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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
January 3, 1941.
“Captain Foster's" Racing Review Australian Griffins In Demand
Recent Auction Of New Ponies Arouses Great Local Interest
THE RECENT AUCTION SALES of 41 im- ported Australian griffins (to be raced in Spring) under the auspices of the Hongkong Jockey Club proved a great success, and the Stewards must have been quite satisfied with the response shown
HISTORY OF THE BEND OR SIRE-LINE
Strain That Dominates World's Thoroughbreds
QUITE RECENTLY the writer came across an in- teresting subject "The Bend Or Sire-Line" by "Royston" in one of the London magazines of 1939 and I am sure the
.sant reading not only to owners but to men of the turf as well. Hereunder is the story:
SPLENDID CRICKET ON THE CLUB GROUND Century By T. G. C. Knight Golf
And "Fireworks” From R. H. Griffiths
(By “R. Abbit")
IF WE GET many days for cricket like that on New Year's Day in 1941 there will be no com- plaints. It was perfect cricket weather-bright sun and a fresh breeze blowing.
$382 COLLECTED
AT FANLING FOR "BOMBER" FUND
The first Golf competition for the "B. C. AL. Post" and "ILF. Telegraph" presented anonymously) was won by
Bomber Fund (a prize for which was 6. M. Park (7) and G. Thompson will play off. The former played
(20), who tied with three up each and
over the Old Course and the latter over the New,
Club and Wanderers agreed to play twelve-a-side, and the latter team took first knock on what seemed to be were W. S. Hillier (10) and L. It. At- an excellent pitch.
by the cagerness of owners to bid as each lot was reproduction of that article in this column will be a plea Baker and Perry, but after said it was a clean catch.
parading in the ring.
Tong-nen,
that they could not stand
"walking
Russian
However, llongkong will know
p
It may sound extraordinary, but It is nevertheless a fact that the xire-line (the top Hoe la 1 pedigree) descending from Bend Or
practically dominates Whe thoroughbreds of the world,
It was the first and greatest undertaking of its kind by any Racing Club in the Orient and I cannot help re- marking that the success will not only provide good racing but will ensure an established class of ponies for the future. A salient feature of the auction was that the Hongkong Jockey Club made a huge profit in the enter-
In this country it most commonly prise, and, furthermoré, members of the Club were condescende via Dona Vista, Cyllene, tent with their purchases.
Polymelus and Phaleris; in France: and America via Ormonde, Orme, The Club stipulated a limittain amount of prejudice against Flying Fox, Ajax and Teddy: last of $1,250 per griffin, but it is Australian ponies owing to the fact year ist England, 125 direct descend- interesting to state that only racing. But owners are now realis- winners of 001 races carrying £276,- much ants of this famous horse, sired 646 one lot (No. 24 by Weatherwise)ing that the cobs from the Antipodes 800 out of lotal of 1,534 winners was knocked down at the upset are hardy, and the percentage of 2,360 races that carried £824,010! price to Mr T. K. Li, who has those appearing on the
In stakes and all this from an whose grandam was has been much less than the equine baris named the pony Odin.
purchased as a lady's hack for 18) The highest price was $8,100 for cross-breds from North China. a brown mare (No. 6 by Dignus, my
It is my humble opinion that the
Now for the story. In 1876 by Dignity by Galasborough out failure to supply China pony sub-
the scription grimins Pacolet from of Lady Mecca by
nins by
the recently-created first Duke Device by Woorak) and the pony dealers for last year's racing was a
of Westminster paid £14,000, Is now named Gleaming and be-blessing in disguise.
which in those days was an longs to Mr Eu
almost unprecendented price, for a horse called Doncaster. Bred at Sledmere and blessed (7) with the name of All Heart and No Peel, he was bought as yearling by a Mr Merry for 950 gns., and after having his name changed, won the Derby, the Ascot Gold Cup, the Alexandra Plate and other roces of £7,510, before being sold by Mr Merry to his trainer, Robert Peck for £10,000 and passed on a day or two later, to the Duke of Westminster at the #gure mentioned, and sent to the Eaton Stud, near Chester, where he stood as a stallion at a fes of 100 gos. and guinca the groom.
