OOLONG'S DERBY
(Continued from Front Page.) fusion Bay.
In the home stretch, however, Navylight, cleverly. ridden by Mr.| Moller, came up fast and the three ponles were almost neck and neck over the last 100 yards, with Eve of Harvest on the ralls, Confusion Bay in the centre and Navylight on the outside.
Navylight just produced that extra finish and secured a narrow win, with Eve of Harvest Just beating Confusion Bay. Dupont Bay was a poor fourth.
Yesterday Confusion Bay ran nplaced in the Challenge Cup over 1 miles, in which Eve of Harvest placed second to O-Lan in record-breaking time and Navylight ran unplaced.
Navylight's win paid $72.40 on the pari-mutuel.
the Rock.
United Express was an eABY winner in the first section of the Sydney Maldens yesterday.
Cup Presented
CHINA MAIL RACING EXTRA, FEBRUARY 18, 1941.
DAILY DOUBLE
DIVIDEND
To-day's Daily Double, on
Dutch Treat and Bendemeer, paid $129.70.
AIR RAID ON LONDON
LAST NIGHT
At the conclusion of the race n took the pony up from 15th place very pleasant ceremony was held at the Rock to first position, at the in the Stewards Room when His mile post, despite having to take
The enemy air attack Excellency the Acting Governor, a wide berth on the bend into the on London last night, Lieut.-General E. F. Norton, pre-home straight. Both these ponies which lasted about three sented the Governor's Cup to Mг. were rank outsiders, having to- Hsu Yiu Tong, owner of United gether only 275 of the 4,264 win and a half hours, was not Express, in the presence of
the tickets! The third pony, Hugh- Stewards and a number of friends. ber, only a short head behind, had on a large scale and ex- In calling upod His Excellency only 42 win tickets on it. Hillsboro cept in one instance, to make the presentation, Mr. T. Bay, Д warm favourite, was
where a number of people E. Pearce, Chairman of the Ste-fourth. wards, said he wanted first to ex- Hughber led all the way to the were killed and injured, tend a welcome to His Excellency mile starting gate, while Jenni-
casualties were few. on behalf of the Stewards and fer, which went out 12lb. over- members of the Club, and to say weight, was second up to the how grateful they were to His Ex- Rock. The highly fancied Lilliber, cellency for coming down in such Johnber and Galaxy finished no- weather to make the presentation. where.
Mr. Pearce went on to say he was afraid the racing was rather a wash-out, but explained that were keeping their the owners ponies for to-morrow's racing. He assured His Excellency, however,} that the Governor's Cup had beenj won by a very gallant and one of the best subs of the year.
The Derby
the
As expected, the following seven ponies faced the starter in Hong Kong Derby:
Charlesber (Chao).
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A number of fires were started by incendiary bombs but were quickly extinguished and damage generally was slight.
Areas chiefly affected, Bays the Air Ministry, were London and surrounding districts East Anglia. Activity over East Anglia was widespread and continued throughout the hours of darkness. Reports hitherto received show that damage was slight and the number of casualties Is likely to be small.
There was little activity else- where and
bomber one enemy was destroyed during the night.— Reuter.
Hat Trick Foiled
The Governor's Cup, said Mr. At the tiffin Interval Mr. C. B. The Austral Black Rock Stakes Pearce, had been established for Moller led the jockeys' list for the broke the run of Moller successes,
and owners day with two wins and a second a very long period and Starlight Mr. Moller) bring valued the trophy very highly in four starts, while Mr. W. H. S. beaten into second place by Fleet-He had had the pleasure of win- Davis had a win and a second In wing (Mr. Poy), the favourite, by ning the Cup, presented by the three starts. The Cire (Moller) three lengths after leading up to late Sir Francis Henry May, many Stable had two wins and a second, years ago, and the Cup occupies a King's Welcome looked danger-place of honour in his home. eus in the back straight, where it overhauled Starlight, only to lose its advantage over the next 10 yards, and it was again in front at the 1 mile gate, at which juncture Mountain View came up
Eve of Deception (Tao). with a rush. At the mile start-
Eve of Grandeur (Davis). ing gate Starlight, Fleetwing.
