The 14th annual sports meeting of] the Thomas Hanbury School for} Boys was held in Hongkew Park on} Saturday afternoon.
'A long pro-[gramme of events was run off with]
speed which spoke well for the efficiency of all the offi is concern-
The competitors, who had been training for several weeks, put up] ]some good sport for the large crowd lof old boys and friends.
After the main programme had] nished tea was served and several impromptu comic races were held for] those who had not won prizes At the close, Mrs. A. W. Pinnick [Presented the prizes and the proceedings ended with three cheers for the headmaster and staff. The detailed st of results ig as follows:— and Colleen making long legs over The Resu to the Pootung peninsula, The result was that Viking soon got on each which took Ler from House Island straight to the Lismore, whereas the others lost the distance they seemed to have gained, ju her best weather, and, shaking out the reef with which she had] started, she sped away until she was Beyond' e chance of being caught Short of the standing much passed Viking and turned the Lismore 4 min. ahead, Then she had bad luck, for the wind died away off Woosung, and the lighter Viking, setting every inch of canvas, went by her, to finish 18 min, after the Wha Lee and about Lamas bantam
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NoKapustines 2. A, Ea 10 min. ahead of the Colleen, then was 6 pin, quite dark, and with the ebb just starting. "When last sighted, the Undine, well ahead] of all the others, was hull-down on! the horizon. At the time of writing] it was not known how they finished, nor 9s yet are the handicaps] known.' Such "members as were about were lavish in their congratulations to the veteran, J. Nell, fon the fine sailing which kept his little 'Viking ahead for two-thirds of the race, and to "Sun Mow," the only Chinese' member of the club,—who sailed through with only his laodah to help him, got over all his troubles, and finally finished first. Blake was distinctly unfortunate, for he made up more distance than anyone and deseived a better fate than to be be-
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