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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1934.
LIGHT BROCADE STRUCK OUT OF ST. LEGER
interport Cricket XI Takes Shape
eye.
(Continued From Page 4)
SHANGHAI PONY TRAINING
Promising Work On Opening Days
BOSTON DRILL FROM HANKOW
IMPRESSES
STRAINED TENDON TWO UPSETS
RESPONSIBLE
THEFT PROVES HIS WORTH
AT NOTTINGHAM
AGA KHAN'S PROMISING
COLT
(By HOTSPUR)* THE OAKS WINNER, LIGHT BROCADE, HAS HAD TO BE SANS WINNER LE ST. LEGER. THE REASON GIVEN
AT MACAO
SUCCESSFUL
OPENING TO 2ND.
HALF OF RACING
Small Crowd And Entries Do Not Mar Meeting
SARABAND'S FIRST WIN
In spite of small entries and a IS THAT SHE HAS STRAINED A TENDON, WHICH IS SERI- OUS ENOUGH. PERHAPS THIS IS THE REASON WHY, comparatively small attendance, THOUGH UNDERTSOOD TO BE A PROBABLE RUNNER, SHE the Fourth Extra Race meeting DID NOT COMPETE FOR THE NASSAU STAKES AT GOOD-of the Macao Jockey Club, held on the Arela Preta track yester
WOOD.
Both are of the same type in the batting department, though Madar
(By "CHING") has a wider range of strokes
Shanghai, Sept. 4. and hits with more power. Unless
Saturday last opened the autumn Madar training season on The shows very poor form,
the Shanghai looks likely to make the trip, a Course, but due to the rain of the his bowling (on last season's form) previous two days all work was con- is considerably more accurate than fined to the training track instead that shown by Baines at the end of on the grass one, which it had of last season.
been the intention to throw open rereira is a certainty, in spite between day-light and 8 a.m. of the fact that "Ael" Bowker may However, no one interested in be persuaded to make the trip. He ponies could possibly object to would be an ideal No. 8 with his having to give way to the rain, powerful hitting abilities and keen which is badly needed, and we can do with a few more days of it to Minu Not Getting Wickets
advantage.
few ponics Minu has bowled well this sea- There were quite a son without having any streak of out well before daylight whose gal- luck to inspire him to the big things lops no one could see, but later on we associate with him. In thea fair amount of interest was pro- first trial he attempted to bowl vided for the many owners and faster than is his usual wont, but others that had put in an appear still kept the batsmen very quiet ance at the rails to celebrate the
the training) his opening morning of On Saturday he resorted to normal pace with greater success and, it is to be hoped, the finish of] though he would have secured more the real hot weather. than one wicket had he forced the
One pony that has been talked a Jast two batsmen to play forward to him. lot about during the
Elvin is of a very similar type, months was on view, this being Bos. though he uses his head mare. His ton Drill from Hankow, who comes chances are exceedingly bright, down with a first claus racing re-Aquatics-~ though I suspect Minu's 10 for 101 putation, and a long list of clas in the 1932 game will just about sic wina to his credit. weigh the scales in his favour. Wo His owner jockey from Hankow, have seen little of Elvia's batting w. S. Dupree, is passing through, capabilities, though he did well in and took him out for 1 mile can- the Army League this Summer. Ifter. His action is perfect, and he he continues to show good form rattled off the distance in 2.57 last with the ball in the later trials and mile 2.20 and last quarter 31 ap- Minu still fails to secure wickets parently not out of a canter. the Selectors will be given little option but to play him in the game against Shanghal next month.
Bowker's Decision
If Bowker can secure leave he le
selected team.
The Traction Bird
Had all gone well with her it is to be supposed that her own-day, was a success, there being er, Lord Durham, would certainly have been all for a tilt against several good finishes and two up- the best of the colts in the St. Leger. She would not have been set dividends.
Capt. J. L. Jordan, riding Festi- without friends had her trainer, Frank Butters, been satisfied with her condition on the day, Fillles have quite a good record val Eve in the fourth race, won by In the St. Leger, bearing in mind how infrequently they com- a short head from Mr. Norman Deitz on Vago, thé favourite, to pay pete.
