FAST
THE CHINA
MAIL.
THURSDAY,
MAY 17, 1934.
Sporting Page EL
TIMES ANTICIPATED
ABLE AMAZON MAY BREAK TRACK RECORD
Fast Trackwork Proves Fitness
MR. DEITZ RIDING ST. JOAN AND WOODLAND STAG Prospects For Saturday
(By RAPIER) -
Able Amazon looks like the win- ner of the Brisbane Spring Handi- cap over 11⁄2 miles on Saturday,
The other morning he moved. beautifully over a inile gallop to. clock 1.56.0. Not extended, he of followed up opening quarters 0.30.0 0.31.0 and 0.28.0 with an effortless 0.27.5 finishing quarter.
A last half in 0.56.0 is ex- cellent track-work! '
Mr. Butler, however, is likely to be faced with very serious opposi- tion From no fewer than four alher ponies--Woodland Stag (Mr.) Deitz). Mutiny Bay (Mr. Proulx), Bronze Era (Mr. Harriman). and Just That (Mr. Soarés). '
Woodland Stag's Distance
It will be interesting to see how the leading jockey will fare on the Danbar crack. I would not be in ihe least blt surprised if he won after all he has beaten Mutiny Bay, with Mr. Butler up, over the mile, and the extra quarter is just his distance. He has also a
ful weight advantage.
Bronze Eru, which
won
the
with Mr. Deitz up. is a menace in;
AURE
Mrs. Roxy Adkins, Canadian hurdles star, who defeated Evelyn, Hail, American champion hurdler, last year, pletured during a Cast workout at New York just before she participated in the Ameri- can Women's Track and Field Indoor Championships in Brooklyn, N.Y.
MR.S.A. SLEAP LEAVES ON SATURDAY
Champions at the Annual Meeting RIDES SHANGHAI RECORD this race under Mr. Harriman. His BREAKER FOR 9 FURLONGS
record of 2.24.2 is, however, like
ly to go in this event,
Mr. Johnnie Heard is taking out Bay Tor, and Mr. Taylor will pro- hably have charge of Saucy Face. Atlas, considered by many not to
It
have a chance over this distance. has yet to be given a joekey. is, however, doubtful whether six furlong record-breaker will start.
St. Joan's Chance
Australian should provide an interesting race between The Goose (Mr. Butler). Lary Glitters (Mr. Proulx) and St. Joan Mr. Deitz). The lust men-
The second
TRCE
tioned pony at 140 b. is not such a bad thing at all, while the whirl- wind finish put in by Lucy Glitters (Mr. Black) at the last meeting is ati fresh in racegoers' minds.
If Mr. Li Shiu Pang decides to
MR. POTTS NEW STARTER
MR. S. A. SLEAP, THE POPULAR ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB AND STARTER AT THE RACE MEETINGS AT HAPPY VALLEY, IS LEAVING THE COLONY BY THE S.S. CORFU ON SATURDAY ON FURLOUGH. HE WILL BE AWAY UNTH DECEMBER, DURING WHICH PERIOD MR. ALEC POTTS WILL OFFICIATE AS STARTER
Mr. Sleap joined the Staff of the Jockey Club on July 1, 1931, and since that date he has been a familiar figure at Happy Valley, both at Race Meetings and at the early morning training gallops.
AT
TWO-DAY RACE MEETING
RECORDS LIKELY TO
BE BROKEN
Australians On Dry Course for Change
PROMISE OF EXCELLENT TWO-DAY MEET
Jockeys and owners are hoping for a continuation of the present Ane weather, feeling certain that with a dry track at Happy Val ley some startling figures will [be put up, especially by this sea. son's Australian ponies.
that
It is significant to note all records broken so far this sen son have been by the new Austra liana-all under the handicap of a wet and muddy course.
With a dry course, the rac- ing at the Fifth Extra Meeting should prove to be the best witnessed this season.
M
ISS YEUNG SAU KING won two swimming titles at the Far East Games yester- day.
The new records made by Aus- WOMEN OWNERS ON
tralian Ponies this season are as
follow:
5 furlongs-1.08.3-Able
Amazon,
AMERICAN TURF
92 ENTRIES
FOR HONG KONG
BOWLS OPEN Champion Not To
Defend Title."
DRAW ON MONDAY
ESSEX ALL OUT
FOR 220
O'Reilly 6 for 79 and Nichols 62 Not Out.
