SPECTACULAR PERFORMANCES
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1957.
IMPROVED DIZZY SHOWS GOLD CUP PROMISE
By RICHARD BAERLEIN
One of the most spectacular, performances of any steeplechaser this season was the victory of Mrs John Thursby's Dizzy in the Emblem Steeplechase at Manchester in November. Dizzy had a light weight, and was receiving 18 lb. from Cruachan,
Dizzy, however, was only a six-year-old ni the time, and comparatively Inexperienced. He had his first race ever under Irish National Hunt rules on the same day as Doorknocker made his first appearance.
I was at Leopardstown in November, rather more than a year ago, Doorknocker beat him by 10 lengths, but it was ob- vious that Dizzy was the more backward of the two.
pro-
u
J Ireland this reason Dizzy has shown considerable mise, but it was thought his jumping had room for im-
provement.
didate in the Gold Cup and, if
is adopted, an attacking polley Dizzy will not be easy to beat, In spite of the strength of the Includes O'Brien team, which Stroller, Sam Brownthom, Vir- glnius. Quare Times, Boys Bur- rah and Miraballe,
to
In view of the accidents to so many of the English horses it is
at is stage For this reason possible there was not quite the con- visualize an English trained fidence behind himn nt Manches-horse capturing the Gold Cup at ter that could have been other Cheltertium on March 14. wine expected,
MAGNIFICENT
Two items stand out In prezent being controversy Bookmaker v. Tole, First,
Use
of
it
and
ku the race he put up A mamificent performance he was
always going like winner after the horses pissed the stands for the Inst time. In other words, in the last mile and a half he was dominating the field and he finally won by
12 lengths.
will take racecourse executives the long time to get from tole sums equivalent to those paid them by course book makers and by the people who are on the
simply because of the course book- malters.
racecourse
On the form as it stands he These people would no! be a prospective there but for the course book. may not appear Gold Cup conditie for Limber | makers,
racing, but improvements could be made.
thing is too haphazard.
An unusually
WHO PICKS YOUR TEAM?
HACKETT The Grand Inquisitor.
Trill
Managers 'We Do It...
(Almost) Alone'
DESMOND HACKETT'S COLÙMN
THE football world of England is this very day stirring
LOOKING AT SPORT
>Page: 17.
Sport Asks The Chancellor To Wave His Wand
By DENNIS HART
Britain's political upheaval has made more than the front page of newspapers this week. Comment has filtered through to the sports pages at the back. It has surrounded one name--Mr Peter Thorneycroft.
The curse is tho
Mr Thorneycroft is the new Chancellor of the Exchequer. British sport seen him as a possible fairy godmother. A wave of his magic wand could end the curse which threatens, if not to kill, at least to cripple British sport,
entertain- become champions, and them- | to him by Britain's be made: mement the whole T with stout-hearted managers who stand up boldly ment lax.d
sporting In 1932 this was selves holding tities while they authorities will get any moba
now many pro- are Bill and fearlessly affirm; I am the boss. Win, lose, or fessional sports pay
better than sympathetle hearings than the between novices, For they exhaust all ones sent to his predecessor. draw the credits or discredits are all mine.
one-f}{L} end cne-third
of the opposition in a dozen or so the new Prime Minister, Mr gate money to the fights.
Harold McMillan, Treasury,
Being
champions, they This is the result;
But it is Mr Thorneycrofta turally look to further
Job to swell the Escheher. He honours, and their Lack of Three-quarters of
painfully won't do that by taxing sport League soccer clubs are losing experience is often
That would Witness the | monty,
bitter out of existence. exposed. Unless the position improves some face bankruptcy. humiliations in American rings defeat his aim.
recently of Middleweight as gates continue to
The best thing, if Mr slump, clubs cannot look to the Empire Heavyweight Champion money from sport, is for him to Champion Pat McAleer and Therneycroft insists on taking paying spectators for help.
