The Archive · 1941

Light Horse Win Tent-Pegging

'The Tent-porging event was keenly anticipated but it failed to reach any great heights of interest as the Light Horse squad. comprising of A.' J. Hickmott, J. G. W: Lewis, A. V. White fend Duncan Fraser. proved " their superiority. In each of the three, res fo run up a total of §8 points. Their nearest rivals, the Punjabi "Yellows." staried off poorly when one of their members was thrown at the slart of the first run which naturally minimized their chance of winning. Thay eventually succeeded in fetching 41 points while the third aggregation, the American Troop. were five points "The Ath item on the programme was a Musical Ride, a display by members of the Shanghai Pony Club, This event on the programme lent an Jair of pageantry to the day as the riders were costumed in the uniforms resembling those used by the military century or two ago. This was one of the most picturesque turns which, combined with the splendid way in which the children had obviously been drilled, turned an ordinary ride Into one of the features of the programme. It may, perhaps, have been 8 trifle too long as it became rather monotonous towards the end.

The Fun Begins With the mote serious part of the gymkhana dealt with the fun began the sixth event with the Rickshaw Race. But between the fifth and sixth items three clowns provoked laughter from the public with their amusing antics, The Rickshaw Race resulted in a "short.shatt" victory for the combination of Miss Yvonne Pollock and Duncan Fraser, who, in n desperate die attempt, succeeded reaching the finish just ahead of the next combination, which was none other than Mr, and Mrs, Cheapé english Football London, May 23, Following are the results of football matches played yesterday:

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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