*
SLOW SCORING AT LEYTON
London, To-day,
A total of 92 entries, only 5 The Australians were kept in short of last year's figure, have the field all day against Essex at been received for the Open Sin-Leyton yesterday while the coun. gles Championship event of the ty totalled 220, Nichols, the Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Asso-fast bowler, scoring 62 not out.
W. J. O'Reilly, Sutcliffe's The entries closed on Monday with "bogey" bowler, claimed 6 for 79. 50 entries for the pairs competition Reuter.
clation.
and 24 entries for the rink competi- The Australians have beaten Wor- tion.
cester and Cambridge University, A. Hyde Lay, the holder of the and have drawn with Leicester and Singles Championship, is on Home the M.C.C. in the course of their leave and will not defend his title, four matches to date. They will but R. F. Luz, last year's runner-meet England in the first Test at up, and many former holders are Trent Bridge on June 6. competing.
The draw will take place on Mon-
day evening.
The following are the complete entries for the Open champion-
(E. G. Batler) in the Newbridge Hen Playing An Increasingly ships organised by the Hong Kong
dienp on March 31.
(N.
5 furlongs-1.05.3-Just Thint, Deitz), in the St. Kilda Handleap on March 31.
(N.
furlongs 1.20.1 Atlas Deitz) in the Charters Towers Handi- cap on April 28.
1 Miles-2.24.2- Bronze Era (N. Deltz),
in the Australian Ponies;
Champions on March 3.
Important Part
ACTIVITIES OF WHITNEY FAMILY
Women are playing an increas
1 mile 171 yards Racing Heart, ingly important part in the Ameri- February 28.
Lawn Bowls Association?
ENGLISH SOCCER SETBACK
Czecho Slovakia Win By Odd Goal.
SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP (Holder-A, Ryde Lay) Kowloon Bowling Green Club;— R. Duncan, J. S. Logan, J. G. Meyer, V. 30,000 WITNESS GAME Petherick, S. Randle and J. Watson.
Club de Recreio.-H. A. S. Alves,
Prague to-day, Basto, C. II. 3. A. H. Basto,
11. Basto, J.
A crowd of 30,000 saw Eng- ro-Basto, A. S.
Eland suffer a second soccer de- Gutierrez, Baato, Dr. R. A. Castro-B
V. feat on
the Continent when
J.
Gomes, L. A.
.V.
H. M. Pih), in the Adelaide Sinken oucan turf world. As recently as Noronha, J. G. Ozorio, Silva. Czecho Slovákia won by the odd
THE 1935 SUBS.
80 Griffins And 40 Australians
ALL FULLY SUBSCRIBED
X. M. da
Ribeiro, C. G. Silva, F. E. de Souza and F. A. Xavier.
five years ago, it was a rare oc- currence for a woman to win a race, but now more and more of them those who can afford the big expense which keeping a stable entails are maintaining their own Civil Service C. C.-A. Armstrong, corded a well deserved victory by 2 stables and winning important A. O. Brawn Jones, P. E. Knight, L. was among the 40,000 who watched A. W. Grimmitt, J. R. goals to 1 at Budapest. The Regent Hodgin Luck, John Pooler, J. M. Purvis, the game on that occasion.
Craigengewer C. C.-Y. Abbas, R. goal in three yesterday, after Basa, i. Beer, B. W. Bradbury, J. sharing two goals in the first
-Reuter. W. V. Field, W. GIIL, J.-S. Landolt,
England's first defeat occurred Cavanagh, A. E. Contes, G. Duncan, half."
M J. Medina, U. M. Omar, last Thursday when Hungary re- and Dr. V. N. Atienza.
races.
try.
the
R. F. W.
Gregory and A. Brooksbank.
Mrs. Payne Whitney is known as W, Simmons, C. Strange, L. R. Whant the Doyenne of American women and B. Williams
Police R. C.-A. E. Carey, A. B. Hong Kong Electric R. G.-J. F. retire Whitney,
Clarke,
R. Ellis, W. Glendenning, T. Lunny, A. F. Paul, L. de Rome, J, K. The number of China Pony Sub-racers, while the
family
of mainstay
R. Hunter, W. Mair, W. McLeod, G. Sloan, N. M. Currie and W. H. B.
Muskelt. sciption Griffins for next season thoughbred racing in this coun C. Moss, F. Nolan, G. Perkins and. E.
