the Beethoven piano and violin sonata the fall colour of the andante was not always fectly realized, But no conce absolutely free from blaine in minor points; and as a whole this performance was more than worthy of the programme, Both Bach trio and Beethoven Sonata,—which were played by Misx Macleod, Jansen and Mis. Maitland, and by Mrs. Gerecke and Miss Macleod—respestively,—revealed the two composers in their bapplest mood, and the musicians entered into it thoroughly. In the first piece the playing of the slow movement calls) for icular commendation for its brewith and gracefulness. In the Beethoven both players rose to a high level of excellence, though the piano, as being the more difficult part, deserves the most praise. Of the three movements the first was perhaps the best rendered. There is a triumphant mastery in its meaning, of which both instrumentalists showed complete comprehension. The same feeling is repeated at the end of the third moverment—t Mrs. G. M. Wheelock is thoroughly to be congratulated on thecate and thought clearly devoted to the organing of her series and it is to be hoped that the concerts will be as successful financially as they promise to be arris ti ically.

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