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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPII. ` FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1936,
RECREIO BECOME BADMINTON LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
"Captain Foster" Gives“.
SOME ADVICE TO NOVICE RIDERS
Importance Of Correct Timing: Answer To Correspondent
I have before me a letter addressed by an
ardent THE MACAO
RACE MEETING
novice who has asked me! for a formula, showing how the various quarters of a mile's gallop should be timed during the early morning try-outs, and it certainly gives me much pleasure to accede to his request through the medium of the Hongkong|| Telegraph.
Let be clearly understood that
A do not profess in any way to be an authority on the subject,
1
ain sure all exports will agree that I no golden rule can Ed down, as
this is abviously a matter for the Trainers. However I append below a time-table chart, which was taken at andom and computed from the train- ing! timen performed by various classes of Australian and Chinn Ponies during the months of January and February of this year, And 1 sincerely trust that it will be a mes ful guide to all the muylers.
یو
AN ATTRACTIVE PROGRAMME
ARRANGED FOR SUNDAY
(By "Captain Foster")
The April race meeting under the auspices of the Macao Jockey Club will be held at the Areia Preta, Macao, on Sunday. First anddling bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m., and the first race
Aldershot Defeat Clapton Orient
London, Apr. 2.2.
Aldershot accomplished a
Prove Much Too Good
For Eliot Hall
smart performance Who HOLDERS
they visited Clapton Orjent to-day and won a third divi- sion (southern section) Fort- ball match by the only goal scored.-Reuter,
Ponies To Follow At Macao
MY SELECTIONS
(By "Captain Foster")
My selections for the six events are
follows:-
AREJA PRATA HANDICAP (THIRD SECTION)
The Bera
The Rain Gauge
Rugby Star
PRAIA GRANDE HANDICAP
Merry Jester
Pay master Strathnları
AREJA PRATA HANDICAP (SECOND SECTION)
Popular Star
Valley View
Grent Hall
Pride of Tsingtao
AREIA PRATA HANDICAP
Emergency Call
Table A
Dis- tance 1 mile
2nd
3rd
30, 39. 1.18
Qr 1.20
4th
4.34 2.20
Jant
Inst
. JOCKEY CLUB CUP
T
1⁄2 mile
21.
1.03
Flybynight
1.52
2.23
31.
1.03
38.
1.16 1.50
3.2)
31.
1.05
37.
1.14
1.48
2.19
31.
1.03
1.12
1.40 2.17
31.
1.05
34.
1.10
1.44
2.15
31.
3.05
34..
1.08
1,42
2.13
21. 1.05
34.
1.0x 1241 2.11
30. 1.03
33.
1.06 1.39
2.09
30.
1,03
Night View Mike
32.
1.04
1.36
2.05
29.
1.01
31.
1.02
1.32
2.01
29.
59
31. 1.02
La
1.59
28.
31
4.02
1.30
1.58
28.
56
31.
1.02
1.30
- 1.57
27.
.55
N
There seemed to exist a tendency} among the novices to rush away at: full speed from the barrier and they never consider for a magjent the in- pertance of conserving a little speed for the final home run. No claim is nindle that the above chart will solve the problem, but, i will certainly Ansis novice-jockeys improve their
knowledge of judging pace, and this, I am sorry to say, is very much ignored at the Valley.
NOT PROPORTIONATE
will be run at 2 o'clock. The Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Co., will berth the 8.8. Kinshan and she wilt Icave: at 9.30 a.m., returning from
(FIRST SECTION)
Baxing Bre
LADIES SPRINT
Soldier of Italy
R. T. P.
The Rain Gauge
L. A. Silva
Macao at 6.00 p.m. Back In
Fairly good entries have been resolved and the handicapper has pared pains in the allotment of weights to see all the ponies finish- ing in line. The trip to the Por
colony, apart from the
In the first place one should knowtuguese
that speed and energy are not pro-racing, is worth making and i hear portionate, and it makes no differn good crowd will turn up.
ence whether a puny runs out in the froot or is cased along back in the
It may not be known to owners that
the term "jockey allowance at Macao
rour, for in the end it will balance is not the same that, a novice re
op. The ability of a pony to move
celves at the Valley. There are three
Hongkong
DR. RODRIGUES
DEFEATED
BY TACTICS
LAST NIGHT'S MATCH
(By "Veritas")
In an atmosphere of un- fettered excitement and amid outbursts of frenzied applause, Club. de Recreio "A" last night won the men's doubles badminton league championship when they beat Eliot Hall "A" in a play-off for the title. at Taikoo Recreation Club by seven games to two.