Boxing and
Joe Bygrave. speedway are
nedvice the tax. This woul mean more sporl.
More sport farther on the rocks. Their big
would mean more tax. close-down has already begin.
large number of 1966 three-year-olds will re- main in training for the coming These in- flat-racing season
three in the
clude
the Arst
three-year-old Free Handicap- Talgo, Donald and Hornbeam.
In addition,
That was the heartening story as I made a coast-to-their coast tour of these sporting isles the other day asking: Who picks the team at your club?
From top-of-the-work, top-of-the-League Manchester United the answer was simply; Matt Busby, And as the calls went round and round the big boys at the top, they answered the who-picks- the-team register: Arsenal, Jack Crayston; Wolverhampton, Blan Cullis: Preston, Cliff Britlän: Blackpool, Joo Smith,
And Gillen de Retz and French Beige, all of whom had Est, or more in the Free
| Handicap, will be running,
However, It is the sinyers with which I wish to deal today Donald Hornbeam and French Belge.
At present Donald appears far the best of these, although he
assessed only been
lib. above Hornbeam.
The Free Handicap is run over a distance of a mile, and a half, and I have no doubt that the
Mr handicapper, Geoffrey Freer, would have given a different version if he Secondly, and far more impor-had had to handicap them over the other entries were handi- | sant, mary starting price two miles or more,
Hill, who was favourite that day. was a long way below par and
саррета.
However, Dizzy is A young horse just starting to realise what racing is all aboul--and is trained by Tom Dreaper, who is just as much an expert in pre- paring National Hunt eand!- dates as Vincent O'Brien.
REVIVED
bookmakers have no intention
at all of helping racing volun- tarily and they will use every method available to avoid com- sory aid for the sport from which they geb their living,
Probably the most fallacious statement in the whole argu- ment is that the machine cannot lose but the bookmaker can.
It ever you see a poor bookmaker + is because he has turned backer as well.
REFUSAL
Tom Dreaper also has the revived Royal Approach in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and this ine-year-old was once expect ed to prove the best 'chaser ever owned by the late Bicester. He was recently beaten any bels which are likely to by Quare Times at Leopards-embarrass im right up to the
town.
Lord
Of the two I expect Dizzy to prove the more formidable ean-
Sports Diary
TODAY
Blatty
Colony Dixley Championships at Kai Tak tangeš, 1.30 a.m.
Boccar
Chinese Football Association meet ing at Tai Tung Restaurant, 7 p.m.
Badminton
Men's "C" Division: Young & Old y Talkoo, CCC v KITC, Kin Tong v RAF.
TOMORROW
Hudley
Colony Bisley Championships
Ku Tak Hangen, 8,30 u.m.
SATURDAY
At
A bookmaker can get rkl of
and as a
IMPROVEMENT
Whereas Donald appeared by for the better by the end of the
there Cason,
must be some prospects of Hornbeam and French Delge Improving during the winter. And of the two would expect French Beige tu make the greatest improvement.
He finished a length and ព half behind Hombeam in the St. Leger and has been assessed at 5lb. behind him by Mr Freer.
It is not
a very fair assess- ment, because over a distanco of round 6lb. is worth more than
a length and a half, Anal
of by phone, resort, of course, they can re- fuse your bet outright,
Moreover, I would expect French Beige to prove the betler stayer of the iwo, and as Lew
In candidate for Cup nices be- of yond two miles he makes rather | more appeal than Hornbeam,
to
Bookmakers have very winning clients at the end each year, and they seem resent oven those who do win,
Not long ago one of the lead- ing bookmakers closed the accounts of all backers who had any sort of success with him,
Starting-price bookmakers are at present telling the small punter that he is the man who is going to have to pay for any sum that the bookmaker is
Hombeam certainly appeared something of a plodder, but on a galloping course ho could pro-
duce
quite a useful turn of finishing speed, and even in the Derby he was nying at the finish.
FINE PERFORMANCE
Donald may have been lucky
going to give towards, the up-to have beaten Zarathustra in keep of racing.
