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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB THIRTEENTH RACE MEETING 1951 AND

FIRST RACE MEETING 1952 Saturday 29th December 1951 and Tuesday 1st January 1952 Held under the Rules of the Hong Kong Jockey Club) On the 13th Race Meeing 1954, the First Bell will be rung at Hist 1.30 pm and the First Rare wil be run at 2.00 pm Race Meeting 1952, the Past Bell will be rung at 11.30 10 and the First Have wal beran at 1200 NOON; the Tifa Interval wi!! be after the 4th Race !!30 pm at this Meeting.

13th Race Meeting 195) on the There te 8 cares at the 29th December, and 1 aves it the 1st Meeting 1952 on the 1st January

Theragh Tickets at $16 for the 13th Race Meeting 1951, and $20 for the At Barr Meeting 1952 may be obtained at the Com- pradore Ofic of the Tacostians, 1st Flen. Telephone House, als Tickets for The Speed Cash Sweig on the Pearce Memorial Cup" scheduled to be rựu en 1815 February, 1952

TICKETS MAY ALSO BE OBTAINED FOR A SPECIAL CASH SWEEP ON THE LAST RACE OF THE 1ST RACE MEETING ON

195/ 1ST JANUARY

THERE WILL BE NO SPECIAL CASH SWEEP ON THE LAST RACE OF THE 13TH RACE MEETING ON 29TH DECEMBER, 1851.

Through Tkets reserved for both of the above Meetings bui not par by 10.00am on Panday 28th December, 1951, will be sold and the psal Valady cancelled for future meetings.

To avon congestion of the Club's Office at Telephone House, non-members are requested to gan chase then swrep tickets at th Club's Branch Offices at

& D'Agular Street, Hong Kong

OF

382 Nathan Road, Kuwluor TOTALISATOR

The attention of Todabsalon investors is drawn to the following

ruit...

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THE

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1951.

GAMBOLS

by Barry AppBaby

DARUNS, WHAT HAVE YOU DON} || THIG 19 A DISASTER

E'VE HUSIT MY A

SO NEAR CHRISTMAS) TARMO)

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BUT HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CARRY ALL MY CHRIÔTMASI PARCELS3]

TWO AUSTRALIANS JOIN FA Cup

THE EMPIRE'S GREATEST EVER PARADE OF MILERS

By "RECORDER"

Two Australians have joined the Empire's greatest ever parade of outstand- ing mile runners, Up to a year ago only 10 Empire milers were listed as having beaten minutes 12 seconds for the mile, only Tour had ever beaten 4:10.

This year eight have beaten 4:12, six have gone under 4:10. can present half-a-dozen outstanding challengers for the 1.500 Metres champion- ship at Helsinki

DITK

The Empire

47. C. Kay (N. Zealand).

47: 5%

46:11

(England) Tony Lethbridge

(England)

47.8 Ian Poimear (Australis) 47.8 | PE. Goldsmith 48.0

46:10

SHOT PUT

Replays

London, Dec. 201

The following were the results of FA Cup second round re- plays today

Newport

County 3, Leyton-

stone 0.

tles

Scunthorpe 3, Millwall 0. Workington, Witten 0. The revised third round on January 12 as the result of today's replays are:

Peter Wilson Saya

Let's Abolish The Word 'Amateur' At The Next Olympics

Sheffield United v. Newport | County

Scunthorpe United v. Totten- ham Ho spurs and Liverpool v. Workingin

The Football Association have decided that the second round FA Cup tie between Blyth Spartans and Tranmere Rovers, 46: 84 the

replay of which Was abandoned through bad light in 46: 8

extra time yesterday, shall be 40: 7

4.Jayed on the Carlisle United ground on January 3.

The mutter was referred to Football Association when to agree on whether the match should be

the

the

staged on the Blyth Spartans'

ground or at a neutral venue.— Reuter

The Australians have always, Morris Curotta (Australia) 47.7 D Stewart (5.Afrlek} . lagged behind the other Com-Jim Lavery (Canada monwealth countries in the J. Anderton (S. Africa) quality of their distance run-Dires Pugh (England) They are sull behind W. Chivel (S. Africa) New Zealand, who have pro-

880 YARDS duced Jack

Cecil Arthur Lovelock,

Wint (Jamaica) 1:49.6 Matthews, Vernon Boot and Harry Pariel (England) 1:51.6 W. Sykes (Australia) Bill Savidan among others Jim Hutchins (Canada) 1:52.1

