THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
1938.
SILKYLIGHT FAVOURED FOR THE HONGKONG DERBY
A FINE GALLOP RETURNED
LAST WEEK-END
MR. ERIC MOLLER MAY
SCORE FIRST WIN .
(By "Captain Foster")
After such a fine performance by Mr. Eric Moller's Silkylight over the champion course, we need not go very far to find the winner of the Hongkong Derby for China ponies, griffins of this season. The gallop took place at the Race Course, Happy Valloy, last Sunday before a record crowd of owners and racing en- thusiasts and the going was on the fast side.
Chlef
·
the Russian Mr. Eric Moller was the Jockey for So optimistic Was trainer of putting up a grand show all the "Chlefa" ponies. that the stable companion, Colorado Slar, Rn Australian sub-griffin' of the this season, was loaned to do "amah" work and Sillylight came through the test with flying colours. It was not a very nice morning for the early birds, owing to the heavy mist hanging around the various quarter mile posts, but a special watch was kept on all the ponies und ONL of the energetic ume- keepers was just in the nick of time
FORECAST POOL ON DERBY
One Nomination Suggested
(By "Captain Foster")
The Hongkong Jockey Club is conducting a forecast pool on the Hongkong Derby, on all entered ponies, whether they subsequently. start or not.
cuinted
The pool, less Government tax) and commission to the Club, will be divided equally among the nomina- first three tors who forecast the ponics past the post in the Hong- kong Derby in the correct order,
The conditions of the pool are too lengthy to reproduce In this column to all the members of the but they have been cir-
Club and extra nomination forms In the following year Mr. Moller may be obtained at the Treasurers' was again here in the interest of Office, Excliango Building; the Club Sir Ellis Kadoorie, Borneo Chier House, Happy Valley; the Stables, winning, the Ladles Purse and Fillan Shan Kwong Road; the Hongkong
was third in the Champion Club, or the Sports Club. Stakes. In 1916 Australian
Chier
The cost of each forecast is as
former heavyweight was made a red hot favourite
MAXIE TOURS FOR BUDDY.-Max Baer, for follows-
$1 before 5 pm. on
boxing champion of the world, poum a cheering cup for his brother the Blue Riband, but the jockey had
February 7,
Buddy, who aspires to occupy the position in the boxing ring Max former- to be contented with a second place
$2 between 5 p.m. on Monday, ly held. Maxle was in the news agala recently as a result of Tommy for Sir Paul's Perfection Dahlia was
Three
February 7 and
Farr's refusal to Oght him. The Welshman has already beaten him once years later, Mr. too good.
5 p.m. Molier was racing on joint account
before. on Monday, February 14, with Mr. A. M. L. Soares and their
$5 between 5 p.m. on Monday, "dead out" in the classle "ching" when the above two
February 14, and steeds flashed past the 14 miles event. His last placing was in 1922
3 p.m. on Pride when he piloted Roman
Monday, post. They jumped off with 35.2/5
February 21. seconds for the first quarter while (owned by the late Mr. Hector Sas-
The following nominations have soon, brother to Sir Victor) to 11 the second stanza was call peceler scrond position in the Hongkong been received for the Hongkong 34 seconds. The speed was ated to 32.1/5 seconds for the third Derby and his last appearance as a Derby:- quarter, but the fourth was per-jockey, I belleve, was in 1925 riding formed in 31 seconds and the whole Journey was timed in 2.11.2/5,
to
Inici
WAR
Monday,
Advancing Time, A Star, Black
for the late Sir Paul Chater. Al-Bay, Cameronlan, Confusion Bay, though he has not been donning the Desert Chief, Elizabeth, Expression silk jacket for a long whille, Mr. Time, Forgotten Star, Fowey, Half- Moller's experience of our course, Moon Eve, Handicap Eve, Harmony especially the sharp corners, will be Eve, Hyndford Bridge, Jober, Just In a useful guidance and a great help Time, Klug's Prejudice, Lancashire to his son in capturing the much Bey, Lancashire Lass, Lovely Star, Lucky, Moonlight View, National coveted Hongkong Derby.
Pride, Nokomis, Pinfarthings, Silky- Dalit, Sublight View. The Glant Panda, and Viber.