G. Post.
Indian R. C.-A. M. Rumjakin. Hong Kong Fonthall Club; J. J. of the Hong Kong Jockey Club is
Her husband
Kowloon C.C.-J. S. Dinnen, P. 0.) cared nothing limited to 80, which number has
about horses, but after his death Dunne, T. Ferguson, E. C. Fincher, J.
PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP Fraser, H. Gittins, H. Hampton, J. M. already been fully subscribed.
Australian Subscription Ponies
•
V. Petherick and J. Watson, R in 1927, Mrs. Payne Whitney or Jack, A. Jones, W. Mulcahy, IL. Overy, have already been fully subscribganized the Green-tree Stable. She R. P. Philling, A. E. Silkstone, W. C. Hail and R. Duncan, J. S. Logan and H. H. Rore, E. C. Fincher and R. P. has big breeding farms in Ken-Simpson, C. J. Tacchi and J. Smith.
Taikoo R. C.-T. F. Stainton and Phillips, C. J. Tacchi and W. W. Hirst, These ponies have already been tucky and ed to the limited number of 40.
at Red Bank, New
P. O.
Dunne and W. C.
C. Simpson, H. N. Drummand. ordered for next season, and it la Jersey, the latter place having a Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club:-A. Gittin and T. Ferguson, II. Hampton and J. C. Brown, L. Jack and J. M. quarter-mile covered track which Chapman and A. Macfarlane. expected
matter what the (Continued at Foot of Next Col. Ponies will arrive in Hong Kong can be used no in August, and the China Ponies in weather is like outside.
47,900 TICKETS September.
The names of the subscribers to
SOLD the new ponies have not yet been' disclosed, and it will be only after
Sea-Captain Raises the allotment after their arrival that the names will be published.
Sweep Figures
LADIES WANT RACE AT EACH MEETING
Between the introduction of the present starting gates at the Valley, at the Annual Race Meeting in 1981, and the Third Extra At the Race Meeting this year Mr. Sleup started every race. Third Extra Meeting Mr. Alec Potts started two races, in pre- paration for taking over during Mr. Sleap's absence,
the only stance was also set up by Mr. Sleap. Hong Kong is not
nine-furlong place at which Mr. Sleup has had He won the initial
Rtart Soldier of Britain in the experience of starting races. He race on Pilgrim, and regained his May Handicap over six furlongs was for several years Assistant record after it had been broken. Mr. Deilz should secure a win, but official Starter on the Shanghai
Successes On Rouble a possibility Race Course, although he that the pony may be held over for only connected with that Ciub as Mr. Sleap won most of his races!
there is more than
the Whitsun Plate over 1 miles an Monday.
Monoplane, after his good show- ing over a mile and 171 yards the last time put, should be very near his first win over six furlonge on Saturday,
Budge, however, looks dan- Creat gerous, and Tummel, Hall, and William Qalor are all in the bunt.
was
on a pony called Rouble.
This an ordinary member.
It is not only as a starter that pony was unplaced as a subscrip-
Mr.
When
that the
Proposal
Australian
Show Place
Her Belmont Park stable is one of the show-places of that famous racing centre, which Lord Derby lovely tracks in the world. Mrs.
once referred to as one of the most
Whitney is one of the guarantors of the track's deficit.
Jack. E. B. Reed and E. S. Abraham, A. Facfarlane and L. de Rome, W. E. Hollanda and J. J. Gregory, A. Steven and Dr. J. A. R. Selby, A. M. Omal and K. M. Omar, G. L. Buchanan and H. Beer, G. Duncan and W. Gil, W K. Way and A. S. Gomes, Α' Α Razack and W. V. Field, S. Abbar and W. J. Howard,
Omar U. M and B. W. Bradbury, R. F. Luz and W. Ward, W. Mair and W. McLeod, A. E. Carey and Glendenning W. Forest and
The number of tickets sold for w. McHardy, G. Perkins and E. G.