This is the first time Recreio have won the men's doubles longue, and the achievement brought to a close a remarkably successful- season. They had already secured the mixed doubles and Indies doubles champion- ships.
Ellot Itali, sustaining their second defeat since participating in the 'bad-"
for the mont minton league, were
part out-played by a team, whose tacties were ideal for the ecension and whose speed allowed them to return the most difficult of shots.
Well over 100 enthusiasts made the long trip to Taikoo nad they saw Recreio jump away to a long and win. ning lead as at Club de Recreio when teams met in normal league the ixture about a month ago. The Portuguese won the first four games, thereby making victory merely a matter of time.
ELIOT HALL'S WEAKNESS
The
are
therefore
The Dunlop trophy for the mixed doubled division of the bad. minton league which Recreio "A" havo retained for the second muc-
COLvivo year.
SOCCER SEASON DRAGGING WAY TO WEARY END
Club Capture Amother Good Inside Left
Hongkong league football season is
CRICKET
A GLANCE BACK Features Of The Season
LOSS OF GOOD PLAYERS
(By R. Abbit)
To every cricketer the end of the season brings a feeling of sadness, if he is indeed worthy to be called a cricketer. The thought that one's gear must be laid aside for five or six months is and to anyone-though to the youngster no doubt it often seems merely a joyous pause before the new acason shall find him with his ability all im- proved.
The schoolboy muy look forward to the coming of maturity when his full strength will be available to practise and play the game he has been learning to the best advantage: the young player at his full strength. may look forward to added ex- Iperience of the game to ripen his
nbility.
But after that comes the time when coch season at its end brings the reflection to older players that they will not be getting any better-or younger, until at last the thought In- trudes itself, this the end not only of the season but of my cricket? is rather a sad time and I believe one is much happier when the plunge is taken and the but is put naide with the other old veterans, maybe in a stand, for good.
IL
Yet of cricket we may say that it stands by une longer than other
games, except gulf, If you call that
And there is much to be got Įgame. Tout of the game even when one's last
I for game is played, I
one have finished with everything but the mildest of village games I fear, but I still hope to get plenty of fun out of the game. And fuls is always a con- solation.
Having thus stated at some length that we have come to the end of the 1935-1930 seison, let us look back upon it and consider how things have gone. To begin with, we did our duty by defeating Shanghai, and on the whole our selected team was a good representative one. As things turned out there might have been one. alteration but no more. Since then
It is true that one or
fuge course.
LOSS OF PLAYERS
Once again Eliot Hall's weakness from the base of the court was ex ploited to the full They encountered the same trouble in Shanghai, and it is quite clear that until they have brought their baseline game up to the same standard as their net play, they wil be a target for a team such as Recreio "A", who have developed these two
of badminton phases simultaneously and
Athletic will be without Mak Sui-matters have followed us pretty aver much better equipped.
badminton itself. although again destined to drag its way to a hon (unless he has made complete his i two Senior League games have not always of an exciting nature, was not, weary end. According to the pra- recovery from influenza), but other been played off but that was due very up to in-wise should be at normal strength us largely to bad weather in the last two from
the purist's viewpoint, the best gramme officially drawn
Eliot Hall were clude the remainder of the season's it is expected Tsui Ah-fai will be months of the season. seen in Hongkong
the big ball available. not only disconcerted by Recrein's outstanding matches, tactics, but also found the occasion game is to continue up to May 13.
In any case Club need 100 per cent. rather ton bit for them. Only in several dubs have about four games
from their five remaining To a superficial observer it might two games did they make any real outstanding, and a number of mid-success
games. It is doubtful whether they acar that the H.K.C.C. were having week games have beer, arranged, fight and the Portuguese scored a Very much easier
A full programine is scheduled for can altain this. They have tem rather a difcult time and perhaps in win than-anticipat-
the week-end, but there is but little porarily lost the services of Wilson-Way-they--are But-there-are-so- There was a great deal of faulty interest left as championships in all but have secured a worthy substitute, many factors at work to account for who has played in af ill-fortune in losing. players. It There may be something of a struggle to the Colony bringing with him return" to the Colony this week, numbers of "out" shots being for the runners-up positor in the Scottish Alliance League football. Would be very Interesting to compare
his bride from turned.
