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CAN ANY HORSE BEAT PASCH?
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The champion jockey, incidentally, is very confident that there is nothing to beat Pusch. After the Guiness. Gordon Richards declared:
"He could have carried another 71b and still have "won. He was 80 full of dash and energy that I allowed him to stride along for a while. Al tho time he was looking around him liko
novice. He
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He finished fourth in the Two Thou-
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still ran distinctly sand Guineas, with P. Beasley green, and that is why I never ceased after starting as second favourite at riding him. He was an easy winner, 4-1. He was always conspicuous, but and I really cannot see what can beat weakened on the ascent and was him in the Derby."
beaten by Pasch, Scottish Union and Mirza II. Portmarnock is thought highly of by those who have watched him at exercise at Newmarket.
It is reported that Pasch is by no means the favourite at Marlborough, Wiltshire, where he is trained in Fred Darling's Beckhampton stables. "He's too much talked of," is the local opin- ion.
Fred Darling, on the other hand, is quite confident. He has put Pasch in the box which accommodated Coronach and Manna, both Derby winners, while they were in training at Beck- hampton. "No horse gets that box un- less he deserves it," said Fred Darl- ing.
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By Cameronian out of Trust- ful, Mr. James V. Rank's Scot- tish Union, (second favourite at the moment) is brown colt, and very well throughout în the Two Thousand Guineas, with B. Carslake up, and beat all but Pasch. The Gatineas is his only
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FINAL ACCEPTANCES
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The following are the final ac- ceptances and riders. Licence (Crouch).
Pound Foolish (Jones). Caveman (Beary). Golden. Sovereign (Weston). Caerloptic (Lane). Faroe (Perryman). Troon (Sammy Wragg). Malabar (Marshall). Chatsworth (Lowrey): Manorite (Mahir). 'Tahir (Smirke).
Mirza II (Harry Wragge). Halcyon Gift (Cliff Richards). Slip On (Wrickaby). Pasch (Gordon Richards). Flyon (E. Smith). Bland Star (Sprague). Scottish Union (Carslake). Seventh Wonder (Nevett). Portmarnoch (Pat Beasley). Bols Roussel (Elliott). Unbreakable (Stephenson). Valerian III (Taylor).
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be the Hon, P. R. L. Beatty, is the most promising of the French chal- lengers.
By the famous Franch sire, Vatout, out of Plucky Liego, Bols Roussel won the important Prix de Juigne, at Longchamps, over a mile, and three furlongs, a strong recommendation for the Darby: It is 100 to 6 in the bet- ting.
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Malabar is ninth in the betting for the Derby. He did not run last year. races, This year, he has had three finishing second to Chatsworth in the Blue Riband Trial Stakes, at Epsom, third in the Newmarket Stakes and unplaced in the Spring Maiden Plate at Newbury.
Mr. J. A. Dewar's Troon, half- brother to Cameroniun, sired by Fair- way, finished third in his only race last year, at Salisbury, and this year he has not run owing to the condition of the
He is, however, ground. eleventh in the betting.
TOKYO OLYMPIC REQUEST
Tokyo, To-day.
The Committee for the Olympic Games, 1940, in Tokyo, has re- quested permission of the Inter-- national Olympic Committee to in- vite also those Far Eastern coun- tries who are not represented ́on the International Committee, to take part in the next Olympiad.
It is desired to invite Manchu- kuo, Siam, French Indo-China, Straits Settlements and the Nether- lands East Indies. No reply has as yet been forthcoming from the International Committee. Trans- Ocean.
M
H.R.Ball
A PLAN OF THE DERBY COURSE AT EPSOM, which listeners to Daventry will find useful when fol- lowing the BBC's commentary on this year's race. The plan may also be used for the commentary on the Oaks, which will be run next Friday. (By courtesy BBC).
C.R.C. TROUNCE SOUTH CHINA AT CAUSEWAY BAY
A. Chan And J. Shu Best Visiting Pair
At Causeway Bay yesterday, Chinese Recreation Club further consolidated their position in the
GOLDEN SOVEREIGN
race so far this year.
