Friday
HONGKONG TELEGR
4-1941
"Captain Foster's" Racing Review
Three New Track Records At Extra Meeting
Peter Wei Registers Four Wins: Eric Moller Most Successful Owner: United Express Fails
RACING AT HAPPY VALLEY last Saturday was excellent and so was the riding of Mr Peter Wei, who piloted four ponies to victory, regis- tering at the same time a “hat trick" on Vanity Fair, Velvetlight and Moon- light. The jockey had to exert pressure on the first two geo-gees, but the trip on Moonlight was an armchair ride.
A feature of the Second Extra Meeting was the failure of Distant View and United Express in the major
handicap event, and there were three new track records Sapper Outruns
at the new scale of weights.
Great Disappointment
ET un return to last Saturday's racing. To the and disappoint-
The invincible Sapper carry: It must be admitted that this will ing 159. Ib. won the Broken provent owners from nominating Hill Handicap in easy fashion their ponies to run out of distances. And we will certainly have some jab over a course from the two to spot the winners nt, the Easter mile post, once round and in, Meeting. in one minute 53 seconds, and Mrs A. E. Grasett's pony lowered Happy Returns, figure by nine two-fifths 'seconds.
Vanity Fair (150 lb.) annexed ment of 1,108 chances taken by those the Hobart Handicap first section) in the know, Odeon (Needa) falled for "B" class Australian ponies to justify the confidence, and the stal- over six furlongs in one minute 10 lion was badly beaten in the open- y cutting Distant View's of Grandeur te pale, by Eve time
by two lengths, seconds. Velvetlight
Jnd the writer known that (159 lb.) captured the
Sir Canton
Victor's, griffin was going to accept, Handicap (first section) confined to " class China ponies he would have tipped the chestnut to over six furlongs in one minute win. I said in my notes that he was 22% Ecconda,
and Times both cord at the slicing Oolong's re-chester Guardian
ual Carnival by dangerous.
Annual
one two-fiths seconds.
Luckily the above three fastest runs were performed prior to the tumbling. down of heavy clouds, but the rein did not in any way dampen the en- thusiasm of the followers of the turf. Successful Owner
THE THE most successful owner was Mr
Eric Moller of Shunghat who ran away with the first Stowords' Cup presented by the Stewards of the Hongkong Jockey Club, the Canton Handicap
section) and the
Hobart Handicap (second section).
The shipping mugnate's three can- didates gained a small fortune" to a total of $2,900 plus the handsome silver trophy, and this will, of course, be added to Mr Molltr'a already fine collection of silver cups.
Though there
Was по "three figure dividends, one could hardly say that spotting the winners at last Saturday's racing was easy, and I think the difleulty was on account of the merging of the new and old runners for the first time in the handicap events.
Rest Of Field
Six Events For Macao April Meeting
Basketball Charity Games
Macao Teams To Play South China To-morrow
Special Dollar Sweep On
Lung Chen Handicap
A NICE PROGRAMME of six interesting events has been framed by the Macao Jockey Club for their April Meeting to be held at Areia Preta on Sunday,
A special dollar cash sweep of 50,000 tickets is being conducted on the Lung Chan Handicap confined to "y” class. China ponies, and the run is over the mile,
The curtain raiser will be the
TWO STARRY basketball games, in aid of charity, have Chinshan Handicap (first sec- at the Kowloon Chinese Y.M.C.A., Waterloo Road, when a visit over six furlongs. On paper ing girl's and men's cage quintette from Macao will clash in Piet Hein with Mr "Pinky" forcings Australian ponies was exhibition encounters with the two champion South China A.A. Botelho in the saddle should win,
been carded for to-morrow afternoon in the open air gymnasium tion for "E" class China ponies
THE BROKEN HILL Handicap.
a grand race, but Sapper was too good, and the chesinut by Farr con- tinued in winning' vein to register his third success, earning for Mrs
teams.
· Graselt an aggregate sum of $5,500 | Tournament Tennis Alice the beginning of the year.
United Express let the public down very bndly and the jockey took tod much out of the pony in adopting the runaway strategy.
