1939-03-25 — Page 21

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 25, 1939

Workman's Splendid Victory

Wins Grand National From Macmoffat In Big Field Of 37 Starters

DRIM FAILS AT FIRST FENCE AND JOCKEY'S-WAGER IS LOST

London, To-day.

to 8, yesterday Sir Alexander Maguire's Workman, at 100 cleverly won the Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree, Liverpool, by three lengths from Captain Scott Briggs' MacMoffat, which start- ed at 25 to 1, while Miss Dorothy Paget's Kilstar, the 8 to 1 fa- vourite, was third, 15 lengths behind.

Eleven of the 37 starters finished

what

was an all Irish triumph. Workman's is the first Irish vic- tory since Troy Town's win in 1920, fully justifying the confidence of its owner, who openly-declared that Workman was a far better horse yesterday than when he unluckily finished only third last year.

Workman which was ridden by an Irish jockey in Hyde and 'which was trained in Ireland, was always lying handy and was one of leaders at the end of the first cir-sibly due to the unrest in Europe. cuit with Kilstar and Underbid with

26 still standing.

SLIGHT BLUNDER

MacMoffat

the est in many years, which was pos-

which was trained Scotland, came privately in

-up splendidly near the finish and but the Jast for a slight blunder at

even fence might have made an closer race of it.

Kilstar, who was always. minent just failed

to stay

pro- the

gruelling 41⁄2 mile course.

Workman's time was 9 mins. 42;

2-10 secs. The winning owner who

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[NEXT WEEK'S

FOOTBALL

Reports of the progress of the PROGRAMME

Association were has only been racing for the past Central British two years, said that 10,000 of his made last might at the annual meet- home town Navan, in County Neath, ing in the club house where Rev. had backed his horse.

G. E. S. Upsdell, of President of the Association, president.

GOING. WAS GOOD

In his review. of the year the Secretary said the membership at

an

It was estimated that there were present stood at 120 and that the a quarter of a million people pre-new club house was serving as sent in bright and sunny weather big attraction to new members. when the race commenced. The go- The financial report showed ing was fairly good at the start

excess of income over expenditure and about a dozen horses pushed of $368.73. Of the well-backed horses, Teme-out on running up the first fence Officers elected for the forthcoming. Rev. G: E. Gift led Rockpuilla, year were.-President, willow and Brendan's Cottage came where Birth

Upsdell; Vice-President, Mr. Mr. down at the first fence together Under Bid, Bachelor Prince, Per-] S.

George Arnold; Hon. Secretary, Four with Drim, whose amateur jockey |fect Part and Epiphanes.

J. J. King; Assistant Secretary, Mr. and owner have thus failed to win horses fell at the first fence includ E. J. Kennard; Hon. Treasurer, Mr. the wager of £500 to £10 of getting ing War Vessel, which was owned G. Fowler; Assistant Treasurer, Mr. over the first fence.

by last year's winner of the event, J. Kempton; Committee, Mr. D. Smith, Miss Iris Woolley, Miss M. L. Whitley. Mrs. Randolph Scott, wife of the movie star...

A JOKE

Royal Danielli fell early, but Blue- shirt, who started as a 10 to 1 se- cond favourite. (due to an amazing tip washed ashore in a bottle off the coast of Ireland which read "plunge fearlessly on Squadron Castle and Blue Shirt") failed finish though it completed the first

circuit.

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Birth Gift and Epiphanes head-TO-DAY'S SCHOOL

led the field at Bechers Brook fol- lowed by Rockquilla and Kilstar. Sporting Piper jumped into the lead

SPORTS MEETS

The following are League and repre- for next

sentative football fixtures

week:

SATURDAY, 1ST APRIL, 1939

Kowloon

First Division

V Club

(Kowloon, 4.45 p.m.) Referee:Clarke.

'Linesmen:-Demme and Purnell. Royal Scots v South China "B"

(Sookunpoo, 4.45 p.m.)

Referee:-Ford.

South China

Linesmen: Banhan and Baker.

Second Division Royal Scots

(Sookunpoo, 3.15 p.m.) Referee:Wyper.

R.A.O.C.

v Kwong Woh

(Military, 3.15 p.m.) . Referee: Stone.

Chinese Interport

Straits Chinese

v. South China (Caroline Hill, 8.30 p.m.)

SUNDAY

Straits Chinese v Hong Kong F.A.

(Caroline Hill, 3.30 p.m.).

ALL-ENGLAND BADMINTON

Overseas Challenger For Final

at the Canal turn followed by Birth St. Stephen's College annual athle- Gift, Dominick's Cross with Kilstar tic meeting will be held at Stanley CHAMPIONSHIPS just behind, going easily. Sporting to-day commencing at 2.30 p.m. Mrs. Piper and Under Bid were disput- Hsu Ti-shan will distribute the ing the lead onto the course with prizes at 5.30 p. m. Buses leave the Kilstar in close attendance. ́

Vehicular Ferry Pier at 1:30 p. m.. Twenty four horses completed and will return at 5.45 p. m. and 6.- the first circuit, Red Hillman lead-15 p. m.

Owing to the inclement weather, ing the field at the start of the se- cond round followed by Under Bid. the annual sports of La Salle to reach the final of the men's

College which was to have taken gles in the All-England Champion- ships, at the Royal Horticultural The mare Cooleen rán a great Kilstar and Workman:

place last Thursday, will now, take

Hall, London... race and once again finished fourth.

place on the school ground this after- Symaethis, a stable companion of

noon, commencing at 1p. m. Blueshirt, was fifth while Domin-

The joke is, that the tip was pro- bably for last year's spring double when both horses were more fan- cied.

SEVERAL DOWN

A loose horse brought down' se-

ick's Cross, who was up with the yeral of the runners at the fence leaders four fences from home, was before Bechers Brook, including COLONY .sixth, West Point, another Irish Blueshirt. Kilstar, remained pro-

competitor was seventh, Pencraik

was eighth while Royal Mali, car-minent until the Canal turn where BADMINTON aying top weight, made a great bid it dropped back to eighth,

Reaching the race course, Work TITLES to win its second Grand National and was

always dangerous until man took command from MacMof- fat with Dominick's Cross and Kil- five fences from home, came ninth.

AMUSING BATTLE

Bachelor Prince beat Underhid by a short head in an amusing bat tle for last place.

((By AIR MAIL) · An overseas challenger is certain

R. C. F. Nichols, London, the holder, qualified to meet M, W. Field, Liverpool, and A: S. Samuel, Malay, won through to oppose Tage Madsen, Denmark, in the other semi-final game,

In the women's singles, Miss D. M. C. Young (Bedford), holder, plays Mrs. R. Walton, Canada, and The Men's Senior Singles Bad- Miss Q. M. Allem, Worthing, meets

Miss D. Doveton, Bath, star close behind. MacMoffat led minton semi-final match between alightly two fences from home but KL. Yong and C. Au, will be play- weakened at the last fence where ed on Friday next at Talkoo at 8 Wowkman gained a slight advantage. p.m. and ran strongly to victory

The doubles semi-final tie, be- Other horses to finish were in tween M. A. Oliveira anda the following order: Cooleen, Sy- Carvalho, of the Club de Recreio, Although the weather was per- maathis, Dominick's Cross, West and K. L. Yong and P. K. Hui, fect and visibility has never been Point, Mesmeriat, Royal Mail, Ba- the University, will now be played "better" with glorious #pring Bun-chelor Prince and Under....

on Wednesday, March 29,, at Taikoo „shine, the attendance was the small-

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