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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1933..
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G.O.M. OF COLONY Night_Star's
TURF
“JOHNNY"
HEARD'S
COMEBACK
Twice Winner Of
Champions.
BREAKS LOCAL JOCKEYS'
RECORD IN 1929
Riding In Shanghai Since 1908
(By Rapier).
Mr. "Johnny" Heard.
1928--Second on Hynes and Mac-
kie's Pickle.
IF any jockey deserved the 1962- Second on Gay Crusader.
WONG-NEI-CHONG STAKES. 1914-Second on John Peel's The
Cal.
1925. Won (+1} Dynasty's King)
Ptolemy.
Handicap
Woodland Stag Should Win Next Encounter.
AMONG THE NOVICES
TIGHT STAR'S triumph over
NIG
Woodland Stag in last Satur- day's mee will make that pony 10 lbs. better than the former cham- pion Mr. L. G. Frost is quite 5 lbs, better than Mr. S. N. Pan, 20 that I think the Stag pony will have; his turn during the next encounter. Night Star has won on all four oc- casions he has been out this season, and has proved inconclusively that} he is the better pony.
*
am glad to say that Mr. "Jackie" name +1 "C.O.M. of the
before the conclusion
Noronha hopes to be riding again | Turf Mr. Colony
of the first! "Join"
balf of the season. He requires Heard does. Riding regularly in
only one win to raise him from the Shanghai as far back as 1908.
1928 -Third on Wayfoong's Brown win the dockey Cup on
Novice class. He was expected to Mr. Hoard has viited the Colon
hee ut Jug. on and off for the past twenty1429 -Secund on John Peel's Nouk-the Annual Meeting, but the pony years, and has idden regularly
bail
at the Valley f the past five 130-Second on Dyer Beith's Loch Rot even placed.
years,
Fyne.
MAIDEN STAKES.
This season he made a magni-914-Second on John Peel's An- ficent comelgick after the critics
WAR
had decided that he had had his 921 Third on Fash's Harlequin. OM. Third or Hyses and Mac-
kie's Pickle,
unaerountably failed, and he was He is probably the best of the Novice riders,
Another Novice jockey who re- quires only one
win is Mr. R. A. Carroll. He has been waiting
more
a long time for the remaining one.
Mr. D. Black, who came into the of imelight this season by virtue
day. When he came back from Tsingtao at the Leginning of the|1931 –Sneend on Dunbar's Cycla- his win on Weybridge in the Jockey
win Cup and his men Bay. year he went inte striel traning,)
on Lady Peel's VALLEY STAKES.
Lucy Glitters on Saturday, recordeđ
and as the result recorded seven 14-Second on McMurtrie's Pit-another win at Macao on Sunday. winners at the Annual Meeting)
Forthie.
N
Charles's
Husk.
Hush!
and has now eight wins to his credit. to rank sixth in a list of thirty-1917-Third
Mr. H. P. Chanson is a rider that seven riders.
is making exceedingly rapid pro- press, and it will not be long now The only local jockey who was 1921 - Serund on Fush's Aspirin. ahead of him was Mr1:00|1928-Second-on-Seth's Erstwhile, before he is out of the Novices Prost.
He
At the present moment 1929--Won un Dyer Beith's Loch is the most promising of the Chinese he has recorded 12 wins this sea-
Alsh. 1 son at the Valley, Macao and 1930--Second on Jahn Peel's Done Kwanti.
Again.
In 1928 Mr. Heard rode in only FOOCHOW CUP.
22 races in the Colony and as a
1917-Third on BINS
Pingu Chief.
result was not highly placed in the Jockeys List having only 19311-Third on John Peel's Adam. three winners to his credit. That 1932-Second on Coronation Eve.
Whe
Won
Mr. T. L. Wong's year--he on 23 occasions. Mr. "Bob" Charles was also in good form that season, recording 17 winners,
In 1929, the year that H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester rode un four occasions at the Valley, Mr. Heard established a local recurd by re cording 30 winners in 107 ra***. In that year he won the Valley Stakes and the Ladies' Purse. Mr. G. A. Harriman was then $110 second jockey with 19 wins.
la 1930, the first year of Mr. "Leo" Frost' nacendancy, Mr. Heard was forced to take third place with 26 winners as agonist Mr. Frost's 29 and Mr. "Gus" da Roza's 27. His record, however, still remained unbroken.
In 1931 he rode less frequently and as a result dropped to 19 win- #ers out of 80 races. He was, however, third again, Mr. Frost shattering all records with 44 wins and Mr. "Benny" Proulx belug second with 22.
Last year Mr. Heard was away from the Colony for a consider-
riders.
