Friday,
HONGKONG- TELEGRAPH 10. June 7, 1940.
"Captain Foster's" Racing Review
FIRST HALF OF THE PRESENT SEASON Liberal Contributions To JUNE MEETING AT MACAO
Charities And War Fund
Excellent Nominations more satisfactory than any of the previous years on account of the liborat Most Money To Date Received: Special Sweep
WE ARE ENTITLED to remember that the first half of the racing Burford Has Earned season that concluded quite recently at Happy Valley has been a great deal
donations made by the Stewards of the Hongkong Jockey Club to the British War Organisation Fund and the local charitable institutions.
DONATIONS EXCEED $200,000
It will be recalled that the first donation made was a sum of $50,000 given to the War Charities at the inaugural meeting held at Government House, then came the juicy proceeds of the Hongkong Derby special dollar cash sweep amounting over $100,000, and the last was an aggregate payment of $51,500 to various local charitable institutions.
It will thus be seen that the Hongkong Jockey Club contributed grants well over $200,000, and we may look forward with a great deal of confidence that the amount of next year's donations will be maintained, if not in- creased..
However, the Horigkong Joc-three of which were handicap award A dead-hent key Club started a new life last events. February, when, after a con-has never been very popular, tinuous run of more than half but punters must not overlook a century, the two most popular the fact that the two judges in events, namely the Wong-Nel- the box are the only men in a Chong Stakes and the Valley position to be certain, their de- Stakes, died a "natural death" cision being final. owing to the non-delivery of China ponies, subscription grif-defeats among the winners with the
fins of the current season, by a Russian dealer.
of
It did, of course, cause some anxiety to the Stewards, but with a nety classifleation list of Australian and China. ponies of all classes coupled with this season's lot Juveniles from the Antipodes, the Annual Carnival's programmt of five days of racing was, without any question of doubt, inuch appreciated by the racing públle.
-It requires quite some space to cover everything in one article, and, therefore, my review, which brines to light some Interesting figures and facts, wI have to be published in two parts or miore.
I have segregated the margin of
following results:
Dead Rest
Short Head A Head A Neck Half Learth
do
A Length
2
do
254 do
3
do
4.
do
6 .
6
Many Lengths
There were, as usual (including the annual big meeting), 13 days of racing with 120 events at Happy Murrumbidgee Valley. The biggest field was seen
in the Grins Spring Handicap over the Fatalin Handicap.
ralle when 21 youngsters of the China class were saddled for the
Probable Starters And
Jockeys For Derby
LONDON, June '6 (Reuter).— Probable Derby starters and their jockeys are:
Black Tint (Beary), Golden Tiger (Beasley). Itipplas (E. Smith), King of Trumps II (Nevett), Lighthouse II (Perry- xxon), Morababad (D. Smith), Olidon (Lane), Pharalis (E. Ellet), Pont Levegue (Gordon Richards),
Paques (Weston), Ridley (Taylor), Stardust (Harry Wears), Tarkhan (Smirke), Tant Mlegx (8ammy Wrage).
Other probable starters whose Jockeys have not yet been named аго Cavalry King, Dinshaw, Komalus, Solway Firth, and War Lord.
The Derby will be run on Wednesday at Newmarket.
SEVERAL
NEW RECORDS. ESTABLISHED
Fine Figures By Satinlight and Burford
THE EXCELLENT STATE of our grass track at the Annual Carnival was a 128 races great help to the China pony griffins to demonstrate their
half
Butt
that
Satinlight A Close Second With $5,176
On Chairman's Cup
SOME GOOD NOMINATIONS have been received for the Juno meeting of the Macao Jockey Club to be held at Areia Preta on Sunday. THERE WERE 55 GRIFFINS which faced the There are six attractive events on the card, the barrier. Sir Victor Sassoon's Eve of Dancing had 14| starts earning only $500, but Mrs. Taggart's Patricia lined major being the Chairman's Cup confined to up once, and so did Rose Elegant owned by the Singapore China ponies "Y" class over a mile, and to stimu- late interest the Chairman, Mr. F. J. Gellion has kindly prosented a silver cup to the winner.
millionaire.