At the time of his arrival at Eaton there
amare there called Rouge Rose, and the mating between the two, as might be ex- pected, resulted in BEND OR; but Rouge Rose cannot be left at that.
Bought for 18 Guineas
The second highest was $8,000
by M
Mr L Lan-sang for a bay gelding (No. 26 by Farr by Fartman from Dame Perlelote out of Bounty by Buckwheat by Martagon by Bend Or from Tiger Lilly) and the owner wants his new purchase (a brother to Far View, and Sapper, the two outstanding ponies of 1940) to be
known as Distant View.
A good few animals fetched $3,000 and over, but the average price of the 41 animals worked out at $2,748 each, and the Club came out of the frying pan with a new profit of $1,500 per
moke.
Prejudice Routed
In future where to find good rub. stitutes without approaching the "Government for export permalt." and at
Kame time members of at the the Hongkong Jockey Club will not be called
upon to give an undertaking that they will not ex- port their ponies to China, There was no doubt that a good few" Krimns at the auction were bought on Club accepted no responsibility for their pedigrees, but the wrong description.
In perusing the catalogue issued 20 has "good blood," the dam being by the club, I found that grifin No
Bounty by Buckwheat by Martagon by Bend Or from Tiger Lilly. 1 will therefore be seen that Distant
TUIERE was at one time, without View is the only pony that has a bit fear of any contradiction, a cer- it that famous Bend Or's blood,
For
Eleven New Events
Australian Griffins · At
Annual Meet
The programme for Hongkong Jockey Club's · Annual Raco. Meeting, 1941, which will be held at Happy Valley on February 15, 17, 18, 19 and 22, contains eleven races for an entirely new class of pony, 1 the Australian Griffins, a number of which were imported by the Jockey Club and 41 of them were sold at private auctions to members of the Club Inst October,
·
·
These races are the Austral Valley Stakes, the Austral Malden Stakes and
the Austral Trial Plate on the first day; Austral Black Hock Stakes and Avstral
on the second day and the Rooly Derby and Sports Club Cup on the third day.
H
Derby on the second day; the Chater; The Australian
Champions
Tend
Cup and Austral Racing Stakes on Hongkong Champions will take place the third day; to Austral Hopeful on the fourth day, while the Profes Stakes and Austral Grand Stand Stakeatonal Cup and Australian Subscrip- on the fourth day and the Caulfield than ponies Champions will be held on Stakes and Yarra Stakes on the fifth the last day, and final day,
There are 19 events limited to the the first four days commencing at 11.30 Twelve races will be held on each of Australia Subs of 1941 of which 113 am, with the usual timin interval at were drawn as against 82 Inst year.
1.30 p.m. Racing on the Afth and Anal day will start at 2 pm, and will com- The Hongkong Derby will be run' prise only nine events.
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Was
1852 a Colonel Pearson, later to become a General, was look- ing out for hack for his wife and came across Д · Awelve-year-old- mare with a foal at foot, belong ing to the then Duke of Gration. and bought them for 18 gns, and
g115, respectively. The mare was named Ellen Horne; the foal, Paradigm. The latter, who ran twice, bred ten winnera of £00,417 for Colonel Pearson; among them being
the triple-crown winner, Lard Lyon: the One Thousand Guineas and herolne, Achievement;
winner, Gar- devisure; Chevisarunce, the dam of the
Oaks vintress, Jannette; and Parumn, the direct ancestress of twenty-two classic winners that include such as Ladas, Cicero, Vaucluse, Saucy Sue, Book Law and Pay Up.
Stbridgeshire
the
Meantime Ellen Horne had seen out her days as a hack, and at the age of twenty was mated with the Derby
winner, Thormanby, and in due course foaled Rouge who never ran and was bought by the Duke of Westmins ler as a twelve-year-old.