R
•
at
YSTERY OF RUNAWAY RACEHORSE-Inniskeen, the six-
who threw while at exercise
and was then lost for four days, returned to his stable at Mr. Peter Throale's training establishment nt West Horsley, Surrey, in al most the same condition' as when he disappeared, Although search was in progress following his
hc disappearance
not seen until he galloped back to his own box at the Inniskeen has a drink at the ice-covered water trough.
11
was
stables.
1933 MACAO RECORD
ACING in the Colony is TV- ceiving a tremendous boost
In Kadoorie's this year.
a munth we shall have had six meetings-two at the Valley, two at Macao, and one Kwant and Canton.
The second batch of subscription 1921-- Third on Seth's The Ameer.griffins will add to the interest when 1982--Second on Coronation Eve, they make their first appearance in T following are the complete re- sults of ponies started in ufficial LADIES' PURSE.
April. The following are the events ruers at Macão from January 1 of this 1914-Second on John Peel's Dum-which have been arranged for them year:
fries.
during the first half of the reason. April 15-Second Wong-Nei-Chong Bold Lad
CHALLENGE CUP.
1916-Second on Dynasty's Oregon. Macgregor's on
1921-Third
1929-Won
Seth's
Strathfarrar.
Fay and n Christmas Chimes. 1930- Won on Jahn Peel's Adam. 193 Third
Dunbar's Glen- eagles.
JA
THE
THE PONIES.
Batting Horse
Stakes 1⁄2 Mile).
New King -Second Valley Stakes (Six Jackie
Agua Parn Furlongs).
Cheerful Sun April 17-Second Tower Stakes (1 Powerful King
Mile 171 Yards).
Shimming -Serond Mongolian Stakes Banjolina (Continued at foot of next Column Buchanan
Valley
Hall Three Swords 11
CHAMPION RIDING YOUNG NATIVE
STEVE ON LIKELY PONY
IN THE LINCOLNSHIRE
able period, and as a result re- TO-DAY'S CLASSIC OVER A MILE
corded only two winners in 48 гасев Mr. Frost in that year broke his own record by register-ORDON RICHARDS, champion English Jockey, is riding Young ing 67 wins!
U Native at an 18-1 chance in to-day's Lincolnshire Handicap over a mile at Lincoln. The pony, though a good stayer, is not suited to the distance and an unlikely winner, though the heavy going will considerably brighten his prospects.
The
following ia
"Johnny" Heard's record in the Colony dur ing the past five years:
1st 2nd 3rd Unp. T.
1928
3 7
7 22
1929*
30 29 14 34 107
1930
20 20 24 47 123
1931
19 9 15 37
80
1932
2 7 6 34 48
* champion jockey.
The following is his record in the classica at the Valley: DERBY...
1914-Second On John Peel's
Lockerbie.
1915-Third on Ellis Kadoorle's
English Chief,
1917-Third on Beith and Rose's
Yid,
1926-Third on Dynasty's King of
Hearts.
1920-Second on John Peel's Adam. CHAMPIONS.
1914-Won on John Peel's Prest-
dent,
1910-Second on John Peel's Presi
dent.
1923-Won on Hector Sassoon's
Roman Republic. 1925-Third on John Peel's Char-
coal.
Steve Donoghue, who has just returned to England fler wintering abroad, is riding Knight Error, the 1931 winner and the only post winner in the race. Knight Error has a good chance if the crítics are to be believed. Canty is up on Solenoid, winner of the Steward's Cup over six furlonge at Goodwood last year. The pony is second favourite to Alluvial which is being mounted by Carslake.
The following are the starters, jockeys and betting figures.
100-11 Alluvial, (o); 19-2 (t) 100-8 Solenoid (o); 13 (t)
100-6 Glannarg (t and o)
18-1 Young Native (t and of 20-1 Clogheen (t and o)
20-1 Wraxball (and, o) 20-1 Dorigen (o)
22-1 Heaven Sent (t and o)
25-1 Link Boy (t and o) 26-1 Tom Tit II (0) 25-1 Amoya (0)
25-1 Knight Error (6); 28-f ̃(t)
28-1 Hat Guard (0); 33-1 (1) 28-1 Totzig (a)
28-1 La Becastine (0)
33-1 Winster (0)
33-1 Inverman (0)
35-1 Sorrento (o); 40-1 (t)
40-1 Shipbourne (0) 40-1 Trinidad. (0)
40-1 Social Event (6)
60-1 Holmwood (0).
.(Carelake)
.(Canty)
(Fox) (Gordon Richards) (Graves)
.(Lane)
(Weston) (Richardson)
(Pat Beasley)
.(C. Richards)
.(F. Rickaby)
(Steve Donoghue) (Smith)
(Roten).
(Sam Wrakg) (Newett)
(McGreigan)
(Ray)
(Gethin)
(Harry Wragg)
(J. Elifas).
