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AN IMPRESSION OF THE AUSTRALIAN PONIES
HOW THE BREED HAS IMPROVED IN TWENTY YEARS
A GOOD
་
LOT AND A REASONABLE
PRICE
Qa Tuesday afternoon I had the pleasure of being present at the draw for the Griffins recently. im- ported from Australia, there being some 4 ponies to be drawn. Not having seen any Walors" for some twenty years, one was struck with the immense improvement in the class of horse they now appear to export.
I think I heard somebody say that they were all in the stud book and sertainly all these ronies look edit. Twenty years ago, Love's ables in Bombay used to import some 300 racing and poto ponies every year and the choosing of these way are old gamble."
To begin within the dark agos, same misted horsemaster in Aus- tralin imported a Hackney sire, and this blood spread all over the coun- try. It certainly improved the looks of the Waler, but plainly peaking as is well-known at Home, any horse with one drop of Hackney blood cannot ge na fast as you can kick yem hat. Another snag was that in the old days the wild horse or akin to it certainly existed in Australia and one was putinually finding a bit of this Blood which made the horses shy and hard to handle, and at times there was real vice in them
Another bad point was that they were frequently short in the fore hand which affected the length of "their stride and made them an un-
omfortable ride.
A great many Australian ponies. were necked which made them very unsightly. It is interesting to compare this with the ponies oue saw drawn at the Jockey Club on Tuesday afternoon.
It is said that they are all in the stud book. The writer is not aware has the Australian stud book goes back but the ponies certainly fooked thoroughbred, practically all the defects of twenty years ago seemed to have been eliminated. The ane defect that seems to remain in a few cases is that some five or six ponies were distinctly U-necked, Apart from this they looked a good lot. The bone was good, several tonked jumpers, generally speaking Tod forehand, nice flat gaskina, a short cannon bone and not too ing pasterns, nicely topped. In most cases the shoulders were good
LEAGUE TENNIS
C.R.C. "A" TROUNCE SOUTH CHINA “A”
Two "A" Division matches were played in the tennis league last ¡evening...
Luthe other game Hong Kong Cricket Club crossed the harbour and took full ponts from the Club do Recreio Goldman reappeared in the B.K.0.0, team and signalised his return by winrung all three sets in partnership with AL Sullivan, DR.C. “A” ». 8.0.4.4. “A”
and in one or two ponies the so called verticality of the humerus was almost that of a greyhound's
In many cases a kind head with bright eyes, the infallible tip that a lady has of spotting a winner in the paddock and a very good one- too.
I was struck with a chestnut with four white legs and a nice springs walk. The pony. His Excellency the Governor drew stood the voyage very well, looks a good pick and is evidently a good doer. One or two of the ponies appear to be a little ang in the back but it has been found that fair length of back is necessary to give the hind quar ters sufficient scope for the sweep in stride so necessary when galloping,
The old fad of a very short back in the Nineties was probably due to who, that classic horse "Ladas" as a three-year old, carried every- thing before him. At the same time horses gallop all shapes, and generally speaking it has been found that a horse's back own be top short.
Fex men are gifted to spot the best horse in such a batch as one saw on Tuesday, probably Lord Lonsdale could, as it was a well- known fact that when visiting Drage's stable in Leicester, the price always went up if Lord Lonsdale said the horse was a good one. Maty of us can spot a good horse when we see one, but the real artist is the man who can say which is the more better.""
The ponies were evidently well looked after on the voyage, there was a complete absence of rope galls, there were a few dirty noses and one or two coughs. This gives great credit to whoever looked after them on the voyage. The price of £53 (Australian) pony appears a very reasonable one for throughbred such as are in this batch.
Twenty years ago in Bombay the prien was certainly not less than that mentioned above and so un- reliable a name had these ponies then that Love's stable would always exchange a pony after six months if found unsatisfactory.
