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By Ernie) Bushmiller
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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 wil be a special train:lared on the forms provided in the at 1.08 p.m., to Fanling and returnWelghing Room before 2.15 o'clock at 6.30 p.m., to. Kowloon. The Rell-for the Brst race and 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 to the Publie Enclosure There are six interesting races on is $1 including tax and Service Menthe programme and the first is run off at 245 p.m., in uniform are charged at half price.advertised
Attention of owners is drawn tosharp.
to
"Capt. Foster" Reviews Prospects Of Each Race
HE opening event will be the Laglost a bit of her
speed over the
mare should be in
SELECTIONS BY
"CAPT. FOSTER"
LO WU HANDICAP
Zero
Ebony Idol
Diorence
MELBOURNE CUP
Tovloldalo
Spark Fing Glorions Star
GOVERNOR'S CUP
March BroMA'TI Mortmala Clowner
NEWCOMERS' PLATE
Avalon Alpha
Pall Mall
OLDTIMERS', HANDICAP
Royal Highness Flain View
Gold Sovereign
a good few unplaced Chinu ponies, subscription griffins of this season, 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 Alpho, Avalon and Pall Mall are about the best among this lot. Tiger Eyes is recommended for big money.
HE Oldtimers' Handicap, which
is
Are there any more at home like you?" sighs Herbert Mar- shall to his favourite music hall entertainer, Claudette Colbert, in "Zaza" their new-pleture, opening on Saturday at the Queen's and Alhambra Theatres. "No, not like me," answers the mischievous Claudette, who plays the famed turn-of-the-century heart-breaker. In the lavish Paramount pre-
steeplechase for China ponies over condition, Glorious Star has a sport- a jaunt of 1 miles. Ebony Idol, ing chance of presenting her card to
Is a flat race over a mile for the winner of this year's Grand the judge, Mr. H. G. Sheldon, but National, has been set with the I prefer Teviotdale. Sparke Plug is China ponies classified as "D" class, highest impost of 168 lbs. while the real danger, for the black fellow has attracted ten Happy Valley run- Diogenes and Zero have been treated hus a couple of good wins and I re-ners. I have been trying my level with liberal allowances. There is no commend this leaper for a long shot. best to "get a line on all the panies denying that Ebony Idol is the best If my memory recalis, Cape York entered for this event, but I much chaser, but with due respect to his has never been over the fences, but regret that I had to give up the
duction. a hopeless task, and I capability I fancy Zero will turn the he may spring a surprise on account search as
the flat. Iroquois therefore strongly recommend punters tables as the distance of the jump of his speed on is shorter-by-half-a-mile-Dian-when and Margaret are both newcomers. to follow the ranking list of the handicapper. Royal Highness holds they clashed in the Fanling Grand National. Diogenes is also to be E shall certainly see a good field the post of honour with 158 lbs. and Golf considered, for in the Talpo Handi-
for the main bout, the Gov-the mare is followed by Plain View cap over 1/4 miles, run on Boxing ernor's Cup, a hurdle contest over who has to carry only 155 lbs. In Day, this blackie belonging to Mr. 1 miles and the event
my estimation Gold Sovereign is to be nicely weighted with an allowance M. H. Turner gave Lt. Col. Dow-ridden by "beef steak" jockeys, all of 10 lbs. under the scale weight of biggin's candidate 1 good wallop carrying 168 lbs. As the good 'uns 14.1 pony, but Good Morning looks However, a good race is assured. have been barred, Mortmain should tempting at 145 lbs, and furthermore have an easy passage as he ran a good THE ban on winners of a steeple race behind Pinfarthings in the Fox he ran a good second in his
outing at Kwanti. Tribute has Hunters Plate at the last meeting weigh out with blinkers and in the precluded the entry of Brutus (the Clowner and Public Hero No. circumstances one never knows when winner of Australian Grand Na- should fill the minor positions. Ike
the was not a bad China guy over the he will be in earnest of making up tional) and Strathcarrick for Melbourne Cup, which is a handicap discount for his old age and I think a bad gamble.
lights, but one has to give a little his mind to run. $5 each way is not steeplechase for Australian ponies over a course of 14 miles. On the it would be advisable to leave him out of the show. However, I per- strength of her
behind running Brutus in the Australian Grand sonally like March Brown as I firmly THE last contest on the card will
THE
be a scurry (unofficial) over National, Teviotdale is almost at the believe that he has the makings of head of assessment, but the a good hurdler and the pony's superi-
have started at this meeting and not weight adjuster has made Glorious, ority of speed over others in short four furlongs for China ponies that barred. won. "D" class raters are Star a two pound better Jumper. distance events is a great asset.
