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HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH
June 28, 1940,
"Captain Foster's" Racing Review
FANLING-MACAO
Entries' Restriction Should Be Lifted At Kwanti Course
THERE IS NO PREFERENTIAL, CHARGE at livery in the Hongkong Jockey Club stables bo- tween a tough 'un and a three-legged stood, but a "D" or even an “E” class China pony can set one's heart leaping with greater joy than could an “A” class racor for its proud owner.
Governor's Cup Won Outright
By annexing the Gover nor's Cup on second occasion with his Meadow Eve (Mr. H. S. Chang), the owner,` Mr. Liang Hau-yuen has won the trophy outright and the success was in a certain
measure due to the fine handling of the grey charger by the jockey. It was, how-t every a fine finish, the win?
●ner bdatihg:Hogmanay (Mr. Hoo Pak-ming) by half length, and a length behind came Fairy Ousel piloted by Mr. Nolasco. On the run- ning (without prejudice) the last named pony should jockey, was up.
SEASONS Successful Closing Meet At Macao On Sunday Last
THE MACAO JOCKEY CLUB brought a suc- cessful first half racing season to a close last Sun- day. There was a good crowd in spite of the fact that Mr. R. H. Charlos (Starter), a few local jockeys and mon of the turf were left behind Owing to the breakdown of the S.S. Macau.
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track owing to the passing of Mrs. Menezes Alves, the wife of the Colonial Secretary of Macao, who is the senior judge and a Steward of the Macao Jockey Club.
Apart from the high initial expenses of getting a first class griffin, the events set aside for "A" division ponies at the extra meetings have been few and far between, and no doubt the idea was to keep them away from the race- course. The "D" and "E" class raters have been kept very busy during the six months ended at Happy Valley, Fanling and Macao, and a few good owners have earned have won if a "black-letter"↓· enough four-footed snobs at the requisition of all the novices,
some big money.
There is no doubt that the
lower classes have been the
mainstay of the Macro Jockey "D" AND "E"
Club, and it was only quite re- cently that the Fanling Hunt and Race Club catered for the small owncra.
When the Hongkong Government disbanded the Machine Gun Troop of the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps, the racing committee of lie Fanling Hunt Club had great difficul- in framing suliable programme to attract punters, and furthermore the financial position was facing the
ale. Unless there were a rapid im-
Portrush Collects
$1,600 In The Higher Grade
PORTRUSH HEADS the list of "D"
"E" class China ponies always | powers. But, unfortunately, a played an important part at couple or more of the steeds could not be, saddled, owing to Macao meetings, and there were
lack of jockeys and oven with. Arcia Preta lagt Sunday to give the biggest field was seven run- a final display of their propelling ners in two events.
CLASS STAKES Dow-Jones Heads "E" Class Money Winners At Macao
DOW-JONES heads the last line
Mr. H. S. Chang was the only "full-blown cavalier" and much was expected of his five mounts. He Just managed to get home first in the main event, the Governor's Cup, the apprentice Mr. F. A,
A. Sequeira beating him twice on the post, and Messrs.
ssrs. G. W. Cooper and Chiu Ki- fan each gave the Hunkow rider a clean knock-out. Mr. Sequeira broke his "duck" on his pony New Bedford other win was on King's
and
The best dividend of the afternoon was $57.50 paid by. Black Diamond with Mr. J. Nolasco in the saddle in the George Potis' Memorial Cup, of which was a novice event, and the
· rider nursed his mount to a nicety.
Stewards with a certain amount of class runners with $1,600 to his credit, but defence with an income of $975 and below provement in attendances, the country I think Emergency Call's achievement of
but to put up the shuttera,
However, since the club adopted n
SOUTH CHINA TAKE LEAD IN
club would have had no alternative collecting $1,300 was a notable success and him comes Heddon, who collected $950. I
it must not be overlooked that the latter append below a list of "E" class ponies with League Tennis course in providing half of the pro-was a subscription griffin of: 1935 class, the amount of stakes won, including prizes gramme with flat events for the Portrush being of 1939.
from Fanling and Macao? lower classes of China and Australian ponies, their "red" Ink" balance in the bank soon changed from ane extremity to the crow's neat of Vic- toria Peak and the Funling Hunt Club a very healthy to-day.
There is reason to believe that the Hist of membership of the Fanling Hunt and Race Club has a very low
Although the stable is named "Kia Ora", it is reliably learned that Miss P. G. Baldwin is the owner, and she has certainly been endowed with some luck.
