THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, MAY 22,
FAVOURITES' UP &
SEVERAL TIMES BEATEN BY HEAVY GOING
THREE JOCKEYS SCORE
SUCCESSES
AND THE “TELEGRAPH" TIPS FIVE WINNERS
(By "Captain Foster")
1986.
DOWN FORM LAST SATURDAY
RED HOT FAVOURITE FAILS
Double Chance Disappoints
Double Chance was made a red hot
the
urile in the "part" and also in the second leg of the double Fei-llo Handicap but
The heavy downpour was mainly responsible for the poor attendance of race-goers at the Fifth Extra Meeting held at the Valley last Saturday under the auspices of the Hongkong Jockey Club, but the racing was of very high standard with several exciting and close finishes, and the judicious allotment of weights gave the judges some an-field of the meeting and when the Telegraph Board went up, panters a ber-lie for Double Chance's
finished nowhere.
the pony It was the biggest
xious times. The salient features of the meeting were mer us if it were a sure thing.
the creditable performance of Royal Scot, under the able guidance of Mr. Dietz in the opening event for "A" class China Ponies, and the easy win of Strathroy, ably ridden by Mr. Black in the main contest, the Brisbane Spring Handicap.
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I am not trying to build "a castle Mr. Raymond Pik, potential chum-j plan Jockey for 1936, annexed two in the air," but i do say that Royal races for the stable "Why," and Mr. Scat will be a different animal after "Pinky" Botelho followed suit with the recess and it will not surprise me two successive wins for Mr. Gray in the Jeast to see her winning the bun while Mr Date _was_in_creatiAutumn champion, with the form to pilot Royal Scot and Centre pilòl, öf-course. Court to victory. Messrs. Black and Io Kui-ring each had a riding honour, and Mr. C. F. Chul broke his duck" his own nag Mayflower. Mr. Leo Frost was present for the first time after his operation, and was a keen spectator.
The favourites had their own way up to the fourth race, but after that, they went under in a steady stream, owing to the heavy state of the going and the best dividend of the day was paju in the second leg of the daily double event, the Pel-ho Handleap- Second Section for "D" class China of the
Ponica. The temperature
juecssful punters was high when it was known that the combination of than/Stopwatch paid $161.00, whil Stopwatch returned $32,90 for a whir I wonder whether readers of the Telegraph have noticed that the writer nominated five winners, name- ly, Humber, Strathroy, Centre Court, Stopwatch and King's Funcy? Al- though my nomination (Soldier of Britain, Royal Scot and Gladiator) did not come up in the opening event, it should be remembered that I uppert Soldier of Britain to win on a firm going, and had I known that the course would be on the reverse, Royal Scot would have been my vole.
ROYAL SCOT
HITS BEST FORM
And Silences Critics
Royal Scot did not get a good start in the Shing Mun Handicap for "A" class China Ponles, and going up the
PONY TO WATCH
As was anticipated, ilumber had to dimenlly in winning the Nanling Handicap and the running of Cassius to a second place came as no surprise Punters will do well to remember that the latter had a couple of good placings at the Annual Meeting and this little nag, measuring only 13.1. should not be left unbacked when the going. Is muddy.
Ribble's
First Win Of Season
"PINKY" BOTELHO
SCORES
Mr. "Pinky" Botelho cut the ice in the West River Handicap for "C" class China Ponies by registering Ribble's first win of the season ufler a ding-dong race from the distance' post, and the combination paid $11 to the delight of 688 backers. Ribble,
may interest one to know,
it
"ented
started
worth
tickets for a win while for a place He was backed to the tune of 493 there were 497 chances, which was heavy in view of the pour attendance.
