STEVE DONOGHUE'S
RACING COLOURS
COLOURSL
Primrose And Blue Hoops
(By WATCHMAN)
January 14.
Now that Steve Donoghue has re-. tired as a jockey he is to become
an owner as well as a trainer. His colours, primrose and blue hoops, recall slightly those of Sir Victor Sassoon.
Rules. This suggests that Dono- ghue will be.running and training jumpers in the current winter sea-
son..
It is expected that Steve's stable at Epsom will number about 30 during the flåt-racing campaign.
Sir Victor Sassoon, M. Boussac and Mr. H. E. Morriss are among the owners who are giving him their support during his first year
The new colours have now been registered under National Hunt as trainer.
THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 16, 1938.
THE HARRY
VARDON TROPHY
Vardon
Conditions for the Harry trophy for 1938 were announced by the P.G.A. yesterday. The following six tournaments will be taken into ac count:
"Daily Mail" £2,000; Silver King YACHT
£1,000; Dunlop-Southport £1,600; Open Championship; Irish Open Champion- ship; and "News-Chronicle" £1,000.
RACING
The trophy is awarded to the com- petitor with the best average in these ASSOCIATION events, on the condition that a mini-
mum of 16 rounds are played and that the Open Championship is included. Last season C. A. Whitcombe won the inaugural competition.
Since the war, Heart of Midlothian have reached the semi-final of the Scot- tish Cup on four occasions.
If you can't takɛ it
HOR
take an
The Hong Kong Brewery & Distillery Ltd.
Starting Rule Amendment For Ocean Races
London, January 13.
Sir William Burton, the Presi- dent of the Yacht Racing Asso- ciation, presided over a meeting of the Council yesterday. Lieut. R. H. Farrant, R. A., and Mr. Harold E. Clarke were elected members of the association.
The Council decided, upon the proposal of the Royal Ocean Racing Club, to add to the Ap- pendix of the Y.R.A. Rules:
"In Ocean Races of over 100 miles, when recall numbers are displayed under Rule 28, a yacht failing to re- turn shall not be disqualified ipso facto, but may be disqualified. When, owing to the number of starters, or for any reason, no recall numbers are displayed, a yacht which is over the line too soon and does not return may be disqualified,”
18 FT. NATIONAL CLASS Consideration was given to form- ing a national class of 18-foot, cen- tre-board, half-decked sailing boats of inexpensive type, and the subject was submitted to the Dinghy Com- mittee. The Council examined ex- haustively the whole subject of handicap racing, and, after a pro- longed debate, decided that the handicapping shall continue as be- fore, coupled with the suggestion that yachts shall be grouped ac- cording to speed rather than size. Several cases of protest during last racing season were decided. The annual meeting of thế YRA. will be held at the Hyde Park Hotel at 2.30 p.m. on Feb. 23. Members present yesterday were:
R.
Sir Ion Hamilton Benn, Col: Sloane Stanley, Major Cyril Potter, Mr. IT. Thornycroft, Mr. H. A. Andreae, |Mr. Hugh Goodson, Mr. J. S. High- field, Mr. E. A. Richards, Mr. W. F. Robertson, Mr. C. R. Fairey, Mr. H. F. Paul, Dr. Thomas C. Jackson, Mr. J. R. Payne, Mr. Algernon Maudslay, hon. treasurer, and Major S. Heckstall-. Smith, secretary.
HENRY COTTON'S
REPLY TO US. GOLF OFFER
“NOT DEFINITE ENOUGH"
London, January 14. Henry Cotton, British Open | golf-champion. –and ranked as the world's No. 1-player, has received a cabled invitation to | play a series of matches at Miami, Florida, and to compete in the Bobby Jones "Masters" tourna ment at Augusta, Georgia.
Cotton has replied that he will not go to the United States un-
·less a concrete offer of a sub- stantial character ins forthcom- ing.
"I do not see why I should leave England without some definite pro- position," he said yesterday. "There are several tournaments inthis. country, all worth winning."
As golf's best paid professional, it is possible that Cotton would re- quire a guarantee of at least £1,000, plus expenses, before embarking on a trip to the United player can win £2,000
a season here, whereâtes.A
totals $15,000;
more in prize money