The new Australian season, Bill Pamel (Canada) 1:52.7 John Savidge (England) 54:5 however, started with a new A. Webster (England) 1:52. Jan Giles (England) 49:4% nale record,

clubs failed 21-year-old John Roger Bannister (England) 1:52.9 Peter Hanlin (Australia) 97:10% Landy, a Melbourne University Frank Evans (England: 1:53.2 Trevor Evans (Australia) 47:74 student, bringing the mark Tom White (England) 1:53.5 Merk Phardoh (England) 47:6% down to 4 minutes 14.6 seconds. Hon Morley (England) 1:53.8 F. Herm (England) 47:6 Schoolboys can take encourage-Don Macmillan (Australia) 1543 John Short (S. Africa) 47:1 ment from the fact that LandyLD.C. Garner (England) 1:54.8. Hills (Canada)

indo' beat 4:45 in school. E. K. Robinson (England) 1:54.6 H. Drummond (Sec- Two weeks later Landy came! up against Don Macmillan, who Roger Bannister (England) 4:07.9 C.R.G. Neville (England) 45:11

Mudan Lal (India) 1 Year run 4:12.7 in New Zea-Bill Nankeville (England) 4:08.6

45:2 land The

DISCUS twe reeled off the

Don MeDwen (Canada) 4:09.0 Lastest

Metres

lan Reed (Australia) 157:9 run 11 Don Macmillan (Australia) 4:09. H.). Duguid (Seo:land) 155:3% Australian history. Macmillan Harry Parlett (England) 4:08.2

Mark Pharaoh being ihned in 3:51.8 and Landy Bi Parnell (Canada) .. 9:08.0 4:09.6

(England) both qualifying for 3:52.8

150:8% John Savidge (England) 148:9% Olympic selection by beating the officially set mleimum standard

. 146:3 S. du Plessis (S. Africa) 143:11 A. Silbury (Erg-

142:11

1.500

mark

1 3:53.0.

Macmillan continued to the

in 4 minutes Mijle

Landy secom/s

stopped at the 1,500-metre mark. changed His Yund at t on to fish in 4 18. Had he not stopped, he could have

unde: 4:31.

been

Les Perry, a three-miler, finish-

i

ex second in 4:15.

Perry a week earller had set new Australian record of 14 mirates 184 seconds for three miles and is set to qualify for the trip Helsinki

Marmian Enished with last quarter of 59 seconds.

а

He

ONE MILE

4.10.6

lured)

THROW

Len Eyre (20 Bob Adams (Canada)

Alan Parker Chris Chataway

4:11.9 4:11.4

Ron Morley (England) 4:13. Frank Evans (England) Doug Pirie (England)

THREE MILES Roy Beckett (England) Chris Chataway

(England)

40:74/4

40:5

"Jungle Law" Warning To Golfers

In 56 days the Winter Olympics will start at Oslo.... and 166 days later the XVth Olympiad proper begins in Helsinki,

At the opening ceremony for both the Winter and Summer Games a famous athlete from each competing nation will mount the rostrum and take the following Olympic Oath-

in the true

over

"We swear that we will take This is straight subsidisation part in the Olympic Games in and, of course, has nothing to luyal competition. respecting do with amateurism. And I am the regulations which govern❘ very glad to see H. them and desirous of partici- The day

the amateur, pating in them

apart from friendly garden par- spirit of sportsmanship for the ty or village green sport. is honour of our country and for

glory of sport.

Big-time international sport Furthermore, no doubt, in a

is now so much matter of prominent place, will be dis- national prestige that outstand played the ideal of

Baron

ing athletes are now amnbassp- Pierre de Coubertin, who redors-at-large. vived the Olympic Games 1800, which reads:-

We cannot afford to have our "The important thing in the ambassador falling from con- Olympic Games as hot winning | tinent to continent through lack but taking part. The essential of funds, which have hamper thing in life is not conquering ed them in obtaining facilities etren and, indeed, in getting but Aghting well."

the necessary time to prepare themselves properly for events like the Olympics.

in

High sounding words; Fine sentimental Noble, lofty aspira- tions! And Blas. 40 much hooey!

In the words of Viscount Much #s 1 regret to say i Templewood; "In these difficult this, I believe the time has | days, no one has the time, the come to abolish the very word teisure, or the money to de- "amateur."

vote a life to any gamë.

LOST ITS MEANING

ALL THE BEST

It has lost all its original | And as the Olymple Games mearing, and I do not believe are, in fact, world champlon- that one athlete in ten from ships for a great many sports. some of the Continental coun-I want to see the best athletes, tries-and I suspect from Rus- | whether amateur or profes- sta-could put the hands on sional, representing their re- their hearts and swear that spective countries. they were deriving no Bnancial benefit from their status Olympic stars.

