Thursday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
August 31,
1939.
Miller Races
Golden Again, The Cow Wins
By MEA ALLAN COLDEN MILLER, Grand National winner in 1934, five times winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, has retired from public life.
But not from racing. Recently I saw him run a neck-and-neck race with a cow. And the cow won.
Lot mo explain, Golden Miller, greatest 'steeplechaser of all time, is now twelve years old, and has been retired to Elsenham Paddock, Miss Dorothy Paget's farm at Stansted, Essex.
But retiremont doesn't sult the Miller.
In the field where he is put to laze about is a
brook. And the Miller won't laze. He Jumps the brook. Also, he gallops round the
Deld with his two companions, Red Rufus and Insurance, both famous steeplechasers in their time.
Enter Esme
The grooms at Eisenham call it the Unomelat Paddock Stakes.
A new entry took the field. It was Esme, the fat old brown cata
which supplies the yearlings with milk.
The three horses were cantering down ▲ grassy slops, and as they swept past hor, hoofa thundering, earn Inid Unek, and talls streaming-well, it was just too much fur Eatne,
With oellow she was after them.
Gho crept up to Red Rufus, parsed bin with a snart of defiance.
Insurance fell behind. The Miller was well in the lead But not for long Esane. snorting ber challenge, flashed full speed past the Miller-and won.
Was He Trying?
Of course, I don't think Golden Mißer was really trying.
Jack Bateman his groom, and all the Inds at the stables zay he's the sweetest-
50 tempered horse they've ever known).
it looks as if the famous 'chazer was giving that cow a break.
The brook in the field and his sugar lumps-these, are his old-age delights,
'They've ordered a Tib, box of sugar for nim. That Rhould ксер rolny: for nome Lune,
H. G. Bentley
Golden Mil-
ior and ExpSSO, neck And neck. Picture laken during the race.
SINGLES
Home Football
A NEW GOLF HAZARD ARSENAL
AT BRIGHTON
Brighton, Aug. 18.
The problem of what should be done when a player's ball ends in the coat pocket of a spectator had to be solved during a £1,000 golf tournament at Brighton,
The spectator was sitting on the back at the first green when a ball played by E. S. Jones hit him in the chest and dropped into his pocket.
After some discussion as to the correct procedure the spectator was asked to drop the ball, and Jones played on with- out incurring any penalty.
Actually the ball should have been dropped by the player, without penalty.-United Press.
Wins German Ceylon Rugby RACE-GOERS
Golf Title
H. C. Bentley (Hesketh) won the
To Be Represented
German Amateur Open Golf Chum- pionship for the third year in que- cession and fourth time" in all when For the first time in the history of
Colombo, Aug. 13.
AT HOME ARE BORED
Londen, Aug. 17.
SEMI-FINAL TIES
TO BE PLAYED OFF TO-DAY
REGISTERS
FIRST VICTORY OF
PRESENT
SEASON
London, Aug. 30. Though several home teams won their matches, were also successful in to-day's many away teams programme of matches in the English Football League.
In the First Division, Arsenal, Derby and Liverpool were successful, with Chariton and ludderfield win- ning their away games, while in the the Second Division, only Birming- htin took full points at home. Luton and Swansea won away,
All three matches in the northern scetion of the Third Division resulted in victories for the home teams, but honours were more evenly shared in the southern section.
FIRST DIVISION
Scottish League Defeats Irish
Belfast, Aug. 30. The
match Inter-League between Ireland and Scotland, played here to-day, resulted in a win for the latter by three goals to two.
The Irish League players led 1-0 at half-time.-Reuter.
A. R. Dallah v. C. F. Remedios, And U. M. Omar v. B. Basto
(By "Abe")
The penultimate round of the Open Bowls singles championship of the Colony will be played this afternoon when the two semi-final matches will be decided on the Kowloon F.C. green. The draw, made on Monday, is as follows:
A. R. Dallah
C. F. Remedios (Umpire: Mr. V. Chittenden) U. M. Omar
v Is Lat (Umpire: R. P. Phuups) of the four, Omar is the only one who has won the Colony tile before. But
1st round, beat V. C. Dixon 21-4; 2nd round, beat S. Eccleshall 21-13; 3rd round, beat B. W. Bradbury 21-10; 4th round, brut A. J. Hail 21-10; 5th round, beat H. White 21-1. 1 am rather inclined to agree that Who won the Shang- Omar will win, but I should be aur-
aal hanship a few years ago, prised II Basto docs not make him
chance of setting up a record go all out.
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which may never be equalled; for in any case, I think bath matches never in the history of lawn bowls should be very Interesting indeed, n the Far East has a player won with the Dallah-Remedios tie as the both the llongkong and Shanghal closer one of the two, Ingles titles.
