By BUD FISHER
I PUSHED 'EM IN THE MACHINE
BUT THEY DIDN'T COME
OUT YET!
A Chat With Mr. Needa
"If it is bone-dry I will take (-Lan out in the Champion Stakes," said Mr. V. V. Needa, who won his fourth Hong Kong Derby on Tuesday.
02.
"But it is hard to make any de- finite statement at this stage," he went
"I tell you
whitt, though I think the fields are too big for rome of the races confined to Austraban ponies,
40
"I think", he concluded. "the maximum number of starters for ace of this nature should be limited to twelve."
Do Not Get Breaks
"You see.
remember We must
Mi Needa. asked whut he that when the Course was laid out thought of the Novice jockeys
for China ponies. it was meant
taking part in racing to-day, re- These Australian animals are
plied that in
Mr. his opinion much faster, and as they are also Yeung Wing-kwai was the "bold- Jonger there is a tendency forest of the lot. One has to be them to swing out when rounding | bold, Mr. Needa remarked, to be a beni
any good. He added, however, "And again," Mi. Neoda con- that the novices here do not "get tinued, "in the case of a good the breaks." pony being left at the start, the Owners pay such a big price chances of it ever getting through | for their ponies that they are nut in time to Win race are very | inclined to let novices "practice slight. You see, the other nut-
them." Mr. Needa said he „e-good ponies are bound to be could appreciate that attitude but in the way, and it is a terrible at the same time he was sorry job trying to get through,
for the novices,
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TO-DAY'S RESULTS
(Continued from Page 2)
10. AUSTRAL RACING STAKES.,-One
Miles.
BETTING FIGURES
and а Quarter
152) Riverside (Boltelho,
Win 804
72
Gredmaka's Colooma. 152 lb. (D. Black)
T. K. L.'s Oracle, 149 lb.
(V. V. Needa) Lan's Prairie View. 152 lb.
(H. C. Pih)
↑
Place 858
151
152)............ 11.-HOPEFUL STAKES. From the Two Mile Post Once Round & 2 In (About One Mile 171 Yards).
T.K.L's Oolong, 159 b.
3
(M. M. Sokoloff)
3 starters. Won by Short Head: Cire's Velvetiight, 159 lb. ... 3 lengths. Time: 28.3; 53.2; 1.23; 1.51, 2.19.3
Pari-mutuel: winner. places, 1st $8.50; 2nd $5.80; $8.10.
$49.30: 3rd
(C. B. Muller) Marber 1's Charlesber, 152 lb. (L. B. Chao) 5 starters, Won by Short Head: many lengths. Time: 11.4; 43.2 1.13.4; 1.43.2; 2.10.4.
Pari-mutuel:
$8.20; winner, places. 1st $5.40; 2nd $5.50. BETTING FIGURES
1
2
3
BETTING FIGURES
Win
Place}
Ainusement
Tax
(Liang, 152)
199
Colooma (Black, 132)
712
234 740
Gloaming (Puy, 152) 420 Man-O'-War
(Tao,
152)
135
Nomine Poenae (Chao,
152) Oracle (Needa, 149). .3734 Prairie View
1889
Win 400 Oolong (Sokolof, 159) 3708 Velvetlight (Moller, 172 159-)
Charlesber (Chao, 152) 1486 Odeon (Needa, 152) 3205) Eve of Paradise
Place 1906
1884 883 272
1238.
141
81
(Pih,
LONDON
(Wood, 147)
SYDNEY
MANILA
Victor Needa.
NEW PONIES NOT GIVEN BEST CHANCE
INTER. THE FOLLOWING VIEW WAS GIVEN THE "CHINA MAIL" BY ONE WHO HAS EX. PRESSED HIS DESIRE TO RE- MAIN ANONYMOUS,
"In my opinion", he said, "the one thing that is wrong with the new ponies in Hong Kong is the fact that they have not been given a proper chance to get into con-
dition.
are
"They arrive here say in about October and are put into training
immediately. almost
They galloped over long distances and short distances. They are whip- ped even in training,
"I hold that no pony should be whipped. No, not even in a race. Of course in some very close flushes one has to apply the whip, two very quick but here again touches ought to bring about the
desired effect.
