Unfortunately the absence of them would have told still more against his high-jumping.
"Dr. John A. Bassin performed a surgical operation at Poughkeepsie, New York, on a boy whose heart was too weak to permit the use of an anaesthetic, and who was lulled into unconsciousness by the strains of 'Highland Fling.'"
To make this story more credible the Singapore Free Press heads it "Dacoits in Burma."