I said In my notes that this racer who was most unreliable, and a pony must be under suspicion. However, has to make use of hood or blinkers; there were 16 runners out of 18 entries and after a few minutes of walizing, Mr. Poits released the
Mr. Proulx, who has no! barrier. equal for a stort, took Belmont Star Ballos, to the fore, and Festival Eve, Hopscotch and the rest of the fed followed in the reur. Ballos carrying and he was the three furlongs post
Hopscotch, Philanderer, 11 lbs, overweight was prominent al
ending
straight. But Bullos Sylvandate, West Parade and Stop- watch to the was a dead horse before the distance The pace was too hot and after past and so was Hopscotch. keen tussle, Stopwatch won by half- same margin and the -length separated West Parade and Sylvan dale. I never expected West Parade 10
in the limelight, considering that she only returned to the course
bering the Faster Meeling, and
Sylvandale who paid $26.30 for a place came as a surprise. I had an sprint race and eye on him for a
he should be watched.
ROSE-ANN LEFT AT POST
And Contre Court Wins Race
In the subsequent event for "B" his racing career in 1934 and won two races for Messrs. Mackie and Gray- class Australian Ponics, Rose-Ann burn. In the following year he had was left at the post but the official a couple of wins and he scored his starter was not responsible in any fifth success last Saturday. With the way: Everybody knows that Rose- exception of a win which piloted by Anu doesn't like the gate.
Contrary to the expectation, Snowy Mr. Needa last year, it is
she River answered the "Bugle Call" to all other cases noling that in
furthermore the was ridden by Mr. Botelho and it will fat in, but, the burden of topweight he recalled that the combination pre- was too much and furthermore she
dislikes a soft track. St. ted to Mr. Grayburn the Andrew's Cup last November. It is the best ace of the afternoon and no exaggeration to say that the pony there were six ponies fighting the will not run so well with any other issue out from the mile post.
Banger took the lead from the word Violet Juckey and I presume Ribble es "go" with Goldsmith and
Pinky's" lung legs.
ran Queen following the pace, and there. better than I expected and Harvest was no change in the order of run- ning as the sleeds passed the famous rock. At this juncture Centre Court View falled to strike his usual form.
was in the sixth position and Halcyon displaced Ranger before the last
Flybynight who was second
Black Rock, Oak Bay and Soldier THRILLING RACE arler post was red cut a
the pack with Gladiator
Ythan Takes First Leg Of Double
The pack swerved bit coming round the bend und Mr. Dietz on Centre Court seized the opening as This gave a de- quick as lightning. cided advantage to Centre Court and she passed the wire a length in front (second). of the field. Goldsmith
We have no Larwood this year, laments “Watchman" in a special cricket article dealing with English propects in an adjoining column. Него за в
new picture of the famous erstwhile English Test fant bowler,
MISS PAM BARTON WAS
FIRST COACHED BY
HONGKONG PROFESSIONAL
-
Our Daily Golf Hint
CARTACED
MR. HITCHENS HELPED TO TRAIN BRITISH GOLF CHAMPION Hongkong has a very distinct and happy link with Miss "Pam" Barton, who yesterday won the British women's open golf championship at Southport for: the first time in her short, but brilliant career. It was Mr. E-Hitchins, the Royal Hong- kong Golf Club professional, who coached Miss Barton when she was a school-girl and gave her her first handicap.
of Britain following the pace. There was no change before the bend, but, Royal Scot moved up within striking distance of the leader, and in the home run she came on the outside
Over the telephone this morning berth to pass all her competitors
As predicted, there was a good roce secured a verdict of short head over before the mile post was reached. Royal Scot not only went ahead to lo the first leg of the daily double, Halcyon who was lucky to nose out Mr Hitchens heard of his former She has fulfilled every promise, be Pe-ho Handicap (First Section) over Night Star for the third position, pupil's success with great delight. a mile and Mr. Grayburn's Ythan just The same margin of defeat separated
When he first had the task of managed, after a thrilling finish. to Ranger and Violet Queen. It was a said.
