THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1936.
BEAR CLAW'S GREAT VICTORY LAST SATURDAY
Clubhouse Chattor
I
By "Veritas
Colony Ignored Bill Tilden's Lecture
NOW THEY HAVE DECIDED TO COLD-SHOULDER HIM
SOCIALLY
fear I am going to be a bit explosive to-day. I've got some- thing on my mind.. ft is you, dear reader. You, who have upset my equilibrium (not to mention that of Mr. Tilden, Mr. Vines and the whole of the Lawn Tennis Association). The fact is you have refused to take something for nothing, and although I have no Scottish blood in me, that is the sort of thing which clouds my outlook on life. When it was first announced that Tilden and Vines were coming to Hongkong. lots of glomy people muttered "Don't expect we shall get a chance to nec theth." In this they had reckoned without the generosity of Tilden and Vines and the enterprise of the Hongkong Lawn Tennis Association, However, eventually all arrangements were completed. The professionals were to give four displays on the court, a couple of lectures off the court and be at the disposal of the public at a dinner-dance at the Hongkong Hotel. And what has happened? You turned up in good numbers to the first two, exhibitions, you gave Tilden "The Bird" by ignoring his'] lectur and now you have cok-shouldered the subscription dint, succesfully that the LT.A. has had to call it off.
What A Testimonial!
LAT doesn't seem to me to be a
very good thatmamat for
our
much-vaunted enthusiasm for tennis or for Meara, Tilder and Vines. It in, in fact, a rude slap in the thee. While it is true the public has paid, and will pay, good money Tilden and Vines on the court, this
to
† I've put to say this. If there's one thing! |
Our Daily Golf Hint
The only reason why we bother with form and the cor- rect swing is to find the best way of consistently bringing about the proper set of con- ditions at impact.
Bobby Jones.
RACING ENTRIES
Eleventh Extra Meeting
wilch makes one feel be wants to l Of Jockey Club
commit murder it is when somebody brhind im in the pictures unsists
pon telling everybody around what has just happened, what's going to happen and what he thinks ought to happen in the film, By the token felt that way while sitting
same
in the stund at the Hongkong Foot- hardly hits ine as being a legitimate
Club Jast Wednesday. Like or kindly reason for turning them ball down socially. If the public has any most other people I go to a football idea that the $10 subscription dinner match to see it, xt;t hear it. 13 dance is an attempt to hook more money out of them for private proit, ne intensely to hear an ex- then the public cannot have given cited and rising votee iiform me much thought to it. For $10 any that "Wong Mer-shun hus pussed the body could go along to this function, but to Wilson; Wilson tricks his man, enjoy cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, an passes the ball to Bickford. istekford excellent dinner with drinks, danc-runs along the the, puts In ne ing. further drinks up to a certain centre; Wilson heads it; Howlands time after dinner, the pleasure of saves it and has punted it down the inreting Tilden and Vines in ded". It annoys me because I've friendly social way, and to hear "li 111" talk. How anybody can even begin to consider that "exploitation' passes my understanding.
Very Deliberato Snub
it's
Ci
of
The full list of entries
for the Extro Meeting of the
Eleventh Hongkong Jockey Clid, on Novem- ber 21, appears below;
1. Sheungshut Hundleap.— "B"
King's Fancy, King's Justice, Mis- take Bay. Rose-Queen, Sadko,
Class De Mile-Cyclamen Bay,
*-Hongkong St. Leger-One and j Three Quarter Miles-Bear Claw, 158: Bot Hay, 151; Dawn Staz, King's 156; Honeyinoon Eve, 150; Lend. 156; Royal Scot, 158.
3. 7--Shum Chun Handleop Firt
or Second Section-For China Ponies, "C
rille Cinss, One Amberley, Blatre, Hoolat Bay, Bright View. Flybynight, Great Hail, High Henou, Jungle Jim, King's Bounty,
or
King's Jubilee, King's Sceptre, Monoplane, New Star, Pontine Bay, Ribble. Royal Highness, Soldier of. Peace, The Tiger, Tiny Star, Tyne, Valormus, Ytlan
4-Sub, Grimns St. Leger,-One and Three Quarter Miles.--Gold Sovereign, 158; Ocean View, 154: Rose Evelyn, 156: Stopwatch, 150; The Hero, 156; Wild Cat. 156.
-Castle Peak Handlenp-For China Ponles. "A" Class, Seven Fur longs-Gladiator. Herod, King's Onk Bay, Royal Scot, Warden, Soldier of Britain, Wild Life.
