In the course of the year several exhibition games were arranged in which leading local players were matched against visitors of international standing.
Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club
Excellent sailing and rowing facilities are available in Hong Kong. The Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club has its headquarters on Kellet Island in close proximity to the Causeway Bay typhoon shelter and has a subsidiary club-house on Middle Island, on the south side of Hong Kong Island between Repulse Bay and Deepwater Bay. The main yacht racing season is from October to May, but sailing continues throughout the whole year and is only occasionally interrupted by typhoon threats. Racing classes include naval 14-ft. dinghies, 14-ft. Redwing dinghies, 16-ft. Jubilees, Stars, Dragons and two classes of cruising yachts. Cruising amongst the innumerable islands, bays and inlets of the Colony is popular during the summer months and yachtsmen are fortunate in being able to make use of many attractive anchorages and bathing beaches in parts of the New Territories not easily accessible by road. Rowing is stimulated not only by inter- Club regattas and races against crews from the Victoria Recreation Club but also by interport regattas against Singapore, Saigon, Haiphong and Miri, Sarawak.
Horse Racing
Hong Kong possesses one of the best racecourses in the East and horse-racing is a long-established and popular sport in the Colony. Race meetings are usually held fortnightly, with extra meetings on certain public holidays, except for 3 months during the hottest summer months when there is a break in racing activities. The Jockey Club, which organizes the race meetings and has its own special enclosure at the Racecourse, has a wide membership of all nationalities and races. A new electric totalisator was introduced early in the year and its successful operation has been welcomed by all supporters of racing in the Colony.
Of 1951's new ponies it is generally agreed that the grey gelding "Firefly", previously called "London 17" was the most outstanding. It finished first in the Hong Kong Derby, but was disqualified for crossing. Although subsequently beaten by the previous champion pony "Skymaster" it won the Hong Kong St. Leger and towards the end of the year it ran against "Skymaster" again and won.
There was keen competition for the jockey championship and the issue was in doubt up to the last meeting in December. On that day K. Kwok gained the title with a total for the season of 30 wins, two
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