THE HONGKONGEN
LADY OWNERS SUCCESSFUL IN FIRST EXTRA MEET
"CAPT. FOSTER" REVIEWS LAST WEEK'S RACING
FAST TIMES IN A DAY
OF CLOSE FINISHES
The First Extra race meeting of the Hongkong Jockey Club last Saturday at Happy Valley was held before a record crowd of enthusiastic punters and the meeting was graced by the presence of His Excellency the Governor, Sir Geoffry Northcote, His Ex- cellency Vico-Admiral Sir Percy L. H. Noble, Commodore E. B. C. Dicken and all the Stewards of the Club with the exception of Mr. H. G. Sheldon who is on leave.
Among the owners, the ladies were in high spirits, leading in four win- ners, but the success of their ponies was not "arm-chair" rides to Mesura, Proulx (three wins) and Raymond. Miss P. Scott Harston started the ball rolling in the opening event with her black gelding, Araxy, but Mrs. Stanion followed the trail by scoring
consecutive
her wins with two candidates, Oak Bay and Rex, and
Mrs. Taggart closed the gymkhana with her new acquisition, Lancashire
cup.
INOVICE'S
INITIAL
VICTORY
Handicap Eve Wins Loiterers' Stakes
round
mare had sat sill,
Chips, in the Moonic Ponds Hand-Yeung Wing-sing, had a look-over Handicap Eve, piloted by Mr. the course in the Lolterers Stakes It must have been a source of great before Mr. Alec Potts released the sailsfaction to Mr. Benny Proulx barrier, but the jockey managed to who weighed out seven times, being pull up the mare after having toured she and even then placed on five occasions and steering once four steeds to victory. Mr. Proulx's secured the verdiet by a short head opportunity of securing a "hat trick" against the second pony, Lancashire was frustrated by Mrs. Stanton's Luss, ridden by Mr. C. L. Gregory. Rex, ably piloted by Mr. A. W. Ray- Without prejudice, if the rider on mond of Shanghai, who broke the the second ice by registering his first win at the wo
he would not surprise me in the lenst recorded un- Happy
Valley, Mr. D. Black also if Mr. Gregory had"
winners in of rode a
In double other win to his credit. There was quick time, but his chance of a triple and it the most vital point of the no necessity for him to turn race, especially in the last hundred yards, and striking his nog with his right hand, thus losing control of tis mount out of her stride. However, his and furthermore putting seat it was certainly a good race between Handicap Eve, Lancashire Loss and Humdrum Eve, the verdict being a short head and the same separated the second and the third.
hls "duck" in
was also let down in the last race. It was no doubt a happy day for Mr. Yeung Wing-sing, novice, to
break in piloting Handicap Eve to win the Lotterers Stakes, the black mare of Sir Victor Sassoon going round the course once before the red flag went down. Credit must be given to Mr. Needs who just man aged in the nick of ume to cross the wire first with Planchet by n short head and the sub-champion, Louis XIV, met his "Waterloo" in the Tylum Handicap "A" division after a great battle.
CHARYBDIS FAILS
The fullure of Charybdis, who finished third, was a terrible knock
mathematicians to those 1,173
of
training times who did not reckon the chance of the huge monster, Sea Dragon, in the Tytam Handicap "" division, and this grey gelding of the shipping magnate (Mr. S. T. William- son) with the assistance of Mr. D. Black atcered a straight course to romp home first, handing out $260.20 "for a win to the joy of 46 puntera. There were in addition a few "julcy" dividends over the fifty mark while the combination of Planchet und Sea Dragon for the "Dally Double" paid $5,062 to only one backer. This was the biggest since the inception of the Daily Double Events and the lucky nominatior, I understand, was Mr. A. Edgar of Messrs. Ellis and Edgar. It is interesting relate that at about this time last year, Mrs. T. E. Pearce was the solitary nomina- tor of the combination King's Justice and Wild Cut und she received $3,904.40 for her nomination.