Great Britain on the whole will probably be the most pure-

I know that the idea of the pure amateur is an admirable one, but unless every national truly abides by it the Olym- ly amateur nation in the Olympics become sordid affairs in piad, and that is at least one which those nations who try to reason why our successes in keep to the spirit are humbled the recent. Games have been by countries who have decided so infrequent.

that "The important thing in who gomeone

takes the Olympic Games is win- fively interest in this problem | ning.”

As

put it to me the other day: Oddly "Conditions have so changed throughout the world that amateurism is in most cases impossible and in all Improbable."

In the Winter Games our athletes--for the most part re- people

coses

enough the Games have by no means always been amateur, for long before the original ones were suppressed by the Roman Emperor Theo- New York, Dec. 18.

Goslus in AP. 393, they h

had The United States Golf

become professional, Association warned local clubs

greatest athletes of the

then of that any softening today

known world competing. penalties in the

Tules stricted to those few new

This wealthy enough to afford brief

19 what I would like to a "Jungle

These in happen winter sporting holidays abroad new golf

-will have to compete against Games-the realism which code, which will bring the U.S. rules into

from prompts the often. despised with conformity those of the rest of the world,

4:14.0 4:14.4

14:02.8

lani) J. H. Drummond

(Scotland)

......

141:10

T. H. Berratt (England) 14:02.0

140:1044

would bring about Law" in golf, The

D.HH.G. Pirie (England) 14:03.0 Janes Rates (Australia) 140:4 Alan Parker (England) 14:04.4 E. J. H. Brewer (Eng- 14:18.0

138:10

|H.J. Hicks (England)

land)

JAVELIN THROW

(Australia)

Philip Morgan (England) 14:12.4 A. Jansons (England). 197:104 R.F. Robins (England) 14:18.8 Alec Olney (England) 14:15.0 Aleksis Hakelis A.S. Forbes (Scotland). 14:15.0)

208; 8% Len Eyre (England) 14:16.4. Veitch (S. Africa) 199: 7%

M. J. W. Dalrymple Les Perry (Australia)

(England) HIGH HURDLES

14:16.4

is 24 and 6 feet 3 inches tall, Peter Gardner (Australia) *14.0

M. 3. Denley

Di aleuds be paid on the winning and placed ponies which makes him the biggest Ray Weinberg (Australia) *14) Colln Murraylee

Biven su declared by the Stewards when the "All Clear" The "All Cler" signal wid be indicated by a white light and for a white sphere at the Totalisator Tower, BACKERS ARE ADVISED NOT TO DESTROY OR THROW AWAY THEIR TICKETS UNTIL AFTER THE "ALL CLEAR" SIGNAL HAS BEEN EXHIBITED.

Totalisator Tickets should be examined and checked be- fore leaving the Selling Counters as mistakes of any descrip- tion cannot be rectified later.

Cash received in respect of Dividends should be checked before leaving the Pay-Out Counters as no claim for short Dayment of the value of tickets presented can be entertained once Investors have left the Counters.

All winning tickets and tickets for refunds must be pre- sented for payment at the Race Course on the day to which they refer, but none will be paid later than one hour after the time for which the last race of the day has been scheduled to be run.

In my circumstances will any Dividends be paid or re- funds made unless a ticket is produced. Payment will NOT be made on torn or disgured tickets,

MEMBERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURE Members and guests are reminded that they and their ladies MUST wear their badges prominently displayed throughout the Meeting.

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

Badges admitting ladies not in possession of Brooches ur Season tickets and gentlemen, non-members of the Club, to the Members Enclosure and Club Rooms at $10.00 per day including tax, for ladies or gentlemen are obtainable through the Secretary at Telephone House, on the written or personal Introduction of a Member, such member to be responsible for all visitors Introduced by him, and for payment of all chits, etc.

Only limited

number of badges Enclosure will be on sale at the Rad

admitting to Members* Race Course, The Branch Offices and the Treasurers' Compradore Office will close at 11.00 am, the 1st Day and at 10.00 a.m. the 2nd Day. Secretary's Office will close at 11.45 a.m. the 1st Day and. at 10.00 4.m. the 2nd Day. The Treasurers' Compradore Office and the Secretary's Office are situated at 1st Floor, Telephone House.

A limited number of tiffins will be obtainable at the Club House provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 27818).

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 each day including tox for all persons including ladles, and is payable at the Gate.

