THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1934.
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LEMBERG AND NATIONAL DAY FAVOURED FOR RACE "DOUBLE"
COLOMBO STILL FAVOURITE
Umidwar Again In Second Place.
WEDNESDAY'S DERBY CALL-OVER
Lord Glanley's Colombo, which will be ridden by Toge Johnstone, the Australian-Japanese Jockey, is still hot favourite for the Derby, to be run at Epsom next Wodnew-
day, being offered yesterday at 7
to 4 and taken at 15 to 8.
3
H. 1. the Aga Khan's Umidwar. which was second favourite for many weeks, recently suffered lengthening in odds on account of his going lame. He has now com- pletely recovered. and his price has returned to 10 to 1, making him again second in the betting lixt. He wilt he ridden by Mi-
chsei Beary,
Yesterday's call-over, as cabled
by Reuter, was as follows:
Colombo-7 la 4 o, 15 to 8.
Umidwar-10 to 1.
Easton-10 18 1.
Windkor Lad--13 to 1.
Lozingaro-22 to 1.
Admiral Drake-25 to 1. 1, and «.
Tiberius-28 10 1 o. 30 to 1 t.
Alisha-28 to 1 o. 33 to
Medieval Knight-33 to 1 and a Valerius 13 to 1.
Bondaman-15 to 1 o. Badruddin-45 10 1 9.4 to 1. Patriat King-50 to 1 o. 55 in 1 t. Rathmore-50 to 1 o. 66 to 11. Achteron-65 to 1 t. and o
Primero=86 to 1 o.
Horney ise 65 to 1 a
On Top-40 to 1, o. 100 to 1
Ruthless Abbot-80 to 1 o.
Baron M: nebnusen 100 to 1. and o Pride of Chilterns-160 to 1. Fleetwood-125 to o
CAMPANULA FAVOURITE FOR THE OAKS
All 11 to 8 taken and offered, Campanula is favourite for the Oaks, to be run over 11⁄2 miles at Epsom on June &
Light Brocade is second favour ile, being offered at 100 to 30 and
taken at 7 to 2.
The Oaks was won last year by Mr. E. Thornton-Smith's Chate- laine, which came home at 28 to 1 with Sammy Wrag up.
Prices at yesterday's
call-over,
as cabled by Reuter, were;
Campanula 11 to 8, and o. Light Brocade-100 to 30 a. 7 to 2 4 Zelina-9 to 2 o. 5 to 1 t. Bar Three-100 to 9.
Sir George Bulluogh's filly. panula, carrying 9.0 stone,
But He Got Up-and Won
Although he tooks kopelessly tangled in the fence, Hale Dale 1. not aut by a long shot. Gentleman Jockey Nelson Bond, Jr. (under horse's neck), rémounted and won the event-the Churchville Cup Race-at point-to- point meet at Baltimore, Md.
Expected
90,000 Tickets
In $1.00 Sweep
Two Drums For Draw On
Saturday Afternoon
In spite of the boom in ordinary Cash Sweep sales the big Sweep on the Juling Stakes is rapidly filling up, and, although sales are not expected to reach the limit set at 100,000 when the Sweep was started, the Jockey Club have made arrangements to At 3 p.m. to-day 66.000 tickets had cope with saless up to 90.000. been sold.
The mammoth sweep will be drawn on the course on Satur- day afternoon. The Stewards have allotted an hour between the Green Island Handicap, to be run at 4.30 p.m., and the Juling Stakes. The actual draw is expected to commence at about 4.45 p.m.
The drawing will be on the same principle as that adopted for drawing that Champion Sweepstakes in 1932, two drums are to be used, there being an insuficient number of balls in Hong Kong to cope with the unusually large number of volved,
PRINCIPAL HOME RACES THIS YEAR
Derby At Epsom Next Wednesday
ASCOT STAKES ON JUNE 19
Rosebery Memorial Stakes (Epsom),
June G.
The Derby (Epsom), June 6. Coronation Cup (Epsom), June 7. The Oaks (Epsom), June 8. Cam-|Newbury Summer Cup, June 14.
(H. Ascot Stakes, June 19.
Prince of Wales's Stakes (Asco1),|
June 19.
Wragg) won the One Thousand******* Guineas over the Rowley Mile at Queen Mary Stakes (Ascot), June 19.
Royal Hunt Cup (Ascot), June 20.
Newmarket at 5 to 2, leading Lord Gold Cup (Ascot), June 21.