Lovelylight (Noodt). which had been lying third all
Oolong (Necda). the way, and Mountain View were
In making the presentation His
Velvetlight (Moller). almost in line, but Fleetwing then| Excellency said that he would
World Fair View (Pih). asserted its obvious superiority like to say be considered himself)
Oolong was made a hot favour- and won convincingly, with Stur- very lucky in that he had been ite, with Charlesber second in de- light second. a length ahead of able, during his short term of of-mand and followed by Velvetlight, Mountain View and King's Wel-fice here, to present the trophy. The conditions were the worst come a poor fourth.
At one period, His Excellency experienced so far at this meet- said. he thought he would just ing, the drizzle having been re- miss it.
placed by steady rain, and track, though altended to during the tiffin Interval, was showing unmistakable signs of wear, se- veral pools having already form- ed on the cinder track.
Runaway Win
the
" echo Mr. Pearce's regret that The Governor's Cup event prov-| the races have been somewhat ed to be a very tame affair, a poor spoiled by the weather," said His start-Dashing Beauty was left Excellency, adding that it was 8 standing--seeing United Express, great pleasure for him to hand the red hot favourite, shoot out in this trophy to such a long stand- World Fair View came out of possibility of ing supporter of the Club and the the track quite sometime before front without any being caught. Tien Tien and Ca- | owner of such a gallant pony.
the others. Oolong, like its stable sino followed about eight lengths
companion Confusion Bay, was behind, Chateauguay was six
wearing blinkers. Charlesber, lengths further behind, with Zad-
making its first appearance, look- derday some distance behind, and The Gymkhana Handicap pro-ed very fit and was in a lively Dashing Beauty bringing up the vided a real upset when Conquer-] mood: prior to the start. rear. •
ing Time (Moller), coming up or of the rails, dead-heated with Eve of was Reason, which was brilliantly ridden by Mr. Daffy Davis, who
Tien Tien had the better Casino and Chateauguay fourth.
'Couldn't keep my eye on the ball to-day!
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Start Delayed
Hard Road To
Victory
STOP PRESS
To-morrow's (Wed- nesday's) Race Meet- ing has been post- poned till Saturday, The first saddling bell
will be at 11 a.m.
Saturday's Races
are put forward to
Monday. First Sad-
dling Bell at 11`a.m.
This means that the Big Sweep is postponed further until Saturday.
12-WAKOOL HANDICAP.- One Mile.
THE RAPID CRYSTALLISA- Kia Ora's Many Thanks, 159. TION OF OPINION. IN THE lb.
(H. J. Hearne) UNITED STATES IN FAVOUR ❘ G. Tinson's Vixen Ter, 147 lb. OF ACTIVELY ASSISTING THE DEMOCRACIES AGAINST AGT. L's Pumpernickel, 153 lb. (F. Noodt) GRESSION HAS BEEN THE IM-
(B. L. Tao),
PORTANT EVENT OF THE PAST YEAR, DECLARED MR, MAC- KENZIE KING, IN A SPEECH IN THE CANADIAN HOUSE OF COMMONS TO-DAY,
He said the growing might of the United States towers like an impending avalanche above the ma-heads of the aggressor nations.
World Fair View, held by a foo, delayed the start, but the
Although he had no doubt of field was sent away at the second the final victory, he thought the attempt and Charlesber shot out road would be much harder, long- in front, fellowed by Eve of Graner and more terrible than most deur and Oolong. Passing the
people imagined. stands for the first t'me Char-
He added that he considered the
JAPANESE FINED
lesber was leading, follow- creation of un. Imperial War ed closely by Oolong, Lovelylight, Cabinet now would not facilitate World Fair View and Velvetlight the Empire's war effort. Reu- At the football stands Charlesber ter. and Oolong were three lengths; ahead of World Fair View, with Velvetlight going up slightly.