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Readers must therefore 1156 their The latter has only appeared once
chase since January 1,
the
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lost
must
FTER a strenuous week at Happyown discretion owing to post entries. this season and her performance in
Wales Handicap Valley trying to collect a few My selections for the the New South seems to suggest that the mare has dollars to provide for their upkeep, events are as follows:
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Starting Times At Fanling
The following are the starting times at Fanling during the week- end;
SATURDAY AFTERNOON Old Centra 2.00 H.-G. Sheldon. I. I. Genre. 2.04
Coterworth. B. J. Morahan. 2.08 L. C. F. Bellamy, J. Forbes. 2.12 1. P. Tamworth, J. 11. Mackie, 2.16 C. C. Vinci, General Sution. 2.40 W. Dell, T. Low.
SUNDAY Old Course
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0 E. Williams, R. R. de Liesching.)
7.20 D. Forbes, R. Young.
0.24 D. D. Forbes, W. W.
ao.
2.20 R. J. Shrigley, W. Dell
132 A. E. Lissoman. F. Groves.
0.30 A. C. I. Bowker. W. F. Simmanı
9.40 C. A. L. tickett, M. Gardan.
9.44 A. N. and Q. A. A. Macladyen.
0.48 Cdr. Murray, N, J. Perrin.
9.62 D. 9. Roub, 1. 11. Geare. 936 1. P. Tamworth, F. A. M. Fallott. 10.00 E. Davidson, A. Murdoch. 10,04 R. G. Gray, A. H. Guinness. 10.08 J. A. II. Selby, H. H. Mundy. 10.12 A. D. and D. Humphreys. 10.15 A. H. Pent, J. R. Colls. 10.29 Laidlaw, R. J. K. Walker. 1024 T. F. R. Waters, R. G. Everest. 10.21 A. 1. 9. Major. H. W. Beath. 10.37 C. D. N. Walker, G., Riddell-Carre. 10.36 WT. Yoxall, H. F. Phillips. 10.40 M. G. Carruthers, J. L. C. Pearce. 10.44 D'Arcy Weatherbe, K. B. Morrison. 10.48 N. L. Evans, 8. C. Feltham. 10.32 . H. Gregory. La M. 8. Lloyd. 10.06 G. C. Worrall, E. T. McMullen. 11.00 P. Jackson, W. Sharp. 11.04 W. Woodward, J._Harrop.
P. Welch, D. 1. Dosanquet.
11.D. Eobertson, L. Jackson.
11.12
Has W. W. C. sliowan, H. N. Williamson. 120. C. Young, D. H. Clark. 112 F. D. Hunter, T. A. Pearce. 11.28 W. N. A. Smalley. O. Eager.
New CourWO
£20J, N. Pearson, A. C. Wheeler. 12 Mr. Pearson, Mire Wheeler. Baz Mr. Shrigley, Mrs. Bell, 940 W. I. Richards, H. 8. Ross, 0.48 Mrs. Perrin, Min. Murray, -
(0.50) H and Mrs. Millett
10.0 W. G. Dunbar, L. Andrewos. 10. Mr. Seiby Men Mundy, 10.12 A, Tylor, IL. G. Sheldon. 102) C. Clackett, J. W. Mayhew, 10.21 1. B. B. Thomson, 2. Forbes, 10.20 Mrs. Major, J. II, B. Led. 10.30 7. P. Fox, J. G. Colesworth. 11.24 Mr. Smalley, Mrs. Bainer.
ATTACHE CASE, LOST
Czechs Win Table Tennis Championships
Cairo, Mar. D. Czecho-Slovakia won the Swayth- ling Cup for men's national teams at the World's Table Tennis
held
being Championships
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Yugoslavia was second with one defeat and England third with two defcats.
Eleven countries competed, these being England, France, Rumania, Yugoslavia, Greece, India, Palestine, Lithuania, Czechó-Slovakia, Egypt and Lurembourg.
of the 1938 Hungary, winner championships, did not defend her title Trans-Octan.
Huddersfield Win F.A. Replay
London, Mar. D.
In the F. A. Cup replay to-day, Huddersfield, playing away, defeated Blackburn R. by two goals to one.
Rotherham, also. playing away, beat Hull by 2-0 In the northern section of the Third Division League, -Reuter.
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