-Burford heads the list of stake money with a total of $5,661, while Mr. Moller's Satinlight and Spicylight occupy' second and third positions.
There are quite a few earning over $1,500 but there are 26 steeds which have not as yet gained a cent.
Hereunder is an interesting
list:
$ 200 300
Lawn Bowls Pairs Tourney
CHALMERS AND MELROSE BEAT LAM AND SOLINA
J. C. CHALMERS and W. Melrose gained a two-shots' vic-
A special dollar cash sweep is being conducted on the above contest, and it is learned that they are selling fast.
The curtain raiser will be the *** Lappa Handicap (first section) for "D" class China ponies, and the run is once round the track. Night View should be a paper- certainty, but I fancy Jack O'Lantern, who has improved to such an extent that it is not possible to be measured in avoirdupois.
Little Princess and National Suc- CPSS (both griffins of this season)
this
tory over 5. R. Solina and Dr. C.
are making their debut la W. Lam in a tense Open Pairs division, but it does not look to me
Championship lawn bowls match
Attacking Time
Blue Field
Blue Gate
Blue Skies
Bronze Arrow
Burford
5,661
Care Free
Clember
2,250
Cralgavad
2,518
Dingo
Distinctive Time
1,000
Dupont Bay
1,850
Emergency Unit
200
Eve of Dancing
500
Eve of Folly
850
Eve of Hunting
23.
Eve of Peace
Eve of Reason
1,100
For All Time
250
Melrose and Chalmers commenced with a rush and scored 4,2,0,0,1 w
Gay St
Star
1,300
lead 12-2 on the 6th head, but there
Gretber
1,100
Hillsboro Bay
600
Hopeful Star
1,050
Hughber
1,200
1,150
Hurricane
Jove Doe.
Johnber Kentucky Lauraber
Little Princess
Lusitania
Mount Hope Bay National Success Ohio
Ojibway
O-Lan Omaha
1,950
1,000
Qomph
Donagh
1,000
by two-fifths not WAN
Patricia
nit.
Possible
1,000
Racylight
2,200
Resisting Time
Ronson
100
It will be seen from the above horse-power-and there were that 87 events (representing $1.90%) were won by two lengths and under, several new records estab- and the balance was from two and lished over various distances. a halt lengths upwards. There were only two victories under the leading With a fine and fast track, Mr.. of many lengths, and they were Moller's sing of Derby candidates
in the Canbalego grasped opportunities; Sploylight be Handicap and Advancing Time in ing the holder of the fastest time of 1.03% from the 131⁄2 mile post (about mile 170 yards) by annexing the Chater Cup, but on the day previous event, ark the winner. Craigavad, OR the first time in the acylight won the Lusitano Cup over annals of Hongkong's racing the same distance in 1.01% beating paid $11.50 for a win.
There were, however, only two the Jockey Club published a list Desert Chief's time runners in the Warwick Farm Handi- of names of the sires of the atlalight, the winner of the Blue
second, cap over the champion course, in China pony griffins, and it is Riband, cut Rose Elect's figure by which the Australian pony, Rowan, learned from a reliable source four three-fifths seconds to register with Mr. Hearne in the saddle scored her Arst success in the fourth that some of the progenitors two minutes 50% seconds for a run
were the offsprings of English-over the Derby course of 11⁄2 miles. We were royally treated by the breds imported by the Japanese. Brown's Burford, who of a gallop. was unlucky to weather clerk with the result that|
go down on the post by half length we had only one "wet" meeting-Government some years ago.
However, there is no doubt that to Salinlight in the Hongkong Derby, the first day of the Easter session- and this, of
many we have not seen a belter class of but the stallion got his revenge in the course, kept
griffins than the present lot, and this Champion Stakes, and captured the people hway.
can be well gauged by the action of classic, beating Mr. Moller's candi latz by two lengths in record title of WE had innumerable exciting the classification sub-committee.