The first "Forecast Pool" at one dollar will be closed on Monday be- fore 5 p.m. at the Treasurers' Office, Exchange Building and I suggest one nomination:-
It cannot be said that the run was one of the fastest gallops ever wit- nessed at Happy Valley among the Derby griffins in preparation for the Blue Riband, for at this Ume Inst year Mrs. Dunbar's fed Feather
NEXT BEST GALLOP covered the same jaunt in 2.41 flat, but the manner, in which the Shang-
The next best gallop was that of! hal owner's only nomination for the big classic event come running down Harmony Eve, Half-Moon Eve and the home stretch, must have thrilled Handicap Eve, all going together everyone, the chronometer register- over the same track, and they took in 28.4/5 2.43 to cover the circuit, the first seconds. It will be seen that the named Anishing a neck ahead
Eve and Handicap Eve Half-Moon last half-a-mile was just inside of a minute, but the last three-quarters was many lenguas ace between this
It of a mile was done in 1.32 and the trial and that performed by
was a big difference last mile was negotiated in 2.00. 12 Shanghai representative Silkylight, was without doubt a creditable per- formance, for the brown stallion of Sir Victor's three nominations were Mr. Moller was not pressed nor was not only hard pressed, but the use the application of the whip adminis- of the whip was in full swing and tered. The gallop was an impres-ven then the home run took 30 the nominator being Mr. D. Green
ing the last
quarter
sive one and for the time being I cannot advocate the claims of any other griffin against Mr. Moller's candidate for the Hongkong Derby. Silkylight will be ridden by Mr. R. B. Moller and it is to be hoped that he will capture the Blue Riband for -his-father-
NEVER WON DERBY Like many other first class joc iceys, the grand old timer, Mr. Eric
seconds.
of
HAS
Alikyfight Desert Chief National Pride
with Confusion Bay, Harmony Eve the and Moonlight View to make up six starters giving 120 possible COM- binations.
Mr. Dunbar's aspirant, Confusion Bay, was tested over the same dis- Lance and the circle was galloped in 2.48,
and home in 29.3/5 seconds. This pony went alone and it was, therefore, a satisfactory run.
All eyes were focussed on Mr. Eu Tong-sen's chestnut atallion, Desert Chief, with Mr. Encarnacno up. when it appeared on the course, but the combination had only a steady trip over 1% miles and the journey was covered in 2.52 with 31 seconds
Moller, hina not ridden a winner in the Hongkong Derby, but he was placed on several occasions, the firs
the last quarter.. The Jockey being 38 years ago.
Mr. Moller was no doubt feeling the pony and made his debut here as a jockey it seemed that he was
quite satis- 1809 when he steered Ute, owned by fled with his mount. Desert Chief the late Capt. Lambton of 11. M. S. is not a lazy worker, but his stride, Powerful, to victory in the Wong- when he gets going, is something to Nel-Chong Staktca whilst in the write home about and he will, following year he was riding for estimation, be Silkylight's chief op the late Mr. David Gillies, manuger ponent. of the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co. Mr. Gillies' grifila, Diplo mat, was second in the
the Hongkong
and the Inte
It will be recalled that last year there was only one correct forecast, of the Dunlop Rubber Co.
Paragraphs To Remember
(By "Captain Foster")
With the latest arrival at three Northern Jockeys, Messrs. C. En- carnaco, V. V. Needa and J. Pulc- Hunt, and a few more, Messrs. 11. Maitland, R. B. Moller, A. Noodt and T. L. Wong to follow, the attendance my of regular followers of the turf has played by several China sub-grins, been increased and the form dis- has doubled the interest centred in
AUSTRALIA IN
DAVIS CUP Offers Challenge In American Zone
Washington, Feb. 3. Contrary to earlier reports, Australia has challenged for the Davis Cup in the 1938 competition. As was the case last year, she has challenged in the American Zone and has been drawn to meet Mexico, which practically ensures her to play Japan in the Zone Final.
-The draw
of the 1838-competition was made here to-day by Mr. Cordell Twenty-five countries have chal- Hull, the US Secretary of State. lenged for the trophy, now held by the United States.