Fremantle St. Leper-One-and Three Quarter Milles-Centre Court, 151: Double Finesse, 146; Electron, 156: Gold Dragon, 148; Hercules, 146; Holiday Eve, 151: Perfect Day, 151; Ranger, 150: Strathroy, 150; The Dualin. 151
seen it and I don't want to have Bathing Girl. Mayflower. Miracle. repeated. But repeated it was last Wednesday by the ZBW commenta for, and in such tones that it took several hundred volces simultane ously cheering to drown 1. Frankdy I sympathised and agreed with one onlooker who prowled "Put a sack in O much for the mundane side of it". What we want is quieter broad-
the question. Mors, important, casting, Personally think is the obviously unfriendly behaviour great idea to bring these fotbal: towards our distinguished visitors matches within reach of wireless lis Hongkong likes to boast of its hos-teners, but can't It be done in a fess pitality and warm friendliness to-tentatious way? It's abusing
microphone to shout into it, and it's wards visitors, but if this be Hample, then I think the less we talk likely to upset those around. Broad- about our qualities as.hosts, the beast by all means, buy
Surely the art ter for everyone concerned. I may quieter manner. have a distorted angle, but I can't doing a running commentary is to help feeling that the public's refusal describe everything in a conversa- to take the slightest interest in this tional tone of voles as though the commentator were having a private social event, staged purely with the idea of rounding off a rather historic tete-a-tete with his listeners? Seri occasion, is a very deliberate snubusty speaking it is rather distress- to Tilden and Vines. The public, ing for anybody in the vicinity of the car not complain that they have had microphone who is there to are a football match to have to hear on ex- Insuflicient notification of the event.
cited voice detailing every movement It has been advertised freely: so much to that some $100 has been which as atrendy been watched.
peal in bringing it to the noties of the public. And although in ny Casen it might be legitimale to pas it off as being "typlealty Hongkong". I cannot bring myself to believe that Tilden and Vinea will, or should be expected, to ace it in that light.
Putting It Bluntly
DUTTING it bluntly the sublie has Pu
Jet down, these players, as they let down Tilden when he gave hi:) talk on Monday evening. Tilden found himself compelled to talk to less than 100 people, when the Rouf Gürden should have been packed. į The fact that the toss-in-chief was Unt of Hongkong who stayed away,į
Tilden, hardly compensates
who j spoke just as long and just as bril- linntly as if he had 5,000 hearers. Tiden just lives for tennis and I know that he can't understand any- body, who professes enthusiasm about the game, failing to Lake advantage of hearing, seeing or talk- ing something about it, This was why he was so – very disappointed last Monday. Tilden is a man who
the doesn't depend on
financial success of a lecture in Hongkong for his bread and butter. His lecture was a generous gesture on his part;i not an attempt to make money. So far as he was concerned Tilden would have benefitted himselt very much tonday evening by playing more on bridge, at which he is an expert. But he was prepared to give 10 minuter of valuable time-for what? Even so he was again prepared to spook on Monday next, but the public has decided to give him the horse-laugh. And if you don't belleve me, let me add that up to yesterday evening, not a single booking had been made for the subscription dinner-tance. No wonder the LT.A. is abandoned the project!
"Put A Sock In It !”-
AND
now that my blood in fairly Up I may just a well finish oft this trade then retire gracefully. put on a Krelster record of "Spring Song" and wait to cool down. Firsi
CANTABS' CLOSE WIN AT RUGBY
8-Taipo Rantican-China Ponies, upe Class, Six Furlongs.-Don. I Donovan, Double Chance, Emer- Rency Call, Gold Coin, Laughing Buddha, Pinin View, Racing Boy. Rousscan. Seventeenth of Sept, Soloway, Sylvandale, Victoria Hall, Wadebridge. Young: Chap, Zero,
KOWLOON GOLF
London. Nav, 12, A. T. Braley, with a return of one Cambridge University figured in an up. won the Bogey Competition held exciting ruigby match to-day when at the Kowloon Golf Club. on No- inversity by nine points to eight-
entertained and beat Dublin (vember 7, 8 and 11.
Reater.
Phy
1. H. Mundy had the same return, but he lost on the second nine holes.
The Badminton
An action study of Tilden taken this week. Tilden will auction an auto. graphed
racket tennis
on behalf of Poppy Day fund when he returns next Monday in Hongkong. (Photo: S. Farrell).
Tilden Will Auction An Autographed Racket
FOR POPPY DAY FUND
Before leaving for Mantle on Tues- flay evening. W. T. Tiden, the pro- fessional tennis player, annouriced that he would offer an autograplied racket for public aurlinn.. the pro- crets to be given, to the Earl Haig's Poppy Day Fund.
