Tomorrow's Chances At The Valley
By "RAPIER”
THE "CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1955.
The Hongkong Jockey Club's Eighth Race Meeting of the current season will be a two-day affair, the first half to be run tomorrow afternoon and the latter Half the following Saturday.
There are nine races each day on the programme, with the First Saddling Rell at 1.30 p.nu, and the curtain raiser event set for 2 p.m.
All the events should be very keenly contested na there are several in each race capable of winning.
Stout Nretion
FIRST RACE
Parker Handirap 1 Fernt the Mile.
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Here are my estimates of the ovent. It is in Doe trim and all |
it needs is the luck of the race. chancers
think its closest rival is Knock-agan (Mr K Kwak) which 19 IT? Rue form nt the moment and should give Marletta the fight of its life for the first position
(Mr
The opening race of the day is compared to Chus & pontes to be ridden by riders who have Is anywIHTO not won $1
Cimfeckle
Samarey) should receiv some attention 11 Yau won an it is ready for a good effort Courtier (M: T
event of the la-tand in a sound place bel. Jace meeting with the same ridva
at any time
the Boy's
up and has been
Gabriel Junks (Me Chuung) promoted to " has demontented plenty of urge
and stuld be able to Nevvellales, many are of the challenge the favourites hero.
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Fighting Spleat (Mr K
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is certainly the one to watch an | Than event, especially H
entries
Empire Rose (Mr Chuang), Tant), Lightning Foot (Mr Wei), All Gay (Mr Somarca) and The Champ (Mr K. F. Chiu).
and a win
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Silver Wing won the Pearce Memorial Cup over 1/4 miles of the Annual Face Meeting with Mr Renfrew
but it will have Indirabed here, to beat Empire Rose which did extramely well in winning the Wetherby Skakes over the mile
the 7th Race Meeting. Lightning Feet is in fine con- dition at the moment and should luve some say at the (rush, All Gay and The Champ are two d outsiders te flow und,
ridden. either properly enue an upset here.
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SEVENTH RACE
Mount Parker Handicap (Second Kection). Our Mite,
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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
EIGHTH RACE MEETING
Saturday 5th & Saturday 12th March, 1955.
(To be held under the Rules of the Hong Kong Jockey Club) THE PROGRAMME WILL CONSIST OF 18 RACES.
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The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m. and the First Race run at 2:00 pm, on both days.
The Secretary's Offer ni Alexandra House will close at 11.45 am, on both days.
MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE
NO PERSON WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED. All persons MUST wear their badges prominently displayed throughout the meeting,
Admission Badges at $10.00 each per day are obtainable through the Secretary on the written or personal introduction of a Member surts enter be responsible for all visitors introduced by him.
Tufina will be obtainable at the Club House I ordered in advance from the No, i Boy (Tel, 728111.
NO CHILDREN wil be admitted to the Club's preraises during The Meeting. For this purpose a Child is a person under the age of seventeen years, Western Standard
PUBLIC ENCLOSURE
The price of admission will be $300 each per day payable at The Gale.
Any person leaving the Enclosure will be required to pay the requisite fee of $3.00 in order to gain re-admission.
MEALS and REFRESHMENTS will be obtainable in the RESTAURANT.
SERVANTS
Stroud make it this time Brentiangi, with Mr Plumbly
up old at the Maet the lust time Back in form, it should be
very lower at the Brush.
Shaught Flush and Honey Dew are not bad and Conquant Buy surp te them all by wing
EIGHTH RACE
IS
to
Castle Peak Handicap: From 194- El Pont
There are quile a number of sparedy undrels nominated for this sprint and it would be very worth while to watch the draw for mist
positions. 11 has been whispered around that Hallmark (Mr Sumarca i good thing for this 1. bul reliabl Jimi On (Mr Plumbly will have to be reckoned with, while it is well known that Straight Forward (Mr Ostroumotl enjoys going over this route.
Pepentiality (Mr Renfrew) 15 mother speedy racer and, if off d start will be hard to calch.
RACE NINTH Pottinger Gimp Handicap: from 2- Stile Poul.
Thy ruce concludes the day's events and of the vntries Ring- way (Mr Plumbly), beaten by Chation the last time out, has grand chance to win here now that its conqueror is out of the is only fair to warn way, but you shoul Fox Hunter (Mr S. L. Cham), which will have the
seven pounds allowance Mr Cham novice jockey.
Another pony on the very
is Easy Slain (Mr Wei) while Another Victory (Mr Tsai) and Aan Hing (Mr Kwok) are also potential contenders.
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Servants must remain in their employer's boxes except for passing through on their duties. They may on no account use the beneft Betting Booths in the Members' Betting Hall.