Looking over the various quarters | of the record time established by Sop per, one cannot fail to see that United Express' time from one mile beacon to six furlong post was 24% seconds and at that rate it was impossible for the Rooty-fill Derby winner to be among the first three-the mare 'fin- Ished sixth,
Starlight Carries Off Stewards' Cup Event
COLOOMA HALF A LENGTH BEHIND
·
THE INAUGURAL CLASSIC, Stewards' Cup, was the first handicap event for Australian pony griffins of this season over a middle distance, and there were ten acceptances out of 16 entries. I am sure the Stewards must have been quite satisfied with the response, and the contest provided a tight finish.
Starlight won by half length with
a neck separating Colooma and Moun- tain View. What n joy it would have been to the Stewards had Colocma crossed the line first, for Sir Van- deleur Grayburn and Mr D. C.
It may be of interest to note that Edmonston had johnt interest in the the first three placed runners in the Canton Handicap (first section) for racer, "B" class Chine
ponies were
The public also took a great inter- the youngsters of this year, while in the est in the event, and Oracle carried Hobart Handicap (second section) all the money with 2029 chances for for Australian "B" raters the first a win, followed by Colour (1434 -two-belonged to the clase of subscrip=|-chances)-and-Glowming-(1149)--
Uon ponica of the current season,
More Easter Races
Perfect Start
Focnae, with Starlight, Gloaning, Prairie View and the rest follow- ing in the rear.
A Challenge
TSUI WAI-PUI BEATS K. H. YIP IN STRAIGHT SETS
THOUGH
great things were expected of K. H. Yip in yesterday's Open Singles tennis match against Tsui Wai-pui, the latter was the men on the court and dictat ed play.
but be careful with Dow-Jones who is a great fighter. National In the opening game at 3.30 p.m.. Success, if sound, is dangerous.. the all-star girls leam from Macao will take on South China A. Handicap should provide n
The second section of the Chinshan classy cagerelics.
good The Caroline Hill girls have fustanish. Though Radlum Star has been crowned Colony Open League been wilspered as the best, I am champions and holders of the C: T. afraid of Sports Venture with a pull Wang Cup, and are eager to defeat of 7
Gallant Marshal is also Ib. and the girl starlets from Mocno in their nicely weighted. Arst game since copping the title,
Men's Match
Plain View must not be overlanked, for the blackle ran a good race in Fanling on February 2, and pald $73.20 for a
a win.
The Best Event
At 4.30 pan.
Soull China's In the third section of the Chin- brilliant men's quintetis clash with shan Handicap, Mae's Adventure the Macao, stars in the featured looks a good thing, with National Kame
Anthem and Cuban Love to follow The visiting stars will include in in the rear." players in the Portuguese Colony, and their lineup, the cream of basketball are considered, to be a very strong Yip, Champion of South China style of game.
agregation, playing a fast, wide open THE best event of the meeting will A.A., was the most promising of the
be seen in the Lingnan Handicap, The champion South China AA for "D" class China ponies over five players this year, and though re-hoopsters have been in there prac-furlongs, and Hable with his ground shots, his over-leing hard for this important tilt und Lovely Star,
my best three are: head work and his service are still in are slated to bring up three youthful Express,
Blue
Field and Night, need of improvement.
Dinyers from their second team to augment the starry veterans.
Admission to this two-game pro-is gramme will be 20 and 30 cents,
Taul Jed. In both sets 6-2, and in both permitted Yip to draw up to 4-5
before going out 6-4 in each
case.
He seems to have regained command of his shots and is a different player Cricket from he who was benten by S. A. Rumjahn in the final last year..
D.B.S. Defeat
backhand that was, one of his greatest H.M.S. Tamar
Volleying duels were brisk and in these Yip showed a steadiness on the assets. Both players drove deep and accurately, and their baseline rallies were spectacular to watch.
The Match
By 94 Runs-
I hear that the last named may true; Sylvandale should all the not make the trip, and if the report third position in the frame.
Meadow Eve Favoured FAIRY OUSEL is at the head of Lung Chen Handicap for "Y" class China ponies, and this is surely stiff proposition for Mr Jack Braga's candidate.
the ladder with weight in the
Mr Cellion's Fairy Auk has not running too well-fately, but with
o pull of lend the grey should be able to put up a good fight on Sunday.
My choice is Mr Llang's Moodow Eve with Victory Life to follow.
