Upset Follows U.S. SPEEDBOAT RACING
Upset At 9th Extra Meeting
'By "Rapier" ....”
when
Avon Surprises
three
Bash immediately the gate went up, followed by Happy Landings (Mr. Davis) and Sca Jay (Mr. Craven), and this order wus
was being
(Mr. Wei). On rounding the bend
kel.
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NAUTICAL TORTOISE'
HAS ITS DAY
two-
Notre Dame Wins 3rd Heat
HERBERT Mendelson's 'Notre Dame couldn't get a fow for 30 minutes after being forced out of the first heat, and So much time was lost rescuing the Detroit creation that she couldn't be re- paired in time for the second.
SENSATIONAL UPSETS featured the Ninth maintained until passing the Rock,
NAUTICAL tortoise had its day when Sidney A, Extra Race Meeting at the Valley on Saturday. This when Pumpernickel
Allen won the historic Gold Cup in Hotsy Totsy was due to the slightly heavier track on account of challenged by A Roaring "Timo the rain which fell the night before, and punters cer- into the home straight Pumpernic III at Long Island, America, recently.
kel bored out slightly, but not It was the first time Sid Allen, MY SIN was put out of the first tainly had a terrible time during the afternoon, enough to jeopardise its chances ever competed for the ancient ! heat at Northport Harbour, runs a smallL. I., and Zalmon Simmons was seven favourites failing one after another until the of winning, and it was running urn. He is 32... seventh race, when the favourite just staved off de- sufficiently well to indicate a win, boat yard, operates a motion pic forced to abandon all hope of de- but Brown Derby, after passing Ature theatre and roller skating fending the cup he won in Detroit Roaring Time, came up
the rink and dabbles in real estate at inst September when in the sec feat by dead-heating with another outsider.
outside and scored a thrilling Hampton Bays, L. I..
ond rain clogged the magnetos of Income Tax, ridden by Mr. B. the running, followed by Winnic dead-heat win with Pumpernic- In a boat which had been, con- the fastest thing entered. J. Tao, was instrumental in pay- (Mr. Chiu -Ki-fan), Colorado Star
sidered a flop, and for which he ing out the second biggest divi- (Mr. Sequeira), Quick Despatch
Had Mr. Proulx ridden the same paid only $1,200, Allen snatched dend of the year-$330.30. A new and Sea Urchin (Mr. Chul). This "Daily Double" record was also position was maintained un.il finish as he did on Fair Chance in the coveted trophy by outlasting Brown Derby craft capable of 70 miles an hour established when Pumpernickel, after passing the 1 mile start-a previous race, with Mr. Proulx up, dead-heated inggale,
Mr. Chiu sent would not have had a chance to and which cost $35,000.
Mr. Proulx with Brown Derby (Mr. Black) Winnic forward to overtake Tar- catch up with it.
Slowest Time In for first position in the second leg, zan and romp home an easy win-made the mistake of turning his and the solitary ticket-holder on ner by five lengths, with Quick head to see who was behind him
16 Years at a critical stage of the race and Pumpernickel was rewarded with Despatch third, another
by so doing he retarded the pony's Allen's time was the slowest in 57,572.00 whilst the 23 supporters lengths behind.
running. In that split second 16 years. He averaged less than
Notre Dame, with Danny Arena of Brown Derby each received
Mr. Black saw his opportunity 49 miles an hour in piling up 800 at the helm, won the third heat $329.20.
Jockey honours deservedly went. The fourth race, the Wyndham and with a great effort he forged points in capturing the first two
by miles. averaging: 69.77. to Mr. D. Black, with three wins Handicap for "B" Class China Brown Derby forward to dead-heats.
Hotsy Totsy III, a little
Lou Fageol put water in the hull and a third in live starts and ponies over the Champions dis-heat to the delight of his admir-
22-foot of So Long for the trip from Los step, mahogany-hulled, special mention should be made tance, again saw the favourite fallers and to the sorrow of the only
the affair, is to its owner of the seventh race when, as the by the wayside.