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SKILFUL SOCCER
Learn from⋅ WALTER
WINTERBOTTOM,
ASIAN SPORTS REVIEW
England's Master Coach INDIAN OLYMPIC COUNCIL Get Into That Tackle SNUB A GOVERNMENT
MOVE TO STEP IN
Every player, whatever his position, must learn how
to tackle. You will learn most about this in match`play, but take every chance of developing your skill.
Here are some points to re- member
Try, to sell him the dummy In- stead by pretending to tackle and then taking your opponent by surprise when he moves the
Be quick in moving to the ball. You can often pounce on a loose ball, or even a well-ball. directed pass, before your op-
cam bring ponent
it under control
Tackit
at the moment that your opponent is controlling the boll and you have a very good chance of catching him off bal- anoc. Go Into your tackle quickly and strongly
When your opponent has the ball under control, cluse in and
Bo
ready to LIBO tho bali quickly if you got it. Recover quickly if beaten and give chast.
FOR CONFIDENCE Try this to give you confl- dence:
to
Piny ot the ball strongly, Stand opposite a friend with a ball between you and get him
time his
movements with yours. Step forward with the non-tackling foot so that you place it alongside the ball and your body weight comes up over the ball. Now play at the ball with the side of your tackling foot
can
DO
The
Maharaja Had No One Less
Than Mr Brundage Up His Sleeve
The Council of the Indian Olympic Association, meeting at Calcutta on February 14, refused to recognise the All-India Sports Council recently set up by the Government of India for the purpose of co-ordinating the nation's sporting activities and training programmes.
Mr S. Moinul Huq, Secretary of the Council, proposed that the IOA should the Government. Mr M. Dutta Ray, not recognise the new body set up by
an amendment to Mr representing the All-India Football Federation, proposed Moinul Huq's motion, suggesting that the Council need be in no hurry to disassociate itself from the AISC and that a decision on whether to recognise the newly-formed Government body be shelved for two months' matter.
to 10
5,000
climbing)
people turned
further consideration of the whole
up
Mr S. Ayub, manager of the Pakatan boom told Manyan sports reporters that his playern
at that Pakistan hoped to win the
10ebruary 14 to watch a Winter pionship
pt Melbourne next
were in- Kufri, 10 miles on Sima, on Olympic Games Hockey Cham- Indian newspapers
with the M-Szatm to clinech
taken up by the IOA. stand One particularly biting piece of from Pearson comment Surita, sports columnist of the Hindistan Times who, C01- on the All-India
came
29
03
Won
Mr Ayub also suggested that for kden it would be a good Asian countries to hold on inter-
атол national championship themselves. "Countries such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Ceylon Inn, Malaya, Singaporo and Indonesia could do much to
by promote hockey supporting this move," he told the Penang Hockey Association at a dinner in honour of the visiting team.
The Pakistan! manager over-
three other looked
strong hockey powers in Asia--Japan, Hongkong and Macao,
Try to build up a rhythm of
Olympic The Puklytun team started by the International 1-2 that you play the ball
Mr Dutta Ray suggested that
Committee, the country cannot their tour with n 15-0 victory hard at the same time as your
the Government had no inten--
in the Olymple over Penang
and then A 7-0 partner. You will find that you tion to seizo power in India's partielpate
games victory
inst the Maloyan tackic
In this way quite sporting world and the All-Games nur the regional
that the ball India
Hockey Counc}}'s Federation Re- powerfully.
Council
patronage. would under 100 Sporte
imry
serves, also at Penang. ary advisory 26 almost goes out of shape.
only remain
assoicule One would hardly Sometimes, a quick, big stride body as stated by the Minister
sports winter
(beyond I will get you inka position to play of Education. But the Council
with the ball firmly, so that if it is of the IOA defeated Mr Dutta Himalayan blocked you will still come out
Ray's amendment by 13 votes India, but the fact means that were as good as India's best and You *h.uk with the ball. practise this long leaping striche. Place the ball maut five yards away ami run towards it, making your last stride a long vine to place your foot alongside, then swing your tackling foot through to play the ball. Note that you are also learning to concentrate mend g watch for the monent when he pushes the ball forward a flet in tackling.
on the ball, this is very impor-National Athlete Championships just concluded at Calcutta, said That as the instant when it is This article and the out of his direct control, and you
are from Skiljul Soccer for Young that he was convinced that the
handling
athlete of
affairs Plivers published offelatty for the could best be given
over to a should piny quickly at it. But
Edurallonal Productions,
body with the authority, the don't be caught by his pretend-
anch time the ing to play the bail.