Incentive is required. Buy Remedies will find this honour great to greater enough to spur him on
Dallah this efforts when he plays
to the afternoon, in his passage semi-anais, Remedios has had to negotiate many stiff hurdies, but he was never found wanting in all his live matches to date, and though he versatile bowler will be up against
feel that
Dallah to-dly,
Sporting Tit-Bits
it in form the task of winning DENNY Caplan beat Len Wickwor
15
him. He has
not beyond happy knack of playing winning
on points in Southern Arca
contest al Reddington, the Salford heavy- outpointed George James,
when the occasion arises, as ne lightweight climinating showed in his match against M. R.Skegness. Tom Abbas in the quarter-finals. In that promising young match
he was up against it on several weight,
time. occasions, but he managed to produce the "Welsh champion,
Here is how the two players have winner reached the semi-finals:
cach
A. R. Dallah-1st round, beat P.
DURING the
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J. Hamilton 21-8; 2nd round, beat tournament the referee had to knock D. M. Khon 21-8; third round, beat out two skaters to protect himself F. V. V. Ribeiro 21-18; fourth round, during a fracas, John Cazar, refus beat C. M. Silva 21-7; afth round, ing to go to the penalty box, was penalised point on his score sheet Perkins 21-15,
ond became 80
enraged that he
immediately one of Cazor's team
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beat Remedios.~1st round, beat!
C. F.
W. R. Hillyer 21-9; 2nd round beat struck at the referee, who replied.
S. M. White 21-9; 3rd round, beat
R. Basa 21-0; fourth round, beat II.mates dived into the rescue.
The
A. Aives 21-16; fifth round, beat M. referee struck them both on the chin
and floored themt Nice work! 21-14. R. Abbas
UNCERTAIN BASTO
*
In the other match of the day, UT EEDS United are short of goal- M. Omar is playing so well at the keepers, so Ainsley, who toured moment that there are many judges South Africa as an inside forward, of the game who give him definitely went in goal. He left two through a more than 50 per cent, chance of in five minutesi That was amusing, getting through to the final. But if but for Bradford George
H'nsley's itc
lone were to study B. Busto's record ankle injury was not so funny. to date in the competition, one would had to leave the deld. So did Young, be so certain of Omar winning. who appeared at outside left in the Anyhow, even if he does, the game Coventry trial match. He, too, in- should not be as one-sided as many jured his ankle.
not
1 people seem to think.
1
Blackburn
0
1 Manchester U. 1
2
Portsmouth
0
0 Charlton
1
4
Middlesbro'
0 Sheffield U.
Huddersfield
0
SECOND
DIVISION
Ipswich
2 Bristot R
Reading
5 Crystal Pal
0
2 Leicester
0 Swindon
0
Cardin
1
Đ Luton
3 Torquay
0 Walsall
1
Bury
Mansfield
1
Swansea
វទ
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH)
Bournemouth Brighton
Chester
2
£2 Queen's. P. R.
Aldershot
2 Gateshead
1 Now Brighton
1
Norwich
Arsenal Ch:inca Derby Leeds he beat G. B. Ward, a New Zea-rugby football in Ceylon, the Island' There seems to be a good deal of
Liverpool iander, by 9 and 8 in the final over will be represented in the All-India dissatisfaction in the racing world, Preston N.F.. thirty-six holes of Bad Ems on tournament in Bombay next month, Seldom has the racing between
Sunderland August 17.
Hitherto, Ceylon had only particl- Goodwood and York appeared so The British representative in the pated in the tournament auec 121 final of the women's championship, three years when Madrne was the tame as it has this season, and to a large extent one must blame the Miss Ruth Goodward (Wimbledon venue, but the Ceylonese have ne weather. Yet for longer most Birmingham
than Park), was beaten by 5 and 3 by cepted an invitation from Bombay to ver
of us can remember the racing dur- Bradford tournament Mile. Denise Oury, the well-known be represented in
ing August has been commonplace, Manchester C. Belgian player.
this year.
Rs. 500 to-but seldom has its limitation been Southampton Bentley's long game was
offered very Bombay has good, and his butting, after being wards the expenses of the tour while so exposed as it has been this
August, even in England, no re- uncertain, Improved during the later the Ceylon Turf Club decided, at the stages. Bentley went off in great annual meeting held on Monday, to nowned for its variable climate, stylo and after getting a "birdle" 3, give a donation of Rs. 300.
usually a warm, sunny month, and at the first became 3 up at the fourth. About twenty players will make we He turned 4 up, being out in the the Journey and the selection will be can bask in the sunshine wear- Bristol C.
If slightly uncon- comfortable, ing, made in the course of the next few ventional clothes, and the
racing in
-par-
up
the
year.
37 to Ward's 41. Bentley became 4
at the weeks. The team will leave for such circumstances is merely inci- thirteenth, where Ward was in the Bombay on September 13.
has rough, and the English international
but at had a lead of 7 at the end of the and picked up.
n long round. Bentley missed a short pult Bentley. sank and halved the first bale of the "birdie" 4 to be 8 up,
the
weather
dental to our enjoyment. This surn Basketball
ner, when the the eighth giving a very passable imitation pult for November, the racing has had to and after stand on its own merits, and frenk- cleverly ly it has been found sadly wanting, the tenth
50 much so ibal at Lewes Brighton, holidaymakers were
ninth he second round, but he increased his having load to eight holes at the second.negotiated a styrnie to win Ha drove into the trees at the fourth for the match.
