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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
March 1, 1939..
ROSE ELECT IS CERTAINTY FOR THE CHAMPIONS
MR. EU'S PONY IS FAVOURED BY MANY EXPERTS
Main raco to-day, of course, is the Champion Stakos, which will be run at 4 p.m. The illness of Silkylight, necessitating scratching from all events, has, however, taken away most of the interest in the event, which will almost certainly go to Roso Elect.
It will probably be agreed that for there is no serious contender Rose Elect, the Derby winner, with Silkylight, last year's winner of the Derby and Champions, out of the win aver race. Itose Elect's easy
Navylight in the Derby on Monday atamps it is one worthy of followinit the footsteps of those many ne ponies which, in the past, have wan both the Derby and the Champions In the same year.
Skylight won the Peking Plate yesterday in rather slow time against King's Warden and Wild Life, but he
LEADING
OWNERS, JOCKEYS
The following are the positions of
Meeting to date:
had little to spare in the end. Kint's owners and Jockeys in the Race Worden made a strong challenge, but; the lead established by Pote-Hunt, on Silkylight, proved Eulelent for his pony to win without having to go nili out in the last 100 yards.
DOUBT DISPELLED Before the Derby event, the only doubt
Rose Firel's ability regarding wan whether the could stay the dis- tunce of a inite and a half. This doubt she dispelled with no une
the tar tainty, and not only won with ease but broke Liberly Bay's record for the distance. To-day the Champlon distance in a quarter of a mile
shorter, and there is no doubt, therefore, of Rose Elect's ability to
It out.
Gast
race
Mr. C. Encarnacno should piloti Rose Elret to a win in the main event to-day,
If Desert Chief starts, the may be « menace.
The Ladies' Purse will also be run to-day, the race being timed to start at 12.30 p.m. If Red Feather is sent out, it will have a great chance of carrying it off, otherwise the race may fall to Humdrum Eve or Moon- Ught View.
M.C. C. Beat Natal By 9 Wickets
Pletermaritzberg. Feb. 20,
The M.C.C. tourista beat Natal by nine wickets in the match which con-
cluded to-day.
Natal, in their second innings, scored 218, and the M.C.C. hit off the runs with nine wickets in hand, scoring 110 for one. Hlution was 53 not out and Edrich, who made 150 in the fest Innings, had 45 not out.
In the first innings, Natal scored 205 and M.C.C. 107--Reuter.
LEADING OWNERS
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1. Dunbar Li Pozchún
Henry
S. LK.
Luelty
Mrs. Pearce
1.0 Eve
Mendil. Therati
Tom Perl Chau Tire, Won Sm-pras Dr. S. N. Chau Anhuery
Kong Bros.
1 P. Macgregor
G. Tinson
1. B.
Dynasty Strr, Dinthar
Inancia Lady Northcote 23. 15:17
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C. N. K. Commeatty #eth
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Brown
1. and Edgar Oliver
Mr E Tong-sen
Jolly Company
Sir V. M. Grayburn
Fatsian
1. Bros.
Mira. Selb
Yeter Bros.
JOCKEY POSITIONS
C. EncarnÖND
Pute Tint
W. Noctis
1. 1. Tan
11. C. P
F. Marshal 3. A Proulx 1. N. Chro Black YT. Wel
R. C. Cloni
W. G. Pay
I. Gregory
J. A. Hearne P. Chanson W, H. 9. Davis W. Part
One of the greatest and most popular sports in Australia a yachting, which can be indulged in all the year round. Here we see Australians enjoying themselves in Sydney Harbour in their favourite sport. Does it not fill one's heart with ruvy, even just looking at them?
Rifle Shooting
VOLUNTEERS "Capt. Foster" Selects
BEAT RESERVES
one
but
at Stone-
Shooting on Saturday cutters was carried out in weather which reminded
of the lugai "Bisley" There was a slight haze
w the dox?
otherwise range, conditions were good, and a large First Second Third number of members were present.