Grance. Mr Surita ciled as an example. who Balkar Singh, a soldier, recently reachod 143 feet (more than 43 metres) in the Discus throwing Throw and was still from a standing position, with- the circle, out any tuvas though he had been sent to the Asian Games last year and had of apparently had the benefit one or more of the many coach- Ing schemes launched by the Indian Amateur Alhletic Federa- tion. Apparently no one of a boel of trained amateur coaches had bothered to Instit into Balkar Singh the fact that turn-
the missile a considerably fur-
COLONY
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by
World Copyright.)
TENNIS
Easy For
Tsai
Too
Ip And
i
in
Defending Champions Ip Keon-hung and Edwin Tealing with the discus will propel toyed with V. T. Wang and George Choa to enter the ther diolanco.
In fact, Mr Surita pointed out, final of the Colony Grasscourt Championships at Chater
hud Balloor been tought the Road yesterday. Ip and Tsai won 6-2, 6-8, 6-2, 6-2,
rudiments o! correct discus Ip and Tsai are also finalists in the Singles Cham-throwing, he would be an even pionship. Ip eliminated K. C. Dao and Tsai disposed of better prospect than the Tsui Yun-pui in their respective semi-finals.
have
odda
In fairness to Wang and Choa they put up a very gallant and degged stand with the heavily against them.
There were sel,
moments
Champions floundering
The Champions could won in siruight gets but they relaxext after
the winning penting set at 6-2. With the exception of the second when Wong and Chou came up from behind to take se, it was practically a one-sided match,
Strong Challenge
For British Table Tennis Titles
London, Mar. 3.
A powerful challenge by foreign countries has been made .for the British Table Tennis Championships with eight coun- tries participating, in addition to England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, it was announced here today.
display won
deuce confronting them
0-2.
A
Aslan
Champion and record-holder, Parduman Singh, who hadn't the advantage of youth on his side that Balkar had.
"NEVER RAN AN INCH”
#
Ski
Festivni at which Nor Yor
Americans weglans, Swedeys
well Austrians and Indiana, competed.
There were events for men, but and girls, women, boys wumen the only foreign winner was the Norwegian Ambassador to
Lykke, who India, Mr both the Open Downhill Race and the Open Slalom. There was no ski-jumping.
CHOWLA AT NÓ 37
Datiu Bombay's
Dongade brought off one of the upala of the season when at the Upper India Badminton Chantpionships
One of the most significant at New Delhi on February 20
the past pieces of sporte in he defeated India's No. 3 Singics week has been the move of the player,
mark
τα
Amrit Dewan, 18-12, 5-15, 17-10 in the quarter-finals. Macao Hockey Association
affiliate themselves with the Dongade went on to reach the
Hockey Fedora- Portuguese Dnal, but was soundly besten, 16-12, 18-2, by Delhi's Pradu- tion,
Macao
hopes badminton
to represent Chowla. Indian commentators think that Portugal in the Olymple Hockey Melbourne. Chowla's victory assures him of Championship
by player, the Macao a singles berth on the Thomas Player Cup team to play Hongkong in team probably do not compare the Astan Zene final.
with India, Pakistan or even Malaya. But their star players the sama invariably Soviet
play in team and this familiarity and knowledge of each other's play may make little Macno a very hard team to beat at Melbournë,
1210
{
team
of the Rudan
Lim Kee-chan
bos
To Fight Peter Keenan
Lim
cently, is getting a crack at n Thai nnd S Bantamweight
The University of Santo soon.
scored
convincing
1
Track and Field
British- The
British Champion
Bantamweight
football The touring indiu goes on merrily winning. They boat Madras 6-1 on February 12, scored 11 goals to nil against an Indian XI ai 10. Trivandrum on February beat Hyderabad 5-0 on February 23 and on Indian Xf at Hydera- bad 8-0 the next day.
The lender soccer delegation, Mr V. Mosk- harin, has had some more to say All that is needed to put India about what is wrong with Indian
will never when really and properly on the in-football, India their combination bod the ternational athletic map was "a foome a power international
the with little careful pisaning and soccer, he said, until she in well placed shots deep to the drafting of a few more people troduces the 10-minute game, baseline.
with
of Indian sports Journaliste actual
experience
Mr Moskharin on the Wang and Choa's second set athletics," Mr Surita wrote. "At queried
Singapore, Mar. 8. them rounds
Kee-chan, the of the moment committees and so point whether he thought that
to fully with India's climate permitted players courageous Chinese bantam- applause. Trailing 1-5 and
on are staffed they
who have never to last
whole 90-minute some persXLA surviver match point by win-
duration, Mr Moskhart replied weight who stood 10 rounds run an inch in their lives. ning the next four games and
But, as it turned out, the IOA that he was convinced that his against Belgium's Pierre
could play then went on to take set at 8-0.
up their aleove touring team
90- Cossemyns in Singapore re- bad something The defending Champions took no further chances in the to give them all the necessary minute duration games in India MAO moral courage in thair stand and he saw no reason why the next two sets. With Teal keep-
natives could not. against the Government- ing Wang and Choa on the run,
Councă.