One thinks of the St. Leger eleven years ago, when Tranquil, $51.00, while Chow Fan won the who was surprisingly beaten for the Oaks, proved too much for the Mafoos' Race to pay à dividend of
$46.20.
Sarabande. (Mr. Ip Kui-ying), Derby winner, Papyrus, in the St. Leger, Lord Derby's filly wen by two lengths, though it was claimed for Papyrus that he had been won the fifth race by two lengths from Delightful Chance (Mr. F. F. subjected to an especially rough passage.
Li) to record his first win, after Lord Astor's filly, Book Law, showing promise throughout the won the St. Leger seven years first half of the season at the Val- ago, though she had been nar-ley. rowly beaten for the Oaks by a
The Results former Lord Durham's Beam. 1.-Mounted Troop Handicap. 6 The only other filly to win since Furlongs. the war was Lord Derby's Key-African Eve, 165 lbs. (R. H. soe. There were fairly frequent
Charles). instances in the pre-war years. Fat, 175 lbs. (H. A. Browning) 2 The form of the Oaks won by Mouche, 170 lbs. (A. H. Potts) 3
Won by a length; two lengths. Time: 1.40.4. Pari-mutuel:
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Royal Hong Kong Golf Club Ladies' Section L. G. U. monthly medal competition.
China Wins Rotary Tennis Cup
Light Brocade does not look very imposing at this distance of time. The Ally never for a moment look- ed like winning the Coronation Places, $7.00; $6.70; $18.20.
Stakes at Ascot under the full penalty. No doubt she wanted a longer distance than a mile. She would have bad it at Doncaster
:
St. Leger Market Another aspect of the
war.
score
1
Winner $8.90;
2.-Tap Stac Handicap. 6 Fur Jongs.
Gold Currency, 164 lbs. (S. Y.
Pan)
1 Great Hall, 161 lbs. (S. Y. Liang) 2 Fair View, 158 lbs. (P. P.
Botelho) Won by five lengths; five lengths. Time: 1.33.. Pari-mutuel: Winner $13.20;
3
1
2
8
(Continued from Page 4) The Traction Bird (JKB) was
In the second eet Cheng took next month. out for a steady canter, and i was pleased to noted he seemed to be the first and second games, acor- ing with long drives down the
coming moving quite soundly again.
Zouave 11 (boy) cantered 14 sidelines, but Squires took the race for the St. Leger is that a few a certainty and would be a useful
His mile in about 3.01, moving in his third game.. with some effective prices representing views at the type of batsman at No. 10.
London call-over have been made performance with the ball un best style; he has had rather a long shots.
Cheng went further ahead with available. Windsor Lad was offer-Places, $12.20. Saturday was splendid in view, of visit this. summer to the Gordon
'3. The 'Mong Ha Handicap the fact that he had not played Road Hospital and looks all the three straight games, and Squires ed at 2 to 1 and Colombo is now
won another before the winner
a4 to 1 chance. Achtenan at 9 (Second Section): 6 Furlongs. cricket for nearly two seasons.' better for it.
His fielding, coupled with, that of Castle-ribbon (boy) went at a took his final game.
1 did The next set saw each player to 1 is at a full point shorter odds Chow Fan, 152 lbs. (Yu; On) Alee Pearce and Owen Hughes, fair pace for his 11⁄4 mile.
Bold Commander, 152 lbs. (Lan would set a fine example to the not take his time; he seems to be winning a game alternately, Chen than his stable companion, Umid-Hey Tor, 147 lbs. (Ah Chea)
Ming) Sir Abe Bailey's Tiberius, who jas far forward to condition as any-eventually getting ahead to
Won by length; 3 lengths. Dunkley, unchallenged as the thing in the stable, so possibly will a 4-3 advantage, but he could not
Time: 1.34.3. maintain Colony's leading stumper, would be be seen out at one of the Kiang-made it 4-4. Thereafter Cheng has had plenty of time to get over his lead and Squires the rough passage he had in the
Pari-mutuel: Winner $46.20; the No. 11 Batsman.
wan meetings.-N.C.D.N.
unaccountably fell away and net-Derby, is looming over the betting
Places, $7.90; $6.10; $7.90. ted a number of returns, where horizon as a 100 to 6 chance.