10, 1933-
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST
U.S. BASEBALL
HOME CRICKET
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BEATEN
KENT v. SURREY AT BLACKHEATH
Even Play In A Historic Fixture
HOBBS TOO GOOD FOR. HOME BOWLERS
(Special Air-Mail Servico),
London, July 18. The play yesterday in the match between Kent and Surrey at Black- event which is traditions of an heath did its utmost to maintain
calendar f peculiar in the
ricketer's year. At the close of" play Kent, with seven wickets to tall, were 143 runs in front, after they had in a desperate struggle, been led by 10 runs on the first in- nings
To a new age there must be new
heroes; the immensity of Blythe to reduce Surrey to a palp, is alas! almost forgotten by those who now cheer Kent; but they have their Freeman, who yesterday, in a won derful spell of bowling after lun cheon, took four, Surrey wickets in 15 overa, eight of which were mai dens, for 22 runs. They had, too, in the opposite camp Hobbs, acor ing 19th century of his career, and surely that was enough for any match at Blackheath
Blackheath had escaped the full fury of the rainstorm which had fallen
New York, Aug. 8.
Kent' took Arat inninga" paint. from Hampshire at Canterbury
Hampshire 344 and 359 for 7 dea.
(Mead 135),
86 for no wicket.
Eighteen Batsmen Get Kent 396 (Ashdown 106).
Centuries
New York Giants were given JACK HOBBS STILL GOING
a stock to-day when they were blanked out by Brooklyn.
The Yankees also suffered defeat, Washington Senators going some way towards wiping off their double header reverse of Sunday.
Scores as abled by Reuter were: National League.
Brooklyn New York
R.
H. E. 1 0
.0 3
1
Chicago. St. Louis
g
1
7
0
American League.
Philadelphia L Beaton
7
11
6 14
"
(Fixx, Cochrane and Cramer homered for Philadelphia).
New York Washington.com
.0
7
0
(Myer and Manush homered
for Washington).
LAWN BOWLS
GRIMMITT AND BRADBURY WIN.
A. W. Grimmit, playing R. Ellis on the Craigengower Green yesterday went further ahead in the Lawn Bowls Singles Champ pionship, winning by 22-17. Grim mitt was the better player through out but Ellis put up quite stiff fight all the way
on London during the week-end, play started punctually at kalf-past 11, and Surray, with 60 runa, already, on the board, could not bave much to fear from a pitch which was taking the spin quite slowly. The Kent captain, how ever, had decided that it offered sorge opportunity to Freeman, whom he put on after Ashdown had bowled only one over. The ball was travelling slowly in the out- On the Police Green, Bradbury then and C. G. Silva had a hard tussle, field, first Sandham and Hobby being choated of what looked the score being even at 10-10, and certain to be four runs from the then again at 13 all, but after bat. Watt, bowling from the Grand that Bradbury obtained seven shots Stand end, troubled Hobbs on three to his opponent's two, and by occasions; first he made the great scoring a tree in the last bead
an play a semi-defensive stroke won by 23-15 with a cross bat which skied the ball to long-leg, but the fieldsman could not quite reach it, and it ens past fum on the half-volley for 4 thon Hobbs, with the stroke which gave him his 50, played the ball round to leg so late that Watt must have thought for a moment that it had got past the leg stump; and shortly afterwards Hobbs, stretching forward to a slower ball, edged. it between the slips.
Hobbs Out.
We wish the drawers of the ponies on Tuesday the best of luck with the'r charges and we will all be These accidents are written to grateful to them for providing us explain how well Watt was bowl with sporting events in the nearing; for the rest Hobbs was alle future.-A.D.