New Stakes (Ascot), June 21.
second June 22,
Durham's Light Brocade (Carslake) Queen Alexandra Stakes (Ascot), by a length, in 1,39.0, one faster than Colombo's win in the Hardwicke Stakes (Ascot), June 22.
Wokingham Stakes (Ascot), June 28 Two Thousand Guineas.
Northumberland Plate (Newcastle),
June 27. Irish Derby (Curragh), Juno 27. July Stakes (Newmarket), July 3. Princess of Wales's Stakes (New
It is a great misfortune that he has not been entered for the Derby,
This Ally, which only came into 'the limelight after win- ning the Thousand Guinean, was, at that time, considered to be equal to Lord Glanley's Derby favourite, Colombo.
market), July 5.
Great Foal Plate (Lingfold), July 14, Eclipse Stakes (Sandown), July 20, Sandown Anniversary Cup, July 21. National Breaders Produce Staker, Liverpool Cup, July 21.
July 21, It is a great misfortune that ho Stewards' Cup (Goodwood), July 31. kas not been entered for the Goodwood Stakes, August 1..
the
Thousand
tickets in-
CASH SWEEP BOOM
UNEQUALLED IN JOCKEY
CLUB ANNALS
1,700 "Through Tickets" Purchased.
SURPRISING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SATURDAY
The $1.00 Cash Sweep boom is continuing, over 1,700 "Through Tickets" on Saturday's Meeting of the Hong Kong Joc- key Club having been sold to date.
Sales keep rising hundreds daily.
by
Over
300 were sold on Tues- day, and yesterday the figure reached 175.
Full particulars of the method of running the sweeps have now been issued.
Prize money will be paid ex- actly as hitherto in the $5.00 Sweeps, in the proportion of 70 per cent, 20 per cent. and 10 per cent.
$50 FOR UNPLACED STARTERS -Holders of tickets on unplaced¦ starters will receive $50.00 as heretofore, with the same provi- sion as in the $5.00 Sweep, that if the amount in the pool is in sufficient to pay a third prize of $50.00, the prizes on unplaced ponies will be $25.00.
There will not, however, be $25.00 prizes for unplaced ponies on Saturday, as the sale of "Through Tickets" to date has enabled the pool to pay the maximum amount even if no tickets are sold Оп the course.
Cash Sweep sales will be limited to the following numbers. On the Brat, second, third, fourh and filth races there will be a limit of 2.500 The sixth and eighth races will be limited to 3,000 chances, and
GORDON RICHARDS chances.
LEADS WAY
Nevett Only Two Behind
CHAMPION IN ARREARS ON LAST YEAR'S TOTAL
London, May 6. Gordon Richards seems Lo be having a hard job to open up a clear lead in the jockey's table.
Richards, to date, has ridden 28 winners to Nevett's 22, but by the
the last race will be open up to a limit of 7,000 tickets. The seventh race is the Juling Sweep on which the mammoth $1.00 (cash sweep will be drawn.
POWERFUL KING'S CHALLENGE
MR. BUTLER'S CHALLENGE
TO MR. DEITZ
In Six Months.
JUST THAT SHOULD JUST Rider Who Graduated
BEAT MUTINY BAY
'VRIDAY'S FIRST WIN DUE
(By RAPIER)
THREE CLASSIC SUCCESSES AND TWO RECORDS
(BY YARRAMAN).
The closest rival to Mr. Nor- for the Jockeys'
THE many extra race-goers on Saturday will have an intrizzu-¡man Deitz,
ing problem to solve in the "daily double," which is likely to Chamionship is Mr. E. 0. But- be very open. In the first leg there is Lemberg (Mr. Harriman), ler who has a splendid. record Valorous (Mr. Heard), Wayward Stag (Mr. Deltz) and Tillicum (Mr. Prouls). Though the Hem candidate has more often than for a jockey of only three year's
The se experience. not disappointed, Lemberg looks the best in this race. cond leg is the one likely to prove most difficult. In a field that includes National Day (Mr. Butler), Powerful King (Mr. Heard), Hong Kong three years ago when King's Parade (Mr. Soares). I am inclined to favour the chances
Mr. Butler started riding in
of National Day, and the handicap should just about see the post-not 18 years old, and within six tions held by the two other ponies at the last htecting reversed. mouths graduated from the Novice It is, however, a very open race with. Powerful King a distinct Class, a fent not often excelled in
the Colony.
menace.