221145t lso he Portugal." -
given for some superh strokes which first division. It largely depends on But George Hill has decided to give list of their eleven in their first whether Club can garner a suflicient the game a rest until next season and League Match and their last. I have gained outright aces.
cannot be of points from their matches. they therefore
at full mentioned the subject before but it number
bear re-examination. In steady Athletic, who are best placed for the strength. TREMENDOUS IMPORTANCE
succession they jost Hill-Wood, honours have only one more match The complete programme for the Ricketts, Redmond, und Duckitt. nt-o play, this being against the Police werk-end and the rest of the season, After January his racing activities
I will be found in'an adjoining column. to-morrow.
claimed T. E. Pearce, for he is
is on Steward as well as an Owner, and at the end, as a final binw T. A. Pearce decided that he would like a little Association football. I cannot be sure if E. J. R. Mitchell played at all, but since Christmas a serious illness kept
him out of the game. Rugby claimed Frost-and then damaged him.
-EXPECTED-
ed
1. A. Silvo, the Recreio badutinton
fust is, of course, mainly dependent conditions attached to jockey allow and tennis player, made a welcome judgment in taking baseline lobg,three divisions have been decid, so I um told, in Fleming, a newcomer this. They have had an amazing run
upon his formation and when weances and they are as follows:
speak of speed, we think of muscles, ! bones and tendons. The possession of stamina depends n good dent on the question of wind and when we talk of energy,
consider the heart, lungs and blood,
3PC
(a) Jockeys who have not won
(e) Jockeys who have won
3.
to finish runners-up in the
keng about October.
But credit
REST OF THE SEASON'S LEAGUE FOOTBALL
p.m..
witt
At the end of the season
Below will be found the complete M.Ev Kowloon (Kowloon), 3.15
Dunkley went on leavel There is league matches to be played between
WEDNESDAY, MAY-G
getling on for a pretty useful team in the people I have mentioned! The Tat Division
Club always suffer very heavily from Lan. R. v. H.K. Police (Kowloots. 4. the claims of otfier games, us do the p.m., W. Reynolds.
Bat race whether they have ridden in previous flat race or not. allowed 10 lbs.
While in Europe this winter, Silva (b) Jockeys who have not won travelled all over the Continent and more than FIVE at races also successfully sat for an examina Does it pay to save energy in the
allowed 5 lbs.
WAS Tremendous importance tion in Civil Engineering. He was early running by holding a pony be Jow his normal ability? I was sur
more disappointed, however, iz being thed in the first rame as Eliot all, prired to discover, when I went into
than FIVE fut races allowed unable to play very much badminton winning the spin of the coin, enjoyed | this question, what an interesting
or tennis. His Umely ruturn will the advantage of playing in rotation. line of information i slisclosed It Prata Handicap-Third Section over
In the opening event, the Areia help Recrels in their league tennis In consequence Recreio played Car must not be overlooked that the faster six furlongs, The Here and The Rain engagements which will be starting valho and Silva as first pair instend
of Remedios and Oliveira,, pony runs the faster he tires and, Gauge are on level terms, but it will very shortly. surely, there must be a speed limit be remembered that the former, after
The Portuguese couple made no matter how good the pony feels, annexing the Wong-Nei-Chong Stakes who will be returning this year from first string. finally running out win Another Recreio badminton absentee brilliant showing against the Varsity's As speed increases, the heart and (second section) over half-a-mile, has
to 10. The importance.of Jungs are speeding faster and how not been in the imelight. The Hero Europe in Dr. A. Rodrigues, former ners 21 long can this last? When the heart left the hospital quite recently and
Varsity cricketer, Last year Rodri- the result was reflected in the subse-! Moir in the lungs must rench last Saturday Mr. Roza galloped higues was a regular member of the quent games. Oliveira and Reme. and revised programme of football A. T. Jarman.
limit of respiration and no over a mile. In company with his Recreio "A" team, helping the team dies easily won against Liew and Lee, to-morrow and the end of the scuson amount of driving or pushing by the stablemate, Seventeenth of Septem le is expected to be back in Bong-being that Recreio would start the which closes on May 13.
lengue. Eliot Hall's second pair, indications jockey coupled with the application ber, they covered the circuit in pretty of the whip or the use of the spurs useful time and he has a good chance
Recond session with an odd
game will produce any more speed, "
to pass the post first.