Approaching the Rock Charles- ber faltered badly and Velvet light, whipped by Mr. Mol- ler, shot to the front. En- tering the straight, however,
A Japanese, Zenosuke Hara, 40, Oolong had taken the lead on the
described as an accountant, rails and, despite being whipped siding at No. 58, Kennedy Road, again, Velvetlight failed to make was charged before Mr. G. any impression on it and Cotong, Lowry this morning, with a breach won by a length Six lengths be-l
of the Defence Regulations, by hind was Lovelylight, with Char-conveying 11 letters into the lesber and World Fair View fourth and fifth,
Proud Owner's Plans
re-
T.
Colony, otherwise than through the post.
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Detective-Sergeant Brooks of the Special Branch, who prose- cuted, said defendant was seen on board a junk lying off Wanchai Praya on Monday morning.
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Mr. T. K. Li, proud owner of Oolong, was confident of the abil ity of his pony to win, and he is
Defendant had in his possession now planning to enter O-Lan, Confusion Bay and Oolong for the a packet containing 11 letters, all Champions on Saturday. He also of them commercial and private
feels sure that his Oracle--a bay with white hair-will do well in. the Austral Derby two races later. This is Mr. Li's second season of racing in the Colony.
Outsider Wins
letters.
Defendant admitted that the letters were taken from a trawler from Formosa recently.
A fine of $50 was imposed,
followed by National Courage, Colooma and Vis Major. "At the football stands First Love began to move up and was fourth in the back straight.
The highly fancied Nomine
The Garrison Cup was won by Mr. Hollandia's Dutch Treat (Mr. Botelho) by a short head from Black Seal, the hot favourite, with
Poenae and A Happy Time were Bugle third and Lex Forl fourth.
Dutch Treat paid $78.50 for its always in the rear and had too win.
much ground to recover, when Dutch Treat, Anzac Day, Cor-entering the home stretch. minent in the early stages, but riedoo and Daylight were all pro- Favourites Come In Daylight was unable to stand that pace and dropped back in the back straight..
Easy Win
The three most fancied ponies
CASH SWEEP
Race 12
$2576.70 736.20 368.10
No. 2058
1284 243
2
3
Nos.: 5204, 2849. 5253, 1938, 90, Unplaced runners ($50 each), 1319, 1086, 306, 1789, $128, 4414, 157 and 5547..
A protest was lodged at the end of the Lusitano Cup, but at the time of going to press decision had yet been
no
made.
It is believed that by win- ning the Amoy Handicap on Eve of Peace, Mr.-R. M. Wood graduated from the novice class. The race was run in terrible conditions, the rain being so heavy that the ponies were not visible from the stands,"
In an inter-unit rugger. competition match this after- noon, Royal Engineers de- feated Middlesex by 3 points to nil.. A second match ar- ranged was postponed.
came in correct order in the se- cand section at the Perth Plate, Bendemeer (Mr. Needa) winning. with Royal -:- Sovereign – second, Newborn Star » third and- Bone- shaker- fourth. Heavy rains was alons Mr. Li Lanang's Distant View still falling and only a group of ing (Mr. Pih) made short work of three could be seen on the inside, ed and the Austral Derby, leading all the of the Valley, apart from the pa- wholly or in part
rangement. way round “anet winning by many lice on duty and ambulance at- lengths from Oracle, cleverly tendant... The cinder track look- ridden by Mr. Neoda. First Love ed like a canal and the grass was third and Gray Fox fourth. | track was quickly becoming one
Printed and Published The race was run in heavy rain | mass of pools. The grass plots Proprietors, The Newspa and visibility was very poor. in front of the grandstand are be- prise Ltd., by
Passing the stands for the first ing protected by several layers of HORNETT, Windsor time Distant View was leading, straw.
torla, Hong Kong.
the