1938-10-28 — Page 18

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 28, 1938.

Good Riding At

At Ninth Extra

ROSE EVELYN

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MISBEHAVES BUT SECURES A WIN

Superb Horsemanship By B.L. Tao & A.W. Raymond

CASH SWEEPS WELL SUPPORTED

(By "RAPIER”)

(Mr.

nosed Raymond) just Laughing Girl for third place.

WHY THE FAVOURITE?

out

CRICKET

TEAMS FOR SATURDAY

Kowloon Cricket Club

morrow are:

b teams for to-

let. XI v. Civil Service (home).— D. J. N. Anderson (captain), K. M. Baxter, G. F. O'Bryen, G. C. Burnett, R. T. Broadbridge, ̃E. C. and E. F. Fin-· cher, N. D. Lloyd, R. E. Lee, N. A. E. Mackey, C. B. R. Sargent.. Umpire, J. P. Robinson.

In the fifth race, the Wyndham Handicap (second section) over mile, which was also the first leg of

2nd XI v. Central British School the daily double, it was surprising to (away).-S. A. Gray (captain), F. A. see King's Coronation command the Adams, H. Brokenshire, R. Baldwin, most support. This pony, has not G. A. Goodban, G.. W. Giffen, J. R. done anything of note within recent Luke, B. D. Lay, H. F. Shields, R. A. months, and yet it was firm J. Simpson, C. Walker. Umpire, H.

made favourite. It must have been due to

RECREIO TEAMS

A. E.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club's Ninth Extra Race Meeting, last Saturday, attracted a very large crowd, which found its reflection the fact that the pony was fit, and Overy. in the very substantial payments made in the Cash Sweep depart-that it was being taken out by Mr.

The following have been selected to ment. With the track on the fiery side, racing was keen and, on the

Needa.

represent Club de Recreio in friendly whole, finishes were quite exciting.

Boolat Bay (Mr. Hearne) took the cricket matches to-morrow:

Rock lead, but after reaching the

1st XI v. Navy (Navy ground).— Great interest prevailed over Elizabeth, ridden by Mr.

Bri. A. M. Rodrigues (Capt.), E. L. Gosano, Hearne, was overhauled by Soldier of tain. Shortly before rounding

the P. M. N. da Silva, jr., W. A. Reed, A. the running of the last race, the took the lead, but gave up the struggle bend, Mr. Needs sent King's Corona-M. Prata, H. L. Ozorio, A. P. Pereira,

before reaching the bend. Running Kwangtung Handicap, on the re-strongly, Jober, with Mr. Raymond tion through, hotly pursued by Mr. E. M. L. Soares, L. G. Gosano, G. A.

Guterres and N. Beltrao. sult of which depended the ulti- up, put up a great fight, but was up Encarnacao,

With on Rob Roy.

B 2nd XI v. Police R. C. (at home).— mate destination of the sum of against a definitely superior pony in great effort, Rob Roy passed King's .$88,963.18, which was the first Confusion Bay. Coming into the Coronation two lengths from the post. H. Carvalho (Capt.), E. A. R. Alves,

A. V. Gosano, H. M. Xavier, Commen- prize in the big sweep. There was sponse from Confusion, Bay,

straight, Mr. Woi found a ready re- and won by a short head.

which cement Bay made a belated challenge Noronha, A. J. M. Prata, H. A. Bar- another feature in this meeting romped home to win by six lengths, and had to be content with. third ros, P. Almeida, R. Soares, J. Soares

and P. A. Yvanovich, jr. · which created a good deal of com- with another three lengths separat place. ment. It was the combined pool ing Jober from Moonlight View. in the Daily Double. The sum of $3,704 was carried forward from the last meeting, but it was cer- tainly astounding when it became known that no less than $19,- 783.00 was invested with the ob- ject of winning the former un- paid pool.

Mr. Eu Tong Sen was the most - successful

while jockey owner, honours were shared between Mr. P. Y. T. Wei and Mr. C. Encarna- cao, with two wins each.

A GOOD FINISH

ran

A RARE EXPERIENCE Prior to the commencement of the first section of the Connaught Handicap, Mr. Needa was given a rare experience, and probably 3 fright, when Pinfarthings straight back to the stable and into the paddock. With his cus- tomary coolness, Mr. Needa man- aged to pull the pony up in time to avert a collision with the rails.

to The pony was led back

the starting gate, but refused to move on the rise of the barrier. Mr. Needa had no alternative but to return to the stable.