The first round of the "Belliot Shield Competition was shot off between the H.K.V.D.C. and HR. Police Reserve, and resulted in a for the H.K.V.D.C, after a close win match.
The results of the shooting and the Delllios Shield Competition were as below:
"Once you've played with Sykes' Shuttlecocks you will always want to use them!”
Sykes
"Tested
Tournament
""
Shuttlecocks
$8.50
per doz.
"Club" Shuttlecocks
(for practica) $7.20 doz.
On sale at all leading Sports Stores
Sole Agents: Donis H. Hazell & Co.
Marina House, 1st Floor. Tel. 28439, (Donis M. Harell Eastern Director, WM. SYKES, LTD.)
B.It. (b)
200 500 AND Tix.
34
Calet G. J. P. Carey (2).. 32
PO., . Richards (1
Mne. 1. G. Heather (scr.)
(4)
Mr. J. Boulton (1) Mr. W. Austin (ser.) Sal. R. J. Heap (1) Mr. II. L. Langley (2) ME 3. G. Hier (5) Mr. I. C. Thome (0) Mr. W. K. Gillman Mr. L. W. Peckham (4) 5. C. G. Tomlinson (19
8.31. (4, P.O., J. C. Swart (17
Mne, S. Croft Cpl. F. Cole (5) 1./S. J. Humphrey (all) PO. D. J. Silcock (4)
M. Nune 201 Xavier (7) Wong (12) ....
LAGA (8)
M. Alves d
Cpl. G. A. Pinna (0)
Pin. J. C. Fonseca (nil 1
ER.A. A Townsend (12)
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BELILIOS SHIELD 1039 Fired at Stonecutters February 25. Result:-JL.K.V.D.C.
H. Police Reserve 492.
H.K.V.D.C.
S.I. (b)
1/Cpl. Ribeiro Cant. Sequeira L/Cpl. Hammond
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ST. JOHN'S DEFEAT
S. S. HOME
In the "B" Division of the Bad- minton League, St. John's Cathedral defeated the S. and S. Home on Monday evening by nine games to nll. Scores:
Smith and P. Wilson
John's) beat Wood and Roberts 21-5;
bent Edwards and May 21-13.
The Following:
1-LEIGHTON HILL STAKES
Magor.
Wild Bear. Tiny Tim.
2.-GRAND STAND STAKES
Lilliber. Jennifer.
Blue Express.
3-LADIES' PURSE
Red Feather. -
Moonlight View.
Gladiator,
4-ADELAIDE STAKES
Lancashire Chipa.
Able Amazon.
Snowy River.
Selections
Tennis Stars To Visit India
Budge, Perry And Vines
Matras, Feb. 6. Negotiations are at present in progress for the visit to Indla of 19Donnid Budge, Fred Perry, Ells-
Made By "Early Bird"
The following selection on to-day's races are made by "Early Bird" of the S. CM. Pust:
1st Race
Gulness Time Talkative Heddon
2nd Race
5-JOCKEY CUP
Sylvandale.
Estover.
Koyal Bghness.
G-BLUE MOUNTAINS PLATE"
Chiltern
Happy Landings.
Milleaye.
3rd Race
Jennifer Blue Express Blue Diamond
Ilumdrum Eve Rob Roy Moonlight Eve 4th Race
Lancashire Chips Able Amazon Snowy River
Plain View Flybynight Tribute
Devonian.
7-HAILAR STAKES
5th Race
Chatterbox.
Guluness Tinte.
6th Race
8.—CHAMPION STAKES
Rose Elect.
Skylight.
7th Race
Desert Chief,
9-SPORTS CLUB CUP AND HONGKONG STAKES
Cellle Star.
Oranje Boyen.
Karksman
10-GRIFFINS CONSOLATION
STAKES
Eve of Harvest.
Blue Diamond.
leclio View.
11-NORTHERN STAKES
Bistre.
Double Chance. Deke.
12-CONSOLATION STAKES
King's Warden.
