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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

NOTICE TO MEMBERS WHITSUN RACE MEETING

Second Day Saturday, 9th May, 1951 (Postponed from Monday, 14th May, 1951)

The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 pm, and the first raco will be run of 2.00 p.m.

There are 12 races on the 2nd Day,

Through Tickets for the above at $24 ench may be obtained at the Compradore Office of the Treasurers, 1st floor. Telephone flouse.

To avoid congestion at the Club's Offices at Telephone House, non-members are requested to purchase their sweep flekets at the Club's Branch Omees al→

5. D'Agullar Street, Hong Kong

or

382, Nathan Road, Kowloon.

SETS OF MEMBERS

MEMBERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURE

MEMBERS ARE INFORMED THE AND LADIES' BADGES NOW SUPERSEDE THE PREVIOUS ISSUE.

Members and guests are reminded that they and their ladler MUST wear their badges prominently displayed throughout the

Meeting.

NO ONE WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE,

Dadges admitting ladies not in possession of Brooches or Season tickets and gentlemen, non-members of the Club, to the Members Enclosure

Club Hooms at $10.00 including

and

, for ladies or gentlemen are obtainable through the Secretary the written or personal introduction of a member, such member Je responsible for all visitors introduced by him, and for pay- ment of all chits etc.

Barges admitting to Members' Enclosure will NOT be on sale at the HACE COURSE.

The Treasurers' Compradore Office will close at 11.00 a.m.. and the Secretary's Office will close at 11.45 am. Both offices at 1st floor, Telophiene House.

A limited number et tiffins will be obtainable at the Club Hoise provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy | (Tel. -278618).

NO CHILDREN WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE CLUB'S PRE- MISES DURING THE MEETING.

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE

The price of admission to the Public Enclosure is $3.00

at the Gale.

close on Thursday, 17th May,cluding tax for all persons including ladies, and is payable 1951, will now close at Noon, on Thursday, 24th May, | MITTED TO OPERATE WITHIN THE PRECINCTS OF THE

1951.

So long as British racehorses | and adversaries from across the Atlantic. Truly delighted

bred predominantly perd, they will fall to hold with the happiest of memories.

far to see them, we hope they will return empty-handed, and their own

whole 21

with French challengers. The few

One of our oldest friends we shall not be greeting in St. Echampions that are produced in

Britain will however, be better his full glory till September. That is Francis Ouimet, who than the French en account of has played in, or captained, every U.S. Walker Cup team the speed allied to their stamina, until his retirement this year. Now the Royal and Ancient Most Lemarkable thing is There are, however, signs of have done him the signal honour of inviting him to be

in the erect all the chama change of heart. Reforms ind The 2:2011112 started of Top Dionships Were won so easily, he framing of ages to encour-¡ captain of the club.

and continued that way Spurs triumphed by four points, age the breeding of late-matur- all the time,

At o'clock on of Preston

Kive clear by five flag and staying two-year-olds |

September ('changes in the ball and Austria's Thort nth-to-man Natts Forest by six and Rother- are appearing. The logical con-19 the cannon will boom beside ourselves fewer gult shots than

clusion am by seven, passing was an eye-opener, and

cther the frst tee. (if they can And before. nel this though there were long periods.

Iw different it was at the metres will be a more even any gunpowder) and the man Footsore and weary, we troist

a caddy this to be Item No. and who, 30 years ago as

1 on the speed when the Spurs were on top, the bottom of Division One which Balance

bay of 19, stepped into the House of Lords agendu, visiting defere WILS 11:3 be-supplied n the last day excle- stamina. wildering in its compactness as | ment,

There are subsidiary reasons headlines at Brookline, Mass.. Chelen scraped clear by the forwards were in attack. 14 thousandths of goal at the

for the British faiture in post by tieing with the great Vardon Shefeld

distance old Wednesday war middle txuense of

events. and Ray for the US. Open and fan of the match was un-though the

the Yorkshire side They have their origins in the eating them on the play-off, wift play himself into what is nerhaps still the highest honour that golf has to offer.

The

accuracy

MAN OF THE MATCH

Mon

Were

of

between

1930's and war years.

EXPORTED WINNERS

has

doubtedly centre-half Ocvirk verton, 6-0 at Hillsborough,

heat their fellow-clegationists not only because he scored il perfect gal, mit for his stund That would have been suffi- A major cause is the almost of the staying defence and his untiring aid of cient to have kept them up if complete loss

With the Walker Cup team his forwards. He was here. Chelsen land won by only 1-0. Blandford line. All the Aga

come

body whase in this deliberations here may there and everywhere-on idealistead they managed four goals Khan's Derby winners

have attacking pivot. The remainder against Bolton and are the family, Blenheim, Bahram and

Lasting good effect on the were sold to America. game all over of the team did remarkably ekies: team in the world.

Mahmoud,

the world. well, too.

Ironically, Wednesday, se Windso. Lad died young and the rainely the representatives of Whenever

en the post, only survivor Triga was a dis the United States Golf Associa Spurs arrowly pinned the ball he was immediately, at into Division one a year ago appointment. Only now, with son who are is set with the chased by two or three oppo hy eight thousandths of a goal the imported Donatells, his son Royal and Ancient à connon ponts, but they were always inver their neighbours Sheffield Alyeidon and Persian Gulf at code of rules.

