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THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1938.
HUGE RACING CROWD ATTENDS WHITSUN CARNIVAL
BRILLIANT END TO FIRST HALF OF 1938 SEASON
OAK BAY'S PERFORMANCE BEST FEAT OF MEETING
(By "Captain Foster")
DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND PUNTERS' VIEWS
Double Finesse Disappoints
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I have said it once before that it was difficult to follow the tide of public money poured on certain runners and I fail to understand why
be given should preference Double Finesse over Courting Eve and Lancashire Chips to win the Despite the terrible heat, the band of regular followers of the Bondi Handicap over alx furlongs. turf turned up in large numbera on the concluding day of the If more money had been placed on Whitsun Carnival held last Monday at Happy Valley and incident- Lancashire Chips, there was certain- ally this brought a successful first half racing season to a close.ly some justifletion in the gamble to the fact that tho pony It was one of the biggest crowds of punters that ever attended track record hoer) nad a pull of the Extra Meetings and no doubt the drawing of the special dollar 20 ibs against Courting Eve. As it
Double Finesse was
wan heavily lottery on the Lantan Handicap was in a certain measure respon-packed to the tune of 1,110 tickets
sible.
There will be no more flat racing until September 24, but meanwhile a vote of thanks must be tendered to 100 Stewards of
PRIZES
the Hongkong FAIRLY
effelent
Jockey Club, Officials and the stuff in general for the very manner in which every department was run.
Racing during the two days of the Whitsun Meeting was of a very high
londurd and there were keen and exclling fatshes.
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several
Favoured by glorious sunshine, the
course was very hard; in fact the thud of the hoofs could be heard at a good distance as the steeds came tearing down the home stretch axl the golrig was exceptionally fast.
result, Mr. Li Lan-sing An a Courting Eve, with the assistance of Mr. I. C. Plh, annexed the Bond! Handicap for "A" class Australian ponies in
record time of 1.18% lowing Lancashire Chips' figure by u fifth of a second established over a year ago. Courting Eve's achieve ment was a meritorious performance owing to the fact that the mare where the limit lond of 165
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The most successful owner
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As I See Sport
By "Abe"
CRICKET TESTS START TO-DAY AT NOTTINGHAM
No Reason Why England Cannot Beat Tourists
THE 140th match between England, good ns Badcock's but he has bed THE and Australia In the Cricket Test greater experience of English wie- series between the two countries kets, and for this reason may ካሮ will commence at Trent Bridge, Nettinglinm, to-day. or the 77 favoured. In any case one is inclin- the ed to think that Don can play any matches played in Australia, home players have won 41 against six or seven of them without any England's 34 with two drawn; and appreciable difference to the side. of the 02 played in England, the Englishmen have won 20 against the interesting to speculate on.
factles Bradman's
fegarding the Australians 15 with no fewer than attack. He has only one fast bowler 27 drawn. At the moment, Australia in the side. E. L. McCormick, who has the advantage of
victories has not done anything really out- B. The against England's 54. The last time standing so far. Regarded
off the mythient, fastest bowler in the world for six England carried "Ashes" was ins 1932 when D. Rovers, McCormick's inclusion appears Jardine's team won the rubber in certain unless Don deelden on con- Austraila by four matches to one. centrating on a slow attack. W, J.
and L. It will thus be seen that a fairly even O'Reilly"
O'B. Fleetwood balance of victories has been mein- Smith are bound to be In, but F. A. tained since the series was started. Wayd is not so sure. although with- The
Australians are now again in out hun the attack England wer the leadership of that weak. amazing batsman, Don Bradman, in
50
win while Courting Eve and Lancashire Chips had 720 and 787 tickets respectively. The manner, in which Courting Evo come bome rat Fecord time of 1,16% for furlongs, seemed to me that mare will have some thing to say Cham- in the Queensland Autumn pions to be contested at the fall.
