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Good Entries Received For Fanling Meet
Governor's Cup The Main Race Of Day
(By "Captain Foster")
The penultimate meeting of the Fanling Hunt and Race Club, to be held at Kwanti on Sunday, has drawn very satisfactory entries. The major contest is the Governor's Cup, which is a hurdle race for China ponies, bona-fide hunters, and the winner of this main bout will receive a cup. presented by His Excellency the Governor, who together with Lady Northcote will attend the meeting.
For the convenience of the racingthe fact that starters must be de- public there will be a special trainclared on the forms provided in the at 1.08 p.m., to Fanling and returnWeighing Ipom before 2.15 o'clock at 9.30 p.m., to Kowloon. The Rail-for the Brst race und for all sub- way first class return fare is $2 in-sequent races 45 minutes before the cluding admission to the Racecourse.scheduled starting time. Admission the Public Enclosure There are six interesting races on is $1 including tax and Service Menthe programme and the in uniform are charged at half price.advertised to
Attention of owners is drawn toshari,
first is
run off at 2.45 p.m..
"Capt. Foster" Reviews Prospects Of Each Race
is shorter by half a mile than when and Margaret are both newcomers. they clashed in the Fanling-Grand-
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SELECTIONS BY
"CAPT. FOSTER"
LO WU HANDICAP
Zero
Ebony Idol
Diogenes
MELBOURNE CUP
Teviotitalo
Spark Plug Glorious Star
GOVERNOR'S CUP
March Brown Morimain Clowner
NEWCOMERS' PLATE
Avalon Alpha
Pall Mall
OLDTIMERS' HANDICAP
Royal Highness Plain View Gold Sovereign
good few unplaced China ponies, Reason, subscription griffins of this
have been nominated for the New- comers' Plate and it is a sprint over half mile. There are 13 entries, none of them having been placed at the Annual Race Meeting and spot- ting the winner is not an easy job. However Alpha, Avalon and Pall Mall are about the best among this lat. Tiger Eyes is recommended for big money.
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THE opening event will be the Laglost a bit of her speed over the Wu Handicap, which is a fences. If the mare, should be in steeplechase for China panles over condition, Glorious Star has a sport- a jaunt of 14 miles, Ebony Idol, Ing chance of presenting her card to THE Oldtimers' Handicap, which is a flat race over a mile for the winner of this year's Grand the judge. Mr. H. G. Sheldon, but
China ponies classified as "D" class, the I prefer Teviotdale, Sparke Plug in National, has been set with highest impost of 108 lbs. while the real danger, for the black fellow has attracted ten Happy Valley run- Diogenes and Zero have been treated has a couple of good wins and I re-ners. I have been trying my level much with liberal allowances. There is no commend this leaper for a long alot. best to "get a line" on all the ponics denying that Ebony Idol is the best 1f my memory recalls, Cape York entered for this event, but I
give up the 'chaser, but with due respect to his has never been over the fences, but regret that I had to
hopeless task, and I capability fancy Zero will turn the he may spring a surprise an account search as
the flat. Iroquola therefore strongly recommend punters tables as the distance of the jump of his speed on
to follow the ranking list of the handicapper. Royal Highness holds National. Diogenes is also to be E shall certainly see a good field the post of honour with 158-lbs. and the mare is followed by Plain View considered, for in the Taipo Hand- for the main hout, the Gov- who has to carry only 185 ibs. In cap over 14 miles, run on Boxing Tay, this blackle belonging to Mr. ernor's Cup, a hurdle contest over
14 miles and the event is to be my estimation Gold Sovereign
weighted with an allowance M. H. Turner gave LL-Col. Dow ridden by "beef steak" jockeys, all of 10 lbs, under the scale weight of
a Rood wallop, carrying 108 lbs. biggin's candidate
As the good 'uns 14.1 pony, but Good Morning looks However, a good race is assured. have been barred, Mortmain should
have an easy passage as he ran a good tempfing at 145 lbs. and furthermore at Kwanti. Tribute must outing THE ban on winners of a steeple race behind Pinfarthings in the Fox he ran a good second in his last Hunters' Plate at the last meeting weigh out with blinkers and in the chose since January 1. has Clowner and Public Hero No. 1 circumstances one never knows when
the entry of Brutus (the procluded winner of Australian Grand Na- should fill the minor positions. Ike he will be in earnest of making up Iwas not a bad China guy over the Strathearrick for the tional) and Melbourne Cup, which is a handicap nights, but one has to give a little his mind to run. $5 each way is not
discount for his old age and I think bad gamble. steeplechase for Australian ponics over a course of 1% miles. On the it would be advisable to leave him:
out of the show. However, I per- sirength of her Brutus In the Australian Grand that March Brown as Broly THE last contest on the card will be a scurry (unofficial) over National, Teviotdale is almost at the belleve that he has the makings of kend of the assessment, but the a good hurdler and the pony's superi-four furlongs for China ponies that weight adjuster has made Glorious ority of speed over others in short have started at this meeting and not Star a two pound better jumper. The latter has only appeared once
FTER a strenuous week of Happy this season and her performance in!
Valley trying to collect a few New South Wales Handicap Hie seems to suggest that the mare has dollars to provide for their upkeep,
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¡distance events is a great asset.
THE TOURIST'S
won. "D" class raters are barred. their use Readers must therefore own discretion owing to post entries. Arst Ave My selections for the events are as follows:
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Czechs Win- Table Tennis Championships
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M.C.C. Face Huge Score In Test
(Continued from Page 8.)
K. G. Viljoen, b Perks A. Melville, b Farnes
Cairo, Mar. 9. E. L. Dalton, e and b Wright Czecho-Slovakin won the Swayth R. E. Grieveson, b Farmes
C. Langton, c Hammond, ling Cup for men's national teams A: B. C
World's Table Tennis b Farnes
held here, beings. Newson, b Wright undefeated.
N. Gordon not out Yugoslavia was second with
Extras Championships
defent and England third wlih two defents.
one
Eleven countries competed, these
Total ...
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103
21
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481
Full of wickeis:-1 (Mitchell) for being England, France Humanin, 191; 2 (Rowan) for 101; 3 (Van Der Yugoslavia, Greece, India, Palestine, Byl) for 101; 4 (Nourse) for 243; 5 7 (Melville) for 434; 8 (Langton) for Lithuania, Czecho-Slovakia, Egypt (Viljoen) for 346; 6 (Dalton) for 382;
Hungary, winner of the 1930 champ ships, did not defend her 450; (Newson) for 482. title Trans-Ocean,
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Men's League Second play-off, Huiton
M.C.C-2ND INNS. Midgets v. Recreio (Rec.), 11 am.
Women's League-Canadian Chin-Hutton, not out
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