It is understood that he will per- sonally conduct the auction either before, or the close, of next Tues- day's exhibition at the Hongkong Cricket Club.
It should also be noted that at the express desire of Messrs. Tilden and Vines, the exlubillon tennis matches on Monday and Tuesday next will start at 3 paw, sharp instead of at 3.30 as originally arranged.
BOXING
TITLE
Offer For Braddock To Meet Louis
New York, Nov, 11. Mr. Herman Taylor of Philadelphia has offered James J. Braddock, the heavyweight boxing champion of the world, a sum of $400,000 to meet Joe Louis, the famous negro boxer, in a twelve-round bout for the title. According to the offer, the fight is to take place. at Atlantic City on February 22, 1037.
Jee Gould, Braddock's manager,
has tentatively "accepted the offer, apparently believing that he has found a loop-hole in the contract re- quiring that the champion's first fight in defenec of his title be against Max Schmeling In June next- United Preas.
League Starts
On Monday Next
C.R.C. ENTER
The Hongkong badminton C.R.C. league season starts on Mon.!
Monday,
day evening next with a pro- gramme of men's doubles in Free Lancers both "A" and "B" Divisions. ¡Rcerelo "V** Yesterday, at a meeting of the Executive Committee, it was agreed.
A
M.D.
v. Recreio “A”
November 23
v, St. Andrew's "A" v. Recreio "A"
Monday, November 30
V. C.R.C.
10 accept the entry of the Free Free Lancers Lancers to compeld in the "A" Divi- St. Andrew's "A" v. Recreio "A" slon of the men's doubles and thei mixed doubles, while a late entry put in by Chinese Recreation Club for the mixed doubles was also necepted.
MEN'S DOUBLES
"B" DIVISION
Monday, November 16
CRC, however, will have to mutually arrange their fixtures with the clubs, as the entry was put in after the official fixtures and been Kowloon compiled.
It was announced that the offtelal
Tong "B" v. St. John's
handbook would be ready for dis-St Andrew's "i" v. Kowloon tribution after November 20. In the
meantime, here are the carly fixtures King's College in the league.
TEAM
St. John's
v. S. and S. Home Chinese Y.M.C.A. v. Kowloon
Tong "A"
King's College v. V.RC.
Monday, November 30
S. and S. Home v. Kowloon.
Tong "" Chinese X.M.C.A, v, St. Andrew's "B" St. John's'
. V.R.C. Kowloan
Tong "A" y. King's College
MIXED DOUBLES
Friday, November 20
Kowinan Tang Reerela "A"
v. Free Lancers v. St. John's Friday, November 27, Kowloon Tong Free Lancers
Tong "A"
v. 8, and S. Home
V.R.C.
v. Chinese Y.M.C.A.
MEN'S DOUBLES
"A" DIVISION
Monday, November 23
Kowloon
v. St. Andrew's "A" i
Tong "B" v. St. Andrew's "D"
Y. Recrelo "B" v. Reerelo "A" Friday, December 4 Kowloon Tong v. St. John's Recreio "1"
Monday. November 10
Recreio "B"
Y. Recreio "A"
A THRILLING RACE FINELY WON
FAST TRACK|
BUT NO RECORDS
THE LEADING JOCKEYS
BEST RACE OF THE AFTERNOON
GLADIATOR'S SMART WIN
BEAR CLAW
IN GREAT FORM
The Griffins Cup Won Handsomely
(By "Captain Foster") The salient feature of the the
Herod was the only absentee in agening event, the Surrey Tenth Extra race meeting held Handicap over o mile for "A" class last Saturday at the Valley China, ponies, while Oak Bay ran was the brilliant performance under his new colours instead of the usupi Dunbar's pink with Freen of Mrs. Dunbar's Bear Claw hoops; the new owner was untucky over this year's Derby winner, to lore by a short head. There were Honeymoon Eve, in the classic only 10 backers out of a total of event, the Hongkong Griffins passed the wire first, he would have 1.349 tickets sold and had Oak Bay
The greatest uncertainty was seen Cup. Additionally interesting paid over
$300. This pony under in the Hongkong Grilling Cup over the fact King's Warden Mr. Davis took the lead at the Derby winner, Honeymoon Eve and the champion course when, this year's and Soldier of Britain
the barrier followed by were ease of among the "Also Rans" in the diator, King's Warden and Wild King's Lend, who was second in, the the half Blue Riband, succumbed to Mrs. Life, and
before reaching the half Dunbar's bay gelding
ling Bear Claw. Surrey Handicap for "A" class mile beacon Soldier of Britnin was uni China ponies.
last notes in the field.