She purchased the pony at percentage of cosmopolitan owners the 1928 December sale, and und jockeys, and I am sure that an Emergency Call kad a second energetic drive will undoubtedly in- ($300) out of 11 outings during duence a good crowd from Happy 1989. As the pony did not Valley to join
meet with any success over the The writer is not attempting to set the house in order, but the sticks, the chestnut was again
(flat
events numbering brought back to the flat and the generally from 4 to 6 are also open first attempt at the Annual
clause
Phoenix
Arabian Cat
$450
Black Diamond
220
Emergency. Call
1,300
Fei Ying Gold Coin
Dekko
100
1,175
Desert Star
75
300
Dow-Jones
075
Golden Cow Jack O'Lantern
400
Gallant Marshal
500
525
Geordic
300
March Brown
700
GOR
600
Night
View
£60
Heddon
050
Palmer
875
King's Envoy
825
1,425
King's Worthy
TOD
100
Portrush
1,000
Labour Day
50
Some Hope Sunlight Sylvandale The Tigress
Smiling Time.
Salvage Master
200
Lucky Eleven
475
500
Mac's Adventure
425
426
700
National Anthem
52K
275
View
500
National Dignity
TE
75
525
New Bedford
550
550
En
1,150
1,075
Popular Star
Old-Fashioned...
200
200
200
Thin Tline Valorous West Lake Wilber Willynilly
050
Radium Star
625
1,100
Rose Day
175
1,100
Sunshine Susie
150
1,300
Tim
325
750
Wild Bear
100
le members of the Houckoo Carnival-as-a-second-in-the-Talkative......... Jockey Club) should not, 10 may opinion, be
be seen on the entry form second section of the Chefoo Handi- eap. After this he had two more for 1040/1041' racing season. Considering that there are not placed outings. but Emergency Call more than three or four meetings in was not considered to have a chance a season, a yearly subscription of over short distances and the form $10 to an owner or jockey (who is book was quite correct.
a member of the Hongkong Jockey
འ
The punting fraternity was left Club) is a small item and at the dumfounded when the chestnut with same time I will be a revenue to Mr. Black, in, the saddle romped the club. In the past it was neces-home first in the second section of sary to open the Club because Fun- the Shatin Handicap over a scramble ling wanted entries and I am of the from the 11⁄2 mile post, (about half frank opinion that time has come inlle 170 yards) and he paid to the for a wider change.
|delight, of his owner $207.50 for o win. In addition Miss Baldwin's Arabian Cat has also done well with a gain of $450,
LIGHT BLUES WIN RETURN ATHLETIC MEET
The other chasers from Fanling
| have not disappointed their owners, | March Brown gaining a total of $700 and Double Chance, finished the first half with an aggregate of $625 col- lected from the three racecourses.
TIGRESS COMES BACK THE Tigress was originally owned by Mars. Tester and Abraham.
hopeless and after the big meeting
Pairs Tournament.
Hyde Lay And Hall Beat Hill And Meadows
A. HYDE LAY AND A. J. HALL (Kowloon Bowling Green Club) accounted for F. N. Hill and R. Meadows (Kowloon C.C.) 19-12 in an Open Lawn Bowls Pairs championship match at the Kowloon Football Club yesterday.
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY won the athletic return with
Until the last four heads, on Oxford at Iffley Road by 67 As a grimn of 1939, the more was which Hyde Lay and Hall scored
place in nine of the 13 events.
earrying off the two jumps.
Teams Selected
teams
"D" DIVISION
THE SOUTH CHINA Athletic Association took the lead in the "D" Division of the Lawn Tennis League yesterday as a result of their over- whelming victory over the Kowloon Indian Tennis Club. South
China- was 834 scia to
3/2
The Chinese Recreation Club "A" and "B" teams, with an equal num ber of points, take second and third places. Yesterday the "A" team trounced the Kowloon Cricket Club 7-14. The "B" team were not engaged.
The scores were
FILIPINOS V. L.R.C.
Filipinos beat Indions 8-1 Sookunpoo.
M. A. Wahab and K. M. Rumjahn beat H. Ribeiro and F. Gonzales U-4, lost to A. Banker and L. Souza 6-7,
bent P. Chinn and A. Kwan 0-0.
6. A. R. Bux and M. Moendharle lost to Ribeiro and Gonzales 5-7 lost to Banker and Souza 4-8, beat Chinn and Kwan 0-3.
J. Kitchell and M. I. Razack lost. to Ribeiro and Gonzales 3-B, loat to Banker and Souza 4-0, beat China and Kwan 6-0.
C.R.C. "A" V. KOWLOON
Chinese R.C. "A" beat Kowloon 74/4-11-
Gillard and Kevan beat T: F. Lo and H. N. Chau 7-6, lost to P. H. Cluu and C. Choy 2-8, lost to C. Wel and K.
N. L1 4-0.
Stokes and Perry lost to Lo and Chau 4.0, lost to Chiu and Choy 3-0, tied with Wel anil L1 0-0, :
Crabbe and Turpin lest to Lo and Chnu. 4-6, lost to Chiu and Choy 3-0. lost to Wel and L 3-0.
WIN FOR SOUTH CHINA.
South Chine beat Kowloon Indiana
014-
S. R. Salleh and B. Ramzan lost to
Ng and K. C. Wong 2-0. led with K_C. Wan and K. Sung 0-6.
points to 49 and registered first the mare found a new home. She/1,2,1 and 1, the game was very won two common events in Macao aven, though except for the 3rd Oxford were successful as before in and with no further success after a head the K.B.G.C. pair led For The Week-end. Wong and B. Y. LI 2-0. lost to X.
sequence of unplaced outings, the throughout. Their greatest lead The South African athlete and grey was demoted to "E" class.