TENNIS CHAPERONE COMEDY
run-making look innings, made cusy. Among the many beautiful things which he did, be produced the greatest stroke, which I have yet seen played this season, a glorious on drive for or off Gover: When Fender and Brown came on the ball wanted watching, but both Ashdown and Woolley tickled it to leg or hit it hard to the off until Woolley stopped in front of a straight ball from Brown and was
leg-before-wicket. out
Ashdown
gether too good for the bowlers. soon afterwards, was caught at Again be attacked Freeman right extra cover point, but Ames, jump to the pitch of the ball, which was ing to Fender and driving him certainly turning enough to bentover mid-on's head, and Todd add- any half-hearted stroke, Sandhamed 46 valuable runs before stumps too, was making some beautiful of
were drawn. drives, twice hitting Ashdown, when he came on again, with par- feot strokes past mid-off. Freeman
MISS PEGGY SCRIVEN'S SIS had then been brought on to the
TER EXPLAINS"
(Special Air-Mail Service).
LONDON, July 18: The selection of Mrs. R. C.
other and, and just after Hobbs had gathered his 100 with: a short Fun to mid-off from Ashdown's bowling, "be had him out leg-before- wicket. Of Hobbs' innings one can say no more than each time that The Chinese B.O. showed they
une sees him play, whether it be were the superior team by trouncing
the 100th or the 1,000th time, he Brems as grand as ever, and there the strong South China combina- tion 8-1. The game was hot so one-Michell for the Wightman Cup ong better. He and Sandham, sided as the score would indicate, lown tennis lean to visit. America apparently putting, the clock back was to some extent, as suggested several years, had score 159 runs -most of the acts boing well contest
by Mr. Wallies Myers in The Lon- for the first wicket, and Kent had ed.
fuon Daily Telegraph, influenced by to abide another 23 runs before
the and for a chaperone for the Fireman bowled Sandham. i
five unimarried members. It... was Squires and. Barling were to- not, as has been stated, due to an gether at the luncheon interval, official demand by the mother of when the score, without further Joss, had been taken to 198, but afterwards Surrey wickets went down one after the other. Barling was the first to go, leg-before. wicket, to Freeman's top-spinnere ; Gregory followed soon after; and at 220 F. R Brown was bowled. Wilson stayed with Squires for a Naturally, with all the five time, Squires making several good players selected earlier being a stranght drives off Freeman until married, Peggy's mother was an his pads were in front of a straight xious to know what arrangements ball from Watt which kept low.
forward Was vera to be made for a chaperone by Wilson, leaning
During the cham- beaten by the break and stumped; the LTA pionships at Wimbledon Peggy Gamble and Brooks were no sooner made inquiries on her own accoun.in than they were out, and nine wickets were down for 240 runs, Surrey still wanting 19 to lead on
On their own ground the Chinese Recreation Club A beat the South China A" by eight sets to
Scores:
M. K. Lo and M. W. Lọ (C.R.C.)? beat D. O. Luk and W. T.
0-1
beat W. H. Ho and W. T.
• Lea
4-3
bent S. W. Wong and C. C.
Luk
. C. Ia and W. C. Hung (C.R.C.);
bent Luk and Lee
beat Ho and Les
beat Wong and Luk
T.K. Leung and W. P. Taui,
(C.R.C.)
beat Luk and Lee
beat Ho and Lee
lost to Wong and Luk
Recreio v. H.K.C.O.
one of them.
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A sister of Miss Peggy Scriven said: "I can tell you definitely that my mother did not make say oficial inquiry as to a chaperone for the British Wightman Cup team.
"She knew very well that if no
married women were to accompany the first innings. With the song at
the team as chaperone her chances 0-3 lot going to Amarion were very
244 P. G. H. Fender was badr
missed off Freeman at extra-cover
7.5" mall indeed, for my mother point, which added one more run.
6-4 siders that a journey to America
1-4
0-3
1-3
is too long, to be undertaken by five
He cut a ball from Watt in the next over for 4, put a ball quietly.
unmarried girls on their own. nway, for ane run at the end of
"I do not believe that the mother of any of the five players originally elected made official representation to the L.T.A., but I dar say that the fact of Peggy making inquiries and auggesting, perhaps, that she Be-would not be able to make the journey unless & married woman accompanied the team, influenced- the LTA.zin the selection of Mrs L. R. O. Michell,"
Playing at home the Club de creio lost to the Hong Kong Cricket, Club by two sets to seven.