Feather backer of Pumpernickel in
"the least Angeles. The idea was to keep ¡Red
the Californian from drying out, expensive packet ever to bag the result of very determined riding, (Mr. Wei) was backed to the tune "Daily Double". he brought Brown Derby in to of 1,965 win tickets, followed by
cup, and Allen did not receive the but the ignition, wiring and start- Punters-Shaken
er went blooie. bill of sale from the widow of dead-heat with Pumpernickel for Rose Emily (Mr. Poy) with 1,683
The last race of the day, the Victor Kliesrath until shortly be- Gar Wood Jr's. "Tinker first position. Mr. B. L. Tao was and Galaxy (Mr. Tao) with 1,653
on which fore the race. second with two wins and a sec- and all three disappointed! The Kwangtung Handicap,
Joy" Folds ond, also in five starts. Mr. L. B. race started with Jober (Mr. the result of the big $100 sweep Chao's riding in the last race, the Chao) taking the lead, followed depended, was certainly the most constructed at a cost of $15,000 in TWO of the three inotors
George Cannon's new on which by Humdrum Eve. (Mr. Pih), Red disastrous for punters. The public 1937, and considered her a failure Kwangtung Handicap,
Goose III chucked it all. der Feather, Galaxy and Avon (Mr. was so confident in Victoria (Mr. after her cup bow, that year.
Gar the niammoth $1.00 sweep pended, should also be recorded Black), the ultimate winner.
Wood Jr.'s Tinker, Joy folded, No Pih) to win this race that 3,588 backers backed it to win. Once as he rode with rare judgment to change was noticed
Only the despised Hotsy Totsy after stave off defeat from Victoria, passing
III and the 15-year-old Miss Syn- the Rock, when Red again Victoria disappointed. Car-
(Mr.bend Thirty Six shot out from the dicate, which isn't even a hydro- ridden by Mr. Pih, and the lucky Feather and Galaxy passed Joberrying 168 lbs., Thirty Six drawer of the winning ticket has together, both fighting to take the Chao) was not conceded much of bunch at a terrific speed to take plane, escaped being crippled.
lead with Galaxy having the bet-a chance of winning according to the lead on the outside with Vic- Not one of the half dozen start- ownerster of the argument on reaching the betting, but it confounded the toria, hugging the rails, slightly ers went the entire 90 miles re-
critics.
behind. Stride by stride these presented by three 30-mile heats, the last quarter, followed closely by Bear Claw (Mr. Treverton), Galveston Bay
both but Hotsy Totsy III kept chugging (Mr. Sung) two ponies raced on with Avon and Rose Emily. On com- jumped out into the lead, follow-jockeys using the whip freely to right along until flagged off the The first race, the Hong Kong ing down the straight Red Feathered by Eve of Hunting (Mr. Black), urge their ponies on, but try as course in the final test because she Griffins Cup, a handicap for China and Bear Claw fell out of the race Just In Time (Mr. Wei), Victoria he did Mr. Pih simply could not couldn't finish within nine min- ponies-griffins of this season that leaving Galaxy hotly challenged and Taxing Master (Mr. Tao). push Victoria ahead and had to utes of the first boat, Notre Dame. When Notre Dame finally did had started in at least three Ex- by Avon for first position, and the After passing the six furlongs. post admit defeat by a short head. tra meetings--was the principal latter took the lead on reaching Taxing Master moved up to sec-was
undoubtedly due to Mr. get going, she was 10 miles ahead, event of the afternoon, and it re-the mile post and went on, to win ond position and Victoria was Chao's fine riding that Thirty Six but it was too late. sulted in the first upset of the by 11⁄2 lengths with Rose Emily fourth. On passing the Rock, beat Victoria by a short head, with day, Dupont Bay, which was third third, another four lengths away. Victoria moved up to second posi-Blue Gate (Mr. Chang) third, in the Double Tenth Plate with
tion and on coming
the three lengths behind.. Mr. Sung up, scoring a fine win under Mr. Black. O-Lan, which placed second to Eve of Harvest last time out, was made hot fa- vourite with Mr, Sung up, but without the services of Mr. Neda it had to be content with being second, losing by. 1 lengths to its stable-mate Dupont Bay, which was the second string from Mr. T. K. Li's stable.
much to thank him for. Honours among the
were evenly distributed.