It аррели that the President of the IOA, Ip put in the finishing touch by sponsored
hadi Tomas killing the weak returns to take
the Maharaja
of Patiala, seb and match at 6-2, 6-6, 6-2, sought the advice of the Pre-victory in the Philippines Inter Champion. Peter Keenan, who
eldent
of
the International University
yesterday Ip and Tsal will meet the
with Passed through here Championships Mr Avery Athletic winners of the K.C. Dao and Olympic Committee,
Brundage of the
104 points against 39 fox then his way to Australia to aght
Sinn, Bobby University of the Philippines.
Champion, for the Empire title and Teul Wal-pul encounter oftest the All-India Sports Eight universities competed. Jeft vacant by Jimmy Carruthers, which is scheduled for today.
Outstanding performances Council and had been told by Mr
were 22.1
seconds for 200 Metres greed to fight Kee-chan in Brundage
to see that you by Pedro Subido of the Univerwards the end of May.
er Singapore on his way back to- and autono | Teal tree, Independent Edwin
sity of the Philippines,
Food
Meanwhile, Singapore pro- beat V.T. Wang and Georgeous.
moter, Mr Abdul Razak, Chon 6-2, 6-8, 6-2, 6-2.
Mr Brundage wrote the Moha-performance raja of Patiala: "The Govern Memorial Stadium track where cabling an offer, to the Thak mont should be informed that there is usually a strong wind
vind Bantamweight Champlon, Nak ome Sanon April and against the runners in the home it should inlate While
400 Motreg in 50.9 early carry out programmed of phy-straight, slcol
culture.
recreation and seconds by Eriberto Mallari of health for the youth of the coun- Santo Tomas, and 180 feet the Philippines, for the bentar-
(54.88 metros) in the independent inch try
completely control of competitive amateur Javelin Throw by UST" Paulino round at Krefeld to- LIVERPOOL BEAT
On the same plane with Peter sport, both national and Inter Junio,
PERAK LIVE UP night.
Singapore, Mor, 3.
Kerian yesterday was Labouri national, must be left with the The
Perak lived up to their yra God, the Lightweight Cham”. Soviet Union, who tieNOTTS COUNTY
The Pakistan Hockey Federa- National Federation and nation-
putation
Fodoration of lipion of France who is also going with Canada on points, Increased
London, Mar. 3.) tlon tears defeated Singapore by al controlling bodies. their goal average ufier defent-
we Malaga Hockey Champions when to Australia for a boul, That is the reason why Liverpool bent Notts County 4 goals to 1 in the last of the
revised Rule No. 25," Mr Brun- at Ipoh on February 16 they ing Germany five-goals to one by three goals to all in their re- Tost series here tonight.
Efforts are being made here to na-conceded only one goal against find an opponent for Godih to "concerning wrote, Pakistan was loading one goal dage at Dusseldorf,
arranged English League Second
to the touring, Pakistan side, when lightin Singapore on his "glum. Canada and the Soviet 1054 Division two match of Notting- to nil at half time. The Honal Olympic committees, Champions now have 12 points ham today,
was abandoned 16, journey. each after winning all their six postponed from Feb. 19 as Notts Kuala Lumpur tomorrow for a dependent and autonomou
The match was Pakistani, icam leaves here for ensure that they are free, in the game
If minutes from the end owing Indonesia' Bobby Njoo śm matches.
waterlogged mentioned as the micist probable The United States tied with County played in a Fifth Round series of games there. France- they are not organised accord- to heavy ani d Czechoslovakia four goals each
prospect:-United Press. ing to the rule and recognised ground."
(at Cologne anel Poland defeated Finland six goals to three at Cologne earlier today.-France- Prease,
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Championships
Bonn, Mar. 9.
Former World Champion Richard Bergmann will defend his British Singles title against Canada maintained its goal auch players s Czech Ivan lend in the World Ice Hockey | Andreádla, Sweden's Toge Flis-. Championships in West Ger-berg and Yugoslavia's Z. Dolinor, many after narrowly defeating-France-Prosse, Sweden three goals to nil in the
sevianth
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‚ By · Order of the Stewards,
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Secretary.
BA
FA Cup tiö---Revier.
E. Saubolle and Tsul Yun-put on the matter of recognition
United States,
Yesterday's Result
Doubles Koon-hung and
Semi-Final: Ip
Pakistan Beats Singapore 4-1 In Hockey "Test"
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