Scores:-
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Remedios and Barros (Recreio): lost to Goldman and Sulli-"
VILIZ
drew with Sowell and Owen-
ight' edios and Ribeiro Roo
(bent Hazel and
Bewell and
last to Hazell and Wright: 0-3 Atto and, Silvi {Hecfels) :-
Goldman and Bull-
4-0
won-
00
40
the over, and so pinched the bowl- ing; and in the nest gained the lead with 4 good bang round to leg. This meant no more that *. fight for five points should the match not be concluded, but it was exciting for all that...
Woolley to the Rescue, Kent, having had the worst of this little skirmish, started their second innings badly when F. G. H. Chalk, with only two runs on the board, played back to a straight ball from Gamble and had his knocked back. middle stump There followed a stand between Ashdown and Woolley, which took the score to 86, Fender persevered for a long time, with Gover and Gamble, but Woolley's in the first
ontinued on next column);"
Scores:-
First Innings of Kent,
F. G. H. Chalk, b Gamble... 11 Ashdowo,
Gregory, b
Gover
Ames, e Gregory, b Gover... Todd, b.w., b Gover......... Woolley, b Brown
B. H. Valentine, c Gregory,"
b Gover
H. P. Dinwiddy, b Gover"... 45 Hardinge, & Gover, b Gamble 45 Watt, b Gamblë .............. Freeman, b Gover...... Wright, not out
16
13
-1
Byes 6; 1-b., 1; w, 1;
n.-b., 7
....15
Gover
Total
Bowling Analysis.
Gamble Brown Fender firegory
451
O. Mr. R. W
29.3 8
6
22 6 02
14 0 51
37 10 2
3་ ་ 14
First Innings of Surrey.
70
Hobbs, Lb.w., b Freeman Sandham, & Freeman...... Squires, b.w., b. Watt Barling, 1.b. w., Freeman Gregory, and b Wright FR Brown, Freeman Wilson, at Ames, b Freeman 9. P. O. H. Fender, Ames, --Watt
Gamble, Lb.w., b Freeman ... Brooks, e Woolley, b Watt. Gover, not out
Bye, 1 n.-b-2
Watt Ashdown Treeman Wright
Total
ing Analysis.
201
O M. R. W.
18.4 1 50.3 MN 16 5 39 49 14 110 -21753
Second Innings of Kent.
F. G. H. Chalk, b Gamble Ashdown, e Sandham,
Brown
Ames, not out Todd, not out.... Woolley, Lb.w., b Brown
Byes, 2; 1-ba
Total (3 wkts.) Umpires-Newman and Reeves."
STRONG
London, August The week-end cricket programme which had just been brought to an "end was featured by some pheno manai-scoring as a result of which four matches were left drawn.
No less than sighteen hatamen catered that blissful land of thre figures while two of them passed the two hundred mark,
the
Among the several outstanding features of the play was brilliant recovery by Worcester against Ester, who, after following on 230 runs in arrears, casily saved the game.
The honours went to the Nawab. of Pataudi and C. F. Walters, the Test player. They made such light work of the Essex attack after a médiocre display in the first innings, that when stumps were drawn Worcester had put on 479 for 3.
Pataudi helped himself to 231 and was undefeated, and Walters aided with 134.
Lancashire brought Yorkshire's succession of big successes to an abrupt stop by winning on the first innings. To this they were indebt- ed to Hopwood and Hawkwood, whose centuries made possible the total of 421 in response to York.
shire's 296.
But everything else was capped by Leicester's sensational victory over Northants..
No less than 130 in arrears.on the first innings, and with Northants declaring closed their second knock But at 182-7, Leicester were, for three they batted brilliantly for fourth parts of the game outplayed. time on a wearing wicket, and suatched an almost impossible vic tory by scoring 283 for the loss of six wickets...