PAYS ENOUGH
the Jockey Club, that, Zarr thustru broke down in
the closing stages of the race.
But despite that it was a fine
Surely the punter pays enough already in keeping the book-performance. maker or a hii standard of living.
сал
Bistey
It is generally assumed, quite Colony Bisley Championstilps Kai Tak Rangés, 9,30 a.m.
erroneously, that the machine the Raclox
take out more than Second day of Seventh Race starting-price bookmaker from Meeting.
the pockets of the punters. But Cricket
whereas the machine takes out Division :-ecralu v Army "S";
KCC 10 per cent at the moment, Police Inc CCC;, "Optimists': Army "N" V Navy: some starting-price bookmakers KCC v RAF.
Division Army "S" v Recreio can offer a shilling in the pound KOV School Army "N: RAF Vand Dus: Navy
Soccer
V
Division 1:~-Club v Kitchee (Club) 330 p.m.; Eastern v St Joseph's (CH) 3.30 pm.: CAA V KMB (DS) 3,50
Division 2:-Soltellors v Dockyard (Club) 2 ; Ginnasties v Talkoo (01) 2 p.m. Prison Jardines (Stanley) 4p.m.; RAF Bat Wan v Telephones (iv) p.m.; REME V B & S (HV).4 p.m.
Division 3-Dodwolle v C & W (HV) 2.30 pmn: Rut. v Aircraft (IV)
Rediffusion V 2.30pm,
Caroline HALİ (KV) $ pan.
Rugby ♥__Army "N" (89) 3 p.m.; Navy RAP Club (Sookunpoo) 3 pm Army "g" Police (9bokunpoo) 4.10 p.m.
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In
tho
Donald had been making steady improvement all the sen- son, and there was no possibility of him being overrated. He is u high-class genuine stayer,
I shall be surprised, however, if there is a great deal between Donald and French Beige next ecason in the Cup races. beyond
two miles.
Both should prove worthy re- sometimes 23. pound (10 p.c.) just for other thoroughbred against the for- presentatives *£ the British bookmakers to collect bets formidable French challenge. them.
They make their own profits even after this....
These starting price book-
The club managers in the chilly exposed wastes at the foot of the First Division ånd selection a little leas free,
Trevor Morris of Cardiff oleks a team for discussion with the Chairman of the Board, who may decide on slight variations, Star-spangled Sunderland allow manager Bli Murray to submit his election to the board. But Chorlton Athletic leave it to Jimmy Trotter to ring the changes.
When it comes to football democracy, there's no team like Everton. When the Board saw Chief Coach Ian Buchan was doing very nicely thank you, they told him: "The team's all yours."
THE NOTTINGHAM WAY'
UE Second Division probe reveals it is the strong, silent man
Dave Halliday who does the pleking at Leicester
that and smart young man about Soccer, Frank Taylor, complies his own team who's who at Stoke City.
Billy Walker, boss man at Nottingham Forest, says he has been ordering his own elevens for almost a quarter of a century.
Liverpool assembled nine directors, all prepared to be advised | by team manager Phil Taylor. Pity they do not call the trainer and then they could run their own eleven.
discover Bristol being rendered
Roaming down to the relegation range, we City leave it to Pat Beasley. Port Vale, now managerless, have to leave it to the directors.
Bury's team-naming is done by manager Dave Russell, aided and abetted by the chairman and one director.
Notts County are rather preoccupied trying to pick their manager, let alone their team.
If you want to test the proof of the picking being in the placing, observe the head lads of the Southern aspect of the Thirt Division. Manager Ted Bates of Southampton and bright new boy Benny Fenton of Colchester can both proudly say of their team line-ups: All my own work.
Manager Jack Rowley, struggling with Plymouth Argyle, is offered team suggestions by his directors.
SAME ON platforM 24
Britain's
And if the entertainment tax were abolished?