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THIRD DIVISION ((NORTH)
1
Doncaster
3
Hartlepools
2 Bradford C.
-Reuter.
This is Basto's record to date:
the
Final Acceptors For St. Leger
1st round, beat F. Goodwin 21-10; 2nd round, beat M. N. Hakusen 21-5; 23rd round, beat F. Cullen 21-11; fourth round, bent, T. A. Mador 21-5; fifth round, beat A. R. Minu 21-8.
It will thus be seen that Basto cems to be playing better as tournament progresses, and to have beaten Goodwin, Cullen, T A. Madar and A. K. Miaou on the way the penalltimate round is a performance which is not to be taken lightly.
NOT LIKELY TO FAIL On the other hand, Omar, having follows:
B. W. Bradbury beaten men ke
London, Aug. 30. The Anal acceptors and thefr Jockeys for the St. Leger
(Gordon Richards),
last year's champion) and A. J. Hall pick Ray
are as
CANADIAN VISITORSci, ( burns), (no
mirking to one another that theySHOW HONGKONG A
had been mildly bored,
NEW BRAND OF PLAY
An Englishman un his holiday, bent on extracting every moment's enjoyment possible during his short! liberty, is not easily bored, but if fl
Шустер
he once finds that a certain diver- Displaying class as well as selence fought desperately to cut the lead. sion fils lo cumu to expecta- in their every move, the touring but the visitors, employing cool
Gitt up tions, he will eschew it in future, Canadian Care artists, in defeating calculated movements were complete and if the rececourses are to pay the South China Athietle Association masters of the game, and through their way during the August holl- team, Colony Champions, 53-43,1 effective blocking us well as accurate lay they will have to provide some night, demonstrated before
a capacity much more attractive fare than has house a brand of basketball that has shooting, emerged winners by a com been scrved up during the
seen pas (very seldom been In this Colony fortable margin.
were fortnight.
they
considerably An appeal is therefore Although
For the winners, Art Willoughby, being made to Incehorse owners weakened by the absence of four and trainers to be more enter. star
players who left for home after with his steadying influence, dead- prising
the series in Japan, the Canadians worked together like a well-offedt shots and close guarding, was the standout player on the floor. Capt.: and handled the ball in Joe Ross was always a threat with
Rugby League Results
mal fashion. Their clear cut this close-in bucket shots, while Alf
blocking, effective passing, and close Beaton and "Rookie" Gordon also guarding were a feature of the game, starred for the winners. The South and had the crowd continually rear-China A.A. team, as a whole, played clean, hard basketball. Siew Kit- Ing.
Slow in starting, due to the ex-man and Chan Sin-kao were par cessive heat and the strange sur-ticularly effective with their tricky roundings, the Canadians gradually passing and floor works. worked up steam and in the second The following were the results of half their plays were working with
The visiting Canadians will play matches played in the Rugby League clock-like precision. Relying mainly their final game in Hongkong to
on fast cutting screen plays, the night against the Sing Too Quintette
London, Aug. 30.
Featherstone 10. Worrington
[to-day:
Salford
16 Oldham
SL Helen's
13 Swinton
-Wigan
18 Hunslet
Reuter.
11 visitors had the local champions at the Chinese Y.M.C.A. The match
4 completely baffled for the greater will start at 7.30 pm.
O part of the encounter.
The line-up:
As play started South Ching as-
South China:
F.G.
F.S.
Pts.
sumed the lead through long- range shooting by Sek Chen-tack and Chan Sin-kao. Despite the small Chan Sin-tao playing area which hampered their Siew Kit-man
Baseball Matches style of play, the Canadians retaliated Sck then-cheo
Washed Out
New York, Aug. 30.
with close in shots by Al "cold hands" Sek Chen-tack
[Chiang Yuk-kwan Beaton and Squirrel Willoughby, At quarter time the Hongkong cham-Lok Yen-king C Ipions led 14-9.
began using
play the Canadian resumption of
Canadians:
Rain washed out to-day's baseball rhythmetle screen formation plays, and programme in the Major League, displaying some of the finest basket-Sonny Watson
The matches affected were BL. ball ever seen in the Colony, 8000 Al Beaton Louis Cardinals v. New York Giants, took the lead, and at half time were foe Rows Chlengo Cuba v. Brooklyn. Dodgers ahead, 31–20," (National League) and Detroit Tigers
v. Boston Red Box and St. Louis
Comfortable.Margin
Browns v. Philadelphia Athletics. In the last two quarters the local (American League)-Reuter.
prides,' through fart-breaking tactics,
Art Willoughby
Jack Gordon
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II (Elliot), Heliopolis (Berry- three times Shanghai champion), isman), Fair Chance (Maher). Wheat-
land not likely to fall at this stage of the
(T. Tamworth
Mutuel Monsieur competition, and no one can accuse jockey), him of not having the big-match hockey). Bold Devil (no Jockey).
Bluc Peter
Huxion (E. Smith). temperament,
and Atout Mattre This is how Omar has reached the (Stephenson) semi-finals:
(Sibbritt)-Reuter.
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