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TRIANGULAR CONTEST IN YACHT CLUB ROWING REGATTA

MOTHERWELL

AND RANGERS

FOR FINAL?

Scottish Cup Semi- Final Draw.

ST. JOHNSTONE AND ST. MIRREN DRAWN APART

London, To-day. Glasgow Rangers and Mother- well, both of whom are striving for the soccer "double”—the Cup and the League-are almost certain to meet in the Final Round of the Scottish Cup, as they did in the 1929-30 season.

The following is the draw far the Semi-Final Round, to he play- ed on March 31:--

4. Johnstone v Rangers

(Hampden P. Glasgow)

St Mirren Motherwell

(Tynecastle, Edinburgh)

-Reuter,

In spile of St. Mirren's feat in eliminating Celtic, the holders. they are not expected to prove strong enough for Motherwell. who have yet to win the Cup..

St. Johnstone beat Queen O'South, the surprise team of the season, in the previous round, but the Rangers, who shattered Aberdeen's hopes, are warm fa-

In "Battle of Champions"

What fistic experts and promotors calf a "uatural” seema assured as the New York State Athletic Commission. gives ita approval to the proposed bout between Barney Ross (left), lightweight champion of the world, and Jimmy McLarnin, holder of the welterweight title. A tentative date was set for early Hay, with charity named beneficiary,

vourites for their eighth Cub MR. BUTLER

triumph.

RANGERS ON WAY

TO 20TH TITLE

Hamilton Beaten For Second Time.

NEWPORT SURPRISE

SOUTHEND

TO RIDE FOR

Owners' Records To Date 1st 2nd

KONG BROS. Dynasty

L. Danher

Lan

Kong Bros

Mrs. Č. N. L. Hom

l'earce

Benny Proulx To Have Shio Pang

Dunbar Stable.

STATISTICS TO DATE

Kwok Cheong Grint and Beck

TR. E. O. Butler has settled in Plano

Mintriguing problem by de- Who Tucson ciding to ride for Mesars. Kong Ho Kom Tong

Mackie and Grayburn London, Today.

Bros. stable this racing season. 15. S. Chan Glasgow Rangers considerably

He told me that he would ride Yick Chim improved their chances of winning

only occasionally for the Dunbar L T. F

Miss Shenton the Scottish League soccer cham-stable, which I understand, on re. MAR Lee pionship for the twentieth time liable information, is now in the Leader when they recorded the "double"

very capable hands of Mr. Benny Mrs. S. W. Tang,

H. S. T. over Hamilton Academicals by the

Proul

Helenside odd goal in three on the latter's ground yesterday.

He was faced with the very per- HeUnlad plexing problem of choosing be. Li and Li

With an extra game over Mother-wees the crack Dunbar atable, ir William Peel well the Rangers are now four vacated by Mr. Frost going on Mr. P. H. M. Tinson points in the lead, and there are Home leave, or standing by only seven more games.to play.

In the only other League game yesterday. Newport se

cured valuable away points by a 5 to 3 win over Soutkend. The surprise triumph eant the Welsh Club up three places, and they are now almost certain to avoid relegation through

Mrs. Lowcock the

Cheung and Wo stable for whom he has invariably, M. L. Boares ridden I consider he did the right Mr. Dunbar thing. Incidentally he got the Samson

Sturt and Lobe! Brilliant, W. Tang best of the bargain as Star, Night Star, Polar Star, and Li Po Chun Tiny Star are four of the best.

*

after being Dancing Butterfly In Roup . very anxious

months-Reuter.

SCOTTISH LEAGUE

Rangers Motherwell Hearts Queen O'S

Aberdeen

TABLE TO DATE

Goals

two

.P W LD PA Pi

41 26 2 4 100 34 64

Seth Hall and Shenton E. S. K Wong Ping Shus Stephen Lam Quarta

ងភ

Many will be surprised to see Dancing Butterfly, which paid Woo Pak Wing $220.60 for a win last Saturda; Bellamy & Gordon

C. R. Brown against a class field, in the list of ponies for to-day's Roup. The fact

1. Liang

Peel

leaving for Singapore, and is sell. K.

is that Mr. Woo Tucson is probably },

""W;