In three years, Twenty Grand, the mammoth $1.00 Sweep, to be Post, A. R. Clarke and G. C. Moss, whe took the Kentucky Derby for drawn on the Juling Stakes at the R. Ellis and J. S. Riddell, T. R. Hunter her in 1931, won $260.840, but it Sixth Extra Race Meeting, on June and L. Mist, F. Kelly and D, Fitchers, J. Hollidge and P E. Knight, L. R. Whant and L. Luck, A. W. Grimmitt Cormack's Beauty (Mr. Butler), Mr. Slenp has had experience on tion-griffin and was discarded as Macao Club To Consider costs between $250,000 and $500,-.2, has now reached 47.900.
000 a year to maintain a large The number of tickets has been and F. J. Sadko. (Mr. Harriman) and King's the racecourse. For 19 years in a hack and an "amah".
jstable and most of the owners have limited to 100,000, but the Hong Mones, A. O. Brawn and B. T. Armstrong and C. Justice (Mr. Heard) are the only Shanghai he was one of the keen-used as an "amali" it, however,
to dig deep into their pockets.
Strange, J. M. Purvis and John Pooler, Kong Jockey Club, at present estim- not was found that he was a good ga-NEXT MEETING ON JUNE 10
J. Deakin and E. W. Simmonds, T. H, ponies worth considering for this
est jockeys, although he will
Mrs. John Hay Whitney, of New ate that the maximum sales will be Stainton and Fan, Watson, A. E event.
admit that he was very good. Joper and he was subsquently en-
York and Upperville, Virginia, is approximately 75,000.
Conter and M. J. Medina, F. K. Modi He was riding in the days when tered for quite a number of races,
The programme has been ar-the former Elizabeth Altemus of One client this week, a sea-and C. S. Rosselet, J. G. Meyer and G. Ross, J. Fraser and A. Chapman, "Johnny" Heard, Mr. J. K. and recorded several wins.
bought An Apart from racing Mr. Sleap has ranged for the Second Extra Philadelphia, and the daughter-in-captain,
"Through". Smith and J. W. M. Brown, A. Brand and Mr. R. F, Stewart were
Race Meeting of the Macao Joc-law of Mrs. Payne Whitney. Be-ticket on the coming two-day meet Brooksbank and J. Russell, G. Pun- in their prime, but in spite of this always been a very keen hack and key Club, to be held on the Areia coming interested in racing after ing. He also purchased ten books cheon and H. G. Craig, C. G. Silva and a Shanghai record still stands to bunt rider, and every year he used Preta track on Sunday, June 10, her marriage, she has now more of $1.00 Sweep tickets. Mr. Sleep's credit. I believe it to enter for the Shanghai Paper although the Stewards have not horses than her mother-in-law was 1922 that he rode Henry VIII Hunt, although he never won the yet finally passed it for publica- while her stable is exceeded in size to a win in a nine furlong race to coveted honour of the Red Coat. pay $780 for a win and to set up a
Two Meetings A Year
There are to be saven races at: record of 2.20.0 which still chal-
When he started riding in Shang-this Meeting, one of which will be
the usual Ladies' event. two Lemberg's brilliant effort behind lenges Shanghai's best. Prima Donna út the last Meeting! The first record for this dis-jhai there were only.
Entries will close on Thursday, meetings every year-one in May leads one to expect him to win-
and one in November -and the May 31, the berg behind Prima Donna in the over the same distance in
Hunt of the Shanghai Papor Hunt Mr. Scares second race on Saturday.. Macar-St. George's Plate. ont may, however, be the Hem can-might quite easily do it this time, Club, held in May. didate. The race should be between
Win For Lemberg?
these two...
Tillicum's Challenge
races
A
tion.
The lady jockeya, under the leadership of Miss Featon, have approached the Macao Jockey Club, officials, express- ing the wish that a Ladles Race be held at every Macao meeting in the future:
only by that of her cousin, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney.
Mr.
Last year she won the richest Tace in the world, the $100,000 Bel- mont Futurity, with Singing Wood.
Other Owners
A woman who owns an unusual-
BLAZONRY WITHDRAWN FROM DERBY
Lord Howard Dewalden's Bla- zonry has been scratched from the Derby, which will be run'over, 11⁄2 miles at Epsom on June 6.