So much for Bend Or's breeding. On the racecourse lie was un- beaten as a two-year-old, and the following season took the Derby and the St James's Palace Stakes. winding up his career with suc cesses in the City and Suburban,
the Epsom Gold Cup and the Champion Stakes as a four-year- old, and repairing to the Stud with £17,518 to his credit.
Romance of Ormonde
JUST as he was one of the first
get of his aire so Ormondej was one of his, and just as romance centred round his dam so did it round that of Ormonde.
Onc
Guinea
winner.
Thousand Farewell to Doncaster, and Or- monde, Ossory, Fleur de Lys, and. al the age of sixteen, Sceptre's dam, Ornament, to Bend Or.
Parting of the Lines W WITH Ormonde, who won the telple-crown and many other races of £28,465, comes the part- ing of the Bend Or Ines. In his first season as
stallion, he sired Orme, and then after inissing a srason through Illness, was sold to an Argentine buyer for £12.000, and was then passed on to a Call- fornian breeder for £30,000.
But he was
failure as a sire of winners, and left Orme, who won two Eclipse Stakes and other, events of £32,520 in value, to on the malo line to Flying pass Fox, who, after winning the triple- crown, the Eclipse Stakes, the Jockey Club Stakes and other
events of £40,000 in the West- mister livery., was sold at the. death of the Duke, in 1900, to M, Edmond Blanc for 37,500 gms. and was exported.
In France he begat the French Derby and Grand Prix de Paris winner, Ajax, who through his son, Teddy, and his son, Sir Gallabad 111, has put the line into auch n strong position in France and in America.
The Line in England
on in
Other scores over the Old Course drewes (5) two up; Major W. G. Har- vey (10), 3, L. Lloyd (10) and J. Kar- rop (10) one up. There were numer-
Grose and Coombes opened to uplied by the batsman himself who oua scores of all-square.
Other scores over the New Course Coombes had snicked Baker
wero F. N. Merrik (10), The Club Bat
Lt-Col E. D. dangerously for four and two in
Matthowa (18) and T. Megarry (0) two up: Capt. A. C. Drew-Wilkinson (15), and the first over, he was bowled by RICHARDSON Knight S. L. Lloyd (10), G. N. Tate (22) and the first ball of the second, opened to Dewar (Yard J. II. 1. Lee (11) one up; and numer
and which seemed to come up from end)
Finnic.
olls scores of oil-square. In the leg. 7-1-6:
former's first over, one crept A cheque for $302, the proceeds of atrociously outside the
the competition, has been nont to the off- South China Morning Post Richardson hooked a four.
for stump
four byes, and
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At 5.10, the winning hit was made,
Here, however, Club success censed as Alec Pearce and Grose played the bowling with confidence. Perry seemed to be swinging across from Things thereafter proceeded seda-sticks, and was given out 1.b.w. 181- the off, and Baker coming in from tely. The innings ind started at 3-48. leg. which is not his usual, habit. nine minutes past three. The score At 25, Baker was relieved by rose slowly, and at 33 Coombes went Knight, and the first time Pearce on and had Richardson l.b.w. to his played a bad shot was when he sent second ball. 33-1-18. Alee Pearce the 40 up with a snick past first bowled. for Dewar. slip's right hand. It was bad luck
Runa Come on Perry who was bowling well. At this period only 44 runs had been scored In 50 minutes.
Richardson Bowls
PART from this, Coombes met |
and the Club won by 7 wickets. The me, however, continued, and Bai- toy was given the ball at the Law Courts end, but he could not find a length.
Lawrence, with alx men festooned around the boundary, went on for
A with no further success at once. Coutes,
Both Knight and Perry played his good ones and hit his bad ones. The
Mostly it was singles, but Knight's. AT 48, Ride, no doubt in an at-score rose steadily, but the light was one 4 gave him his century. He had tempt to break up the stand, put none too good as the day, so beau- taken two hours to get his runs. on Richardson. I suppose you can tiful in the morning, had greyed.