ing talents, Mr. Hitchens was con- nose out Plain View, who in turn beat close finish and the best of the Meet-
fident that she would one day become Seventeenth of September by a heath. ing. I was glad that Centre Court assisting her to develop obvious golf-
famous. It was Ythan's second win of his won the race and that I
win comfortably by two clear lengths hat got the official handicapper beat. What I liked about the grey mure was that there was a perfect rhythm between the pony and her jockey Mr. Dietz, and the combination will be hard to beat in the St. Leger to be racing career with the same jockey wrong in my prediction. run in November. After all the con- Mr. Botelho and it was a remarkable be troversial arguments about Royal performance owing to the fact that Scot not being an "A" class pony, was conceding 23 lbs, to Plate View one is forced to recognise the justi- on a muddy going. Gold Coin went Acation of classifying her in the "A" well to finish fourth, but, Foxbridge standard. This
certainly with 145 lbs, was a big disappoint- charger showed us the difference between the ment and Daylight Eve will no doubt scale for inches and handicap form, give a better display in his next out- and the manner in which she annexed ing. Night View was turning round the opening event seemed to suggest when the inpe shot up and I do not that she was next to Liberty Bay in thinit that it is necessary to give an
account of his running. the ranking st.
"ARM-CHAIR" WIN
FOR STRATHROY
Mayflower Upsets The Punters
was not
When she and her sister, Mervin, first handled golf clubs it was under the direction of their father, Later they were put in the care of Mr. Hitchens at the Richmond Park Golf Course.
DISTINCTIVE STYLE
I cannot insist too firmly that in playing a strake with an iron the hands must grasp the club firmly, and that the wrists must not be allowed to work loosely), H. Taylor, SUNNERJAAN KYSAKURA ZENTATuanauto "PAM" BARTON
CHAMPION
Wins British Golf Honours
London, May 21. Miss Pam Barton, the 18-year-old London golf genius, won the British Women's open golf championship at
Southport to-day by one of the big- Miss Pam Barton's distinctive:gest margins on record when she beat style, powerful hitting and generally Miss Bridgett Newell of Derbyshire in impressive technique marked her as the final by 7 and 5, a golfer of the future, and under Mr. Hitchens her skill developed so quickly The greatest disappointment was that before te handed her over to seen in the last event, the Hwang Ho Archie Compston for the final touches, Handicap when the third favourite she had secured a handicap and had Mayflower put his nose just in the become eligible to take part in com nick of Ume to claim the first prize petitions. slake money and. Boolat Bay turned
LOOKING AT
ENGLISH
CRICKET
PROSPECTS
NOT
TOO ROSY.
HAVE NO LARWOOD. FOR AUSTRALIA"
(ly "Watchman."}
No game in the world is more widely discussed than cricket. The reason, perhaps, is that at one time or other all of us have attempted to hit Rume kind of a ball with Home kind of a bat, if only on a garden lawn. And even those who are not deeply learned in the rules have a working knowledge of its principles which Kipling, although no lover of cricket himself, was able to define as "casting a ball at three straight ticks and defending the same with a fourth." So has happened that when icy blasts have made even net practice nas desirable, the game has been viewed in theory from many angles.
Most people who frequent county grounds seem to believe that Eng- land's batting gives no call for worry, so far as it can be regarded as an elliclent run-manufacturing machine, but that the bowling has many blem- ishes. The faith in the batting ap- parently arises from the fact that Inst season a large number of men of all ages were able to make big scoren with consistency, There was, in ahart, good level standard of ability. But a little acrutiny reveals sundry spots on the fair surface.
NOT ANOTHER HOBBS YET It would perhaps be hypereritieni: to point out that no one is within a long distance of proving himself a worthy successor to Hobbs. Players of his quality are not born every
Mr. W. E. F. Hitchens, who, as a special article in another column re later was the first professional to coach Mia "Pam Barton" the new English gulf chempion, Mr. Hitchens is the Royal Hongkong Golf Club professional at Fanling.
SHANGHAI CRICKET BEGINS
President's XI Wins
The opening cricket match of the
gonetation. But there is reason for season between the President's XI the Vice-President's XI of the unrest because of the wide gulf seen and between certain men who should be Shangha! Cricket Club was enjoyed pust their prime and the younger men by players and spectators alike. who should by now be fit to fill theiri places, or at least to stand out in
Although Brig.-Gen. E. B. Mac- serious rivalry: A case in point can naghten led his side to victory, thes be found in the Middlesex team. J.