For football, it would mean SPEEDWAY CLUBS
that every one of the clubs that financial There are now only 16 speed- last year showed a
Fouros would make a pront-even wod clubs in Briteln. years ago there were 30. And if gate mongy did not rise. For If the tax is not reduced, none of the lossen were as great organised speedway will cease as the amount' each club paid to exist in Britain after this is tax.
For spoedway, it would put summer.
In boxing, the
figures speak the sport back on its feet with
clubs to themselves,
In 1952, 700 essential healthy competition.
for
tournaments were held in Britain
That was before the fax went up. Last year
tho number of tournaments weni down to under 300.
more
revive the
A REVIVAL
For boxing it could mean a British revival
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FIT AT FIFTY
Fifty-two year old and still ball. playing good class Rugby foot- That is the recordi
Cyril Green of the Birmingham
Club
Ho 'Is the hooker and assistant secretary, Yet he was playing for Lydney 20 years ago and has played in Canadia and the United States. He has 36 medals for life-saving Mr Thorneycroft is not Most of the shows that have sports fan.
a competitions, and in addition to That being so, the Rugby and swimming boxes gone unden have been the cynics are saying there is little regularly at the "Birmingham smaller ones. Theec are theificethood that the letters sent Institute. life blood of the game where would-be champions learn their trade.
This drastic reduction in the means number of small shows that Britains has less talent to call on. And those boxers who do gat fights and those who
FROM DEFENCE TO ATTACK
Keith Parkinson was one of the best goalkeeprs in the Rossendale -(Lancs) Youth TN the tough areas of the Northern Section of the Third Division, League last season. Не сар- promotion-chasing Derby County directora name their team ontained Alder Grange from that advice from manager Harry Storer. Bradford City leave it all to position, and they won both Peter Jackson.
League and Cup. This season they found themselves with
two goalkeepers and no Centre forward. So Keith moved to centre-forward, is the League's leading scorer, has been chosen for the Youths representative side, and
has just scored six goals in a match.
the
is
Calling at Crewe, who are standing on platform number 24, announced by manager Maurice Lindley-after consultation with the board.
tenim
It all вестя as though stories of the directors sitting back with spat-warmed feet on the table, doing little else bui loking in the odd Havano and nerve-restoring Scotch, look like being true.
Between the telephone lines I learned that althought many
were manager's
permitted to pick the team, it did not always follow that their eleven would appear in action.
St. John Ambulance Orders
NOTICE
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
Special Cash Sweep on the Pearce Memorial Cup Saturday, 26th January, 1957. Over 1,400,000 tickets sold to date.
c.St.J., Commissioner
Order by Mr Fung Ping-fan, of Bt John Ambulance Brigade, Hong- But the lirectors are not kong District, Order No. 4/57 always as smart as they think. dated January 24, 1957, One board wanted to switch one Ambulance player for another. The mana-27.1.57.3.57. Wanchal **** Amb.
Dalles - Hongkong ger, having dived briskly into Div.; 3.2.57.-9.2.51. Sh Nam Amb. the cubby hole, emerged to Div January, 1957: Chung Bing Net
February, 1991; Manshuen Nsg. Jament: "Pity we
not Div. could
1.67, 3.2.87. Kong Wah Amb. AmbulancS Duties Kowloon,—
The sale of Cash Sweep Div.: 4.2.57.-10.2.37. Shanhuipe Tickets on
the above will Div.: January 1057:
so-and-so is unfit." make that improvement, but
Seems that managers are often much smarter than their directors are able to observe,
Amb
K.Y.M.C.A. Div February, close on 25th January, 1957,
1957: Shamshulpo Nag. Div.
