THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 25, 1938
Grand National Steeplechase
(Continued from Pags
tory over that good horse Kellsboro Jack at Newbury, when he carried 10 st. 13 lbs., which is 1 16. more than he will carry in the National:
Sir Warden Chilcot's gelding has
UPSET. LIKELY
won four of his five races this sea-forward for the most art, so that son, and though some people find there should be no lack of fitness on fault with his fencing, it remains a the part of the competitors. fact that he has proved superior, at the weights, to Didoric, who won a good race over 3 miles at Bir At present there are 13 horses in mingham this month, beating among the race at odds from 100 to 200 to others Pontet, Kellsboro Jack, Daw-1, and while it is the usual thing for mar and Prominent Lad, and also the Grand National to be won by to Royal Mail and Drinmore Lad fancied horse, it would be less sur
prising than usual if one of these long shots came home.
AGAIN AN ENTRY
The tubed Davy Jones, who nearly brought off a 100-1-chance two years
It has been ninety-eight years ago and who did not participate last since the institution of this great season, is again an entry, together race, and long shots have figured with two other 1936 contenders in large in its history. But they pro- Provocative and Inversible, but only vide the exception rather than the the last named is thought to be in rule, and it is to the fancied horses the race with any real chance.
that the victories have usually fal- len.
With the recent falling from grace of Delachance and Drinmore The race is over two circuits Lad, the view that the Grand Na-4 miles 856 yards. The course is tional
will be confined to a select perfectly flat all the way, and there few this year needs revision. Nos are 30 stiff jumps, particulars of one of the horses already mention-which are given below.
ed can be safely discarded.
} EVEN MATCHED FIELD
Though there may be more than
Nos.
1 & 17 Thorn fence 2.& 18 Hurdle 3-& 19 Fence
(fir)
Ditch Sft wide
(fr) and Brook - 6ft 6in wide
the usual number of forlorn hopes 4 & 20 Hurdle at Aintree this year, the compará-5 & 21 Hurdle tive dearth of great performers 6 & 22 Becher's Brook Fence means that anything may happen. And even though the field may, per- haps, lack some of the quality of other years, the race will not lack in thrills or interest.
7 & 23 Hurdle
8 & 24 Canal Tura Fence (fir) with sharpe left turn on landing
9 & 25 Valentine's Brook Fence (spruce) and Hurdle Brook 5ft 6in wide
The level quality of the comperi-! tion to be expected in this year's 10 & 26
6ft wide
race may be gathered from the fact 11 & 27 Fence (fre) and -ditch that Blue Shirt, who some weeks, ago was not even considered ser- 12 & 28 Hurdle and ditch 5ft. iously, is now co-favourite with Roy-13 & 29 Fence (fr) al Mail for the contest.
6in wide.
14 & 30 Fence (spruce)
The winter season has been one 15 of the most mild for years, and
116 Grand National horses are tolerably
LAST
CALL OVER FOR GRAND NATIONAL
Londen, To-day.
Fence (spruce)
Ft. I 4
4 11
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4 10:
5
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11
4
4
and
2
6
Open Ditch 6ft wide
Water Jump 12ft 5
and fence (spruce)
KCC TEAM TO MEET MIDDLESEX REGT.
The following have been chosen to
Goodwin
The following is the final call represent the Kowloon Cricket Club over for the Grand National Steep-seniors against the Middlesex to-mor lechase, which will take place this row at home at 2 pm afternoon over the Aintree Course, (Capt.), D. J. N. Anderson, K. M. Bax- Liverpool:
- Blueshirt 100 to 15 t and o.
Cooleen 100 to 12 o, 9 to 1 t Delachance 190 to 90, 12 to 1 t. Royal Mail 100 to 7. Takvor Pacha 18 to 1 Dunhill Castle 20 to 1. Provocative 25 to 1. Stalbridge Park 25 to 1. Airgead Sios 28 to 1. Bachelor Prince 30 to 1. Royal Danieli 33 to 1 Workman 33 to 125 Dominick's Cross 33 to 1. Rockquilla 33 to 1. Red Knight 33 to 1. Lough Cottage 40 to 1. Inversible 40 to 1 Battleship 45 to 1
Ponted 50 to 1 t and a
Brighter Cottage 50 to 1 t and Underbir 50 to 1 £. and a...
Cabin Fire 50 to 1 t and.
Didoric 50 to 1 a Rock Lad 66 to L ́
·Blue Prince 66 to 1.
Tapinois 80 to 1 Frobisher 100 to 1 Dawmar 100 to 1-"- Prominent Tad 100-15. Hopeful Hern 100 to 1 What Have Ion-100 K. DE 1990 to 1.
ter, T. Broadridge, S. Jex, B. E.. Lee, B. D. Lay, T. A Madar, W. Mul- cahy, A. Perry, G. B. P. Sargent. Umpire, J. P. Robinson
I am glad to see that P. MM. King, of the HK.C.C, junior eleven, one of the European vichums of the smallpar epidemie, has made a con- plete recovery and is now timing out again regularly.
Charlie and Harry Strange will be sorely ruissed during the coming lawn. bowis season by the Civil Service Cricket Club as they are both pro- ceeding on Home leave shorty
The Civil Service Cricket Club will be without the services of Er Purvis this lawn bowls season, as he left for Home Last Saturday.
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Tani, University cricketer, who "all-round sportsman, was- once Inter-State hockey player in Ma-
Bmancipator-106 to-1.
£1001
100 to
LAUSTRIA
WITHDRAWS
FROM EUROPEAN SOCCER SERIES
LATVIA TO BE PROMOTED
Berlin, To-day. The Austrian football team will no longer compete (world cham pionship matches, says an annou- cement here.
the
formerly held by Estvia formerly occ place in the European
Trans-Ocean.