II. liuman has been hailed with good issue was in doubt for sometime. E. C. reason as one of the best batsmen Baker proved a thorn in the side of produced in recent years. He has the Vice-President's team. He carrl- wen included in teams selected to ed his bat for 47 not out. The Vice- represent England abroad, and much
has been said of his fine, five method. Bul when we look back a few months we find that endren, a man double his age, often badly handicapped by un injured leg, was capable of gather ing for his county last season 1,649 runs in thirty-eight innings, whereas Haman's aggregate for forly innings scores, was only 866, Hendren's
result of moreover, were not the stodgy, average-seeking methods.
It can, of course, be said that since Humna is only twenty-four years of age there is still time for much to cricket. But it is come into his equally truo to say that at the agej of forty-six much must have gone out of Hendren's batting.
This case docs. not stand alone by any means. Kent supplies another with R. H. Valentine, regarded as a new England player, now twenty-eight
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R.. ABBIT INDISPOSED
CRICKET REVIEW WILL BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK Owing to the unfortunate in- diaposition of the Telegraph's popular cricket commentator, R. Abbit, the usual weekly notes cannot appear to-day, but it in hoped that he will be able to con tinue his review of Colony clubin and the recent league season next weck.
years of age, who is still completely President made more runs than the overshadowed by Woolley, a veteran President but the latter got on even within a few weeks of his forty-ninth terms when he held a hard catch to birthday. It would not be dificult to dismiss Barson. Both took one wic- add to a somewhat melancholy Bat.ket. is no necessity to be a gloomy-
VICE-PRESIDENT'S XI' tendency is for the form of the county N. L. Sparke, b Baker teams to get lower with each muc-
eyed pessimist to see that the geboral
cepting generation. Those with mem-E. H. Anstice, b Macnaghten ories do not need rose-coloured spec-A, J. Barson, e Macnagiten,
Leckie tacles to believe that Tom Hayward
was a finer batsman than Sandham W. C. G. Clifford, b Stokes who succeeded him as an opening A. C. Sinclair. b Stokes batsmann for Surrey, and that Sand T. A. T. Begg, b Leckie
ham at his best was a superior player Maj. W. II. Clarke, e Coward, b to anyone who could be called upon Leckie
now to take his place. And where
is the now George Brown, of Hamp. C. Pullen, b Rogerson shire, the new Hearno or Tarrant of G. B. Elliott, b Leckie Middlesex, the new Russell of Essex? K, Foot, b Hegarty
W. H. Lydall, not out
extras
USELESS REPINING
Total
How AM
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54
PNHOOD
Everyone knows that repining can- not win Test matches. But exagger- ated optimism hus cost us dearly in the past. It is amusing to rememberi the complaisance with which we set out to meet the South Africans last |
Fall of wickets:-1-15, 2-22, 3-51, year. A parade of unpalatable facts sometimes lends to hard thinking, and 4-51, 5-102, 0-110, 7-113, 3-123; 9-131, reformation. hard thinking to new endeavour and 10-131.
So far as English batting is con-
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NEEDS OF CHINESE OLYMPIC TEAM
More Funds Wanted to Cover Expenses
vote
Nanking, May 18.
BOWLING
O. M. R. W.
Brig-Gen. E. B. Mac-
naghten....
10
11
31
5
0 23
1 24
I
11 0
1.1 0.