Great Britain, which relinquished the Cup to the Americans last year, has been drawn against Rumania fri the first round of the European Zone. ----The following-is-the-result-of-the draw:
France Poland
EUROPEAN ZONE (FIRST ROUND)
v. Netherlands V. Denmark
MACAO MEETING PROSPECTS
Six Events To
to
Be Contested
Advancing Time (Mr. J. Pote- the Valley Stakes over six furlongs. Maiden Hunt) and Nokomis (Russian boy) The gallop of Charybdis, with Mr. Stakes, but Strategist came third in were given a good spin over a mile J. Pote-Hunt in the saddle, over 14
Derby Mr. Toog's Shannon was placed circle. They
and they took 2.13.1/5 to tour the mites in 2.54.1/5 has given us al
ate, in third in the Champion Stakes. In
my opinion, plenty of food to think, but the trial of Golden Cow over the same route 1985 Mr. Moller rode Halifax, owned only sprinters.
in 2.55.1/5 has been considered by the Shanghai stable Windgard, to National Pride, a certain starter be R better rut The former lowest posiilen in the frame, but for the Hongkong Derby, is looking finished the last quarter in 32.3/6 in 1913 he was racing on his own extremely well and bis gallop over seconds while the latter was a
a fifth under the style of "Cire" and his the champion course in 2.49.276 was of den Cow in 2.13.1/6 was for the auspices of the Macao Jockey pony Sunlight finished behind the
quite impressive. winner, Fijina Chief, ridden by
the
the Hong- Mrs.
of
(By "Captain Foster")
The February Race Meeting under
a second slower, but the last mile
better
than
Charybids time of
be Club will be held at Arela Preta on late Mr. John Jonstone in
Pearce's Hyndford Bridge 2.17.2/5. The difference could
explained. Charybdis kong Derby, the latter peny being with Mr. Needs in the saddle went easily
took Sunday when nice programme ofj owned by the then Mr. Ellis Ka- very badly over 14 miles, the last 36.4/5 seconds for the first quarter six events will be contested. doorie. It was, however, the late quarter being 32.2/6 seconds.
while Golden Cow's time for the Sir Ellis Kudoorle's first and only
I liked the gallop of Viber and same distance was 42 seconds flat. Bluc Riband victory and it is inter- esting. to relate that prior to this, Jober over a mile, the latter anish- ing the last half-a-mile in 1.01.2/5 will be quite useful for short dis-k tance events.
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The s.s. Kinshan will
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Ireland
v Italy Czechoslovakia v. Yugoslavia Britain
v. Rumania BYES INTO SECOND ROUND
V.
Top Half-Germany v. Norway:: Hungary New Zealand; and Monaco, who will meet the winner of the Francs v. Netherlands tie.
Bottom_Half.-Sweden v. Swit zerland: Greece v. Belgium; and "Austria "v. India.”
Japan Mexico
AMERICAN, ZONE (FIRST ROUND)
V. Canada
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Cricket Notes
Reflections On Club-Services Annual Match
LAST WEEK'S HOLIDAY GAMES UNDER REVIEW
Considerations of time and space (sounds like H. G. Wells doesn't it?) prevented my publishing any reflec- tions upon the Club and Services match in my last article. I propose to imitato a method which will be familiar to regular readers of the Cricketer and to put comments in the form of a series of points.
1. That there was very little in il as regards the wicket or the light and although the Club possibly lost a little through having to bat second, the wicket was very little if any worse in the fourth innings than i had been in the Brst.
3. That in the first innings the Club'a bad catching in the silps let the Services score 163 when they should have scored at most 120 and probably legs.
3. That after two or three overs en Monday morning Paxton (es- pecially) and Godby and Hatfield bowled really excellently, the latter with the very poorest of luck.
4. That, in spite of the good bowling the complete collapse of the middle of the Club can only be ex- plained by bail cricket and nerves.
5. That it was a mistake to take of Paxton at ali at the end of the first innings and that the Club would never have got to 183 if he had stopped on-let alone 183.
Northampton Draws With Palace
London, Feb. 3. In the Southern Section of the Third Division In the Eng- Bish Football League, Nor- thampton, playing at home, drew with Crystal Palaco to- day, each side scoring once.- Router.
draw. They owe practically every- thing to Webb who got 69. It will be interesting to see how he does for Army B when they next play. They have no fixtures for a week or two I belleve:
SUNDAY'S GAMES
un-
6. That after the collapse of the Services' first five wickets, Raw- The game between the first and storne, Godby and Chiverall brought second elevens of the K.C.C. took of a very fine recovery. They were place on Sunday last and illustrated up against bigger crisis than were very well the defect which both the Club batsmen when their rot teams share-the lack of consistent Good individual scores set in and instead of curling up they batting. fought their way out of a well-nigh there were on both sides but there hopeless position.
were far too many failures. How-
second team did 7. That It shows what catching commonly well. Faced by the full
ever, the ran do or can't. Apart from the first innings, had a very hard catch
bowling strength of the rat, (and I was very glad to see Frank Good- been taken off Rawstorne at cover win turning out again) they totalled the Club must have won.