"You seg. the secret of getting the most out of a pony in a race is not how hard a jockey can whip his horse. It is how well he can van, his, hands." Talking about successful train- 478 ing, this owner-jockey, said that Ideal thing would be for 175 the
owners to hold over their ponies. that show the slightest sign of shyness, but in this connection he added that this is not always practicable.
new
"Held over ponios," he con- cluded, “invaribly pay, for the added expenditure of the extra year's keep, but most important of all they perform 100 per cent better, after the extra, mursing."
AMUSING PEN SKETCH OF MR. VIC NEEDA BY S'HAI SPORTS WRITER
The following is reprinted from a back number of the "Shanghai Evening Post & Mercury." It was written by Joe Morang, Sports Editor of that paper, in 1933, when Mr. Needa returned to Shanghai after his first visit to Hong Kong for the Annual Race Meeting.
He was once heard to refuse lo attend a circus because somebody had told him the heal was in tents,
If it walks, crawls, flies, eats,, cle-bound from the elbow down swims, rolls, floats, pulls, shoves, as the result of proposing toasts. runs, sleeps or destroys he has it. If he hasn't it at hand he can get it for you within the hour.
"He", in this case, is Victor He puns. He can go eight days drink of water. His "Sharkskin" Needa, the gent who without
which he can be counted upon for an in-favourite expression,
uses almost constantly, is: stant response when a puge makes the rounds on a hunt for The like!" Most Versatile Man In Town.
He is the only goalkeeper Jockey, cobbler, tailor, importer,
to existence
have guarded his important soccer citadel in an exporter, bookie, crooner, dealer, salesman, commission
gume by stretching full-length on agent, broker, authority
the cross-bar and going to sleep, things pertaining to the manufacHe has a passion for fish, and has ture of sukiyaki and unofficial
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food
This
in
eaten so many that he recently Mayor of Avenue Haig. That's remarked that he was in danger him-The Most Versatile Man In of acquiring a distinct herting
Town.
cast to his features.
the
If you have something to buy, If you have
He once started to play he'll sell it to you. something to sell, he'll buy it from bassoon, but explains the stigna he was too If you feel like celebrating away by claiming you, he'll help you hold up any bai young to offer any serious objec- you suggest. If you are down in tions.. the dumps his rates as a profes- sional listener are very reasonable and his sympathy is of a high the standard and straight from roots.
A sharkskin
а
He took Hong Kong by storm; it away toyed with it and cust like an old glove.
Made of linen. glove.
He likes egg in his beer.
like He drives around town in a He can make a noise
He is distinctly and
a drink of water. puddle-jumper
wears "sharkskin" coat made of linen. theatrical in tendency, and unless At the figure skating champion- forestalled, will without warning ships held at the Metropole Gar-present his own versions of those dens he excited the admiration of two classics, "Willie, My Toes Are the multitude in his capacity as Sore," and "Possum Up A Gum chief bell-clapper and timer. It Stump.
Victor "Sharkskin" after- That's was universally admitted
prompter gourmet, ward that nobody had ever before Necda, business man, entrepeneur, exhibited such poise and ease of connoisseur,
accredited Most and generally motion in ringing a bell.
His right-arm has become mus-Versatile Man In Town.
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ROOTY-HILL DERBY
WINNERS
Following is a complete list of winners of the Rooty-Hill Derby since it was first run in 1932: 1932-Polar Star (El) in 2,55. 1933-Night-Star. (Li) in 257k '. 1934-Able Amazon. (D. S. Li) in
2.50.4.
1035-Cold Morning. (Y. T. Fung)
in 2:48: (Record), 1936-Yo Ho (Marshal), in 9.02,3. 1937-Gypsy Love (D. S.,.Lly in
2.43:3 (Record).
1988-Tornado Star (Marshall)-in
2:51%
1939-Triumphant Day (Tao) in
2:40
ན
1040-Für View (Pili) In 2:42.4
́(Roedrd).`
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It is interesting to note that up to 1938 this race was known as The Rooty Hill Derby, but after that it became know. 'da The Rooty-Hill Derby & Sports Club Cupi
This year's event is for 1941 Australian subs.
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