Penetration Squad Dullew——37,).57, Dr 3. 11. Wong, Dentist Hui Yst-cho Anyhow, the fans waging | C5/0 C. Haoke & li.K.Y.M.C.A. Plymouth to Sunderland Ner. Div. 3.2.57. Dr C. R. Forest, from
Dentist H. F. Shields. A/B Z. el know who is due for the Arculi & it.K.Y.M.C.A. Nig. Div. bouquets and the brickbats .The
Orderly Duties At Mainland Area team-makers are all there
Tate.1.57. K.Y.M.C.A. Amb. Div.: 23.1.57. Taimshatsuik Amb. Div.: 20.1.87. Bhamshulpo amb. Div.; 37.1.57. Kong Wah Amb. DIV 20.1.57. Waterloo Ng, Div. 20.1.51. Mongkok Amb. Div
30.1.67. Mongkok Amb. Div.
CHANGE OF FORM well, that's what the man said.
six In their first nine games in organise the
Jubilee (Birmingham)
makers have had no leat years' warning to
some scheme by which they League this season, Quintoneers could become more respected by were beaten every time, netted racegoers generally.
only twice and had 104 Zoals They have falled absolutely, scored against them. They suddenly broke this depressing On the other hand, practically run by beating Quinton Colts everyone is agreed that the 7-1, to the surprise of both course bookmaker is essential to teams,
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Football Butler-20.1.37. 3 p.m. B.C.A.A. Ground: 8.C.A.A. Amb. The Draw will be held in Div.: 20.1.57. 2 p.m. Club Ground: K.C.0.3, Amb. Div.: 20.1.67, a p.m.
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1957..
When Newcastle beat derland's team of all the "stars" 1.57. a p.m. K. Govt. Stadium:
Div on Saturday, 28th January, recently, United director Stan Western Dist, Amb. Div... Seymour was boasting that hir Queen's College Annual Sports club was turning away from Duty 10.2.57, Noon. 4 p.m. B.C.A.A, the ready-made player
and Noon, pan. B.C.A.A. Ground: cultivating young talent. Qulte Central Amb. Div. 2.3.67. Noon, true, Newcastle had fielded a 4 p.m. 8.C.A.A. Ground: Central majority of local youngsters, Amb, Div. but what Mr Seymour OVIT- looked was that the side had still cost £75,0001
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Another milestone.
Race Dulics—20.1.57. At Race Courig, H.K.Y.MIC.A, Amb, Div.: At Hoodquarters. Western Di Amb. Div. 82.57. At Race Couren, Wanchal "A" Amb. Div. At fend- quarters, Central Amb, Div.
Street Bloopers Shelter Society" Duties,danuary 1957; Shamshulpoi KY.M.C.A. NADIA Western Dist: King's College. Nag. Div.:
+1
By Order of the Stewards,
PEAT, MARWICK, - MITCHELL & CO. Treasurers.
NOTICE
THE HONG KONG
·JOCKEY CLUB
and Entry Programmes Webruary 1947: Shamshulpoi Sham- passed for 'Rotherham United | shulpa Nig. Div.; Weilern Disti Forma for the 8th Race director. Cyril Smart when he Chung Sing Nig, Div.
-Meeting 19566/57 to be held on pulled the team conch up Tat H. Boclety for the Protection Saturday 9th and Saturday Bristol City's ground for the of Children. Kowloon – January 1907: Cuple there. Mr Smart is the Waterino Nag Div. February 1937 10th February, 1987, (weather
X.Y.M.C.A, Não Div. charabane owner and drives Mongkok KEWA. Ann. Chalo permitting) may be obtained paties January 1997; Shamship at the Secretary's Office, N. Diy: Webruary, 1007: Waterloo
the players to all away matches, When he reached Bristol he had driven them 00,000 miles.
GIFT GOALS
Nag. Div.
DULES/JAYnty 1957; Shanshuipo
Alexandra House; the Club Bhamshulpo KFW.A. Ann. Cilale House, Happy Valley; and Amb. Div.: February 1957 am the Stables, Shan Kwong
Decrease of lifength=(4) Leavan | Rond, Mongkok Amb. Div.1 Ple. Wong Vimg-kwong leave for 3 months 1) Reserve Chung
syiipa. Amb. Diy.