Bear Claw,
Humdrum Eve
DAILY DOUBLÉ
Challerbox/Celilo Biar,
BRAWN CUP
St. Andrew's Beat Central British At King's Park
Chiltern Devonian Rising Star
Chatterbox February Fourth Smiling Time
Sil Nace
Skylight Rosé Elect Desert Star
Bih Race
Marksman This Time Green Bay
10th Race
Exe of Harvest Lilliber Blue Blumand 11th Haco
Distre Dekico Coronation Day 12th Race
Double
King's Warden Bear Claw Honeymoon Eve
Chatterbox & Markeman
team-mates they played creditable game.
Д very
S. Roberts scored for St. Andrew's Inte in the second period. Those who did good work for the winners by frustrating the C.BA. attacks were J. Broadbridge and Y. Ho, two hard hitting players,
worth Vines and a couple t other Heading professionals of the world.
Soon
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The initiative has been taken by the Yuvaraja of Pithapuram, who has done so much for the game in
As this country.
are complete, neotiations understood, the formal permission of the All-India Lawn Tennis Associa tion will be taken to stage the fix- tures.
The Yuvorajo is in correspondence with the Manager of a pratęssional troupe. Certain terms were effered in connection with the vis!!,
These were considered as rather and it would appear exorbitant counter-proposals have been made by the Yuvaraja that if the visit to India is made part of a world tour,
the share it would minimise expenses of this country and would also ensure a decent profit for the troupe.
cf
To this no defnite reply has been received. The names
nt players who will be making the trip will be announced as soon as the terms have been finally settled.
Engineers Win Rugby Tournament
The final of the army seven-n-side rugby football tournament played at Sookunpoo yesterday, resulted in a win for the Royal Engineers over the R.A.O.C by a goal, a dropped goal and a try (12 points), to a try (3 points). The winners ied 0-0 at the interval.
Land broke through to score be- tween the posts about eight minutes after the start of the game, while the Jcleft was taken by him. Piko In- creased the lead thortly after, but Land falled to add the extra points.
The Royal Engineers continued to attack after the interval, and further points were added when Lewin kicked a dropped goal from a difficult angle. ang scored for the losera a minute before time, while Boustead failed with the kick,
All the C}).A. representatives
After the match a silver cup and worked strenuowly, in defence and advance moves and several times medals were presented to the winners they gained ground rapidly, but fail-by Colonel Simpson the I.A.M.C., who said it was a pity there was not By the score of 1-0, St. Andrew's ed to convert when ntar goal. more people present at the tourna
C.B.A.-N. Dockworth, P. Club beat the CBA. In a Brawn
Mac- F. Kwok and R. Benvan (St. John's) Cup hockey match at King's Park fadyen, F. Hunt
F. Grimmitt, E. ment, as the teams had put up on
extraordinary unod showing. bent Wood and Roberts 21-3; bent yesterday. There
Emberson; 18 Woolley, J. Crawford, A. Webb, C. RA.O.C. Cpl. Bywater and North 21-3; boat players on the fold, and 10 of them Bong.
Belton, Sergt. Lang, Ple. Leach; St Androw's-H O'Bullivan, J. Bergt. Hezlon, Lt MacPherson, D. Kwok and 8. Newman (St belonged to St. Andrew's. John's) bent Wood and Roberta 21-2; With three players short, C.BL.A. Broadbildge, P. Jefferys, Y. Ho, M. L/Cal. Boustend. beat Bywater and North 21-7; beat had to carry on the game without a Vessoona, 8. Arnold, V. Jax, -M. Edwards and-May-21-1. Guiding goal-keeper, but in spite of absent Churn, 8. Roberts, Tolex
Edwards and May 21-5.
Word only
Lt.
Royal Engineer Sergt. Lands Cpl. Lewis L/Cpl. Walle, Sapper
Benny Lynch Disappears From Camp
Found Lying on Moor, Clad in Pyjamas
Edinburgh, Jan. 24. Benny Lynch was missing for five hours from his training camp at Carbeth, Stirlingshire, late Inst night and early to-day, and was even- fually found suffering from severe exposure.