100 runs. I hear that Mulcahy's 69 was a very fine knock indeed. have always considered him a very useful batsman and there are several In the first cleven who are not, so and good as he is. Baxter (20) Perry (21) also did well but then five batsmen running did very little and only Sargent cracked up a 19 at the end. Extras (29) was third highest scorer!
8. That after seeing them several times, and admitting frequent team changes I cannot understand why the Army have not done better in the Leagite.
OTHER SATURDAY GAMES
The K.C.C, second eleven managed to beat the Diocesan School, who started well enough as F. J. Lay got 48 and A. J. M. Prata 34. Except Anderson who seems now quito for Crary, however, no one else got returned to form made an excellent double figures and they were all 83 but Madar, Zimmern, Lloyd and out for 120. Baxter got going at Bambro all falled while O'Bryen last and made 62 for K.C.C. who could only manage 12. Teddy Fin- otherwise would have been rather cher got 10 but he is only a shadow
As it was they won up against it.
of himself (in the cricket by two wickets.
any, of course) this season and I think his tennis and golf have made him
Fincher a blt stale. Ernle elected to have one of his brilliant day's and rattled up 57 very quickly. The first eleven won by three wickets, I gather.
UNIVERSITY CRICKET
sense
-Reuter.
AN EXCITING GAME (Until quite recently, some of the Jeading Australian players
The Club second had quito against the country's entry this year because they felt that hey needed a strong side out against the Navy
tennis second at King's Park but the scar rest from the continuous which they had been
playing. Ing was slow and small, only 251 Evidently, the success of Adrian runs being scored for twelve wickets. Quist and John Bromwich in the N. F. Fox, Armstrong, and Bidwell the Australian were almost entirely responsible for
The University Alunni did very doubles they won championship against Don Budge and the Club's total of 120 for 5 declared. nicely against the Varsity for though and The Navy were without Waymouth Ernie Zimmern opened with a blob Gene Mako (United States) Cram Baron Gottfried von
and and D'Arey Evans (sick) and Hut D. Hung (32), F. R. Zimmern (70). Henner Henkel (Germany)-and the ley (playing for the Services), but da Silva (35) and K. T. Loke (21 Ünt form shown by the singles Church took the burden of the game not out) all got going. Faced with players, particularly Bromwich, are on to his shoulders and, with stout 190 for five declared, the University factors which have swung the scales Bid from Webster and Collins, made were not down-hearted and most of
a good effort to get the runs in favour of participation.)
but them got runs. M. C. Hung (40 not stumps were drawn when sight out) and K. 5. Oh (37) were top imore runs were still needed.
scorers in 101 for six-by no means
bad performance.
Owen-Smith Leaves England
ANOTHER DRAW
As usuni 1. Alt was the mainstay of the IFLC. second's batting, and
TO-MORROW
There is a full programme to- although he went in number five hemorrow in the First League. So far knocked up 71 against the Civil as form goes the Army should beat Service. A K. Minu and K. M. the Navy, Recreio loso to Craigen- Rumjahn got double figures and sogower and IR.C. beat the Civil did N. Singh, but the rest did very Service. The latter game, however, little. Robertson had the excellent is by no means a certainty and f figures of 13.4-4-37-6 while Muc-Baker finds his best farm Civil Ser- Gowan's three for thirty in thirteen vice may well win. At Kowloon I overs was A good performance. rather expect to see a draw. I have The other three bowlers tried how-not yet seen the Club side but real-
AB ever were expensive. usually it depends a good deal if there is The best all-round athlete of the Daniell did very well getting his collapse on either side., On the
London, Dec. 30.