Kingston Rocreaton' won these / MAKINA, DE PIR. Tong Gor- NOON ·
Hull Amateur League · match Paine reserved wind. 174.81 zum against Blackburn: Welfare by saatani. Am Div Pia: 10 Che: 3-2-without scoringa rollen sorved weta 16.1.1.1 (0) Koniginton,MKYM.GA, ARU DIVA Answer to that riddle; is that Pio xm iwok-rum treined wed. all their goals were presentad 17.1.87.
to them, by Blackburn defenders. defecting into their own net,
((ed.) 3.1. Terve, CELJA..
Deputy Commissioner,
Entries close at 12 o'clock on Tuesday, 20th January, 1957;
By Order of the Stewards,
A. E. ARNOLD,
Secretary.
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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
SEVENTH RACE MEETING
Saturday 19th and Saturday 26th January, 1957. (To be held under the Rules of the Hong Kong Jockey Club)
THE PROGRAMME WILL CONSIST OF 16 RACKS. 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 Office at 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.
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Admission Badges at $10.00 each per day are obtainable from the Club's Cash Sweep Office, at Queen's Building Chater Road only on the written Introduction of a Member, who will be responsible for all visitors introduced by him.
Tiffins will be obtainable at the Club House It ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 72811).
The 8th Floor is restricted to Members and Ladles wearing Lady's Brooches,
NO CHILDREN will be admitted to the Club's premises 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 $3.00 each per day payable at the Gate.
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
Servants must remain in their employers' boxes, except for passing through on their duties. They may on no account use the
Betting Booths or Pay Out Booths in the Enclosures..
CASH SWEEPS
Through Cash Sweep Tickets at $10.00 each per day and $32.00 for both days may be obtained from the Cash Sweep Offices at Queen's Building, (Chater Road), and 5, D'Agullar Street during normal office hours and unill 11,00 am. on the day of the Race Meeting.
Particular numbers within the series 1 to 3,000, may be reserved for all race meetings as Through Tickets., Such tickets will be issued consecutively only and the right is reserved by the Stewards to cancel any reservation for Through Tickets for a particular Meeting if it is found that sales may not reach the number reserved in the series 1 to 3,000,
In the case of two-day Race Meetings, Through Tickets máy be purchased for each day of the Meeting provided that the second other cases Through Tickets will only be sold for the whole day is on a date not less than five days after the first day. "In all
Meeting."
Tickets reserved and available but not paid for by 10.00a.m. on Friday, 18th January, will be sold and the reservation cani- called for future Meetings.
Tickels over 3,000 will also be issued consecutively but particular numbers cannot be reserved as Through Tickets,
The reservation of any particular number does not confer: on the registered holder any rights whatsoever (unless the ticket bearing the appropriate number is issued 10 and can;be produced by the holder,
The Stewards reserve the right to refuse any subscription also The right to remove any name from Subscription Lists without stating reasons for their action.
SPECIAL CASH SWEEP
Tickets for the Special Cash Sweep on the Pearce Memorial Cup scheduled to be run on 28th January 1957, at $3.00 each, may be obtained from the Cash Sweep Ofices. -
TOTALISATOR
Backers are advised not to destroy, or throw away their tickets.
until after the "all clear signal has been exhibited pa
ALL WINNING TICKETS AND TICKETS FOR REFUNDS COURSE ON THE DAY TO WHICH THEY REFER NOT LATER MUST BE PRESENTED FOR PAYMENT AT "THE" RACE- THAN ONE HOUR AFTER THE TIME FOR WHICH THE LASTE RACE OF THE DAY, HAS BEEN SCHEDULED TO BE RUNITE ---- · PAYMENT. WILL NOT BE MADE ON TORN OR DIS- TIOUNED TICKETS,
Bookmakers, ́ ́ Tie Tac men, etc. will not be permitted operate within the precincts of the Hong Kong Jockey Club:
My Order of the stewards):
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