Page 22 RACING
THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 15, 1989.
GOOD DAY
DAY FOR
FOR PUNTERS
AT ASCOT
MEETING
Sir Abe Bailey's Last Ascot: Scores Good Win
TRAINER JARVIS
ACCOMPLISHES "HAT-TRICK"
London, To-day. It was overcast at Ascot yesterday and the weather was cool. There was a large crowd present including Their Royal High- nesses the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke and Duchess of Kent and Sir Abe Bailey, who is attending his last Ascot before returning to South Africa.
Spectators saw the four-year-old, Caer- loptic gain a ready victory in the Royal Hunt Cup, repeating its owner's previous win 35 years ago with Dark Ronald.
Caerloptic is only
half-bred
its dame, Soloptic, does not pear in the stud-book.
as
ap-
Sir Abe Bailey is considered lucky
· LEAGUE TENNIS
to have won the race since Caerlop- tic was among other horses involv- ed in a serious fire at Cottrill's headquarters on June 4 when four notables were burned
death. to Happily Caerloptic was untouched. Many thought that Lord Derby's Greenwich was winning comfortably when it was lengths ahead at competitors' stand rails, but jockey
well-timed Beary staging a swooping down on the leaders from the far side and bringing Caerloptic
the
run,
improving on it last year's position of second.
FI
HIGH KICKING-Bunny Oger- strom, expert figure skater from Spokane, Washington, makes striking picture when taking a high kick on the huge Sun Valley Lodge Ico Plaza in the spring sun- shine at Sun Valley, Idaho. (Copy- right, Fox).
H. LIN AND T.E. LING
PLAY BRILLIANTLY
AT KOWLOON TONG
S.C.A.A.
C.R.C.
"C" DIVISION
Sets Sets
P. W. D. L. For Agst. Pts.
3 2 1 - 16 11 2 2
K.T.G.C.A. 2 2
5
16
2
4
12 .6
4
Recreio
3
1
1 13
14
3
I.R.C.
2
2 5 13
0
C.C.C.
1
3 6
R.P.S.C. C.B.A.
1
1 22 6/2 U
2
2 41⁄2 131⁄2
0
but thereafter they improved con- siderably. Carvalho was probably the steadier of the two but Reme- dios scored on occasions with beau- tiful angle-shots although he was prone to errors overhead.
Guterres and Fonseca were а hard-hitting combination who al- ways looked impressive although they only succeeded in winning one set. Fonseca was' very severe over- head, while Guterres Was fairly steady all round.
were
H. A. and G. A. Noronha another pair whose lack of success is difficult to explain. Both played the right type, of game and were adequately equipped in the matter of strokes but they were unable to steady themselves at critical periods and only succeeded in sharing one set.
C.R.C. SWAMP IRC.
In the only other match played yesterday, C.R.C. had little difficul- ty in beating I.R.C. at Causeway Bay.
O. L. Pang and W. K. Ma, who played for Kowloon Tong last sea-
ONLY three matches were played in "C" Division
of the Tennis League yesterday despite the ap-son, made an impressive showing
through to prevent Calsonia from parent improvement in the weather in the morning,
Intermittent showers throughout the day rendered many grounds unfit for play. Kowloon Tong were expected to second.
The winner's time was one minute, 38.2 seconds for the seven furlongs.
Despite the chilly wind, heavy showers and threatening thunder clouds, backers generally had a fine day.
Popular Winner
be thoroughly extended by Recreio Feature of the afternoon was the at Kowloon Tong but in actual brilliant form shown by H. Lin and fact, the Portuguese team were T. E. Ling, playing No. 1 pair for the winners. This pair played a never in the picture.
under their new colours. They won
three sets with the greatest odd ease,
A. R. Kitchell and K. Ismail were the only I.R.C. pair to meet with any success, winning the only set secured at the expense of veteran Lau Fook-kie and C. Leung.
South China were given quite a good
C.R.C. v I.R.C.