I
Mutiny Bay (Mr. Proulx) has a good chance in the first Aus- In his first year Mr. Butler had tralian race, but Just That did an excellent gallop under Mr. the distinction, of winning the Soares yesterday morning, and he will probably just win. Jockey Cup. Night Star (Mr. Butler) looks the only other pony in the race, though Atlas is capable of an upset over a mile.
The Goose (Mr. Butler), "Vriday (Mr, Deltz) and St. Joan (Mr. Proulx) will provide an interesting race in the second Aus tralian event, and 'Vriday's form of late suggests a win over St. Joan, who has a big of weight advantage over The Goose.
A full review of meeting will appear in to-morrow's "China Mail," and final selections, in Saturday'd edition,
RAPIER'S
SELECTIONS
Mace 1:-
MONOPLANE BAY VIEW WILLIAM OSLER Race 2:-
JUST THAT MUTINY BAY NIGHT STAR
Race 3
HETMAN
SADKO
KING'S JUSTICE
Race 4:-
THE CARP SARABANDE UTOPIAN Race 5-
LEMBERC
VALOROUS WAYWARD STAG Race 6:-
KING'S BOUNTY SOLDIER OF GERMANY BLUE STAR
BRITISH-BRED HORSE WINS Cavalcade's Kentucky Race 7
Derby Success
NATIONAL DAY POWERFUL KING KING'S PARADE
*VRIDAY ST. JOAN THE GOOSE
Mr. 1. Dodge Sloane's Cavalcade, Race 8→→ end of April in the 1933 season his who won the Kentucky Derby by three lengths, was bred by Lan-. score was 30 winning mounts.
Taken on the whole, however, cegaye out of Hastily (Lancegaye the form of the jockeys is much finished second in the Epsom Derby Race 9- AB before. Nine of those who of 1926). finished in the first twelve last The horse that finished third, Mrs. Frank J. Holler's Agrarian. year are in the first twelve this.
was bred by Sickle, another Eng lish afre, who, owned by Lord
Winning Jockeys
HELTER SKELTER GAY BUTTERFLY FUDGE
Double-Lemberg and National Day
The following table shows the Derby, was third to Adam's Apple HANKOW RECORD
positions and percentages of the and Call Boy in the Two Thousand most successful jockeys to date:
T'er- Won Lost Tola! centage 28 154 182 15.38
22
[Guiness of 1927. Agrarian's dam
was Mary
Cavalcade was purchased for
SLOW TIME
28.57 2240 and won the $30,000 in record Liberty Bay Can Give
77- 95 116 18.10 time.
*15 72 87 17.24 14 107 121 11.57
G. Richards W. Neveli I Was .. 21 P. Beasley F. For Derby.
Goodwood Cup, August 2. Chesterfield Cup (Goodwood), August G. Nicoll Since winning
B. Caralice A. Wragg Guineas, Campanula has won the Eber Handicap (York), August 20.-
Donoghue 10 18. Column Produce Stakes, over ono Gimerack Blakes (York), August 30,
W. Christle mile, leading Lord' Astor's Bright Prince Edward Handicap (Manchest. Perryman 10
ter), September 8.
W. Rickaby
tember 11
8.B 12.60 BOGUS DERBY SWEEP
TICKETS
11 77
10
48.
17.24
10.
54
61 16,62
12 102
$1,80
105
9.70
12.50
61
13.35
62 70 11.42
40,000 Haul In Copenhagen
8 103 111 7.29
ཏྭཱ
C. Richards, 7
Copenhagen.
Bird, who wan receiving 12 lbs., by Champagne Stakes (Doncaster), Sep & head.
Ft. Leger Blakes (Dodcaster), Sept. 12. T. Weston Doncaster Cup, September 14. Newbury Automs Cap, September 29. Jockey Club Stakes (Newmarket), Cambridgeshire Stakes
October 4,
October 81
Blakes Duke of York Handicap (Kempton), Dewhurat
November 4.
ORDER OF THE BOOT
0.11.1 To Boston Drill
In his short career Mr. Butler has already won three classic events. In 1932 he won the Australian St. Leger and the Australian Champions on Messrs, Kong Bros.' Polar Star, and last year he won the Valley Stakes on Gay Butter- dy.
EVERY EFFORT MADE His most exciting race, and
FOR SUCCESS OF
LAST MEET
Sweep And Entrance Prices Reduced
P
ENTERPRISE THAT SHOULD
BE REWARDED
perhaps the most gruelling he has ridden in was the 1932 Australian Champions. Only three ponies were entered, Polar Star, The Giraffe and Lucy Glitters.