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HONOURS LIST.
Baiting. Bowley (Sussex) v. Middle- Nawab of Pataudi (Worces
ter) v. Essex m Barnett (Gloucester)
Somerset
and
Langregg J. (Sussex), Mid-
dlesex
Bakewell (Northants) v. Lei
cester
Townsend (Derby) v. War
Meal (Hants) v Kent Walters (Worcester)
Essex
Hobbs (Surrey) . Notts Keeton (Notts) . Surrey Hopwood (Lancs.) v.
shire...
233
120.
Hawkwood (Lancs) v. York-
shire 122
113
Ashdown (Kent) v. Hamp
shire
106
Sealey (West Indies)
Glamorgan
105*
R. ES. Wyatt (Warwick)
v. Derby
102
P. G. Fender (Surrey)
-Notts
Staples A. (Notta), e.
rey
Erstman (Essex) r., Worces
*ter
100
100
100
*Signifies not oùt
Rowling.
Parker (Gloucester) v.
Somerset
and
Langridge, Jas. (Sus
6 for 147
6 for 99
sex) v. Middlesex.... 5 for 33 Furney (Essex) v. Wor-
cester........ Tate (Sussex) v. Mid-
dlesor
6 for 74
for 20
RESULTS AT A GLANUR.
County Championship, Surrey (418- dec. and 78-0). beat Notte (379 and 281) on first. innings.
Kent (380 and 88-0) beat Hanta 134 and 350-7 dee)" on frat inninge.
Lancashire (431) beat Yorkshire
(296 and 153-3) on first in
Essex (477) beat Worcester (227 *:"and" 472-3) ön first innings. Gloucester (387 and 178-8 dee.) beat Somerset (325 and 114) by 100 runs.
Leicester (189 and 283-6) beat Northants (298 and 108-7 das-) by four wickets.
Derby (448,8 dec.) and 188-4 dec.) beat Warwick (187 and 92) by 317 runs.
Sussex (612-3 dec,) beat Middle- sex (290 and 187) by innings and 65 runs.
To Filändly.
West Indien (463 and 30-0) beat.
Glamorgan 205 and 197) by ten wickets.
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP.
Surrey took first innings points from Boils at the Cival.
Notta 370 (Reefon 122 Staples
(A.)100) and 281.9 Burrey 418 for B. dec. (Habout
P. G. Tender 100 not out), -78. for no wickets.
Lancashire took dret innings points from Yorkshire at Leeds.
Lancashire 431 (Hopwood 120,
Hawkwood 113).
Essex took first - innings points from Worcester at Worcester.
Essex 477 (Eastman 100). Worcester 997 (K. Farnes 5: for
74).
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47 for 3 (0 E. Walters 134, Nawab of Pataudi £31 not oud).
Gloucester beat Somaiset by 106 runs at Bristol,
Gloucester 367 (Barnett 111).
178 for 8 dec. (Barnett 93). Somerset 395 (Parker for '147),
114 (Parker & for 20).
Leleuitur beat Northants wickets at Leicester.
Northants 290 (Bakewell 199).
158 for 7 wkta "dec, Leicester 169 and 883 for 0.
* Derbyshire Dent Walkshire Er⠀ 317 runs at Derby.
Derby 448 for 7 dec. (Townsend
.379 not out).
159 for 4 dea Warwick 197 (BES. Wyatt 109
not ous) and 92.
-Sussex boat Middlesex by an in- nings and 65 runs at Hove.
Sussex 819 for 'dec. (Bewley 283
Langridge (John) 196). Middlesex 0 and 167 (Langridge
(as) & fon 33 Téte 4 for 201.
FRIENDLY. The West Indies beat Glamorgan by 10 wickets at Swansea. Glamorgan 200 and 197. West Indies
not qui).
483
30 for no wicket.
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