stud, have sonie of the waste position when needed.-------

United. How vitally important) 2

places been · ·repairel:: be- And what a great goalkeeper the goals against column Schweda was! What is the les-1emest son to be learned here?. Farland CLIMB TO SAFETY

team manager, Walter Winter- 'Aston Villa's climb to safety ttom was there. } told the closing stages has been a

audi lim site frankly that I thought feature. Remember how I said

-At-Lord-Brabazon's invitation

A Challenge

From

Trinidad

On the strength of public subscription including a lot tery-first prize a motorcar -Eileen King, 19-year-old It is the claselts winners of they will open their proceed- dark-skinned sprinter from one generation' provide mostings in the exalted atmosphere Trinidad, is coming to of the classics winners

winners of the of a House of Lords committee Britain for an athletics tour. ext. A high percentage always room. fail to play

play their

Her main object is to win part at stud, and if several are lost through Correspondence has already our national women's sprint ths England machine needed they needed a manager? Get exper can natural causes the revealed such degree of unan- titles at the WAAA cham- pulling down and re-assembling Martin was appointed and an can be far-reaching. inity and goodwill as

Apart from those If National prestige is not to sable, was immediately!

already give poor Mr Gromvico a heart-pionships at the White City They climbed from mentioned, of the Derby winners attask. Fuw differences remain on July 7. hall have to got together *22nd place to 13th: Portsmouth, of the 30's Cameranian, April which cannot be adjusted by a team of nerballe ball control, the champions, finished a credi- the Fifth and Mid-Day Sun did

Hile give-and-lake,

If she is successful the West uzd wc Jer, all as it as the proverbla! table seventh after all, but not rise to expectations. Of the may trust

that one

ci the Indies will be in line for a great Lalelle, and weld them into a Wolves were

a big disapp:int- St. Lager winners Singapore, "gives" on our part, under double, for E. McDonald Bailey combination where every player ment.

They falle

and is almost certain to start favour- Firdaussi. Boswell and Chum great pressure, of course, falled to win knows the next

mave of his but one of their last twelve leigh wert abroad and Scottish with an appropriate show of ita for the men's 100 yards and

ended gunes and

rule furlong titles in the ÂÂÂ cîâm- 12th.

Union has yet to produce his reluctance, will be the The Austrians were

about the unplayable ball: pionships a week later. challenging such After

song, equal thought readers chess play- Coventry fell back

onus 11:3 fell ከነ seventh in

Peter, Bois Hyperion, Blue lag eleven who ran into position Division Two where the big dis-

with appointment was Southampton, Roussel, Precipitation, the few

he dragged Into the dust,

elher ten colleagues.

f the next short pass magnificent understanding. They

for

the

Festival

up

to

have been

even

EXIT THE STYMIE?

your

girl

The Jefferson School of Athle- ties in Trinidad sponsored the Another welcome casually appeal for funds to enable Eileen Finat Lucifth.

Cardiging sires of the previous de would be the stymie. The to make the trip. So sport- called the tune all the time. It nearly did it, and Leeds are d

cade and the winners of the American rule, which says you minded are the West Indians was such understanding which ready for next season,

wartime classics as each went may remove the opponent's ball that the money rolled in. Now

siud. the only goal of the

Without the shrewd if it is six inches, but not if it they are hoping to make it a Brought

Some time ago I wrote a

importation of that if Chesterfield, and tasks would

Nearco, their is seven inches, from ma delivered a pass,

alary

the hole,

two-giri team by sending an- ran Grimsby were relegated to

at least as futile as our own. other class sprinter, Pearl Good- through his forwards,

harder. took the Division Three, two English

Luckily two Add also to the distress the tives present themselves:

simple alterna man. return, and there was the ball

Seleclors, Mr Horuce Sheninil regrettable decline of the line that if you lay the style your- (0) the net. Spurs had their and Mr Arthur Drewry, would Son-in-Law and it will be self,

The West Indies are now a moments and their chances, but be affected.

have to sed, you

play it, or power in world sports to be seen that the road back is an (b) that you may at any time reckoned with. Their cricketers the better side wen

They were! This points a arduous one demanding not only concede OUTSTANDING EVENT murale which finds its answer some

opponent's putt and athletes have proved this tomporary sacrifice but

romove his bali.

If these of In

Either beyond question. the selection of the English also much self-confidence, in the would serve. Britain matches which will be team against Argentina at Wem- face of severe setbacks from tried in bath countries for, say, appear to be, then they will pro-

and could be runners are

good as they played during the next week-lev.

across the Channel.

two years. rofessionals will get full win-

vide our Having decided on the Black- It is doubly unfortunate that

own champlon, June fer wages for them, by the way tool right wing, Matthews and during

As to the ball itself, hope | Foulds, with some much needed the curtain has been

great springs eternal, rung Mortensen,

competition in her appeared. Rosy last is a chance. In

and here at "foreign" down

on yet another Soccer promptly dropped the best haif- Legend produced both Dante and ve

25 years preparation for next year's season.

have in England back in the Sedish game, right-Sayajirao, but for the most part twice altered the

alone Olympic Games, First, and foremost, I take half Jchnaton, who has been British suds suffer from

bogeys of Tottenham Hotspur's tremen-supplying Malihews and Ator-

1,500 courses and the handl- Today's pat on the back goes surfelt dous achievement of winning tenson with the parses they like were almost useless on the at least 100,000 new tees; and mising to accept Elleen's entry-

of tragile Allies, who caps of 760,000 golfers: bull to the WAAA for: readily pro- the First Division Championship all season. More than that they course. the first season after promotion switched Billy Wright to right-

between us walked extra yards they know nothing yet about from Division Two as the out-half-and he was the worsted, but it will take me, prob-cumference of the earth,

The status quo will be restor- equalling many times the cir- carl Goodman's probable visit— standing event of the season. half-back against Spotland!

bly several years, yet.

Too many sand-wiches

this mare

Period

-the

Selectors brood" the

POP

POPS PUT ON A LOT OF WEIGHT SINCE WE HAVE

BEEN STAYING!

HERE

DO

all for the championships.

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