advantage. There has been many an occasion The Rain Gauge is n 'sprint pony
Recreio were without Eddie Soura when runaway tactics were adopted and should be well up in the fight-
in the third couple, H. A. Barros H), 4.6 p.m., W. It. Reynalds. but the success of this kind of war ing line at the finish. Rugby Star
substituting. To general surprise he RW. Fusiliers *. Kowkem (Chatham Rd.), fare could be counted with your fln-has been kindly treated and
match 4.45 p.m., 34. Chapman. and Dick Alves won their the
B. Navy v. R. Ühter 1 (Causeway Ilay). gers and I cortainly cannot vote stinker should run well in
and K. L. Yong,.45 pm. It. M. Omar. against C. O. Leo against the riding of races from the vironment. Both Soldier of Italy and
after trailing for three parts of the IDK.P.C. V. 1. Zan, R. (Club-QAL), 639 Jack within striking distance of the .T.P., did a lot of over the sticks
encounter. They staged a wonderfulum, W. P. Payne leader. This had been proved by the at Kwantl during the Winter and
recovery to catch up from 12-18 and Northern jockeys to be the best their book of form does not reveal
XV. Pailler S.C.AA) (Chatham B1.). | «ncthod.
anything. The former was respon
This, of course, made the champion-3.15 m., F. Huxley A good seat depends upon balance sible for knocking Mr. Davis out of
ship safe for Recreio. They con- E. Tmn. R. v. Kowlum (Kowles), 1 W. F. Payne. and grip, and by a certain amount action for a good while and I under
tinued to dominate and Remedios and, MacCormac of riding, the novice will very soon stand that the latter, R.T.P., waka
Oliveira placed them further ahead. T. Jarmain, develop both his sense of balance and sub-griffin of the Tientsin Race Club.
with a comfortable win over Lce and R.A.4.C. and R.A.0.C. v. Eastern (Sockun
po), 4.45 p.m., T. Davies. strongth of grip. Hide as far as pos-That is all I know
of these two Since Friedrich Luding Jahn, the Chan sible with a long celn, bearing in pontos,
flirt Eliot Hall snatched their mind that ́a strong stať independent
Rugby Star has another engage a century ago laid the foundations game when Liew and Lee beat of the reins goes a long way in the ment in the Praia Grande Handicap for athletics and physical culture in Barros and Alves, and then, in the (six furlongs) which is confined to Germany, the dream of all sportsmen game of the evening Carvalho and
irection of making good hands.
now on-
AMALGAMATION OF SPORT
Germany's Move: Athletically to win 31-18.
Federation Formed
Berlin, Apr. 19..
"Father of German Gymnastics," over
SATURDAY
Jat ivision
8. China "B" y, Club de Iture
2nd Division
(Comuline
R. Ulster R. v. J.K.F.C. (Club Gal.). 1.10
**
SATURDAY, MAY 9
fat 'Diviaker
II. Chapman
RA. LR.Walter 4.4 19. T. Kosik.
The
Civil Service. But It is devoutly to hoped that they will get along some new blood before next sca5017.
Another, but happles, feature is the ILKFC. v. & Navy (Club Gri) 44 recovery of the Civil Service, who
had a very (Bookunpoo), Were third and
Food chance of being a very good third had they played their game against the Navy. Some of their Rugger men are coming back to the fold.
2nd Division
ILKFC. v. ILW. Faiers (Club Gol.), Dem W. Coller,
SUNDAY, MAY 10 1st Division Klan. I. v. IK.PC.. (Club Grd.), 4.40 WEDNESDAY, MAY 13-
2nd Distelam v. 1W. Pueillers
The Kowloon Cricket Club are usually the first to start and are always the last to finish with zome interesting and most enjoyable all-day for two day matches, while their (Prince hospitality is unbounded. So every- The Cluis do Recreio, 2nd Teant, are unable one is very pleased to welcome their to fit the remaining fixtures. The puinis are rather unexpected win in the Senior thereford awarded to the following tema: Shield. The Indians, who are also Italfa, I.K. Mothall C Unterfer desperately keen (consider their in-
Lan.
| Edward Itd.), 4.46 p.m. W. R. Reynolds
The combination of all these will only non-winning sub-griffins of the long-has been to see a sporting netivities va overcome Loo and Yong by a jam., II. F. 3mK.F.C. (Chul Gri), 4:45 A.8.C. and RAO.C.
make you a good horsenian. In racing, a jockey must have some good knowledge of judging the pace to en able him to climb to the top of the tree and we are all aware that it not an easy task to master.
THE TIME TABLE GUIDE
kong Jockey Club of this season and of the German people brought into single ace.
(Continuer on Page 9)
collaboration under one organisation. This was at last achieved to-day
+
REMARKABLE CAME
SUNDAY
1st Division
RA
(L)
GAAVIK. Pollec, (Caroline '100); | p.m., W..3 Reynolds...
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29
1st Division
+
E Lens. It v. Club de Recreio
Chatham
PORTUGAL'S TEAM FOR SATURDAY
To Meet Chinese
Olympic Soccer
ternal League If I may, so phrase it!) carried off the Junior Shield very deservedly,. It is time however that someone else won it next year.