. (No Jockey yet)
So On
If
RUMJAHN'S L.R.C.WIN
TRIUMPH
PLAYS LIKE A CHAMPION
Cassumbhoy's Gallant Display.
BROKEN RACKET AND FAULTY DECISIONS
(By Ace.)
INTER-CLUB LADIES
TENNIS SHIELD
U.S.R.C. Beat The Peak Club.
THE LADIES Recreation Club won the Hong Kong Ladies' Inter-Club Lawn Tennis Shield for the third successive year when they beat the United Services Recreation Club and the Peak Club on the
The following were the detail-
Mrs. Tottenham and Mrs. Lewis
Bryan (LR.C.) 29 games. Mrs. Stafford-Smith and Miss
SIRDAR RUMJAHN won the Co-U.S. R. C. courts on Monday.
lony Lawn Tennis Singles ed results:- Championship for the second suc- cessive year and for the third time in his career when he beat J. A.| Cassambhay in yesterday's all-In- dian Final at the H. K. C. C. by scores of 6-0, 7-5, 6-2.
It
WAR a disappointing final. apart from the fact that Rumjahn was far superior to his opponent, who was the victim of nerves throughout the match. For the major part of the match there were no officials taking lines, and as n consequence several of Mr. C. J. Tacchi's decisions from the chair were alightly wrong.
Rumjahn dominated his
Thomas (LR.C.) 20 games. Mrs. Lochner and Miss Pullun
(U.S.R.C.) 28 games.
Mrs. Grimble and Miss R. Han-
cock (P.C) 25 games.
Mrs. Lambert and Mrs. Parkes
(U.S.R.C.) 16 games.
Miss H. Hancock and Miss
Potter (P.C.) 5 games. Total Games!
......58
Ladies Recreation Club United Services Recreation Club 44 Peak Club
30
THIRD SET
oppon-Rumjaha .....
4 4 5 4 3 4 7 4
FINAL TOTALS
8. A. Rumjahn
J. A. Cassumbhoy
Bishop's Win..
10% 75
C. W. E. Bishop (4.6) beat J. H. Mousley (scr.) by 6-3, 6-2, to win the Club Handicap "B" Singles yesterday, Bishop was the former Colony full back in association football, "partnering G. & Wynne, of the
Police, in 1925.
ent from the commencement of the Casumbhoy... 0 13 25-29 2 game and was full value for his love set. In the second set the very nearly paid the penalty of slackening up, and was fortunate to escape at 7-5. Cassumbhoy, handi- capped to no small extent by a broken string in his racket, crack- ed up in the final set and offered: little resistance to Rumjahn, who had then recovered his best form. Cansumbhoy played good tennis, -und-it-was-only the fact that he was up against a 16 better player that saw his defeat. His service Professor L. T. Ride and Mrs. was not seen at ita best-he double Whitham (scr.) were given a stern faulted often, opening the match struggle in the Club Mixed Doubles with four double faults and on an- Handicap by the Rev. and Mrs. other occasion double faulting J. N. Lewis-Bryan (ser.) and just three times running-and this may succeeded at 6-4, 9-7 after a thrill- have caused him additional ing struggle for supremacy. anxiety. His lobbing
deep
THE STABLES. THE following are the records of jahn,
stables at Macao since January 2 of this year (only official races are in- cluded):
1
3 Unp.
IKL
2nd 3rd
3
0 Q
0
Waang and L!
0
0 0
1
H. Lowcock
3
n
0
00
Wong Ping-shun
Â
Mok Hing-wing
G. H. Potte
F. I. Ko
Акци
K. W. Fung
to enough
1933 Record.
The following is how the pair reached the Final Round in order of rounds:
RUMJAJIN
was not worry Ram- who showed amazing im- provement in his overhead work. Cassumbhoy's forchand driving was beautifully executed and set- dom failed him it was his back beat J. Barrow on a wo hand that failed the test.
beat H. D. Rumfabo 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Rumjahn'a magnificent retrieving beat Y. Hachiuma 6-1, 6-4. powers were clearly demonstrated beat Taui Wai-pul 6-1, 8-8.
beat Ho Ka-lee 6-1, 7-5, 7-5. throughout the match. A slower)
CASSUMELOY player on the court would have been beat H. Y. Ho 6-2, 6-3. left standing by many of Cascumb-beat C. A. Wright 6-2, 6-2. hoy's placements from one corner beat Lai Kwong-laun 6-4, 6-3, to the other. He played tennis beat M. W. Lo 6-4, 6-3, 6-2.
beat Iu Tak-cheuk 6-4, 6-1.
worthy of his title, and should he
reveal the same form against E. C.
Past Winners.
The following have been
the
win their ninth successive cham-winners and runners-up in the plonship.
Championship since 1926:
The following were the detailed 1926-T. Honda beat 8. A. Rumjahn.
