Ubrary, Supreme Court
CHINA MAIL
KOTERAPER ENTERPRISE_LIP/
Marmor
RACING EXTRA
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1941.
Price 10 Cents
CONFUSION BAY WINS CHAMPIONS IN GRAND RACE
Brilliant Last Quarter After Racylight Runaway
MR. T. K. LI BROUGHT OFF THE COVETED RACING “DOU- BLE" TO-DAY AT THE VALLEY WHEN, IN DULL AND THREA- TENING WEATHER AND BEFORE A VERY SMALL CHAMPIONS DAY CROWD, HIS CONFUSION BAY, RIDDEN BRILLIANTLY BY MR. DONALD BLACK, THE CHAMPION JOCKEY, WON THE CHAMPION STAKES BY 2 LENGTHS FROM MR. ERIC MOL- LER'S NAVYLIGHT (MR. CHRIS MOLLER UP).
FIREWOOD PRICE CONTROL ORDER
An
Order was issued by the Stores Controller this after- noon, and publish- ed in а Govern- ment Gazette Extraor- dinary fixing a maxi- mum price for fire- wood.
The maximum price, until further Order, is Forty Catties Per Dol-
lar.
JAPANESE SHOT IN HONGKEW
THE CASH SWEEPS
Following
are
the
numbers in the Cash Sweeps:
No. 1776
3142
Race 1
winning
Race 6
No. 340
$2532.60
3025
$723.60
$361.80
$1647.10 470,80 235.30
» 1845 Unplaced runners ($50 each), Nos. 1883. 608, 1743, 2352, 1955, 2320, 2812, 304, 1519, 1231, 2184, 296, 2267, 1418.
Race 2
No. 318
$2026.60
841 2603
$579.00
$289.50
Unplaced runners ($50 each), Nos: 2206, 4278, 3311, 952, 2921 1305.
3476
Unplaced runners ($50 each), Nos.: 1755, 4984, 4557, 5427, 3554, 698, 4549, 1893, 1754, 4086.
Race 7
No. 1846
3096.10 $884.60
1053 0233
Unplaced runners
442.30
($50 each).
Nos.: 5839.
Race 8
No. 1254
$3175.20
5838
907,20
6389
453.60
Unplaced runners ($50 each),
Nos. 2974, 6209, 5113.
Race 3
No. 412 3123 3022
$2125.90 607.40 303.70 Unplaced runners ($50 each),
Race 9
No. 2509
$3259.90
1233
S031.40
1136
$465.70
RROC 4
No. 4032 2775 3529
$2015.30
Mr. Moller's Racylight attemptèd a run-13516, 3872, 1788, 1104, 4466, 3963 away victory and was caught only over the
575.80 287.20 last 50 yards in an exciting finish. The track
Unplaced runners ($50 each). was on the heavy side and this accounted for Nos: 1126. 255, 2052, 4281, 1913, 2919, 4, 4297, 3255, 2377, 3636, 691 O-Lan's failure · it came third.
Race 5
-
DETAILED RESULTS IN PAGES TWO. AND THREE.
Sapper defeated Distant View in the Australian Champions., Highlight of the earlier events was the race for the Jockey Cup, which provided two three-Bigure dividends, Eve's Gladiator (Mr. Chattey) winning to pay $102.70 and T. K. L.'s Galveston Bay (Mr. Yul) placing third to pay $128.20. It was Mr. Yuj's first race on the Valley track.
Bleak and cheerless weather welcomed the early arrivals at the Valley this morning and the few Lake present were soon forced to cover when rain fell just before the first race.
The shower had, however, stop- ped before the 17 starters went out for the first section of the Blue Mountains Plate, for which Mrs. Chuong Ho-yer's Endeavour (Mr. Moller) was made hot fav- ourite.
Spitfire Left
Spitfire was left badly at the start and was almost the length of the home straight behind En- deavour when it passed the post first, 1% lengths ahead of Main- sail.
A Surprising Time, Endeavour, Daylight, Newborn Star and Arch- ber were to the fore in the early stages. At the football stands, A Surprising Time was leading, fol- lowed by Endeavour, Bona Va- cantia and Newborn Star, but in After several weeks' re- the back straight Mainsail went spite, Chinese terrorists up with a rush and was second to Endeavour at the 1-mile start. resumed their activities ing gate. Endeavour entered the in Hongkew at two o'clock home stretch with a small
over. Mair:sall, with A Surprising this afternoon when two Time not far behind, and this. Chinese gunmen fired on was the order in which they fin- ished, with Royal Sovereigni two Japanese corporals, fourth and Fresh Air fifth. wounding one.
Marber Breaks ““Duck”
lend
It is reported that one of the The popular Marber stable re- gühmen .was arrested by the corded their first success of the year when Palber, bot' favourite Japanese authorities
and capably ridden by Mr. Chao, Communication between Hong-won the Grand Stand Stakes by a kew and the remainder of the length from `-Sam's Choice, which Settlement has been cut off as all came through very fast over the bridges have been closed to traffic last 200 yards, by the Japanese, Reuter,
WEATHER FORECAST:—North
east winds, fresh to strong; oloudy generally, probably rain later.
M
Iron Beauty was first away from the gate, followed by Wonderful Scheme, Beautylight and Palber, which drew third position. Sam's Choice, which drew the rails posi tion, was caught napping at the
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No. 1040
454
2621
$2254.70 644.20
322.10
each).
Unplaced runners ($50 each),
Nos. 1412 and 5003.
Race 10
No. 841
$3210.20
4733
-917.20
5803
458.60
Unplaced runners ($50 each), Nus.; 2118, 5577.
Race 11
No. 3543
$2994.60
5652
855.60
4298
427.80
Unplaced runners
($50 each),
Unplaced runners ($50
Nos.: 4750, 5055. 4275, 2434, 1805, Nos.: 5085, 5331, 5404, 2324, 6594, 14392. 4975, 1632, 2172, 573, 5025. 4807, 4723, 1007.
SUGGESTIONS
FOR RACE WEEK
ROAST RIBS OF BEEF
ROAST LEGS OF PORK
(With Sage & Onion Stuffing) ROAST CHICKEN
(With Thyme & Parsley Stuffing). PRESSED BRISKET OF BEEF PRESSED TONGUE
PRESSED BEEF
PRESSED PORK.
PHONE YOUR ORDERS
-$2.00 per lb.
$1.20 per lb.
$1.80 per lb.
$1.40 per
lb.
$2.00 per lb.
.95 per lb.
.90 per lb.
THE DAIRY FARM ICE & COLD STORAGE CO., LTD.
Pure Food Specialists,