Flaures are slow in coming, along but I shall endeavour to publish a series of tabloids on the various Club recorda, and also to produce an orüde. jor so during the Summer on cricket Ha general or in particular re the
home matches against India.
Shanghai Portuguese sportsmen are AMERICAN BOXING
If a novice should be asked by the when an Immense inaugural ceremony trainer to canter the mile in 21, took place in Berlin at the Germany punctuated by some of the best and It WAB * romarkable game. he will soo at a glance that table Hall and the establishment of the some of the worst shots of the whole R. L5 p.m., W. R. Neyside "C" calls the four quarters of a mile German Athletic Federation to be timed in 38, 38, 34 and 31 formally proclaimed.
was evening. Silva's clover opening work I.K. Polles v. St. Joseph's (Kowloon) 6.15 As I have said, no, golden rule can seconds respectively. A careful tim
ivas an important factor, but it must P., D. Elek
2nd Dirfalon Three years of patient work were to sald that Carvalho was quick to R.W. Puelliers v. It. Ulster R (Chatham be laid down as to how the variousing of this sort canaut, under any quarters of a mile should be really circumstances, do any harm to the needed to achieve the amalgamation Improve upon it with some telling Rd.), 3.46 p.m. E. Richardson.
SATURDAY, MAY 2 me mal splendid recovery-shotsist be pleased to see his pony finishing stendy cantar for a "C" class China ciations in Germany without destroy-
Lee and Yong put
1st Division
fielding a strong Boccer team on the last two furlongs gamely, rather Pony. For an Australlan pony, the ing any of the great positive features and although in arrears up to 18,
the 1.K. Poller v. Club de Reervio (Kowloon), Saturday to oppose Chinese than emwling the home straight able. "J" covering the mile in 2.05, already developed in the various or succooded in lovelling. Recreio then under the pressure of the whip and has the intermedinte quarters to be ganisations and without disturbing obtained their 10th ace, but Ellot Hall 4.45 11. 1. Smyth.
Olymple Games representatives, who 1. Utor I. v. R. Navy (Bookunpoo). 445 will be seen here in a series of ex- pum. It will be observed that from run in 82, 82, 32, and 20, and this the work of physical culture.
lovelled again. Setting the match
p.m. W. P. Payne. onwards all athletics, with one hand out, Eliot Hall scored China. E. Lan R. (Caroline hibition games. Saturday's game will the time-tables of the chart desig should not be too fast for any of our
be played at the Stadium in Yon- half-a-mile is to be galloped in 1.05,
In conclusion" It is not to be ex-develop uniformly in all parts of the The score went to three all and then ILK.F.C.. W. Fullkera
p.m. Fortugal's:
seconds. The object of the first half to time the various quarters within integral part of national education. final ace came after a muccession of pick, R. Chapman. boing slower is to conserve a bit of a fifth of the second, but, by follow-[All "sportsmen will now aim at the fast drives, deep, loba and ineffective the energy and further, the seconding the chart conscientiously he can samo goal, train for the same ends, “kills." quarter is up the Incline" "Black | adapt himself, and eschow against the and compete for the same prizes un- With the match decided interest
·Rock,'
Ifallacy of running oụt In front, der, the, name, rules and conditions,
(Continued on Pago:0)
From now
nated "A" to "G" inclusivo, the last dumb friends from the Aritĺpodes. sports. and physical culture will two aces, but were then pulled back.), 4.45 p.m.. R. 31. Omar (Chi Ori), ping Road, from 3 finishing the last quarter in 81 posted that a novice should be able Relch. They will be Incorporated as four all with Recreio serving. The 4.48 ... D. Komick.
A.A._(8) v. Kowloon, (Chatham Ra), des team follows:
2nd Division
Lenglot Easily Boats Buddy Baer
M. Souza, C. F. Remedios, C. Gon-
Aukland, April 23. salves, A. Victol, A. S. Costa, E. Andre Lenglet, 210 lbs., received a LW. Feillers Eastern (Chellam ul. Victal, R. Favacho, J. Rozarlo, H. C. clear decision over "Buddy" Boer, 1.16 p., W. Brierley.
flater. v. Ü.A.A. (Дlookunpoo), 8.15 Collaco (captain), L. Rozario, V. 245 lbs., brother of Max. Baer, in a
B. MacCormac.
'Sousa. Reserves: É.Silva, H. Sousa.Ìsix round contest-United' Prest.
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