BILLIARDS.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17452, 12 May 1922, Page 9

BILLIARDS.

LINDRTTM'S RECORD BREAK.

(By Cable —Press Association—CopyrighS.) (Auatralian and N.Z. Cable Association.) SYDNEY, May 11. Tho proson/t flcore in tho match between liindruin atui, Stevenson is.*—Lindrum 0 play) 12,000, Stevenaon 4042. ' Lindrum'a break of 1417 is » wor-a s record with bonzolino balls. With tho exception of two oannons, the score was made otf tho red. Goorge Gray mado 2196 unfinished, in England, off orystallate balls, but this wa« not recognised. . Interviewed, Lindnun explained that it was his first match Against tho English player, and! ho wa« anxious to excel himself, also that friends offored him a bi 0 ' sum. to nothing l if he made a break of IC<JO.

Here arc some sayings which illustrate the wisdom of the philosophic East: —(1) The dogs bark, but the caravan travels on. (2) Askfed whicli ho liked best, the uphill or the downhill track, the Camel replied, "Allah's curse t>n them both!" (3) It is not by crying "Honey!" that sweetness cometli into tho mouth. (4) The soles of the feet heal, but not the spirit of tho man who was bastinadoed. (5) All wood burlis in silence, save' thorns; for the thorns, being swiftly consumed,' desist not from crying out, "Wo aro wood." (6) Haste is from Satan,, but Leisure from Allah. (7) Love is. a worthy gift for tho Sultan, but only the beggar can be sure it was given. (8) Say not what is pleasant but untrue, nor what is true but unpleasant. (9) Belietvp everything rather than nothing at all.