to
LADY NORTHCOTE OUT OF LUCK
Gladiator Just Beaten By Oak Bay
not, Lady Northcote hnd
most decidedly, the element of luck with her conditiate, Gludintor, in the "All Out" Stakes over six furlongs when her nomination succumbed to Mra. Stanton's Oak Bay by a short head. Although leading all the way, Oak Bay was labouring when nearing the distance post; in fact Gladiator pass- ed him after this point, but after a ding-dong race down the straight Oak Buy's nose caught the judge's eye in the right time. It was a great pity that the Jockey on her Lady- ship's racer did not carry a whip, for a stroke of the cane would perhaps have reversed the decision.
LOUIS XIV BEATEN BY
The Derby winner and champion PLANCHET
China pony, Skylight, captured
the main event, the Hongkong Handi-
cap "A" division, in casy fashion,
Mr. Needa Rides
but King's Lead, who came in second
in the "sretion, was disqualified
It
Mr.
A Good Race
As was anticipated, the adjustment
for not drawing the weight and was hard luck to the owner, T. E. Pearce. It will be recalled that the boring in of King's Lead to- wards the rails in the Hongkong Derby of 1930 robbed the owner of the much coveted Blue Riband.
There were several close Bnishes and the meeting was, without a shadow of doubi, a huge success from
of poundage favoured one of the low
The
caught
Lo Brothers Out Of Tennis Tournament
The Tyta
Planchet (Ngeda), after (winnis,
First Extra
Race Meeting
Handicap Eve (Young)
The "Lailerors”: Slakes
A composite picture taken at the First Exten Race Meeting held fast Saturday. His Excellency the Governor, Sir Geoffry Northcote, is seen in the middle picture talking to Mr. E. W. Hamilton, the Superintendent of Imports and Exporis. (Photo: G. II. Blok).
DERBY WINNER NOT EXTENDED
"Arm-Chair" Ride For Mr. Proulx
Mr. Proulx had an "arm-chalt" ride on Silkylight to annex the main event, the Hongkong Handicap "A" division, over the champion course and. there was no opposition at all. It was indeed a pity that Soldier of Honour, who was fourth, ran.wide! after entering the straight, but I doubt even if he had kept a straight course whether he would have given Skylight a good run for the money.
MACQUARIE RIVER
DISAPPOINTING
Macquarie River was well support- ed in the pari-mutuel in the Rand- wick Plate for non-winning Austra- Ban ponies, but the lnd did not flow fast enough in the home stretch and was beaten by Rex who improved immensely after his last outing.
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ENGLAND
Supplementary DEFEATS
Notes On Last
Week's Cricket
Enjoyable Annual Match At Kowloon C. C.
1s
(By "R. Abbit")
There were two matches in the Second Division of which I rado no mention in my inst article. In the first of these th Indion second eleven made very short work of the Recreio, K. M. Rumjahn and A. K. Minu both got just short of half a century and they were enabled to declare at 137 for 4 wickets,
was a regular member of the en/Rumjshin. Baker, Pereira and Hong
I
team
1
INDIA XI
Hockey Victory By Odd Goal. In Seven
(By The Pilgrim")
Plucky But Unavailing Resistance
FINCHER, HUNG MUCH
TOO GOOD:
(By "Abe")
Play in the Colony Tennis Cham- pionships yesterday fasted Just a iltile ever half an hour, only two matches, one in the singles and one
In
the doubles. being decided. With Lee Wal-tong having everything his own way against Wei Chung, chief Interest lay in the encounter between E. G. Fincher and W. C. lung, and M. W. Lo and M. K. Lo.
The Lo brothers are no longer os fast as they used to be, nor are their strokes as forceful or as ac- curate as of yore; but yesterday they gave glimpses of their old form and, at certain stages of the game, more than held their own. Unfortunately for them, however, they were up
Είνα
who are justly players,
against
regarded as forming one of the best combinations in the
Colom
to
In the circumstances, a victory for the veterans
dimcult visualise, but before going under they put up a surprisingly good fight and in doing so helped Fincher and Hung to provide the brightest tennis seen in the doubles tournament thus
far.
