1941-02-25 — Page 47

Ubrary, Supreme Court

CHINA MAIL

KOTERAPER ENTERPRISE_LIP/

Marmor

RACING EXTRA

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1941.

Price 10 Cents

CONFUSION BAY WINS CHAMPIONS IN GRAND RACE

Brilliant Last Quarter After Racylight Runaway

MR. T. K. LI BROUGHT OFF THE COVETED RACING “DOU- BLE" TO-DAY AT THE VALLEY WHEN, IN DULL AND THREA- TENING WEATHER AND BEFORE A VERY SMALL CHAMPIONS DAY CROWD, HIS CONFUSION BAY, RIDDEN BRILLIANTLY BY MR. DONALD BLACK, THE CHAMPION JOCKEY, WON THE CHAMPION STAKES BY 2 LENGTHS FROM MR. ERIC MOL- LER'S NAVYLIGHT (MR. CHRIS MOLLER UP).

FIREWOOD PRICE CONTROL ORDER

An

Order was issued by the Stores Controller this after- noon, and publish- ed in а Govern- ment Gazette Extraor- dinary fixing a maxi- mum price for fire- wood.

The maximum price, until further Order, is Forty Catties Per Dol-

lar.

JAPANESE SHOT IN HONGKEW

THE CASH SWEEPS

Following

are

the

numbers in the Cash Sweeps:

No. 1776

3142

Race 1

winning

Race 6

No. 340

$2532.60

3025

$723.60

$361.80

$1647.10 470,80 235.30

» 1845 Unplaced runners ($50 each), Nos. 1883. 608, 1743, 2352, 1955, 2320, 2812, 304, 1519, 1231, 2184, 296, 2267, 1418.

Race 2

No. 318

$2026.60

841 2603

$579.00

$289.50

Unplaced runners ($50 each), Nos: 2206, 4278, 3311, 952, 2921 1305.

3476

Unplaced runners ($50 each), Nos.: 1755, 4984, 4557, 5427, 3554, 698, 4549, 1893, 1754, 4086.

Race 7

No. 1846

3096.10 $884.60

1053 0233

Unplaced runners

442.30

($50 each).

Nos.: 5839.

Race 8

No. 1254

$3175.20

5838

907,20

6389

453.60

Unplaced runners ($50 each),

Nos. 2974, 6209, 5113.

Race 3

No. 412 3123 3022

$2125.90 607.40 303.70 Unplaced runners ($50 each),

Race 9

No. 2509

$3259.90

1233

S031.40

1136

$465.70

RROC 4

No. 4032 2775 3529

$2015.30

Mr. Moller's Racylight attemptèd a run-13516, 3872, 1788, 1104, 4466, 3963 away victory and was caught only over the

575.80 287.20 last 50 yards in an exciting finish. The track

Unplaced runners ($50 each). was on the heavy side and this accounted for Nos: 1126. 255, 2052, 4281, 1913, 2919, 4, 4297, 3255, 2377, 3636, 691 O-Lan's failure · it came third.

Race 5

-

DETAILED RESULTS IN PAGES TWO. AND THREE.

Sapper defeated Distant View in the Australian Champions., Highlight of the earlier events was the race for the Jockey Cup, which provided two three-Bigure dividends, Eve's Gladiator (Mr. Chattey) winning to pay $102.70 and T. K. L.'s Galveston Bay (Mr. Yul) placing third to pay $128.20. It was Mr. Yuj's first race on the Valley track.

Bleak and cheerless weather welcomed the early arrivals at the Valley this morning and the few Lake present were soon forced to cover when rain fell just before the first race.

The shower had, however, stop- ped before the 17 starters went out for the first section of the Blue Mountains Plate, for which Mrs. Chuong Ho-yer's Endeavour (Mr. Moller) was made hot fav- ourite.

Spitfire Left

Spitfire was left badly at the start and was almost the length of the home straight behind En- deavour when it passed the post first, 1% lengths ahead of Main- sail.

A Surprising Time, Endeavour, Daylight, Newborn Star and Arch- ber were to the fore in the early stages. At the football stands, A Surprising Time was leading, fol- lowed by Endeavour, Bona Va- cantia and Newborn Star, but in After several weeks' re- the back straight Mainsail went spite, Chinese terrorists up with a rush and was second to Endeavour at the 1-mile start. resumed their activities ing gate. Endeavour entered the in Hongkew at two o'clock home stretch with a small

over. Mair:sall, with A Surprising this afternoon when two Time not far behind, and this. Chinese gunmen fired on was the order in which they fin- ished, with Royal Sovereigni two Japanese corporals, fourth and Fresh Air fifth. wounding one.

Marber Breaks ““Duck”

lend

It is reported that one of the The popular Marber stable re- gühmen .was arrested by the corded their first success of the year when Palber, bot' favourite Japanese authorities

and capably ridden by Mr. Chao, Communication between Hong-won the Grand Stand Stakes by a kew and the remainder of the length from `-Sam's Choice, which Settlement has been cut off as all came through very fast over the bridges have been closed to traffic last 200 yards, by the Japanese, Reuter,

WEATHER FORECAST:—North

east winds, fresh to strong; oloudy generally, probably rain later.

M

Iron Beauty was first away from the gate, followed by Wonderful Scheme, Beautylight and Palber, which drew third position. Sam's Choice, which drew the rails posi tion, was caught napping at the

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No. 1040

454

2621

$2254.70 644.20

322.10

each).

Unplaced runners ($50 each),

Nos. 1412 and 5003.

Race 10

No. 841

$3210.20

4733

-917.20

5803

458.60

Unplaced runners ($50 each), Nus.; 2118, 5577.

Race 11

No. 3543

$2994.60

5652

855.60

4298

427.80

Unplaced runners

($50 each),

Unplaced runners ($50

Nos.: 4750, 5055. 4275, 2434, 1805, Nos.: 5085, 5331, 5404, 2324, 6594, 14392. 4975, 1632, 2172, 573, 5025. 4807, 4723, 1007.

SUGGESTIONS

FOR RACE WEEK

ROAST RIBS OF BEEF

ROAST LEGS OF PORK

(With Sage & Onion Stuffing) ROAST CHICKEN

(With Thyme & Parsley Stuffing). PRESSED BRISKET OF BEEF PRESSED TONGUE

PRESSED BEEF

PRESSED PORK.

PHONE YOUR ORDERS

-$2.00 per lb.

$1.20 per lb.

$1.80 per lb.

$1.40 per

lb.

$2.00 per lb.

.95 per lb.

.90 per lb.

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Pure Food Specialists,