4.-The Mong 'Ha Handicap We are not to assume that much as Squires revealed brilliance to take the set at 64. In the final serious business was done over the (First Section). & Furlongs.
Rather should Festival Eve, 148 Tbs.' (Capt. J. set. Cheng took three successive horses mentioned.
L. Jordan) games, following which Squires the prices be regarded as a basis won two. This brought about a on which those layers with ante- Vago, 148 lbs. (N. Deltz) hope for the American represents-post books are willing to do bust-Shaughraun, 146 lbs. (S. Y. tive, but he could not withstand ness for the time being, 1 expect Liang)
Won by short head; four lengths. the accurate driving of the Chin- the trainers of these horses are de- ese player who went ahead to win lighted with the unsettled the set and match at 6-2.
ther, and that there is some pros- pect of a spell of yielding going at last.
Sterling Attack
The side I have selected, per haps a little prematurely, posses- see a "shock" attack with Pereira and Bowker, a fast medium in Garthwaite, a slow left-hander in either Minu or Elvin, and a right hand spin bowler in Alec Pearce,: with change bowlers such
Owen or Baines, and Madar, Hughes.
The batting is exceptionally
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FIRST DIVISION
1 Manchester
0 Stoke!
2
0
1
be of a high standard with quite Derby three or four players in the same Grimsby class as Booth and Donald Leach. Leeds
Ricketts has been a big disap- Leicester pointment this season, and, unless Liverpool he jumps into the forni he showed Preston in the Triangular Tournament, ho Wed'day- looks as if he will be passed over. Sunderl'd It would be a great pity as I am Tottenham sure he would do well in Shanghai W. Bromwich where the batsmen are not accus- tomed to his curious delivery.
Ideal Twelfth Man
Bolton Bradford
0 Everton
1 Arsenal
Aston Villa 0
◊ Portsmouth 1
2 Huddersfield 0
8 Middlesboro
4 Chelsea
9 Wolves
2 Blackburn
SECOND DIVISION
McInnes played a dour knock on Brentford Saturday when his side was fac-Burnley ing a crisis, and would be worth Fulham Borne runs on the Shanghai wicket- Hull He is a useful change bowler and Man'ter U, a brilliant field-the idea! 12th. Notts F.
Oldham man!
Though the Selectors may have Port Vale a hazy idea of the composition of Swansea the team a lot may happen to alter
THIRD their calculations in the course of Aldershot the next two trials in the coming Brighton fortnight. Whatever team is select-Bristol C. ed it can be taken for granted that Cardiff the afde will be one of the most Clapton powerful combinations to visit the
Coventry northern city and will have exceed Gillingh'm ingly bright prospects of returning Luton on October 19 with the Shanghai | Millwall fag-the northerners have not won Southend since 1991 when the Colony side Swindon failed so badly on the Club ground THIRD before Booth and Pat Madar, both Accrington of whom are likely to be playing Crewe again this year.
Darlington Gateshead ESSEX CRICKETER KILLED Halifax
* Southampton
1 Norwich
3
Cycling Club's Most Enjoyable Run This Year
(Continued from Page 4)
Social Section Met
Wea
Theft's Easy Victory Yesterday's racing was at Not- tingham and Folkestone, The most interesting event was the winning of the Nottinghamshire Breeders' Foal Plate by the Aga Khan's very
The social section had already o been at the tea venue for a con-smart colt, Theft.
1siderable time, and tea had been He was, of course, fully penalla
2 arranged by them so that little ed and yet was able to win by three
time elapsed before the whole lengths.
1
2
3
Time: 1.33.4. Pari-mutuel: Winner $51.00; Places, $11.40; $6.80; $11.90.
5-The Arela Preta Handicap. 6 Furlonga. Sarabande, 161 lbs. (Ip Kul-
ying)
2
Delightful Chance, 156 lbs. (F.