Change Of Riders
A fast pace was set by Distinc- tive Time (Mr. Wel), winner of the Double Tenth Plate, as soon as the barrier was lifted, follow- ed by Dupont Bay, Gay Star (Mr. Tao), Johnber (Mr. Chao) and O'Lan. There was no change in the position after passing the mile post, but on rounding the Village bend Mr. Black sent Du- pont Bay forward to pass Dis- tinctive Time, which tried its best
until
Disqualification
The best finish of the afternoont was seen in the Moore Park Han- dicap, which was the first leg of the "Daily Double" and in which the favourite, Lancashire Chips (Mr. Wei), again failed. Lanca- shire Chips, as usual, took an im- mediate lead, followed by Ascot Day (Mr. Hearne). On rounding the bend Lancashire Chips was still leading, but was overhauled by Ascot Day after passing the two-mile post,gate and the latter inoked every inch a winner. To the consternation of the crowd, however, it was passed near the post by Mr. Ip Kui-ying who had begun to apply his whip on Vanity Fair, and this win paid the second best win dividend of the day.
After the race the protest flag was hoisted and the Stewards
to catch up but to no avail, hav-subsequently held an enquiry into ing to be satisfied with third posi-
the riding of Mr. Ip, and it was
tion after O-Lan had passed it later revealed that they had de- near the 100 yards post.
cided to disqualify Vanity Fair for bumping and boring, and the official result was given as fol- lowst
1st. Ascot Day
2nd. Lancashire Chips 3rd. Viceroy (Mr. Black), Favourite Second
Biggest Dividend Biggest 'dividend of the day was puid by Income Tax, cleverly ridden by Mr. Tao, in the Nullah Nullah Handicap (first section) confined to "B" Class Australian ponies. Springhurst (Mr. Poy) monopolised the betting to the
The sixth race, the Ballarat extent of 2,522 tickets in the win booths, and it certainly looked a Handicap for "C" Class Australian winner fifty yards from the win- ponies, resulted in another sur- ning post, but it could only man-prise for punters. Piccadilly Jim age third place.
(Mr. Poy) was made favourite, Franklin (Mr. Chao) took the Court (Mr. Sung) adopted run- but it disappointed badly. Centre lead for a short while and was then overhauled by Fair Chance away tactics immediately the gate (Mr. Proulx), which had disap- was released, followed by Cheer- pointed punters at the last two ful Star (Mr. Tao) and Twilight meetings, and it maintained its Star (Mr. S. W. Tang), Rounding lead until nearing the Members the bend it was still leading and running strongly, but it found. Stand, when the -favourite,
Cheerful Star, a.hard.nut to crack Springhurst, ***: forged slightly ahead. Fair Chance then reas Cheerful Star went on to win by and was passed in the straight. serted itself, but as these. two ponies were fighting, it out. Income two lengths from Piccadilly Jim, Tax, to the surprise of all, came which was accond, 1 lengths In
front of Centre Court. through on the outside with a great burst of speed to overhaul the leaders and win by a short hend from its stable-mate Fair Chance, which was a short head in front of Springhurst.
Novice Upset
Thrilling Finish
Quite an interesting Anish was witnessed in the seventh race, the Nallah Nullah Handicap (second i section), which was also the sec- ond leg of the "Daily Double" The third race, the Werribee and in which the only favourite Handicap for "D" Class Austra of the day did not disappoint, al- lian, ponies was contested by Nothough it dead-heated for first vice jockeys for the first time, and position with Pumpernickel (Mr it resulted in yet another upset. Proulx) another outsider. Punters Quick Despatch (Mr. Cooper) placed their money on Brown carried the bulk of the money Derby (Mr. Black), which was With Tarzan (Mr. Hoo Pak-ming)frecently promoted. next in demand. Tarzan mado Pumpernickel was off "ille" "a
round
Kliesrath had Hotsy Totsy III
It
in Gray
As Herb Mendelson remarked. it was enough to make a fellow remain on land forever.
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