The colt was unable to complete
to mishap,
ly large stable is Mrs. Dodge his training owing Sloane. It is the Brookmeade Reuter. Stable. Her horse Time Clock
F. X. M. da Silva, C. H. Basto and J. J. Basto, J. G. Ozorio and P. V. V. Ribeiro, P. A. Yvanovich and II. A. S. Alves, W.. Stoker and W. H. B. Muskett, J. F. Lunny and N. M. Currie,
RINKS CHAMPIONSHIP I de Rome, E. V. Searle, A. Mas- farlane and W. Macfarlane;
1. 6. Logan, J. Watson, Y. Petherick and E. Duncan;
H. Gittins, J. A. Howe, H. Hampton and 3. Fraser;
E. B. Reed, E. 5, Abraham, B. E. Maughan and A. Chapman
E. G. Post, F. Haynes, J. Gregory and W. E. Hollands;
A. M. Omar, M. L. Razack, A. M. Wahab and R. M. Omar;
Polo Ponies
I. F. Luz, B. W. Bradbury, H. Beer
Omari
*and
and W. V. Field;
Y. Abbasi
A.
Racing was comparatively cheap in Shanghai in those days.. King's Fancy should not be so good subscription grifin could be
won the Forida Derby last winter Khayyam, winner of the Ameri-and- Mr. Gilbert Harriman will
far away in the Customs Handicap, purchased for somewhere in the
and Inlander won such important can Derby, have all his work cut out to Tillicum is in at a light weight and vicinity of 75 Laela, while a pony bring Prima Donns home for six farlongs in his, distance. Way" could be kept for $18.00 a month,
The question as to whether an races as the Arlington Classic at
and the Travers at. Not all women horse-owners go and U. M. at Chicago her second successive win, as ward Stag is also a distinct pos- including fodder and the mafoo's extra meeting will be held
In for straight, racing. The late S. Abbas, W. J. Howard," V, N. Macao in place of the meeting Saratoga, in 1933, the mare will be carrying 7 lb. Jaibility. Splnaway is, however, expenses.
Mrs. Charles Shipman, who has Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock Sr. who Atienza" more on this outing over the the most dangerous,
It was in 1912 that the present which was to have been held last same distance,
The Pineapple Handicap should
E. W. Simmons, J. Deakin, F. J. Though so disappointing in the provide Copper Idol with another regime of racing in Shanghai Sunday and which was unavoid-been racing for only a year of two, was known as The Mother of 4. E, Coates, G. L. Buchanan, A. A.
started, the two-meeting years givably cancelled owing to lack of en-is building up the Manhasset American Polo" and who died in
T. Armstrong, G. Strange' J. Mer St. George's Plate, Soldier of win, in spite of his heavy weight ing place to the present full rae tries, will be discussed at the Stable with Mrs. Thomas Laugh April from the effects of injuries Jones and A. W. Grimmitt; China, with M. Deitz up, is as Impost. Classic Hall and Caval
E. Tuck, A. B.
C. 8. Rosselet Gomes, good as any of the other ten en-cade are more than likely to place, ing programmes. It was in this forthcoming meeting of the Stein. Mrs. H. C. Phipps, sister of sustained in a fall from a horse Inst
and R. Basa; of the Treasury, maintains the polo ponies and jumperz. Burgomaster for the Novices! A year that the present management wards, at which the programme of Mr. Ogden Mills, former Secretary December, was interested only in Parvis and P. E. Knight.
of the Shanghal Jockey Club came trice.
Wheatley Stable, in which her She taught polo, not only to her J. R. Soares, H. W. Randall, L. C; Soldier of Germany may, how-bold forecast, but Mr. Gregory into being.
brother used to be interested. son, Mr. Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., R. Souza and W. E. Way:
T. F. Stainton, G. H. Stewart, J. C. aver, start in the Lead Mine Han-ride on the pony at the Third Ex-
an but to most of the leading players Mra James Austin takes Mr. Sleap will carry with; him Experience In Calcutta 'dleap, in which case the race tra was very impressive.
W, Forest, A. E. Carey, W. Mair Shanghai is the only scene of Mr, all the best wishes for, a happy active interest in training her own in the East. Even in the last few Chalmers and N. Drummond should be all the more interesting. My selections are not yet.com.
(Continued on Page 83 He is carrying 6 lb. more than he plete, and I hope to published Slaap's racing activities, although holiday from the racing community horses, Her Catawba Stable was years she was one of the few who and G. C. Moss;
The did quite a lot of hacking when in Hong Kong,
distinguished" last year by Mr. could outride him. was when he dead-beated with Lem-them in Saturday's edition.
the next meeting will be passed.
jin Calcutta some. yöars' ago,