Tourists Defeat All Hongkong By Five to One Hongkong, Feb. 28.
The Islington Corinthians wound up their programme in Hongkong yesterday with another victory, defeating an all-Hongkong team by five goals to lone.
The Colony side was the strongest pitted against the tourists who, however, won as convincingly as they did in their first three matches. The Hongkong interport side consisted of: and 1903.
Percy Woodland, who was successful oh Drumcree in 1903, always said that the "Old Un," meaning Manifesto, would have seriously endanger ed his victory had he not been badly bumped by a horse two fences from home.
Cloister was perhaps the best of the three. His forty-lengths victory, with 12 stone, 7 Ib. in 1893 was an outstanding performance.
A well-known hunting man who inspected Cloister as he was being saddled for the race, found much to criticize and little to admire, "He's wrong here," he said, "and no good there. I never saw such an oddly made one."
Duncan (Royal Scots), Lee Tin-sang (South China), captain,' Ulrich (Kowloon), Williamson (Seaforths), Lo Hung-choy ' (South China), Leung Wing-chul (South China), Young Shui-vick (South China), Lai Shui-wing (South Chia), Fung King-cheong (South China), Saw (Middlesex), Hau Ching-to (Eastern), The following is the record of the Corinthians in Hongkong:—
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.