Whic
on the subject
may interest owners
that the conditions the three of
Autumn champions have been modified for ponles that have started in at least three Extra Meetings instead of the
fnur, two
meetings of such usund before the recess and the other two subsequent 10 that date. However the change in the art of training
and stabling has done Courting Eve a
succonnive victory. The tourists" per- Miss Betty Fair Is aren here leading In Bear Claw (Mr. Donald world of good and she was certainly Black up) after the pony had won the Whitsun Plate on Monday. with a fine fettle last Saturday. Apuri coupled three thirds, Mr. Eu Tung-sen heads outings of this season, the mare by
from being placed in all her four Pictorial News). the list of stake money winners and Double Court, has earned $1,860 us the Hongkong Jockey Club had to compared with $1,083 won last year pay out an aggregate of $18,100 to and we all know now that Courting
under mentored Eve is stayer as well. following
| Mrz. 1. Dunbar, who had two wins (Bear Claw and Hed Feather) and n third, and then comes her husband, Mr. L. Dunbar, Mr. J. Lo and Mr II Lan-sang (owner of the stable Latch with two successes to their credit. Although he had only a win and a second
Statrie
tbe
sunbles.
1st Pile
Eu Tout-pen Mrunbat
750
2ryl Jire
3
3rd Prize
Toleh
475
$1,625
1,300
200
1,600
Len
1,000
Char
1,000
1,000
J. 10
สวน
930
Mrs. Stanion
600
PDO
M. H. T..
440
423
100
lbs.
Li Pa-chaun
770
Necan
300
700
Why
100
760
676
300
500
300
100
450
450
430
450
Lancashire Chips had only a couple of pounds over the weight for inches us per senlo. Katinka, ridden (5x M. Needs, showed that sto his not lost a bit of her dash and energy when this mare, belong- ing to Mr. F. C. Hall, romped home drst in the Manly Hondlenp for class Australian cobs over a course from the two mile post, once, round and in and the whole journey was covered. tr 1.50.2/5, It was a fast
rain, the, record being 1.85%, and it will thus be seen that the time was four-fifths of a second slower than We track Ögure.
track record
There was no new among the China ponies, but a nole of Oak Bay's win in the June Hundi- cap should be well preserved in the archive. It
Oak was a fact that
L. T. F.
Lucky Commodity
F. C. Hall
I. & 1.
Ellender
C. Chanı?
T. K. L.
Marker
Mrs. 11. Talgori
Black & White.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanton
Kong Iron
S. C.
L. W. F.
Dynasty
Yuntor Bellaria
Mi LiPo-chun
Lady Northcate
6. Treverton
tlung
Chu Cheong-fau
(Hiver
A Fellden ......
{} FA van Woerden
150
325
3100
14
309
300
275
270
200
20)
SP,930
$3,02%
$1.125
$15.100
11 was indeed a pleasure to *0% the prizes were evenly dis-
Boy was carrying the lowest impost of 140 lbs. but we must not overinuk that his time of the mite in 1.64% was two-fifths of a second Laster that than the present track figure and tributed unong the owners and it may be of interest to know that 30 thrashing to 3 Good Cameronian, Bear Claw, Gladiator stables shared the spoils.
Fave
kur-
and King's Warden. I was prised to see Tampa Bay ("C" class)
Customs the annexing flandicap-second section over abbe furlongs in 1.29% while Araxy ("D" class) captured the Lama Handicap- Arst section over the same jauni in 131 flat.
Don Black Brings In 5 Winners
The following list shows the suc- cesses of the jockeys during the two days of the Whitsun Meeting!
D. Black
B. Proulx
H. C. Plh
L B. Chino
A. W. Raymond
C. Encarnação
Ip Kul-ying
V.
Needs
A. F. Colson
K. 1. In
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Jl. P. Chanson
S. W. Tang
3. C. Liang
I
B. Tno
H. A. Botelho
L. J. Feilden
Ho Hong-pinig
F. F. LI
T. W. Chatty
W. Poy...
-van Reede
OAK BAY ASTOUNDS ALL CRITICS
Champions Surprised By Splendid Run
The Whitsun Meeting opened with
RED FEATHER
GAVE. SOMEBODY A HUGE FORTUNE
Big Sweep On The Lantao H'cap
The
"3"
Lantao Handicap for class China ponies drew a tek of len starters and the non-acceptances were Expression Time, Jober and Moonlight View. Apart from the
MENZEL TO MEET DON BUDGE
In Final of French Championship
Paris, June 8. Roddick Menzel, of Carcho- slovakia, and Donald Bydge of United Stutes will meet in the final of the French Tennis Championship as the result of their victories 11 14- pomis anals to-day
Menzel detrated Puncer in staleht sels by weres of 6-4, 6-4, 6-4, while
R. Menzel
he is showing good form.