Stumps were drawn with the score aver and the temperature was drop-at 230 for 3 wickets choke a cat with cream.
ping.
Anyway. 13 came off the first over, though I thought It unkind to make him field long leg when there were
upstanding young fellows in the slips.
some
With 70 on the board, Head went on for Coombes.
At 96, Perry was bowled by Alec Pearce with a ball he made no at- tempt to play. He came back about a foot and just touched the off bail.
The separation came from the 100-2-31. other end, as Knight sent down beauty that just chipped Pearce's pads and went on to his wicket. It came back a lot from the off. 63-2- 37.
Richardson's next over was treated with the respect due to a Verity or
Knight's Fifty
Remarka
THE highlight of the match
was Knight's century in which he hit sixteen 4's. One of the most attractive displays
was Griffiths' innings, which KNIGHT completed his 50 soon a time when runs were needed.
was one of fine forcing cricket at after tea when Griffiths had Joined him. He was square-cut-
For the losers, Pearce and Grose ing very nicely, while Griff put gave the impression that they were his cars back and drove excellent in for a big stand though the bowling 17-hilling very hard and playing was never loose, and they had to the sort of cricket one expects from play defensive cricket. But once. hira but so scidora sees.
they were gone, only Allanson or is With 130 on the board, Skipwith It Allinson-seemed to get on top went on at the Yard end-Dewar had of the bowling, though Denyer played already relieved Head at the other. a good offensive knock and hit well. onThe latter did not go on bowl да was inclined to the short side, and Griffiths hooked his finger was damaged, when bat- him excellentlyas did Knight.
Ling. There was a quiet spell, and Coombes relieved him at 166, and Grose seemed to be set for a big Grinths nearly ron Knight out cali- The Wanderers' bowling was weak, innings when he lifted an on-drive ing for a sharp single on the off. and the Club, for whom as I have from McLellan (who had relieved However, a little later he hit a beau-often sald, the Civil Services bowl Baker) and the Jatter-Belding tiful six nearly straight. Sixteen much better than their own Club wide mid-on-hot up his right came from the over.
were distinctly better in that depart- hand and brought off a wonderful
ment. catch. 100-5-37.
Skipwith was Perry also resumed, and his
MEANTIME Bona Vista, a half-Grimmlit, and only one run came from brother to the Derby winner, it. The next over Knight bowled Sir Visto, and to Velasquez from Swyer. 1-3-2.
lic took Macaroni's daughter, Vesta, who
a rest after this, and won the Two Thousand Guineas Baker went on again at the Yard and other races of £6,835, carried at all clean bowled Skipwith.
and before being 92-4-8. England, sold to
Austria-Hungary sired Cyllene a horse who was deprived
successes in of classic succ
through omla- sion of entry,
nevertheless scored in the Newmarket Stakes, the Jockey Club Stakes, the Ascot Gold Cup and other events of
20.630, became
the sire of the winners. Cicero. Lemberg,
fully Minoru, and the Tagolie.
The
blood of the
nowadays seldom sire-line of a
three first th
seen
As a matter of fact, I am doubtful
Bad Luck
be
who were the more surprised the HE was unfortunate to miss his 50
-as-he-put-hia-leg-in-front-of-one- In the fieldsman, the batsman or the spec- he obviously thought was clear of the sires Was
Join-up with me but the tators.
made, through Polymelus, a good
with
Duke of
A Six-But Trouble Later
handskes and the Cambridge-T AWRENCE had been suspiciously
gooders,
shire to his credit, who became quiet for some time, and I was responsible for the war-time Derby not surprised when he opened up a winners, Pommern and Fifinella; bit and hit Ferry nearly into the for the Ensom Derby winner. Hongkong Bank. A pretty late cut for Humorist, and for Phalaris another a couple and a mack to square-leg who begat, for four came from McLellan's next among
the Two. Thousand over, but just as one was hoping for Guineas winners, Manna and fireworks, he skied one from Haymes Colorado; the One Thousand (an for Ferry) and when the ball Guinens heroine, Fair Isie: the eventually came down the bowler Derby victor, Manna, and the St caught it. 116-6-14. Leger winner, Fairway.