Both Mirza II and Tahir were out- "A" Division of the League when Sir Abe Bailey's brown colt, Golden Last year, he had three races. Gor- standing last year
as two-year-olds. they defeated the South China Sovereign, by Monarch out of Fleche don Richards rode him to victory in Mirza II ran in seven races, winning Athletic Association-by-8-sets-to-1. Ho Ka-lau and Y. W. Lee (C.R.C.). d'Or II, did not run this year until the Rous Memorial Stakes, at Good- the first five and finishing second in the Newmarket Stakes, but his fine wood, and the Middle Park Stakes at the other two. He won three times beat K. H. Li and Wong Fuk- victory in that race sent his Derby Newmarket, in the
62 latter beating at Newmarket, in the Bedford T.Y.O.
Chan and Jack prospects soaring. Whereas the odds Mirza II and Unbreakable. In his Stakes, the July Stakes and the Ches-lost to Albert
Shu
5-7 against him
on May 6 were 100-6, third race, the Salisbury Stakes, he terfield Stakes; he won the Coventry after his Newmarket
and the Stakes at Ascot;
Lavant beat H. K. Ho and P. Y. Cheng 6—2
Paul Stakes at Goodwood. He was second
Kong and Tsui Yun-pui shortened to 21-2.--
in the Doncaster Champagne Stakes (C.R.C.). and the Middle- Park Stakes at New-beat Li and Wong market.
beat Chan and Shu beat Ho and Cheng
Buccess, they finished second.
nam.
6-2
6-3
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6--2
Last year, as a two-year-old, Golden
POUND FOOLISH Sovereign ran six times, gaining two
Lord Astor's-brown colt, by Bland- wins, two seconds and two thirds. Tommy Weston rode him to victory ford, out of Pennysomequick, Found
Tahir ran six times last year, win-
W. C. Hung and Toui Wai-pui in the Maiden Plate at Kempton Park Foolish, who is trained by Lawson, at and the Gimcrack States at York, in Manton, has raced twice this year, ning three times, finishing second twice (C.R.C.).
He won the War-beat Li and Wong the latter beating Tahir and True finishing sixth in both the Several and unplaced once.
the wickshire Breeders' Foal Plate at Bir-beat Chan and Shu Mate. He was third to Portmarnock Stakes, at Newmarket, and in
Chesham Stakes at beat Ho and Cheng and Mirza II in the Champagne Stakes Two Thousand Guineas, Pound Foolish mingham, the Doncaster. A
would most probably appear to much Ascot and the Ham (Produce) Stakes' greater advantage on softer ground. at Goodwood. He did not race last year.
AGA KHAN'S PAIR
PORTMARNOCK
Portmarnock, Sir Humphrey de Trafford's brown colt, by Fairway out of Derk's Double, who is trained by
This year Mirza II won the Green- ham Plate, at Newbury and finished
third in the Two Thousand Guiness. STRONG RECREIO
Tahir was third in the Coventry Stakes
Tahir and Mirza II. Of these, Mir-at Kempton and nowhere in the PAIR ENTER
Boyd-Rochfort, has had only one race za II is favourite, fourth in the bet-Guineas.
this year.
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Mirza II was sired by Blenheim while Tahir. was sired by Tetratema. consideration, along with the very fact, that the Aga Khan owns the horses and Frank Butters trains them, should make both of them potential winners or, at least, candidates for the subor- dinute places.
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HIS MAJESTY'S HORSE
Open Pairs First Round Ties
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Four matches in the First Round
of the Colony Open Pairs Lawn- The King had two horses entered Bowls championship were decided- for the Derby this year, Airflow and yesterday and. resulted Licence, both trained by W. Jarvis. Airflow has since been withdrawn.
·At K.B.G.C.
C. W. Lam and N. P. Karanjia beat--
Abbas and H. Gitting 21-19.
Licence, a chestnut colt by Foxlaw Y. out of Wireless raced once last year, F. Riberio and J. J. Basto beat coming nowhere in the Foxhall Stakes F. Broadbridge and W. W. Hirst 26-7. at Goodwood. In his only race this V. V. Riberio and H.A. Alves year, the Payne Stakes at Newmarket, beat. J.-L. Stephen and A. A. Spary. he finished a not very convincing sec-32-14. ond to Flyon, who is also engaged in Calman and H. G. Cooper 22-15.
A. Steven and J. A. R, Selby beat A. the Derby.
FRENCH CHALLENGER
At Talkoo
F. Kelly and F. Nolan'beat F. A. Cheesman and J. Henson 20-18 at the
Bois Roussel, who was recently sold 22nd hond,
by M. Leon Volterra to a patron of W. Hodges and A. Brooksbank beat Fred Darling's stable, understood to W. Warr and J. Cook 18–17.
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