SUPERIOR NETPLAY
The netplay of Fincher and Hung gave them the superiority through- Their out the whole encounter. volleying and smashing were func- tloning well, Fincher's overhead work being particularly good. While ho was quite steady in all other phases of the game, Hung's service was not as rellable as usual, few of his first deliveries falling right, and on one occasion he was foot-faulted by the umpire.
M. K. La's lobbing, normally one of the strongest points of his game, was not always well-judged yester- day, but against this, he performed useful service by his fine retrieving. "M.W." was not content with defen-
sive measures. He played Fincher and Hung at their own game ond Last eventus, there was something often carried the finers with volleys fight but though he for England supporters to shout about which reminded spectators of his on the Police Training Seltool ground best days, his attacking shots lacked win for England over India by consistency and he conceded many four goals to three...
The Indians were the equals of points through erratic play the Englishmen in the finer points
of
Some Ane rallies were seen in this
the game, but they could not, encounter. Despite the fact that compare in finishing and the methods Fincher and Hung won, in straight of the England defence were the more sets, play was quite even, many Hable to hold up the opposing for- games being "deuced. The brothers wards. Every member of the Eng- held their own when they were at land defence was in fine form except the base-line, but they were almost Taylor, the left half, who seemed out-played at the net. very uneasy in his new position, especially in the second half; and
ENGLAND PRESSES England, however, put on pressure
whe
Fincher and Hung were always
LEE WAI-TONG THROUGH Lee Wai-tong's game is too well- developed to be troubled by a player like Wei Chung, and when they met rasterday, China's soccer lonewest
by 0-1, 6-1. An player who devotes a great deal of attention to his game, Wei has not yet reached. Lee Wal-tong's stan dard; he had considerable dificulty in returning his opponent's twisting service and was often deceived by an adroit drop-shot which more
Scores:
drive. Soon after Dunne put Eng- land in the lead from a right-wing centre of S. Fowler. India's defence ums experiencing some gruelling moments, and just before the interval was signalled, Guest sent G. Fowler 6-1. through to give England a further lead of 3-1.
OPEN SINGLES
Lao Wad long beat Wel Chung U-1
OPEN, DOUBLES
throughout the match, Guest had a ahead in the Arst set, but la ure strangle hold on Pritam Nath, India's second the Lo's led 2-1 and 4-3 the
veterans gave a plucky display. crack leader.
Howlett, inside right, and Brown, centre half, were absentees in the England eleven, Parker coming in at inside right and Guest taking over the pivotal berth, I must congratulato A. K. Minu two twos, and a one. K. L. Ng, at England did minutes, but in ticky i on his return to regular cricket, the end, knocked up 15 and Cheng, in the first ten minutes, but in lucky Speaking from memory I fancy it was not out 12, but 68 was all they breakaway, Malik flicked a shot into quite a number of years since he could manage. These runs were hit the circle and Pyura Singh converted
off for the loss of three wickels, it into a goal. first clever and once he has
The brought back he seems to have rb Sling all getting over 20.
welghters, but it was no disgrace to me an appreciable letter addressed Recreio went in N. Singh bowled 12 Donald Anderson was number 9. ; and G. Fowler equalised with a cross often than not left him floundering.