a high explosive bomb in the June Handleap for "A" class China ponies when Mrs. Stanton's Oak Bay, who was always in the van, renched the on the contest itself and there was singles, base line first and paid $431.30 for a division in the
big fottery conducted by the racing Budge overcame Pallada by 6-2, 6-3, club on this event, the betting public 0-3. took an exceptionally keen Interest
comp over
In the semi-finals of the women's Mathieu bent Madame
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ATHLETIC
DIRECTOR RESIGNS
Objects To Olympic Games Being Held At Tokyo In 1940
Boston, June D. Mr. Willon J. Bingham, Athletic Director of Harvard University, hos announced his resignation from the American Olymple Cou
Committee, His reason for doing so
s
that
scems
an attempt to score their third English Problem
rnther
formances against the counties have confirmed the
that For to-day's match, the English the early impression the team is well up to the standard selectors have nominated the follow- of previous visiting Australian ing 13 players: cievens; but few Australian sides W. R. Hammond (Capt.), Kenneth
have provoked more
N. W. D. Yardley, Barnett, er Hulton, their merit.
Ames. Compton, Edrich, calla
An nfeld, Paynter, Verity, Wright and "ordinary looking lot," and both George Pope,
could
opinions
"Patsy"
regarding Hendren
are
tar
Farnes, conflicting
them
Sinfeld,
Yardley, of course, has taken the R.ES. Wyatt and C. B. Fry, former
“We Engasli captains, a
can beat place of Hurdstaff, of Notts, who had дву
to withdrew owing to an injured these Australians." All very hear- tening to
English cricketers, but the hand, and Sinfield is included in the of the record
Australions in place of J. C. Clay, the Glamorgan their matches played to date shows amateur bowler, who backed out be Inat they
'cause of a strained leg. from bring an "ordinary" 10t, and since no teant can be said with any degree of cer tainty to be "unbeatable," the view of both Wyatt and Fry may be sad to be justified. Tourists' Record
Of the 11 matches played by the
Australians in their prosent tour, ពព Tokyo has bren chosen for the alte they have won seven (five by
nnings) und drawn four (three of the Olympic games in 1940.
which were interfered with by rain). The only drawn match which
of the
lie stated, "I do not see how any one could be expected to support an Olymple entourage to participate in uch a country as Japon when she supports such polletes as she stands Tor to-day."-Liuited Press.
TABLE TENNIS
Airmen Defeat Sailors In Inter-Services League
Resuming the summer programme of the Inter-Services Table Tennis Lengue, Noval and Air Force mem- bers of the lengue met at Stone- cutters on Wednesday in the accond round. The airmen attained a high| standard of play and found little op- position, though Bicknell of the Navy played outstandingly to win the only game for lus team.
The results were as follow:
Bingles
Wis
not affected by rain was that against Surrey when Don Bradmau wanted to give his batsmen a little more pruelice, a step which drew "boos" from the Oval crowd. The following is the record of the tour up 10-new:
Australla, 541; Worcester, 208 and 196,
Australia, 670 for seven, Oxford, 117 and 75.
Austraila, 500 for five; Lelcester, 212 and 215.
Australia, 708 for five; Cam- bridge, 120 and 163,
Australia, 302; M.C.C., 214. Rain slopped play.
O'Reilly
his place in the team is certain.
On the face of it, it seems doubtful whether the batting con be improved Australia, 106 for six: Northants, | upon. It is n strong bailing side. 104 and 135.
Recently, C. B. Fry said England has Australia, 623 and 232 for two; nothing to worry about regarding the Walter Surrey 271 and 104 for one.
batting. He stated that Australia, 320 for one declared: Hammond, Barnett, Ames and Hard- Hampshire, 167.
staff, to name only a few,
would Australia, 132 and 114 for two make a lot of runs in State cricket deeld.; Uddlesex 188 and 21 for in Australia; and if they were Aus- none (No play on first two days).tralians, they would probably win Austraila, 164 and 25 for none: their places in the Australian Test Gloucester 78 and 107.
team. These few batsmen would Australia, 145 and 183; Essex 114 bear comparison with any four bats- and 87.