EL. Hosie

30-24 4 2 71 81 so ing out, I would have thought they

.81 15-79 77 46 89 pony quite good, enough to secure sira, Chan Wing

21 18 11 2 65 30 169 78 54 837 substantial private offer, but Wong Blu Ngad

St. Johnstone 82 15 11

Kilmarnock

Arr. Ula

Falkirk Kamilton

Celtic

Dundee

Partick

Hibernians

64 38

12 36 perhaps an even better one may be Widdecombe

Mrs. Liang

68

13

.82 18 11 6 B1

80.14

58 30 forthcoming to-day,

| Mrs. SamsoM

A4 35

45

33

Jockeys' Records To Date

Kk48 28

2nd

.32 18 12 7 50 65

28 10 10 8

32 11-18

€0 25

31 11 164 50 65 26 1. G. Frosi PTC 43 7.25 D. 8. Li Queen's Park 80 11.17 2 57 78 21 *Y. B. Chany

2N, Dells

Clyde

..80 7 14

St Mirren. 7.148 25 522

22 T. L Wong Airdrie

7 20 4 44 86 18 B. A. Proulx Third Lanark 22 5.17 7 50 91.17 A. J. P. Heard Cowdenbeath 3224 23 8 44 84 15 "F. Marshall

San Boller

THIRD DIVISION='(South)

TABLE TO DATE ··

12

OVERWHELMING SUCCESSE FOR Y.M.CA. WATER

POLO TEAM

Nimteen Goals · Without Reply

Against Adventure A

Chung Sing

And

The YM.C.A. “A water polo team, playing unchanged, record

teams ed successive wins over from HMS. Adventures and the Chung Sing Benevolent Society by scores of 12 goals to nil and "7" goals to nil, respectively, in the ball last ercampbell, and Schreuder, Sutherland were responsible for the majority of the goals, and E. W. Rafton, Fullager, Kerr, and ' Jenkins completed the team, 27

THE LINCOLN

HANDICAPS

COMPARED

Pricket Considered Over Weighted

AUSTRALIAN PONIES NO MANILA

OVER FOUR YEARS

CHALLENGE

AT REGATTA Preparations For Yacht

INTRODUCED IN 1931 WITH Club's April Event

BATCH OF 20

WONDERFUL WOODLAND STAG

(BY "THE SPIDER").

HEBERT AND DULLY MAY SECURE PROMOTION

VR.C. Experiment At Stroke

Manila will not be competing in the forth-

It is now a little more than four years since coming Rowing Regatta Australian ponies were raced in Hong Kong for of the Royal Hong Kong the first time as subscription griffins and it must Yacht Club on April 21, be admitted by all who have had anything to do as w with racing that they have provided probably the best sport.

as was anticipated and

a triangular competition

between The Yacht Club, Canton, and the Victoria

In the first year only twenty were subscribed for, it then being considered only an experiment. Local jockeys were not used to this type of pony, and it was thought amazing that Woodland Recreation Club will now Slag, the champion for the first year should have been able to ensue.

Both the Yacht Club and the register 1.25 for six furlongs and 1.55 for the mile.

M. L. P. Quincey,

who rode for that popular Chinese owner, Canton crews have been in training Mr. Chan Tin Son, won the first race for Australian ponies the for sometime in preparation Sydney Maidens, over six furlongs, in which Kilrea finished second the regatta, while the V.R.C. crews. and Wattle third. Of these three ponies two are still racing have been in constant training to-day, namely Woodland Stag and Kiiren. But what a different throughout the winter..

H. W. Dalley, two enthusiastic Woodland Sing we have to-day, as compared with the Woodland. It is learned that Lt. Hebert and. Stag who carried all before him in 1931.".

VERSICLE IN GOOD POSITION

London, Feb. 23. The feature of the Lincolnshire Handicap, which will be run over a mile next Wednesday which has ex- It is to be feared that of the in Season Ticket, a pony drawn by 3rd cited most interest, is the handi-rst twenty ponies were practical- Dr. L. Reidy

ly all poorly trained. The best of

developed into capping of Pricket and Vericle them turned out to be Woodland who are both from the stables of Stag, who was unbeatable over all distances, even when carrying Mr. Lambton.

Pricket is only 1 lb. behind Sole- the maximum penalty. Evening nold, who gets top weight for the Star and The Raindrop, which sub second year in succession, but insequently turned out to be quite stead of it being near thing good, were by no means fit at the which of Mr Lambton's pair got Annual Meeting, and Kilres tumed the most weight, Versicle has 9 out to be only a sprinter. Jb, los than her elder stable com Ipanion.

POLAR STAR'S, YEAR.

TWO

SPRINTERS

for

crews, are training with the senior members of the Yacht Club junior

will secure their place in the Yacht fours, and 1 is expected that thes

Club's senfor boat.