When he disappeared shortly be fore 10 o'clock, he was wearing only pyjamas and slippers, and some con- cern was felt for his safety. Search parties, which included police, scour ed the surrounding hills, and found the ex-champlon lying behind hedge on a moor half a mile from the hut.
D
Lynch was carried back to his quarters, where his feet were found to be cut and bleeding,
Dr. Dan. Millar, of the British Box" ing Board of Control, was summoned from Glasgow, and he treated Lynch for exposure.
the
Police from Blanefield, Clydebank, sind Milngavie co-operated in search.
Lynch this morning was still ot the hut, and it was stated that his condition
Dr. satisfactory. was Millar said that it would not be long before he was back to normal.
Carbeth is a rather remote piace, and Lynch went there a few days age for ght training, accompanied
Frank Kenny, by
the Scottish
who feather-weight champion, preparing for a title fight on Febru ary 1.
ALMOST UNCONSCIOUS
When Lynch was found this morn- ing, says later message from a Glasgow correspondent, the search party had given up the job of scour- ing the hillside for him. "Tim"
M'Mahon, Clydebank sportsman, who owns the hut where the boxer was training, decided to have a look:
round. He went out, and in thick grass and bracken a few hun- dred yards from the hut, found
almost unconscious Benny
on his Ho hands and knees and multering. culted to the rest of the party, and Benny was taken back to the hut
The boxer had suffered severely from exposure, and he had to be massaged for almost an hour to re- store circulation. A heavy sleeping draught was later administered, and the ex-world champlon put to bed.
Kenny told in an interview this lost morning how Lynch had been
berly lost and found. Apparently Benny his direction in the dark and was walking round in
circles looking for had
the hut," he sold. "Benny risen from bed at nine o'clock to get vut for a minute, but in the com- plete darkness he lost his bearings, and when found he was almost "all-in."
"MIGHT HAVE BEEN DEAD"
John Kelly, Lyneh's trainer, snid that it M'Mahon had not made his lucky discovery he thought Benny would have been dend by this morn- Ing. Benny was absolutely frozen stl when we brought him in ond
it needed Ave hat orange drinks and many hot towels before we could get him heated up again."
It is understood that although making a speedy recovery towards his former fighting condition, Lynch during the past three nights has not been sleeping well.
Lynch's trainer said, that Benny had been examined this morning and
was suffering no especially UI effects that rest would not overCOME.
WOMEN'S GOLF
Competition For Fanling And Happy Valley
The wives of Service members of the Royal Hongkong Golf Club aro giving in prize to the Lndles' Section to be played for in a Shanghai Four- some competition on the New Course,
7. Fanling, on March
Players are to arrange their own partners and opponents, and the prize will be presented at the Spring Mee 'ng on March 23. There is no limit for return of cards.
Happy Valley Tournament Entries are invited for the Glover cup, a knock-out competition to be laved on the Happy Valley Course during the summer months for a rote bowl presented by Mrs, F. I, Olover. The competition is played on handi cap, the first round during April Prize to be presented at the Happy Valley Summer Meetings and entries vill close on March 28. Full con- itions of play will be posted with the draw.
Jones; Sapper Apperley, Cpt. Brink- ley. Sapper Pike,
Resulla of the carlier matches were:-
Royal Engineers bent Middlesex "A", 13-3: R. Scots "A" beat 8th, 0.34 Heavy Battery, R.A., R. 8th. A.A. Rest R.A. "A beat. 8th Heavy Battery. RA.. "A", Bad: R.A.O.C., beat 5th A. A. Beg, "B" 18-0: Mid-sex "F" brat,
Fork Scote "B" 4-0; Royal Engineers bekk. Royal Beols "A"-6-5; ILA:D.C.- best- 5th A. A, Bert, R.A. "A" 10-8; RITAL. Enginvars beat Middlese BUDA
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