The home team led 2-1 after brand of tennis that would not have game by C.B.A. but won 5-3.
team the first round and 4-2 after the disgraced an "A" Division
and won all their sets in very quick time for the loss of a single game in each.
of
The American, William Wood-cessful with his three-year-old filly ward's Hypnotist who was so heavi- Clein (6 to 1), who, like Rose ly-backed in the Derby in which England, was trained by Basil Jar- it was unplaced, was a popular win- vis, who accomplished the hat-trick ner of the King Edward VII Stakes, when Alistair, owned by Mr. W. R. starting at even money.
Lysaught, narrowly won the Bess- were borough Stakes, starting at 100 to
8.
The day's other favourites Mr. James Shank's Micoumy at 6 to
Stakes.
Lin is no newcomer to League tennis and his fine all court game is well-known but Ling is making his first appearance this season. and is a decided acquisition Kowloon Tong.
to
S. L. Ma and T. N. Tsang (C.R.C.). beat D. M. A. Razack and M. R.
Abbas
.6-2 beat A. R. Kitchell and K. Is-
-3 beat K. Rumjahn and M. J. Ra-
6-3 (C.R.C.). 6-2
zack
O. L. Pang and W. K. Ma beat Razack and Abbas beat Kitchell and Ismail beat Rumjahn and Razack
6-3
63
P. C. Leung and F. K. Lau (C.R.C.). beat Razack and Abbas
OU
4-6
lost to Kitchell and Ismail beat Rumjaha and Razack
KOWLOON TONG v RECREIO
6—1
5 in the Churchill Stakes and Lord Another of the day's upsets was He possesses a very fine service,
odds Glanely's two-year old colt, Rose of the neck defeat of the
on a raking forehand drive and is very England at 5 to 4, in the Chesham favourite Panorama (4 to 9) in severe on anything overhead.
the Fern Hill Stakes by Lady Beat- B. P. C. Fletcher, who normally H. Lin and T. E. Ling. (Kowloon On the other hand Mr. R. S. ty's outsider Gold Vista starting plays for the "D" team, also gave a Tong). Clark's Oaks winner, Galatea 11 an at 100 to 8 and ridden by "Brownie" fine display featured by powerful beat A. M. Remedios and L. A. 11 to 4 favourite, was surpisingly Carslake, veteran Australian jockey, hitting, while Percy Chen covered beat M. Gutteres and J. C, Fon- unplaced in the Coronation Stakes who also rode Michoumy and gained court very well and rarely failed in which Lord Glanely was again suc-' places in two other races.--Reuter.
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Carvalho
geca
6-1
6-1 to seize any openings which came beat H. A. Noronha and G. A. his way.
Noronha
.6-1 Lam Kwan and D. Chan (Kowloon WEAK LINK
Tong). Lam Kwan and D. Chan were the lost to Remedios and Carvalho.4-6 weak link. Chan proved quite in-lost to Gutteres and Fonseca...36 capable of taking the forecourt and drew with Noronha and Noronha 66 P. Chen and P. Fletcher (Kowloon positioned himself on the baseline
Tong), even whilst his partner was serv-lost to Remedios and Carvalho ing.
beat Gutteres and Fonseca These methods will never meetbeat Noronha and Noronha
SOUTH CHINA v C.B.A. with any success in League tennis
T. K. Leung and C. L. Lau (South and although Lam Kwan, who does China). possess a fine volley, made valiant drew with G. H. Fowler and N. efforts, the opposition never found
Whitley any difficulty in placing winners through the gaps left by the one- up-one-back formation.
30
.6-3
beat J. Sloan: and D. T. Smith...6-1 beat M. Yatskin and V. Knight: ..6-4 P. Y. Kwok and C. Y. Kwan (South China).
lost to Sloan-and-Smith
1.6-2 -0 17.2
30
The Recreio players all display-beat Fowler and Whitley ed a fine knowledge of the game but lost to Yatskin and Knight were unable to get going. L. A. H. T. Bee and H. C. Kwok (South Carvalho and A. M. Remedios were badly shaken up by Ling and Lin, beat Fowler and Whitley lost to Sloan and Smith". whom they met in the first round, beat Yatskin and Knight
China).