Champion Jockey Jumped Mr. Leo Frost, last year's cham- pion jockey, was riding Tha Giraffe, and had the novel experi- ence of being jumped over the fence at the start. This perform unce upset Polar Star, and be falled to start until Lucy Glitters
The Hong Kong Jockey Club are making every ef fort to make their last meet- ing of the first half of the season a rousing success. Not only have they instituted revolutionary changes in the Cash Sweep prices, but a last-minute ¡decision was made on Tuesday
night to reduce the prices of was almost round the first bend admittance to the Publie Enclosure Into the straight with something by 50 per cent, the new prices of like a furlong lead. This was the admittance being $1.00, and 60 indication for Polar Star to show his mettle, setting punishing cents for Servicemen in uniform.
This decision has followed the pace he overtook Luck Glitters just reduction of the prices from $5 to as she entered the straight to win
thrilling finish by a [$1 for in Sweep tickets.
In view of the great boom in the margin,
the sales of "Through Tickets" Stewards considered that a reduc- tion in the prices of admittanco| would so encourage the attendance' of the general public at the meet-
·
narrow
Mr. Butler's wins this year have included two of the seven records broken by the new Australian ponies.
He rode the furlong record-
ing that the receipts would equal, breaker, Able Amazon, in the New-
if not exceed those of the last bridge Handicap on March 31, set- meeting. A greater attendance ting a new track record of 1.05.8, would also mean a greater sale of and ten days ago he rode the same Cash Sweep ticketa.
pony to win the Brisbane Spring under Handicap in 10 seconds Bronze Era's record for 11⁄4 miles, the new figure being 2.14.2,
NO NOVICES EVENT ON CARD
Not On Account Of Two Mishaps
Over 14 Miles
Records were broken at a recent The novices' race' has" been drop- meeting at the Hankow Hace Club ped on Saturday because the large when Boston Drill (Mr. Dupree) number
of consolation. events won the International Champions which have to be decided at the over 14 miles in 2:35:1, and Pig-land of the half-season does not tall established a new hins for permit of the running of one of |longs 'record with 2:28:2.
these popular races.
Mr. Butler is now taking in hand ja new novice rider, Dr. Croot, who will probably be seen in action at the Valley early in the second half lof the season.
China Mail Sports Diary
TO-DAY.
Lawn Bowls-Rinks Championship: --- E. Tuck, A. S. Gomes, C. 8. Rosse- let and R. Baia v. J. Watson, V. Patherick, J. G. Logan and R. Dut
Service green, 4.80 p.m.),
Pair Championship
H, Hampton and J. C. Brown v. E..
C. Fincher and E. Phillips
(K.B.G.C. green, (5 pr.). Lawn Tennis "B" Diviides:
Indian R.C. V., Hong Kong C.C Kowloon C.C. v, Club de Recreio": South China Chinwis R.C. University v. Graduates. Association
Hong Kong Jockey Club half yearly general meeting of Voting Mem ́ ́beez (Happy Valley, 6.30 p.m.):
9.45 14
Another big block of bogus tic The Hankow records do not com- The exclusion of the novice event (Newmarket), kets for a sweepstake on the Engpare very favourably with the from the programme has, how lish Derby is reported to have class of racing seen on Colony ever, nothing to do with the two (Newmarkot),
been found by the Copenhagen track. There is no local mark for unfortunate mishape in the last
Meeting
ber 3,
International gang is responsible cord, hald by Mr. L. Dunbar's meeting, when Mr. H. 8. V. MOOD (Newmarket), Liverpool Autumn Cup, November for disposing of the tickets. Liberty Bay, is 2.24.0, no less than sustained a fractured leg, and Mr.
Dero Cap, November 18.
It is stated that 40,000 tickets 11.1 secs. Laster than the new Han-J. Barrow received a nuity shak- were seized. Reuter,
kow mark November 24.
Mardine - and. (Larwood ought to be October 0. given the "order of the boot" by the Imperial Produce Blakes (Kempton), Murat Two-Year-Old Stakes Novem-police. There is a theory that an nine furlongs, but the 174 mile re-race on the first day of the last
1,0.C. Bóg will you like it if Billy
October 6,
Woodfull,, in one of the Tosis, walks Cesarewitch Stakes kis men of the, deid kwa protintj... October 17. against body-llow bowllag?--An Aus. Middie Park. Elakes tralian friend to. Travor: Wiguillo (October 18,
(Newmarket), Manchester November
Handicap,
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