Before concluding, I have before gained a lot of his old form. When order too had been altered a bit as
Louis XIV, who was
and to the Sports Editor of the Hongkong overs unchanged with the beaten at the post by Planchet by a Telegraph by an ardent reader sug-performance. Apart from a 29 by
number figures. Zimmern was
10 and 12-4-13-7. It was a very useful E. L. Gosano number 12. short head. The champion sub-
rin met his fate like all other Eesting the incorporation of a prob. G. Gozano, 8 was the the highest THE VOLUNTEERS BEATEN every point of view which spoke weil predecessors, but Louls XIV went ble list of starters and jockeys in
my notes on the eve of every race score made by any Recrolo batsmen, for the organisation. The feature of
On Sunday a fair down after having given his best and
of the (Continued on Page 9.)"
and they were all out for 62 runs. the gymkhana was the wonderful
Volunteers went up to King's Park It was no joke to concede 18 lbs, to times returned. The going was im
and took on a fairly useful Navy winner. Being the first leg of proving on the meeting progressed
A SURPRISE WIN
team. They wout in first but seemed the daily double, much interest was and the last race, the Moonie Ponds centred on the event and every run-
must "confess that on their to find scoring uncommonly difficull, Immediately after the interval, Handicap over a mile, was won by
R. C. Fincher and W. C. Hung beat ner was respected. The pari-mutuel Dignity made a hasty retreat and it general form this season I did not as during the first hour before Than India took up the offensive and after Mrs. Taggart's Lancashire Chips
M. W. and M. K. Lọ 6-3, 0-4. dribbling between; counters were also in demand and was at this stage thut Louis XIV took expect the K.C.C. to defeat the they only managed to get 28 for a fine bout of (nine pounds over the weight for this could be well gauged by the command of the field for the first Police who have done by no means
wickets. They were subsequently Pyara Singh and Pritam Nath, the -TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME inches) in 1,46, this being only n
return of an aggregate sale of 3,008 tune. He was well ahead of the badly this season. The latter side all out for 82. The chief, feature of latter reduced the deficit with a grand second slower than the track record
tickets for a win and 2.382 tickets pack when rounding the bend for the had, so far as can see, their best the Navy innings was a delightful goal.
Singles Tru}. Waf-pul 'v. A. Chan. held by Saucy Face.
for a place. Louis XIV carried home run and it looked at one time team out and there was no argumentu
Innings by Mid. Wilson, drove
who
After some midfield play, England Doubles -3. W. Leonard and G. almost half of the total for a win, that Louis XIV was going to win in about it. Actually Kowloon
very powerfully and played most dominated the exchanges
Chon v. A.. Crawford and G. C Owe attractive but Salvage Master was the second a common cunter. At this juncture everything to three men, to B. D. finally collected 82.
and free cricket..
Fowler, in a spectacular run down the Burnett, 200 best and it was extraordinary to see the crowd in the Public Stand be- Lay (45)
I that and R. T. Broadbridge
right wing, pecomplished a meritor- that Planchet was following in the came rather excited, for the North- (10), with the bat and to C, B. R. Church, who had bowled so well lous feat when he drew Ramzan out Club singles handicap.J, C. Pool rear with only 75 Uckets less. Ap-ern Jockey brought Planchet on the Sargent with the ball The slow against the University the day be-r
L.M.S. Lloyd, E. R. Childe v. Capti parently the jockey (Mr. Needa) outside berth with a great run and leg break bowler has been in mow fore, again was in the picture, the goal to score, thus giving England. JAH. Douglas, Navey peeled more than the pony and Mr. Tao, on Smiling Thru, had no remarkably good form lately and on against the Volunteer side, which to formation in the Indian attack was
Agures reading 15-4-27-0.
This
Following this roverse a trans-Harvey, A.CL. Bowker v. J.TE I certainly cannot SCC otherwise.
alternative but to follow, Saturday his figures read 7.5.-0-18-6.my mind was quite the equal of a seen. Concentrating on
Evans. There were 11 starters, but Astrik. They got almost on level terms with This, against the Police batting on middle first division team, was uns weakest chain, at left half, Favoured by a good start, Mr.