Never has there been such a bunch 2.20% for 14 miles. In addition finishes, there being no less et grins, namely, Burford, Clem- Burford is the holder of a mile re- than half-a-dozen dend-hënts,ber, Craigavad, Distinctive Time, cord in 1.51%.
outing.
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Spleylight won the Meiden Stakes over six furlongs in 1.23% clipping Rose Elect's time by a second, but four days later Mount Hope Bay lowered the former's record by one two-fiths seconds.
Southampton Beats Fulham
LONDON, June 0 (Reuter),In the South "C" Section of the. English Regional soccer. leagues today, Southampton beat Fulham by 2-1.
Billy Conn Retains Boxing Title
Detroit, Juno 0. Billy Conni retained the world cruiserweight championship when he won on pointa against Gus Lemovich over 15 rounds.Reuter,
Dupont Bay, Grether, Johnber, Mount Hope Bay, O'Lan, Oonáish, Racylight, Batinlight, Spkylight and White Diamond, all being drafted to "A" company.
Rose Charming Rose Elegant Rosa Perfect Snunlight
Spicy light
+
at the Civil Service Cricket Club that either will upset the applecart. yesterday. The scores were 25.
Namtao Handicap
(Second Section)
after over the succeeding nine heads HAVING a better "average" could only add three shot to their of placings than any of his total while Solins and Lam scored 1,0,3,1,0,2,0,5,2 the 14th head 16-15.
to take the lead on classmates, Dow Jones has been assigned to the first section "of
On the next end the Talkoo pair the. Namtao Handicap for "E" added another three but on the 10th class China ponies over six fur- Lam and Solina scored twe to level longs.
the scores 18-16.
The 17th head was disastrous for He will have to be at his best to the Crafgengower pair. They drop- stave off Redium Star, and another ped. five shots, and with one on the strong contender is Lancashire Chap. succeeding head were 18-24 behind
In his last two outings Tim has
at the cominencement of the 19th. A 3) and a 2, however, brought them once been favoured for big money, but as again within shooting distance-23-24 be is now in the same street, $5 in- but with fine bowling Melrose and vestment each way should be a good Chalmers-scored-one-for-victory-speculation. It has been whispered. That Dekko will not accept as the chestnut is against stepping out with top weight aboard.
Prison Officers Beat
Government House
GOVERNMENT HOUSE entertain.
ed the Prison Officers in a friendly game of lawn bowls yesterday and fost 55 shols to 71. The only Gov
Lappa Handicap (First Section)
ernment House rink to win was that MY best three for the Lappa
which included His Excellency Bir.
Handicap (second section)
N, L. Smith, and which beat W. J. confined to "D" class China! Bagley's four 27-15.
raters are Double Chance, Gol- were (Government den Cow and March Brown, and
5,170
Silver Wings
Smashing Through
'800
2,750
Thirty Six
600
The scores Houso frat):
2,250
$44,605
Victoria White Diamond Xenophon
|White Sox Nose Out Yankees
NEW YORK, June 8. (UF) Chicago White Sox nosed out the New York Yankees by 4-3 in the American Baseball Leaguo to-day.
W. Walker, His Excellency, Dr. their saddle-numbers will in any Newton and J. Deakin beat S. Hopinion, be hoisted in the frame in Marvin, W. E. Webber, F. N. Hill and the order I have named." W. J. Bagley 27-15.
J. A. Fraser, F. Flippance, E. Searle and H. H. Pegg lost to A. W. Hircock, S. Hodge, J McCutcheon and C. Gowlond 11-25.
W. A. Cornell, G. A. Archbull, S. H. Dodwell and A. L. Shields lost to V. Freeman, W. Hutson, S. McGrath and T. Pile 17-31.
EAST ASIA
Namtao Handicap
(First Section)
LUCKY Eleven should give a good account of himself in the Namtao Handicap (second section) over six furlongs..
ATHLETIC MEET who has a pull of a few pounds, and,
OPENED
The Boston Red Sox regained their Filipino Tennis Stars
Win Doubles Match
lead by beating the St. Louis Browns 3-1.