Bicknell (RN) beat Pennington 23-21, 11-21, 21-18;
Hoodless (RAF.) beat Burrows Strong Batting
27-29, 21-10, 21-17;
the Mndome Neufeld Half easily by 6-1,
21-13;
a win to the delight of 20 staunch prospects of Honeymoon Eve, New 6-1, and Madame Landry beat Miss supporters. Hnd the race been run Star and Red Feather. They were Couquerque by G-2, 0-4-Reuter.
made treble favourites, each having 1st 2nd 3rd
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2
3
19 10 19
a little later in the afternoon instend
of as the first event, the dividend over 1,200 tickets and there was a would have been much bigger, for aggregate of 6,409 tickets sold for Oak Bay was considered to have no win
on all the ten runners. For
earthly chance. It wns learned places, the sale of tickets reached after the race that her lady owner 3,337 and the two departments com- did not have a
bined returned nickel her grey
on
grand total of 8,740 ot representing a turnover of $43,730 glorious uncertainly nag. The racing was seen in this event when invested on the last event. It was
certainly amazing, but King's Warden, after a sequence of three wins,
a second and a third, eclipse the figure of the Hongkong failed miserably in the back row. Derby of this season when the
for With the scratching of Desert Chief, of 5,098
4,478 for took Cameronian pinces renched Mr. Encarnacao
"
with
and
ot
cannot
bale
9,046
Australian Soccer Is Now Booming
Mayne
Sydney, May 12.
total out and the absence of the former tickets. However Mr. Black rode a public in the past, soccer is enjoying
cent clever
a mild boom in Australia this sca- race on the winner--Red accept. pony influenced Bear Claw to
Feather-but Honeymoon Eve underson, However, when the tape was r the direction of Mr. Pih disappointed
ro
The visit of an English team last leased, it appeared that Cameronlan Look exception to the rattling of the her admirers very badly. It was year and the regular appearances of gate and the jockey could not get undoubtedly the Onest race of the yes! him to move until the field had
Bay
Wiltsun Meclit.
Bay in
English players this season, is large- ly responsible for Increased atten- dances in Sydney,
The Leichhardl-Annondale Club
come
J.
and
Nicholas (K.A.F.) beat Stuart 21-3,; Hneris (R.A.F.) beat Jarman 21-7, 21-7;
Kettle (R.A.F.) beat Tuffnell 23-21, 10-21, 21-10;
Wakefield (RA.F.) beat Hughes 21-9, 21-17.
Doubles Fennington and Hoodless (RAF) beat Tufnell and Bicknell 10-21, 24-21, 21-17;
Nicholas and Harris (R.A.F.) beat Burrows and Hughes 15-21, 21-13, 21-10;
Kettle and Wakefeld (RA.F.) beat Stuart and Jarmon 21-10, 21-18.
Totals: R.AF. 7; R.N. 1.
BOXING CONTEST Commission Holds Up Boxers' Purses
Chicago, June 8.
purada dite the fact that just prior
men in the touring side. The only doubt is whether the best relection has been made regarding the attack. Verlly, Sinfield and George Pope will probably form the nucleus, Hammond, Barnett, and the side, with the exception of Yurdley (it he plays) Lis chunge this attack good
LL the acknowledged batsmen of with
1s
Sidney Barnes, who has not played bowlers. owing to a fractured wrist, have enough to dismiss the Australians come off in one match or another, cheaply? Sinfeld, it will be re- against and centuries have been scored by called, took eight wickets Don Bradman, A. L. Hassett, J. ff. the Australians. This is encouraging Fingleton, C. L. Endruck, W. A. because it shows that the visors are Brown, San McCabe, A. G. Chipper vulnerable like any other team and can be sent back cheaply. If Fames inds a length, England's prospects will improve accordingly, for Nichols last week beat the Austrailans by sheer pace when bowling for Essex. Two of the 13 have to be dropped. I expect it will be Wright and Yardley. The selection of the former was a surprise move. In a recent match he took six wickets
and
impressed greatly
esca the Selectors who wan watching tho maich with hlo off-spinners. He has done nothing outstanding this season to justify his scicciion, however. Yardley wus asited to fill Hardstaff's place. This is interesting because he recently played a grent Innings against the Australians, But his inclusion would mean the dropping of probably Denis Compton, Edrich, Paynter or even Barnett. Is he better than any of jica? I doubt it.
