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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 26, 1938
LAST DAY OF EXTRA RACE MEETING
New Record Expected To-day
LOUIS XIV FAVOURED FOR SUB-GRIFFINS CHAMPIONS
STRATHROY SHOULD WIN
AUSTRALIAN CLASSIC
(By "RAPIER")
IS THE LAST DAY OF THE 1938 ANNUAL RACE
TO-DAYING, AND, AUGMENTED BY CHILDREN. WHO WILL
BE ADMITTED FOR THE FIRST AND
LAST TIME, THERE
SHOULD BE AN EXTRAORDINARILY LARGE ATTENDANCE PRESENT. RACING WILL COMMENCE AT 2.00 P.M., AND THERE ARE ONLY NINE RACES ON THE PROGRAMME, THE
IMPORTANT OF WHICH ARE THE MOST PONIES' CHAMPIONS AND THE SUBSCRIPTION CHAMPIONS..
Despite the fact that the track. had not fully recovered from the effects of rain, which fell fairly consistently during the previous fast some exceptionally week, times were recorded during the The last three days of racing.
track should now be on the firm
AUSTRALIAN GRIFFINS
side again, and it will not sur- Master did well to occupy third prise me to see the record lower- place in the Sports Club Cup over ed in the Australian ponies', the Derby distance.
champions.
the
But for the fact that the dis- The Nil Desperandum Stakes are tance is a little too long, I would divided into two sections, and as nominate Astrik, as I recall that these notes were written before the under the hard riding of Mr. Tao, draw was made, I can only gen- this pony very nearly won eralise on the prospects.
second section of the Wong-Nei- Chong Stakes. It came up over the last 100 yards with a powerful rush, and with another few lengths it might have won, as Force, the winner, tiring.
THE NIL DESPERANDUM STAKES: ONE MILE
are
was
National rapidly
THE GRIFFINS SPRING HANDICAP: ONE MILE
Subscription griffins of this sea- son that have started twice at this
have not won meeting and given an opportunity of collecting stake money, which is $750.00 to Look- the winner in each section. ing back on the results of events in which subscription griffins ap- peared, the following were promin- culty in picking out the winner of ent, and from among them the win- ners of the respective sections will be found:-
Ali Baba (Mr. Proulx). Astrik (Mr. B. L. Tao),
Deliko (Mr. Maitland).
Five Rulers (Mr. K. S. Shu).. Golden Cow (Mr. S. C. Liang)..
There should not be much diffi-
this
to
race, which is confined griffins, China ponies, that had not hitherto secured a win.
The following will probably face the starter:-
Advancing. Time (Mr. Pote- Hunt), Half Moon Eve (Mr. Mar- shall), Lancashire Lass (Mr. A. W. (Mr. Encar- National Dignity (Mr. H. C. Pih), Raymond), Lucky Salvage Master (Mr. D. Black), 'nacao), National Defence (Mr. H. I favour Golden Cow and Salvage. C. Pih), Sunlight View (Mr. Y. K. Master, and I submit that it was Wouh) and Tampa Bay (Mr. Mait- due to bad luck that they have not land).
scored 2 win yet. Golden Cow Over the same distance last Wed- ran quite came very near to accomplishing it nesday, Half-Moon Eve
an
two occasions, and Salvage well, but was beaten by Jober in
Gypsy Love (Mr. B. L. Tao up) being led in after winning the Adelaide Stakes. ("Mail" photo).
among those entered can keep up with Derby Day.
The following are likely starters:
A Great Time (Mr. J. Pote- Hunt), Australian Boy (Mr. B. L. Tac), Derby Day (Mr. S. W. Tang), Discovery Bay (Mr. H. Maitland), Llangollen (Mr. A. W. Raymond), Ranger (Mr. D. Black), Boronia Belle (Mr. L. P. Ralph), Rooifly (Mr. Davis), Streamline, The Buffer (Mr. Needa) and Zodiac (Mr. S. C. Liang).
I think that Derby Bay should win, as over this same distance it could beat some of the other “A” class runners,
On the other hand, it must be realised that Ranger is also a fast- is al- moving animal, but there ways the danger that it will refuse to start, as it has done on previous occasions. I expect Ranger to fill second place, while A Great Time and Zodiac fighting it out for the third position.
THE PROFESSIONAL CUP AND
: SUBSCRIPTION-GRIFFINS CHAMPIONS: POST ENTRIES: 14 MILES:
As was the case last year, when as a cer- Gordito was regarded
same can
after a fairly the last few yards even encounter. The finish in this race should be fought out between tainty for the same event, I think
Eve and Half-Moon
Lancashire the
appropriately be Lass, with the former as my choice, applied to Louis XIV, which is own- while I expect to see Advancinged by Mr. S. W. Tang. Time fill third position.
THE FLEMINGTON PLATE: FROM THE 11⁄2 MILE POST
season
This race has been selected to serve as the first leg of the "Daily Double," which will be contested by Australian ponies of this that have started at the Meeting and have not won, and old ponies that have not won more than $1,000 in stakes.
I expect to see the following go- ing to the post:
BORRACHITO (MR. H. MAIT-
LAND)
DESERT STAR (MR. NEEDA) FINAL TRIUMPH (MR. POTE-HUNT)
LOUIS XIV (MR. S. W. TANG) METEOR
NATIONAL FORCE (MR. H. C.
PIH)
PIET HEIN (MR. L. B, CHAO) SMILING THRU (MR. C. EN- With so many fast ponies parti- | CARNACAO).
in third in the cipating, it is no easy problem to spot the likely winner, although I Valley Stakes, Louis XIV went on doubt very much whether any one
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Gypsy Love (Mr B. Tan up) winning the Adelaide Stakes by neck from Lancashire Chips (Mr. B. A. Proulx up).
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