The complete scores were:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
R. 1.
0
3 0 I
D
1
10'
0
Chicago
-Battery: Rigby, Appleton, Tresh. New York
Battery: Chandler, Murphy, Dickey, St. Louis
E Battery: Blidilli, Swift, Boston
Battery: Grove, Desautels. Dettolt ..
82 Battery: Newsom, Benton, Tebbels. Philadelphia
11 Ballery: Ross, Dean, Hayes,"
NATIONAL LEAGUE
15
It may be of interest to know that in former years we certainly did not see more than a handful of young- alers of the current season In the "A" class, but the drafting of 14 China siceds namentlaned above spoke volumes for the dealers. But at the same time there was, beilove me, a good gang of stuerat Philadelphia.
Mr. Eu Tong-son's roses "höver alla cabeza
Battery: Pearson, Nicholson,
ton, Smoll, Warren. Chicago.....
"Battery: Lec, Collins.
Tub "Ckinks-la- overcrowded ||with this year's Juveniles and there
are a few in the @D", Ulvfalore.
0
0
TOKYO, June 6 (Domel)Follow
ing the opening deremony ýesterday,
He has some weight to think of and it may be a menaco to his vic- tory. I prefer National Anthem,
furthermore, the distance is to his liking. King's Envor, Mac's Adven- tura and National Honour are dan- gerous..
Chairman's Cnp
the "book" (which I have always found the surest
the East Asta athletis Mest commen- guide), Shanghai 4 should run
Final Selections
My selections for the six events are as follows:
LAPPA HANDICAP (FIRST, SECTION).
Jack O'Lantern Night View Phoenix
NAMTAO HANDICAP (FIRST SECTION)
Radium Star Lancashire Chap
Dow-JonesH
LAPPA HANDICAP
(SECOND SECTION)
Double Chanco
Golden Cow
March Brown
NAMTAO HANDICAP (SECOND SECTION)
National Anthem
Lucky Eleven
King's Envoy
CHAIRMAN'S CUP
Shanghai A
Hogmanay
'Fatry Ousef-*-*-
LIMCHOW HANDICAP
Earle
Iron Knight
Cloudy Star
Swimming Contest At Chungking
Chungking, June 4.
A swimming contest and a boat race across the Klaling River in Chung- king, will be held on June 9, spoд- sored by the National Association for the Promotion of the New Life Movement and the Chungking Muni cipal Athletic Federation. -- Central News,
10 drops
ced at 18.58-phi- to-day when away with the Chairman's Cup will brace and
thousands witnessed baseball matches over a mile, und Hogmallay is the Between teams of Japan and Hawall, only steed that may put a spoke in and bianchukuo and the Philipples, one's Wheel Fairy Ousol should fill at the Mell Shrine Diamond. The the third position,
first ball was thrown by Mr.-Tenšejiro
Okaho, Mayor of Tokyo, HA
At the Stadium of the Shrine's
outer gardens, there were staged
Limehow Handicap
heavy gymnastics by the Japan A GOOD field should be seen in the last event, the Limehow
Oyitiristic Lenique, mass exercists by
1,500 girl students, dentonitrations of Handicap for China ponies bo- archery, Japanese fencing and Mon- gollan wrestling med longing to "X" and "Y" classes
The deid and track sports, flowery over five furlongs, events of the Mbet, were carried out
Japanese Beaten
In the afternoonty Japanese, Man- On his last display Eugle appears' Boston
chuktioan Chinese and Philippins | to have the best outstanding chanow Battery: Posodel, Lopez, Mast.: 'athletes.
with Iron Knight to follow in the Pittsburgh
7100-··
rear. Cloudy Star was certainly, Battery: Kilnger, Sewell, Sullivan, kosa Tare
under 'a' cloud at the list meeting Davis.
and should be improved in the mean- The frat tenal match between while, tie pony is worth following. ... Blan-Japan and the Philippines In the I have not been able to ascertain Fast All Athleife Meet was won by any information regarding either the latter, Ampon and Sanchez beat Blacic Diamond or The Mermaid Ing. Nakano and Twuruta; U»0; +6+4.
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