Mention was made in my Rounding bend Oak Bay increased his lead and that I could not advocate the claims at this juncture was fully two lengths of Bear Claw as against Honeyincon ahead of Soldier of Britain, who in Eve, but, I changed my mind after turn was over three lengths in front the gallop of last Friday morning of Gladiator.
when Bear Claw did the half-a-mile Mr. S. Y. Liang on Cossack's Beauty was riding a walt 1.0.2/5-and he bled the little other alternative had no jaunt. I race and he came on the outside but to up him 'in my
Anul selections when entering the straight,
The field was well clustered at the and the order of the finish was as
prognosticated. but the toll of poundage
The crash of the favourites started in the first race and they went under in a steady stream while the only one to turn up was Bear Claw who pald, $8.20 for a win.
flelds were on the Although the
small side, the belling was better
than in the previous meeting and this can be ganged by the returns published by the Hongkong Jockey Club as follows:
second
distonew
The main aspect of the race was.
in which convincinit manner Bear Clow annexed the classic event the best grifos of this sca- among the s
son. In a good send-off, the
pony
umped to the front accompanied by Eve on his near side Honeymoon
the
CONT Pre-Muse |
Win
34
Flore
November
Tark Mutu
Win
1ince
in ticketa melis
1,094
научи
1,3000
1,00
1.432
1,602
NOT
73%
1,499
2,2HQ
2,745,
1,4450
1.715
2011
1.474
2015
#43
2,02%
2126
ลาง
2,444
2 634
ANGL
1,599
4.414
2,301
2,259
2 14
2,297
16289
17.372
2.000
19.522
Kart ther
Eth
*Notes
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will be seen. that under the heating "Win", there were 2,303 le-
with King's Lead and Boolat Bay following in the rear, Passing the the Judy's box for the first time, 481
jockey on Honeymoon Eve bad his hands full to steady the pulling nare, but, at the football stand Mr. S. C. Llant gave her the rein and there was a sharp spl up the rock
kets more than the meeting held onj Kirk Warden. All the pontes were between Bear Claw and Honeymoon
October 24, whilfe under "Place", the Agure dropped by 2,031.
es-
The golns! was, exceptionally Fast but no record time was inblished although the meeting was held under Ideas weather.
was telling on Soldier of Britain and | „***
hard pressure, hut, Gladiator just managed to clinch the
by a mruction of an ineh while) shert head separated Oak Bay and Ceck Beauty. A length behind crume of Sobiler of Britain followed by King's Warden and this was the Mr. S. C. Llang (Tientsin) was inl latter's first umplared outing of this stood form to story three winning) season. mounts, incltuling Derby Day andį Perfert Day eward by 1.5. Nj
It wres the best race of the after. Chau and Messrs. Chau Bros. noon and I am sure that the public! pectively. By riding two winners, had not seen before a better Onishi Mr. 11. Black has consolidated bis of the "A" Plass punies. Wild Life position as the potential champion cum in for a fair share of the bet Jockey of this seasom, while Mr. Y. ting but she was no class in this T. Fung broke the ice by registering| sertion. his first win of the year on Gladin- for.
WINNING JOCKEYS
rus-
-As a matter of interest, the follow- in is a hal of jockeys who have more than ten Wins see January 1,
A¶r, DBstack
Mr. N. Deitz
Mr. L. G. Frost Mr. S. Y. Liang Mr. H. C. Pih
27wlus
13 12
Mr. Black is heading the list while Messrs. Deitz and H. C. Pih have 20 vins cach. Strathroy is certain to provide Mr. Black with a win in the
The Jockeys Were Dreaming
AT START OF THE
KENT HDCP
live.
The
and
former was always holding own while coming down the hill, Bear Claw Increased his lead and there was at least three lengths between the two ponies bufore enter- in the straight for the home run. init with the full use of the whip Honey-
Inoon
Eve could not make any impression on the lender and Bear had the stretch to himself Claw romping home in
in easy fashion.. IL seemed, though I might be wrong, that this nag must take the lead, for I noticed that his last two outings were run in this style
However on
his present form Mrs. Dunbar's ster must win the St. Leger. Bear Claw won the Hongkong Griffins Cup over 1 niles in 2.30.375 and was not jaessed.