In the first race, the Wyndham In this race, Mr. Leslie Wade scor- Handicap, for the first batch of "B" ed his first local win, Just In Time Class China ponies, the majority of inflicting a defeat on Tampa Bay. It the betting public made no mistake was certainly a nice piece of work in placing their bets. Strong sup. as the pony was carrying 168 lbs. port was given to Red Feather, and

this was fully, justified, expecially Just In Time shot out from the after its fine performance at the start two clear lengths in front, previous meeting. New Star (Mr. S. which it maintained to the end. Tam- W. Tang), however, also came in pa Bay's effort was of no avail, and, for a sudden demand, as a result of finishing a little more strongly, Tyne which it was made second favourite.

The race started with Cossack's Beauty (Mr. Pih) taking the lead with Oak Bay (Mr. Raymond) in close attendance and following behind came New Star, Red Feather and Potentate. On nearing the 1% mile post, Oak Bay went in front and maintained, its lead until well into the straight, but its effort proved unavailing as shortly after it was passed by both New Star and Red Feather. The last named pony re- sponded beautifully to Mr. Wei's urge and, after overtaking Now Star, went on to win by two lengths, with New Star in front of Potentate, which just managed to beat Cossack's Beauty for third place.

In the absence of Violet Queen in the next race, the Ballarat Handicap, which was a sprint event,

Bredon, ridden by Mr. Proulx, received strong support and was made firm favourite. Bredon did not take the flying start which was expected of it, but even then it had no difficulty in catching _up."

On the rise of the barrier, Strath- carrick Mr. Cyril Gregory' shot_out in front and. was followed by Mac- quarie River, but after passing. the half-mile post it was overhauled by Bredon, which gradually increased its lead and won without being extended. I expect A Lovely Time to do better, but it suffered from a bad start and finished fourth. Strathcarrick seems to be improving and may win a race at a later meeting.

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NO OPPOSITION

In the Hong Kong Griffins - Cup, contested by Chinaponlea of this season, it was a pity that Expression Time was unable to participate as it was reported to be suffering from some kind of ailment.

In Bay, de-

ROSE EVELYN MISBEHAVES

The sixth race, the Connaught Han- AIR FORCE

dicap, was remarkable for the way Rose Evelyn behaved. It unseated Mr. Encarnacao before the start, and ran practically once round, It was

DEFEAT

caught and returned to the starting UNIVERSITY

post, and yet it went on to win the

race.

Royal Air Force and University In view of the short distance Am- met yesterday in a Hong Kong As- berley was conceded a good chance of sociation

the tournament match, winning, but probably the heavy bur den of 162 lbs., had its effect, and it former winning 4.0. could do no better than be placed third. The University were for the most Coming into the staight Amberley time on the defence. All four led, but Rose Evelyn shot out from R.A.F. the bunch

goals were scored by. win fairly easily. Laughing Buddha and Amberley had Bartlett. a good tussle for second position, with the former securing the verdict by, a head.

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SUBSTANTIAL · DIVIDEND There were altogether 1,084 suc- cessful nominations on Rob Roy as winner of the first leg of the daily double, and tickets on the second leg were fairly well shared, with. Katinka and Ranger` taking up the majority.

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As winner of the Rooty-Hill Derby, I expected Tornado Star to be pro- minnent in this race, but it ran un- placed. On the other hand, had Dick Turpin (Mr. Poy) not suffered from an exceedingly bad start, the result might have been different. Never- theless, in taking third place and only being beaten by Aztec by a neck, Dick Turpin performed well and should be borne in mind as a likely winner be- fore the close of "racing this year.

Tornado Star (Mr. Tang) took the lead, closely followed by Ranger, Snowy River, with Dick Turpin in the

rear.

Rounding the bend on the last stretch, Aztec passed Tornado Star, but Mr. Raymond was keeping an eye on the leader and, timing this challen-.. ge to perfection, sent Snowy River through to win by two lengths, with Aztec second and Dick Turpin coming along with a great burst of speed only·· to be beaten into third place by A neck. There were 114 tickets on Snowy River in the double, and each was paid the fairly substantial dividend of $206.00.

The last race, the Kwangtung Han- dicap, which was really the big race of the day, had by this time aroused keen interest with the result of the first prize on the sweep depending on. this event.

The race started with Whalsey. (Mr. Proulx) taking the lead, with Tribute, Estover, Meteor, Coronation Day and Salvage-Master in' the rear. This position was maintained until coming into the straight; when Whalsey had no more fight in it and gave up the struggle,

Tribute came on strongly with Salvage-Master always within striking distance. These two ponies fought out the finish, but Salvage-Master, riddon superbly by Mr. Tao, had the stronger finish, and, responding game- ly to its jockey's urge, won by half a length.

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the meantime, Piat Hein (Mr. came through near the rails and with a great finished in a dead-

spite its heavy burden of 168 lb had CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO., LTD. het W Tribute The latter pouy

really no opposition, although at one

stage it appeared as if Jober was going to spring another surprise.

had only 87 tickets on it to place, and those who backed it were rewarded with, the return of $108.40.