· F. LI) Antamok, 152 lbs. (P. P. Botel
ho)
2
8
Won by two lengths;, two lengths, Winner $17.70;
Regard must be paid to the fact Places 87.20; $8.00; 89.30 the cool depths of the fresh water that he probably had little to beat,
party were reviving themselves in
0
1
2 Bradford C.
0
4 West Ham
3 Newcastle
- 0 Bury
4 Barnsley
Q Blackpool
1 Notts C.
2 Plymouth
0 Sheffield U. DIVISION (South)
2 Torquay 3 Crystal, P.
2 Exeter
Time: 1.89.8. Pari-mutuel:
6--The Mong Ha Handicap
This
FI Fa, 140 lbs.. (Joan Dowbig-
gin)
pool in the Cafeteris grounds. for Pampas Grass was meeting him (Third Section). 6. Furlongs.
Some considerable time was at only a 21b difference.
spent in this manner, tea being North-country colt could not get
taken at frequent intervals, and it second this time as he did to Hal Sea View, 188 lbs. (Beryl Fair) 2 was not until 7.15 pm. that the ran at level weights at Ascot. Sax-City of Shanghel, 132 lbs. (Pam homeward trip was commenced. ham. Cat colt, who was second, was Headquarters (No. 23 Talpo Road) receiving 14lb.
was finally reached by a pleasantly-sharp disappointment at Sandown
Park tired party at 8,80 p.m.
Next Sunday's run will be con-
Scott-Harston)
Won by three lengths; a length.
He had been a
Time: 1.88.9...
Parl-mutuel:
Winner
$8.50;
This was Theft's fourth race and ducted by Chan, whose intention la third win. His defeat by only to take the Club out "acmewhere head, and conceding 91b, was
Places $7.30; $6.80.
#
THE CASH SWEEPS
in the Territories". The start will brought about by his stable com
0
2.Queen's P. R.
1
be as usual from the Vehicular panion, Bahram, in the National
Race 1.
No. 196.
$60.79
1
1
20 158
17.86
8.68
3. Northampton
1
2
Airdrie
◊ Bournemouth 1 Watford-
1 Charlton
2 Newport
5 Bristol R. 1 Reading DIVISION (North)
Southport
1 Chester'd 1 Chester
8 Hartlepools
Ferry at 9.15 am, and the party Breeders' Produce Stakes. We are
will return at approximately 8 p.m. left guessing,, up to a point, as to
SCOTTISH LEAGUE
Celtic
FIRST DIVISION.
Dundee 0 Dunfermine Q Falkirk
Hibernian
0 Motherw
Partick
8 "Albion
1 Qn's O's 1 Rangers
0 Aberdeen
1 St. Johnstone 1 Queen's Park
Hearts
0 Hamilton
0 Doncaster,
4: Carlisle
Lond To-day the
known"
WAN
Rotherham Stockport
alsall
0 Barrow
Clyde
2 St Mirren
0 Kilmarnock
2
-Renter
2 Rochdale
0 28 successes on a day of sur
1 New Brighton Oprises.
cricke Injured yesterday in an automobile accidentRenter
Ancolnă
2 Mansfield
which may be the season's beat
attraction: it would be could; a test two-year-old. What a wonderful be staged between Theft, Hairao, Bahram, Hilla : (all the Aga Khan's), and Bobsleight
Unplaced Ponies ($8.20 each Nos.: 114, 107, 113.. DAVID Race" 2. No. 317
78
$71.00 20.20
104
10.10
Race 8.
Race 5.
No 89
$78:30
No. 39:
198
$96.10 27.40
819
22.60
189
11.30
18.70
**28
Unplaced ponies(84.20% each Unplaced ponies ($6.00 each), Nos.: 108, 5, 114, Nos.: 11, 87, 188.
Race
No. 111
$91.10
24
-23.60 12.80
No. 101 107
$164.50
47:00
Ranger forecasted six draws in
Unplaced ponies (33.70" each),
Unplaced pony ($18.00), No. 89. Nos.: 27, 4, 104.