TWO rans later Head cut McLellan hard and. the catch was smartly taken at second slip by Hoymes.
118-7-4.
Most Prolific NOLORADO is dead, as is Fair- The way's brother, Pharos, but the and line is the most prolife one in the with country, and though not over- burdened with stamina, the most
popular,
This season Blue Peter has put the Two Thousand Guineas and the Derby to its credit, and Pharis hus
done It further honour through victories in the French Derby and the Prix de Paris, while at the moment, three of tho Arst six leoding sires of winners in this country belong to it.
batsmen then settled down Denyer dealt very faithfully some very bad bowllug. It was possibly post-prandial!
Batting Gloves
He score got up to 150 and then
Denyer got rather a nasty smack| on the hand. From the way in which he Hes down so much to hit the ball he is particularly likely to Ket hit about the hands, and be really ought to wear gloves. It is easy to learn-much easier than learning to wear one's dentist's teeth and after a bit there is no handicap.
All credit must go to Bend Or, but the smaller breeder would do well to remember his ancestry; the poor and the rich have the
At 102 he cocked a half-hit one same chance when the breeding of
to Ride at mid-off off Knight. 103-3- bloodstock is the main
theme: 28. there are still Ellen Hornes and
The wicket had put on 44 runs, Armakes to be found; there has seldom been a better time for the
Scoring Continues hloodstock Industry.
From the catalogue of the Hong-
LLANSON (I am told his name) Some time in the autumn of kong Jockey Club there are a few skipper spelt it the other way) was should he spett Allinson, but the 1844 John Osborne, the Middleham in traced doton from such trainer, purchased a mare and her famous horses as Cullene (a horas seen him before, but he is a bat with batting very steadily. I have not foal from a Mr Minor, of Shrews- who tona deprived of classic successes some very nice strokes, bury, for "twenty-guineas or there through omission of entry), Poly- abouts,"
nclus. Flying Fox and Cicero (aonave completely lost control of the At this point, Club appeared to The
mare, Annette, need not be of Cullene). They will, of course, game. Jowever, nt 100 Dewar hit a bothered with; the foal, to become be seen in action at the Spring meet-very bad ball from McLellan to Bo- Agnes, made history like Ellen ing and it is to be hoped that all of Horne and Paradigm.
them will uphold the dignity of catch very well, 109-0-8.
Banquet at cover. who judged the Agnes bred Aliss Agnes who was their ancestors, anto Bir Tallon Sykes of Bledmere, and for him produced Polly Arnes, a miserable under- nized foul that he gave to his cluß- groom on condition that she left the stud.
Polly Agnes frew up and fagled Lily Agnos, who after winning twenty-one races including the Northumberland Piste, the Don- caster Cup and the Great Ebor Handicap, was sold to the Duke of Westminster, and for him bred the
Stanford Win
Rose Bowl Classic
PASADENA, Jan. 1 (UP)- Stanford Univerally emerged iriumphantly from thete Amaret- can Football Rose Bowl clande acanti Nebraska, winning to-day by 21 points to 13 before an
· enormous crowdi
Just after, Allanson was palpa- bly caught at first slip by Haymes off Knight and was on his way to the Pavilion when something hap- pened and he went back.
A few balls Inter, Bailey was l.b.w. 192-10-1.
And then McLellan bowled Allan- son who had a go, 102-11-28.
Between the innings I found out) that the silo catch had been given not out me being taken on the half- volley. Though some of the batting side agreed, the score-box view was
Bremains now for `n full Club side to take on the K.C.C. It is a —-game-I-should-very-much-like-to-
watch.
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