England's Cuban Love, Meteor
The the favourite at the mile standard its form this year, was a really ex- and
Club_championship --E. E.-Storey Proulx took his mount, Araxy, right
the out to the front in the opening race, Leopard refused to accept, the last and it was a great pleasure then to cellent performance. For the Police, excellent bit of werk.
v. RED. Wodehoure. Indian forwards mado their attacks named being under a alight cloud, see Louis XIV, Planchet and Smiling Pope got 25 before Sargent got his
Club the Hay and Corn Stakes, which was
doubles handicap.-F.. from this quarter. was no delay in the start and Thru tearing down the last hundred revenge, for a.toa yorker which There
Subsequently, Sawal Khan broke through on the Stark and R. 8, Scull, L, R. Andrewes
144 | Harrison and W. Sander 1 v.: 0. a fast run from the 1 milo beacon, and he maintained the lead until the the first to break through
On Sunday last I was privileged right flank and sent in a atter which and E. H: Williams v. A. T. Dow, and was yards, for the threo Jockeys were damaged his foot quite a bit, by
chargera bowling him. Carruthers alone of an Annual fixture, a match between grazed Dobson's foot into the not. winning post was reached, beating National Force followed by Bor-hard at work on their
to attend what seems to be becoming Pritam Nath connected. The bat. D. Bidwell, the second pony, Mac's Adventure, rachito, Piet Hein, National Dignity There was tremendous excitement at the rest made double Agures. by a neck. There were howover and the rest bunched together in the the finish for Mr. Needa had always anxious moments, for Mac's rear. It was not until the football been a public Idol and when' Ind
GOOD DEFENCE Adventure was gaining ground with gate's entrance was reached that a saddle-cloth number of Planchet was full view of the order of running of first visible to the punters there overy stride and it appeared to mo
Ai “Pokfulam,, Dr. · Ride : got ta- j'choory: game and I have heard India' might have drawn level but the forwards were grand but too that the success of Araxy was due to all the steeds could be seen and al- were many smiling faces. The decl- gather a very strong alde drawn irreverent people refer to it as for the good England defence, with much prally slickwork proved their, the fact that the second pony could though there was no change in the ston was, however, anly a short head almost entirely from Recreio Kow- Jurdes Benelli The cricket was Robinson and Strickley whining at downfall Ghulam Ranil and stalk
worked-like Trojans In the inter Eleven
pressing hard..on
the her of the Wong-Nei-Chong Stakes) XIV and Smiling Thru Louis XIV Pheonix Team, which I rusher gather as good as the tifin. The wicket taub sent in, some fierce drives near side. Considering that he was was feeling the effect of the het puct, ran a great race, Salvage, Master is much the same as the University behaved itself and though it was a Dobson arved in and style. Ga erraile, play of the back only a sub-grinos of this season, for the first half of the circuit was finished a good fourth and then cleven save that "eon was hot plate birchilly if was not too bad ever. Singh, Pritam Math and Pyara Singh Base
continued to show up promtemats for wala most Lucky Mleven, who was thire gave 1.140. In the back came to lumph. It was 57 for could discothing canoe The Cara Louis XIV moved up do a rub the whole. Ume, being 8,05.3/4 valfang after LESY, USIF] Sopening | 127
but could not performance, but the timers such as Coronation Day, Gold nice position, but he was soon oftared and considering the fact that they palegrini PANAS Sovereign Racing Boy-and-Tabby by Bliing Thru and Planchet Com had not more than three, mouths ut
OPENING EVENT
Araxy Never Troubled
some
After Good Start
other
SUNDAY GAMES,
·AN. ANNUAL FIXTURE
He
K.C.C. team captained by the President of the Club and a team from the US.I.C. It is always
4-2 lead.
hour to settle down Individually
- not get away from the rails es Lucky | procession, National Force (the win-fond the same margin separated Laula | loon, and IRC. The University most Interesting-in fact very nearly | back. Later Pritam` Nalk and mealsts. Une – making dup"l'for thè
Cat let the public down, badiya
jing down the hill, National Force, training, I was indeed a good show,
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