7
H. Rogerson E. C. Baker L. F. Stokes
J. B. H. Lecitie E. . Goure.. 1. T. Hegarty
1
PRESIDENT'S XI Brig-Gen. E. B. Machaghten, b
Footba
H. A. Coward, e Foot, b' Sparke L. F. Stokes, st. Lydali,'b Pullen 80 J. B. H. Leckie, 1.b.w. Anstice
Total
173
Miss Barton, who has been consis- tently storing successes, was not con-
A financial campaign to raise more. T. Hegarty, e Lydall, b Pullen 20 sidered good enough for the English Curtis Cup team ngainat America a fusds is thought necessary by the P. V. Simpson, e Sinclair, b Foot 20
E. C. Baker, not out few weeks ago. She played brilliant China Amateur Athletic Foderation E. M. P. Williams, b Pullen golf through the championship, cul- for the China Delegation to the forth- niliating in a flawless display in the coming World Olympic Games. Ac-E. P. Geere, à Foot | tru),
cording to Mr. William Sung: hon. P. J. Hart, b Foot
Extras Her sister, though a good average United Press adds that the resultsee, to the Federation, appropriations H. Rogerson, b Foot It was undoubtedly with much, while the mare held the punters in the tables on his stablemate Pontluc
BOTH WERE ERRATIC not suspense for over a minute, she peter-Bay by the same margin. It was a golfer, said. Mr. Hitchens, had not was never in doubt. regret that Able Amazon did weigh out for the main event, the ed out after passing the Black Rock, novice contest but luckily there was pregressed so well as he had hoped Under Mr. Hitchens' guidance the
A message from Reuter says that Brisbane Spring Handicap and her Double Finesse should be watched in no nccident despite the fact there and expected.
girls improved their game sufficiently both Miss Barton and Mise Newell refusal owing to a ligament trouble her next outing. It may be interest- were 13 runners and the track badly
to know that the
wero galloped Pontiac Bay ridden by Mr. Wood to permit them to become junior mem from the Queensland Autumn cham-!
But Misa Barton was more reliable pion. It is to be hoped that Able in 1.22.3/5., and Double Finesse had was considered by the public, as no burn of the Rognl Bild-Burrey Golf wore erratic, the match over 30 holes
For a place, members of the Priory Golf Club, Amazon and Strathroy will do battle a load of 165 lbs, to shoulder. At good and she would have paid hand-Club, and, later they were admitted being played in a cold nor'easter
Hitchens after the recess and there is a feeling one time of the race between the foot- somely if she had won.
the girls 18th with a score of 70 against 84, among the experts that the latter will ball gate and the half-mile post, she she handed out $13 and gave a good During the year in which they were on the greens and was three up at the
was many lengths ahead of the second account of herself with 108 lbs. onunder Mr. the pony Australian Boy, and it was long her back. The slate of the going was secured a handleap and took part in Mr. Macgregor's racer won main contest as he liked. The jockey after the rock that she was caught, responsible for Maynower's success their first competitions. Pam Priory Golf Club teams, whilo "Tam"
was her second appearance in and it was Mr. C. F. Chiu's first thanks to her powerful build, was had an "arm-chair ride and after It
achlovement against 'Miss passing the finishing line, the public and she is from a good family oficial call to the judges. This young then driving 250 yards and had all the went on from success to success which who also sired jockey is very keen and it la to be earmarks of a champion in the mak culminated yesterday in hor remark dimculty was to pull him up.
by Double/Court
the first and second strings of the Bridgett Newell. Mr.. Pih tried runaway tactics on Centre Court and Derby Day--both hoped that he will score another win ing. The sisters secured places in able
before the recess, his own pony Double Finesse, and winners of this season.
in the off hind-leg will debar horters of the distance rst three- cut up.
win.
yet received. This total, according to
10-173.
have been received from the Govern ment amounting to $170,000 in adell ticn to $18,000 from donations by pri- individants. Another sum of $10,300 hanheen pledged by other the Federation, is not sufficient for 1-89. 5-95, 6-05; 7-120, -133, 0-133, the expenses of the Olympic team,
BOWLING orales and individuals but not Fall of wicketa: -1-7, 2-16, 3-19,
team, four men and two women, have been announced by the Federation as
N. L. Sparke follows: Six members for the Chinese boxing
Men-Chang Wen-kwang, Wen K. Foot
G. B. Eillott Fu|A, C. Sinclair Girls:-Chai Lien-wan and Ching-ming, Cheng Huai-hsien, and 5. I. Ansilce
J. C. Pullen Chin Shih-sheng. Shu-yun.-Central News.
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