The following lawn bowls Cambridge president, E. Hudson- The Tigress then spent a few was one of six shots which was Bennett, won the discus, weight and months in Shatin und when she re-held at the 12th end, but at the have been selected by the various Jayelin, a fine day's work.
turned to Happy Valley the damsel 17th head, Hill and Meadows Clubs for League matches this work- Morrish, of Oxford, had an eye was another animal..
were only two shots behind. who in the ryent, bu treble
but hurt his ankle Her last outing was in running second in the sprint. He Smugglers Handicap over a mile and Hyde Lay and all opened with wonie Tong Jump with one effort the victory, of course, has sent The a three, but two 2's put Hill and of alte sisin, but had to cry off for Tigress back to "D" company. She Meadows Into a 4-3 lead at the 3rd. the high Jump, in which, however, made $1.075. Oxford filled, first two places,
.on
14
· Running with rather undistinguish-
ed
"STAKE WINNERS
excepting the case of B. C. THE following is a list of stake
in the 800 yards.
Winners, ware
RESULTS
100 yards.-J. M. Thomson (C),
10.7 secs,
440 yards——A. C. H. du Pim, (C),
money won by "D" class Chins ponies:
Ascot Vale
Bistre Bogey Brossay
Chatterbox Clowner
10 yards C: Hope-doncs, 1 Double Chance
Mic
- Ebony Idol.
NH Moynihan (C),-
mirk, 28.4 seco
Falles R. A. B. Clough ft. 7 ina.
mins, G
|*-Long jump--3. Morrish (0); 21 ti. yards hurdler--R. Nicholson (514)
Hudson-Bennett
(C) with
yards hurdles E. Barker 46:16; 6 Ina, 44, 7,
(0), 20.4 Roca, Tia Discus-E Hudson-Bennett' --Pole vault-A. M. Robinson (0), 118 ft. 7 ins..
Javelin + Hudson-Benn
10 ft. 6 inst
High Jump E. Barker (0), 3-1188 ft. 531⁄2 Ins.
(C),
end:
CLUB DE RECREIO "A" v. Hongkong F.C: (home)
L. F. Xavier. F. X. Soares, R, F. Luz and H. A. Alves.
Silva,
Never again did the KC.C. páir move Ribeiro and F. 4 silva. J. V.
to the front..
The scores were:
A Hyde Lay
and A. J. Hall
3
Silva.
J. A. Luz, C.. E. Marques, F. V. Ribeiro and C. Silva.
F. N. n and w
IL Meadowa---
v. Civil Service 0.0. (away) --- D. C. Alves, C. C. Pereira, A. P. Guterres and B. Basto
.
F. A. Machado, C. H. Basto, C.
Roza Pereira and J. J. Basto,
A. F. Pereira, A. F. Toronha, J. C.. Remedios and J. Noronha. 2nd Division. Kowloon
(away)
Tous
M. F. Alarcon, B. Alves, A. M. Rodrigues and O. P. Remedios,
P.M. N. Slive, J, Remedios, C. M. S. Alves and P. Yvanovich.
F.A. Xavier, H. R. Pinno, A. M. Xavier and E. Young.
| BACIVIL SERVICE AGE [1st team v). Kécrelo, (homoli- «
E. WC. Simmonds, J. Holidge, A. W. Grimmitt and F. J. Jones p
*M. E, Purvis, W. J. Burling, M. NË Rakusen and H. E. Stranger.co
Gellatly, JW, Denkin, L.A.
G. M. Khan and M. H. Hassan lost to Wong and Li 2-0, Josi to Ng and Wong 2-0. lost to Wan and Sung 3-6.
Jahan Dad and A. R. Azan lost to Wong and Ll 1-0, lost to Ng and Wong 1-d, fort to Wan and 'Sung 1-6.
LEAGUE TABLE
S.C.AA. CROPA CRC, "D" Filipino Club Indian N.C.
C.C.C.
K.C.C.
K.LT.C.
*C.B.A.
/ D L F
"B#ich decided on five sots.
Collyer and J. F. McGowan,
| 2nd jeam v. Palled (nway) an
P. D. Crawley, H. Lard, H. F. Harper and C. Strange.
A. F. Shepherd, J. H. Wardle, E. Kirmon and W. R. Hilver.
C. J. Walker, J. R. Carr, A. Steven and S. Eccleshall.
HONGKONG ELECTRIC v. Kowlotti F.C
(home) A. G. Gardner, W. Stoker, J. F. Lunny and A, F., Poul
A. P. Tarbuck, C. E. Gabugan, 5. Deacon and J. K. Glown."
| R'A Owens, W. E. Baker, G. T. Padgett and GG. S. Thomson.
Reservo, R. E. Gregory,
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