Novices Race
Final Selections
CIONSHAN HANDICAP (FIRST SECTION) Dow-Jones
Piet Hein
Heddon
CHINSIIAN HANDICAP
(SECOND SECTION)
Sports Venture Radium. Star Plain View
CIONSHAN HANDICAP (TIØRD, SECTION) Man's Adventure National Anthiem
· Love
KONAN HANDIČAP
Lovely Star Blue Field
Night Express LUNG CHEN HANDICAP
Meadow Eve Victory Life
Fatry Auk
SHEKKI PLATE The Mermaid Eagle
The Spirit of St Louis
Police XI To Meet
Club de Recreio
HOCKEY in aid of the Bomber Fund will be played at the Police ground, Boundary Street, "oh Sun- day at 10.30 am, when the Police meet the Club de Recreio in A Hongkong Hockey -Association
Tournament match.
Neither team has yet been beaten, and the outcome of the game will
have
The
selected
Diocesan Boys' School beat H.M.S. At three furlongs from home, T
Tsui took the first game, and Tamar by 04 runs in a friendly game could see that both Nomine Poenae though Yip won the second and third, of cricket yesterday. AJ: Hulse
a great bearing on the ultimate with no response, and Starlight was though with two set points, lost the A. Ebrahim took 4 for 22. and Oracle were being hard pressed 5-2. At this stage he led 40-15 and match, scor 16 38 and taking 6 for 24. THE Shekki Plate for "A" class and will be as follows:
Tsui won four games in a row to lead was the outstanding player of the
championship.
Police team has been Arst coming round the bend chased by game In the face of excellent opposi sisted in the scoring of 148 with hard novices, and it is not a handicap Blackburn, Howlett, Parker; Brown,
China ponics will be ridden by G. A. Goodban, Headmaster, as- Gloaming and Colooma.
Gough (copt.); Hayward, Leslie; Fiton from Yip.
knock of 32.
event. The Mermaid, Engle and The Naranjan Singh, Man Singh, Jasbir He took the 10th game and the set, HERE was a huge ry from the first in the treiid of scoring. But in Goodban 32, J. Macauley 18. Douglas
Scores were:
Spirit of St Louis should cross the Singh and Teja Singh, The second set was similar to the DBS18 (AJ Hulso 50, G. A wire in the order. I have named..... „Reserves,-Wall and Rothwell, Public Enclosure when Mr Botel-this 10th game, Yip led 40-30 when 2 for 18). ho began to push Mountain View at he served his first double fault of the entrance of the home stretch the match.
HMS. Tamar.-54 (Hogan 14, Before the distance was reached.
Whiteside 12. Hulse level with Gleaming, and at this point Fund
The proceeds from the sale of tle- Ebrahim 4 for 22). Calooma and Mountain View drew kets to the stands are for the Bomber Mr Eu Tong-sen's candidate was
Results: dead horse.
Colony singles-Taul Wal-pui beat K. I. Ip 6-4;6-4
Club handicap doubles.-F. W. Carter and E N. Thursby beat R.E. Guest and P. enter Blyth beat D.S.D. Robb and
Bishop 6-2 0-3. Clab mixed doubles V. R, Gordon and Mrs D. B. Sinclair beat Mr and Mrs D.
Prophet 6-3; 6-0.
JOWEVER, the start was perfect. PUNTERS will be glad to know. Nomine Palics, which, of
that there are 12 races (instead tried of the usual 10 events) in eacls day course, went well until the bottom at the Easter session, and it looks of the hill was reached, but after that to me a complicated programme. the pony was losing ground, and the Ponies that are entered for sprint brown faded out of the plcture. events (confined to both classes o!
It was rather unusual to see Mrwell in hand, but it did not take him B. C. Fay 6-2; 6-0. 11. G. Armstrong and Australium ponies of this season) are barred from entering for distance runs and vice versa.
Down the straight the jockey an Starlight thought that he had the race long to realize that Needa taking his mount
Cotooma and the Mountain View front, for at the half-mile beacon the premier place.
were fighting hard for Oracle was running behind Nomine
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In the last hundred yards the three riders were hard at work and a large measure of the success must be given to Mr Wei who pushed Starlight just in time over the base In by half length In front of Colooma.
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