1927-S. A. Rumfahn beat Ng Bre- scores of the match:
Yew Man-kit
་
SAMBON
3
1
P. Young
บ
Valley
Invincible
H. E. Gov, of Macau
0
Spotted Butterfly Double Fare
P.
Fincher and L. Goldman to-morrow
0
·
n ñ
Mrs. Lowcock
he and his cousin "II. D." should
0
2
3
L. Yong
Q
A. H. Carroll
4
ñ
0
Lo and Liang
Aitch Aitch
Hau Un
Mins Fearon
Brian
Brutus Genghis Khan
Prestival
FIRST: BET
I
Dr. S. To Wong
F. Lobel
Kumjahn Cassumbhoy
4 6 4 46 4 1420 42
Smiling Commat
Lyze
SECOND SET
Poker Face
Miss Scott Harsion
0
Yan
Man
0
Lewis and Tinson
L. T. F.
K. H. Kay
Prestwick Carnation II Heather Leaf
Blue
Plena
Golly Even Orlando Whitehall
Allwel
Oh Yeah Per se Hazel Leaf Gold Mine Imperial Hall
Honolulu Moon Good Morning Tien Feng Shan Green Jade Gold Box
Patrol
Widnes The Loafer *** Bootle Spotted Wakefield Happy Man Junt Imagine Bird
Lea!
Sanction
Overall
of Shanghai Fighting
Blood
Until Then Jingle Brave Chap Balato Gallant Fox Circus Eve
Chan Wing-yung
Chív
THE JOCKEYS,
kwong-
1928-T, Honda beat 5. A. Rumjahn. 1929–M. W. Lo beat 8. A. Rumjaks. 1930-T. Honda beat E. C. Fincher. | 1931–C. A. L. Rumfahn best E. C.
Fincher.
Rumjabu... 2 4 4 1 16 3 7 4 4 4 6 | 1932-8. A. Rumjahn beat E. C. Cassumbhoy 410 4 4 5 9 12 13
Fincher.
1932 Statistics Show Improved
THE following are the records of Strength of Thoroughbred Industry
Jockeys in official racer at Macad since January 1 of this year:
A. L. Caplan
D. Black
P. Young
H. P. Chansen
G. V. da Roza
A. Liang
J. P. Heard
F. M. L. Boares...
G. Frost M. Loo R. A. Carroll V. V. Needs...
G. A. Harriman ...
Yue
Fung
Shun-wa
W. N. Yep
F. Label M. N. Cochrane
R. Lus
G. P. Ferguson
Common .. Adamastor
E, Joseph
0
W. C. Poy
A. G. Botelho
AA. R. Botelho
Rosebud Dashaway
(Seven Furlonga).
*
3 Unp
0 2
5
1
»
Kong Stakes (11⁄2 Miles),
2
April 29-Kalgan Plate (One Mile). {May 27-Nil. Desperandum Stakes
-Sub. Griffins Plate (14
Miles).
May 18-Leighton Hill Stakes (Bix)
Furlongs).
-Sports Club Cup and Hong
(One Mile), -Sub, Griffins Champions (1%
Miles).
June 5--Tytam "A" and "B" Kondi-
sap (One Mile).
THE
THE statistics of the flat-rac tish capital Invested in horse- ing season of 1932, publish, racing runs into millions of ed in the "Races Past" volume of pounds and under Jockey Club the "Racing Calendar," provide Rules alone, there are 4,547 horses interesting details of the great in training. Some are worth up- industry of thoroughbred racing, wards of £10,000, and the collec- Although the number of horses is of 400 sovs. each, the price of tive value, on a conservative bas- of different ages which ran last the average selling plater, cannot season is 126 fewer than in 1981, be much less than £2,000,000. and the lowest since 1922, the
The value of stakes, not in- figures are actually an indication.
feuding prizes to second and third of the improved strength of the horses, during the 1932 season
thoroughbred industry. There 32 more two-year-olds brought into training than in
were
in England, Scotland, and Ireland was £772,097 4. 21., of which
1921, the decrease being in the 695,826 68. was for races won in England, £32,711 in Scotland, older horses, & profitable market and £48,659 108. 24. in Ireland. for which is found overseas in The total value of stakes for 1982 India, Egypt, South Africa, Ushows a decrease of £38,098 58, S. A., the Federated Malay States, d. for England, Scotland, and and other countries.
Ireland, which is hardly surpris- The prosperity of the British ing in view of the prevalling in- Turf depends greatly upon its dustrial depression all over the bloodstock export market, and a world. decrease in the number of older There were ten fewer races de- horses which ran last season is cfded in. 1982 than in 1981, the therefore not to be regarded as total being 1.976, which does not deleterious. The amount of Bri- include the 415 races in Ireland."