There was great joy when "Chuck" "Burkill, with afew propriate remarks, presented Toeg with a coloured portrait of Alligator, the gift of a few racings friends, supplementing this with the announcement that the Stewards had decided there had been regrettable omission from the Birthday Honour ist and accordingly had decided td raise "Sir John" to "Lord Alligal Mr. Toeg blushingly responded and, to the accompani ons applause from his fellow-anctenty Mr. Brodie A. Clarke, reminded the company that he had been racing: Shanghai for 46 years and Alligatox given hie ba eevenln orb tin, chieh be believed wan 8 China Mr. A, W. Burkill, Chairman: of the Race Club, succumbing to Sig Victor Sassoon's suggestions that really was a sort of. a Gitnerack, dinner and Mr. Rert Stormes'g refusal to sing any more une less he was told something about racing, gave an interesting address, in the course of which lid showed how racing in recent yearg lad taken on an entirely different aspect, necessitating a complete ye" vision of rules and conditions. Lid was heartily applauded when he said hho hoped all racing men recognized that the one aim of the Steward was to do the best for the spurt and for all connected with it, event though their rulings at first sight might seem somewhat extraordinary, to some people. 1 During the dinner and in Yetween speeches, an excellent urchestyag which it was insisted was profess sionally known as Olsen's Orphea played through a first-class gramme, conducted measure assisted by Bufly," whilst Mr, G. 1, Stormest and Mr, Victor Haimoviteh proved that they can sing as well as they, hinge" and vide, and the before tioned conductor never ceased from his vocal and physical cone tributions, The great turn of the evening, however, was Mr. Toce's, song, with his own accompaniment, and if he could be persuaded to res Produce it-on ihe stage of the Lyceum Theatre it would be thd rage of Shanghai 1
Acconoine to the Russian papers, banks. employing Russian watch< men, have decided to increase el, pay to $80 per month,
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