V.R.C. CHANGES"

J. R. Soares, who was in the | V.1.C. fúnior boat at the Club's

the very best condition about a couple of weeks after the Annual Race Meeting, and promptly set several track re cords. At the height of her glory, how-Regatta last October, is also in 10 training with the Club's senior ever, she had the misfortune break a fetlock in the course of a fours, and not yet been picked, It race against Woodland Stag, and is more than probable that he had to be destroyed on the course. will win promotion. L A V Soares So encouraging were things durs Polar Star won the St. Leger that is stroking at the moment, while In the Rosebery Stakes, the Kemping the first year that in 1932 year owing to practically no op-5. M. M. Alves, formerly Vatroke.

has taken the bow position.g ton handicapper has put them on nearly 80 ponies were ordered, "and position. the same mark, 2 lb. in front of a very fine batch arrived. The Andrés, who has to concede Ver-best of them proved to be Polar

Wotin and City of Melbourne Star, who, after being beaten in nicle 2 15 at Lincoln.:

Versicle's Good Chance · the Maidens, carried everything be were the sprinters of that season, The defference of opinion may be for him. He won the Booty Hill and whenever their handicaps partly explained by the fact that Derby and carried off the Austra-were light they won from the

classiest fields. both Pricket and Andrea are betlian Champions against Woodland ter at the Lincoln distance than Stag they are over the longer journey, but the general tone of press compony, but he had a very strong rival Iments that Pricket has been naked to do a bit too much in the first big handicap, and that Ver- sicle has an extremely good chance, with Pricket conceding 8 lb.

!

Four-Year-old Probables

Even a tentative suggestion a to the winner would be extremely Toolish before it is known which

Folar star was a very promising

PONY ROUP AT VALLEY

90 Ponies For To-day's Auction

horses are being repared special- BAG AND BAGGAGE, INCLUDED ly for the race. Four-year-olds

probably will claim most attention Nearly 90 racing ponies will be when stable intentions are known for auction at the Public Roup at Versicle, Gino, Commander TIL,

Celadon, Shove Halfpenny, Snooker, the Hong Kong Jockey Club Pad- Town Crier, Generous Gift, and, dock, Happy Valley, this afternoo Greek Warrior make a brave arYTAY | CH

of horses, of this age, and there is A full list of the ponies, which Piso Play On, who won seven races will be auctioned

to twelve attempts in the North Hughes and Hough, is app Hast`fear.

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Lincolnshire Acceptances

for the classic are given, as follows;

Nichla Mr D. Kennedy' Totsig, Mr. Emanuel Mr. G. Law

Maj. D. Colf Land

ra

· Another very' good" pony of that season was The Giraffe,

fallures during the first half who, because of his repeated of the season, was auctioned .... for the paltry sum of $80, The pony then went an to great number of races.

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NIGHT STAR UNBEATEN in the following year, the sub- scription for Australian ponies were slightly lower, but the in- terest in this class of pony was well sustained.

The Sydney Maidens provid- ed a big surprise for pantera, for Fortia, a red hot favourite,: was beaten by Night Star, the mare paying her supporters over $80 for a win. Night Star followe

of Woodland Ba mate,Polar

before, her in

California, Darien, Young Com panlon, Willdo, Dawn View, Incom Tax, Black Prince, Blue Flane, won MonTalisman, The Redshank, from Snappy Eve-Adamastor, Faw-Star kes, Battli

Managed Cur-year

Tub Afcani

Banquet Hall,

Crook,

aranto, Shit

won the Ko

after a thrilling ra

stralian Champion

and Polar

Woodland Stay

ring the first half of the Night Star was unbeatable, ATEFUL SHANGHAI TEIP

to:

The events at the April Regatta will-be

Seniors Fours and Pairs Junter Fours and Pairs. Grifin Fours,

The distance for the Fours will be one mile, and three-quarters of, a mile for the Pairs

BILLIARDS RECORD

EQUALLED. British Amateur Titlist For Four Years,

SYDNEY LEE'S FEAT

London, Toda Sidney Lee equalled. when he beat Fra 3,929 points to 8,509 at “Thi Hall last night to win the Amateur Billards: Chas for the fourth year in

Only HO. Virr rivals

won from 1911 to 1914

cord – his first”? sue-

DAVIS CUP PLAYER LEAVES COLONY.

Andrews On “ Lurline.”

11 20 6-7 03:47 PP Botelhe

Harriman

BY. Mung

RECUP

Player