Stakes' course, the latter winning by and It is learned that the first prize day, 11. G. Owen-Smith, iz return-half century for the C.S.C.C. while whole the odds are rather on the
in
All Baba was given a test over the ber, 1030) will be issued on applien- Derby course and he took 3.42.3/5 tion to the Secretary. These Badges | la circle 11⁄2 miles, romping home in are not transferable and in no cir- 32.2/5 seconds. His lost half-a-mile cumstances may they be used by was covered in 1.08 and the milo THE any person other than the Member was done in 2.21 fat. For a China to whom they are issueð.
subscription griffin it was certainly a good performance and it will not Each member is entitled to two surprise me to see this bay gelding Lady's Badges (one Brooch and one of Messrs. La and Edgar copturing Cardboard Badgo) free of charge. These are valid for the whole of the the Sports Club Cup, 1030 Racing Season and may be transferred at will.
Hogmanay
Fairy Auk Coureur Bleu
GOOD LUCK HANDICAP
Holliesay Hay Gold Clauso
for
THE JUNIOR DIVISION
The Pulsne Judge, Mr. R. E. Lind- sell, and his partner, the Vice-chair- usual pler at 9.30 am, returning at
Abraham) (Mr. Ezra
17 p.m., instead of the usual 6 o'clock. of man
A special dollar cash sweep is be-| K.C.C., were present to witness the running of Cricketer against John Ing conducted on the main-event, the Peel's Merrick
Valley Victory Handicap, over six furlongs over the
Ing to Natal to-morrow. His early Harper made thirty-his biggest Club though their bowling is pér-` many lengths and I think it would is worth winning. be advisable to start Cricketer
My selections for the first Ave departure after passing his medlent score for some time, I think-no one haps hardly as good as the K.C.C.'s
finals will be regretted by the legion else but Bendall got many, Austin attack. the Wong-Nel-Chong Stakes.
events are as follows:
of friends he has made during the and Paleo just played out time for a draw heavily in the Indion's THE SUN CHUN HANDICAP
neven years he has spent in this favour.
Mentioning the names of the Home country.
SMALL SCORES
Teams first I will try to forecast In that short space of time
what should on form happen in the When I looked at the score-sheet | games in the Junior Division 10- Owen-Smith, who hit up a century
of the Recreio-La Salle match 1 felt morrow. Civil Service. I fear, wil South Africa against England like saying, as Brugglesmith did of not hold the Army "A" though it at Leeds in 1920, has won Blues of the dinghy "Loah, how innumer Daniells gets going they may bring Oxford for Rugby foolball, cricket, ble
second should Gosanos!" However, off a draw. Navy Are the and boxing, gained ten caps at full- the effect was partly caused by the bent Recreio but they have been back for England, whom he cap-fact that two of them bowled and skating over thin ice for the last I found there were only four play-two matches. The Club second tained last season when they woning in all. Recreto scored 27 (1), J. should beat K.C.C. unless the Intter the triple crown, played cricket for Gonno taking 7 for 10 and A. side play a great deal better than Middlesex, and been a hospital box- Arculli 3 for 17, while La Balle they have been doing recently, I Ing champion,
reached the total of sixty! However frankly have no idea what will what do small scores matter? I am happen in the Felice and INC. Another South African who plans delighted to find a new cricket alde game unless 1. All and K. M. Rum- an early return to his native coun- In the field and I wish them luck. Jahn are outed at once. Then try, in J. D. Low, the Cambridge F. M. el Arculli's team was too back the Police. Finally I ace 'no Rugby captain, who learnt his foot-strong for the RA.M.C., containing way in which C.C.C. can lose to ball at Dover College, and gained as it did several members of the University and I should be strongly his Blue in 1030. Last season Low LLC. first eleven. They hit up 187 of opinion they would win were
for eight wickets-of which four not for the much improved form of af were
rellred-but the RA.M.C. the Varsity with the bat lately. managed to hang on long enough to
R. ABBIT,
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THE SHEUNG YUEN HANDICAP
Mr. F. Marshall has been definite- ly booked to pilot Fei Ying who was En- Admission to the Members' closure can only be gained upon given a slow mile in 2.32.1/5 but the production of badges, which may be home run was impressive. Although THE worn throughout the duration of carnaceo went nicely over a mile slow, Smiling Thru with Mr. En- each meeting in mich a manner as
and I was much impressed with his to be readily identified,
ueflon. Planchet (Mr. Needa)
of running over the champion THE Every care should be taken of fuli. Badges and Brooches throughout the course and Arablan Cat covered six year. In the event of loss, duplicates furlongs in 1,41.2/5 registering 31.2/5 will only be issued on payment of seconds for the last quarter which
should be noted.
120 | $10 each.
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