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cheaply
one of
The Two Captains
covered over ten yards.. Oak ret 肆 terrific pace followed by Gladiator, King's Warden and Bear ronian was entching Oak Claw. Cameronian was about ten every stride, but the urey sleed of now has three Scottish players, W lengths behind when the leader Mrs. Stanton refused to throw in and dime
J. Rumbles, formerly of Dundee,
Jimmy Adamick (105 lbs.) knock- Mr. Donald Black was certainly in reached the top of the hill and the sponge and hard ridden by Mr. described
ed out Jack Trammell (185 lbs.) ot Tending Scotland's Մրց great form to steer five ponies to rounding the sharp
the corner, Bear Raymund, the combination ran the junior centre-forward in 1930. He Youngstown, Ohio, in second victory and he is to be congratulated
round of their ten-round fight. The race out by winning one and a half trick" of the law moved up to second position for the second "hat
last year to Australia with Gladiator in the third place. lengths with neek separating played with
0
XI Boxing Commission held up that the Australian season, the first being by Mr. S. C.
It was at this juncture that King's Cameronlan and Bear Claw. Liang on March 20. However, it is
Aagainst the English amateur team at Warden was a beaten pony. The longth behind come Gladiator and Melbourne. Another Scottish player Adamlet for a count of three, bul to the knock-out Trammell floored Interesting to relate that Mr. Black
public at the south und
King's Warden was a pour lust. rodo seven winners at the Whitsun excited when
Ook in Sudney in H. W. Smith, formerly failed to follow up. Oak Bay was at Bay certainly put up a good show
whereafter. he of Queen's Park,
Fleetwood Smith meeting last year with no three leading the pack when entering the owing to the fact that it was con-
The two countries will be led by seemingly permitted Adamick to forwards have knock him out.United Press.
... much will depend on him. in succession. He closed the
Now two English
two batamen, acknowledged to be Cameronian ith a clever ride on Rod | sraight every enil of his jockey, flesh that the limit of his distance for three years. They are Stanley
was sidered by competent judges of horse
the best in the world to-day. The been cla
Ambers v. Arszmendi Feather who won the Lantan Handi- and Mr. Encarnacao borught in the won from alx
field and B. A. Durnett. It will thus cares of captaincy weighed lightly on Los Angeles, June 0. op by one and a half lengths. use of his whip tong before reaching The running of Cameronian was Town In
and under. B. Moll, who played for Lowestoft
be seen that the Australian aistpper the Don after the first two matches the
Loula Ambers and Arizmendi have will have an embarrassing Job in the 1936-37 newes, and it is not Messrs. B. Proulx. H. C. Pill; 'L. B.
Kent League, and signed a contract the distance. This was rather an also a creditable performance, had eonard Slater who niaved for Gil-
for a ten-round selecting the batsmen for the team. likely that his balting prowess will Chao and A. W. Raymond each had unusual sight for a Shanghai jockey he got away together with the deld, ingham in the Taird Division of the fight either In late June or in early It seems pretty certain that Fingleton be impaired by his responsibility in. a couple of wins while a single was but at any rate Comeranian got on would be writing a different story. League.
July, to settle the disputed decision. will take one of the matched by Messrs. C. Encarnacao, level terma with Bear Claw after We have now some lovely "A" class
opening berths, the present series. On the other Floh boxers said they believed they but who will open with him? I hand. Hammond has yet to prove In Kul-ving, V. V. Neoda, A. Fcussing the mile standard. In the lials and we may look forward much faster game on the Australian on when they fought lost-United will ether be Brown or Badcock. himself a good Test captain, Time. Colson, K. I. Ip and H. P. Chanson. Inst 100 yards from home, Came to see a good Autumn champions.
Brown's form does not seem to be ns will show.
but
furlongs
The British nlawers And sareer t
Press.
grounds.