SOME - ANXIOUS MOMENTS
FOR THE DAILY
DOUBLE PUNTERS
The second leg of the dally double, on the Sussex Handicap ("E" class Favoured with a good start, Mr. China ponles), gave the 61 success-
St. Lager to be run un Grayburn's Tyne ably ridden by the ful backers of the first leg some an 21, but it will not be easy navler jockey Mr. S. L., Yuen passed board shot high with a list of 10 xious moments when the telegraph for either Deltz or Fih to draw level the wire first by two lengths in front starters. It will be reentled that at
coming meeting. Mr Leb.
at the
Frost is on the Jew's number but I f King's Bounty who came in the previous meeting this "E" class xpect that Bear Claw will bring second in the Kent Handicap over race was a novice event and under him out at the St. Leger's meeting six furlongs. This race was run in the circumstances it was not easy 1.39.3/5, which was a creditable
to "get a line" on all the runners.
However, Popular Stor was DOUBLE FINESSE performance for "C" class China heavily backed, but, the more gave
OUT
OF LUCK
JUST PIPPED BY PERFECT DAY
ponies.
of
up the bit at the distance and she was in the ruck at the finish.. It seemed to me that many novices
led the pack at the word "go" were dreaming which the tape was followed by Ballos, Cassius, Old released by Mir, Alec Potts, for be- Star, Emergency Call, and the rest fore the tulf mile post was reached, in close attendance. There was no all the racers were well strung out, change going up the Black Rock, but,
entering the straight the order Throughout the race Tyne had too running was Popular Star, Cassius, A GREAT RACE
nuch of a lead, and after a belated Old Star, Dallos, King's Parade and challenge by King's Bounty,
suddenly Mr. Emergency Call. Then Double Finesse, after a sequence Grayburn's candidate won easily by Old Star took the advantage to
Popular Star dropped back, while unpincer nutings, ron two lengths. to Perfect Day by a short hund In! the Cantala Iandleap for "B" class
of seven
+
come through the rail and she maintained win a grim fight the lead till the more was pipped at the cross line by Emergency Call Australian ponies and it was a pity between High Honour, Valorous and under the able
that this more,
in
be
However, there
The combination of Tyne and Emergency Call paid $297.00
guidance of Mr. sired by Double Jungle Jim for the third position In Black, shor: hend separated Court, did not break the ice to keep the frame und the verdict went to these two steeds while a length be- company with her sister, Derby Day,
the first named pony. Tyne pald hind came Cassius.
King's Parude finished $59.40 for a win and this was the fourth wille Balies would have been a good who won the "A" class event early the afternuom Had Double
of the afternoon. In the limelight he had, not in-. biggest dividend Finesse
The first leg of the double was cncurred the penalty of 7 lbs on ac- won, her time would equal to the record
this event and there were .01 tickets count of his win at Macño. now held by sold on the sleed. Bobalak Stur, and it was the last stelde of Perfect Day that robbed her of the golden opportunity. It wns a close shave. As Perfect Day was carrying less than the weight for inches as per scule, his time of 1.17.2/5 connot be considered us equal to the record, but, the Jockey deserves a pat on th back for tim- ing his mount to a nirety.
DERBY DAY
*
EASY TRIP
HAD
But Bobniak Was Disappointing
As predicted, Derby Day (Mr. S. C. Liang) had no difficulty in annex-|
BEST FIELD. OF-
THE DAY.
But Zero Faded Qut Of The Picture
talnty, but, the
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The best field of the day was seen. Blandford held a prominent post-ing the Nallah Nullah Handicap con- In the Suffolk Handicap for tion up to the mile post but petered fined to "A" class Australian ponics, class competitors over five furlongs, while Bobniak Star, the red hot and 12 napirants lined up for the out about fifty yards from home and favourite. But nowhere. The Int- was of course made a red hot cer a very disappointing Sprint. Zero, ridden by Mr. Proulx, was nosed out by Racing Heart for display to third place. Honey, who was made ter is the present holder of record declare may dividend owing to the company could not second favourite, was left at the time, 1.17.2/5 for six furlongs and post and finished nowhere.. It is when this cob established it, Bobnink, fact that the mare failed to strike Journed that Mr. R. M. Sandbach Star was carrying 105 lbs, whereas her usual form. Zero had
a good R.N., who made his debut in the above event he had only 140 plart and was chased by all the good Streamline, hus rode several win lbs. to shoulder and the race was ung. She was leading at the three ners at Gibraltar and Malta, and I run in 1.17.1/5. It would be inter- furlongs post, but, when Pride of am sure that he will do well on eating to know what was the cause Tsinglao, Diogenes, Cavalcade and Australian ponies,
(Continued on Pape D.)
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