Iwc other

have

class mile runner in the world. Bill Steward (Canada)

Besides Macmillan and Landy.lan de Jongh (S. Africa)

Australians

Ken Doubleday (Australia) qualified for the Olympic team. Peter Gardner going over the Charlie Green (Australia). high bundle, in 14.4 seconds and Nico De Wet (S. Africa) John Vernon clearing 6 feet 4 Peter Hildreth (England)

F.J. Parker (England) inches in the high jump.

South

African Donald Finlay (England) Season has produced no put-John Holland (N. Zealand) 14.9 standing mark other than a 33.7-

LOW HURDLES effort over second hurdles

The

new

the low

by P. Greyling of However, Orange Free State. no fewer than 12 South Africans have already beaten 49 seconds for 440 yards and competition in this event is going to be very keen.

will become effective January

the

see

next

professionals top countries where ski-ing and table tennis to draw no firtick- similar activities are virtually ing distinctions between pational games. The foreigners amateur and professional, but will be known ON "ski to call everyone "players" and teachers."

lel each competitor more or

in the Soccer, which is part less decide his own status. arid

of the Summer Olympics, we

I.

Most important changes in the new rules will be the elimination of the stymie 199: 6 the increase in the out

bounds

penalty from one 197: 4% two strokes

(England)

14.4

(Australia)

14.7

W. F. Wall (England)

196: 6 193: 3

A. F. Hignell

14.7

(England)

189:

4

14.9

J. Achurch

34.8

(Australia)

189: 3

14.8

G. N. M. Fisher

14.8

14.0

(Scotland)

188: 11

J. A. Redgate

(England)

188;

ง

180: 8

179: 10

John Holland (N. Zealand) 52.8 Geoff Goodacre (Australia) 53.6 Harry Whittle (England) 53.8

Greyling (S. Africa}.. P. George Gedge (Australia) 53.8 Angus Scott (England) F. J. Parker (England)

Davis ( by D. K. Gracie Empire athletes this year follow: W. H. Clephan (England)

100 YARDS

Danny Boon (Australia)

The best perfonnances

J.

E. McD. Bailey (Trinidad) 9.6 J. G. M. Hart (Scotland)

9.7 9,7

55.5

$5.0

HAMMER THROW

D. McD. Clark

(Scotland)

Reidy

173: 31 162: 8% (N.

53.7 E. C. K. Douglas

(Scotland) 54.2 P. C. Allday 24.2

(England) 55.2

Dreyer (S. Africa) 55.5 C.

Ireland) 55.9 Keith Allen 55.6 (Australia)

Keith Pardon

- (Australia) A. R. Valentine (England)

with the wind HIGH JUMP

9.7 Alan Paterson (Scotland) 6:6

9.7

N. B. Osagie (Nigeria) 6:5 Ron Pavitt (England)

... 6:5

Dave Sandler (S. Africa) John Treloar (Australia) Bill de Gruchy (Australia) W. Nel (S. Africa) Bill Job (Australia) Bob Hutchison (Canada) John Bullock (Australia) Flector logon (Australia) 9.8 K. Wyeth (S. Africa)

9.8 John Vernon

(Australia) 6:4 8. Peter Wells (England) Bruce Moore (Australia) Andre Bester (S. Africa). 98 Doug Stuart (Australia) 8:4 Brian Shenton (England). 9.8 Norman Gregor (Scotland) 0:3 H. Wilkinson (S. Africa)..

D. Blair (Canada) 9.8

POLE VAULT 220 Yards

9.7 lan de Jongh (S. Africa) 8:4%% 9.8 O. Majekodunmi

(Nigeria)

6:4

0:4

Neville

Gadsden

(Australia) [D. N. "J. Cullum

to

In making available the new code in booklet form, the USGA strongly urged uniform observance of the rules by all local clubs-United Press.

Accountants'

Golf Match

The annual golf match of the Association

of Chartered Ac- countants in Hongkong was held at Shek-O on Wednesday, by kind permission of the Chairman and Members of the Committee of the Shek-O Country Club.

After tiffin, the golf match, which was divided into two 158: 4% sections, main competition and novices competition, was played 158: 2% in extremely good golfing con-

158: 8

187: 8

156: 44%

(England)

156: 2 D. Anthony (England) 151: 1

Gavilan To Defend

4:3

13:0

19:3

Title Against Charles Humez

Kid

Paris, Dec. 20. Gavilan (Cuba) will de-

fend

title

E. McD. Bailey (Trinidad) 20.8 Norman Gregor (Scot- George Rhoden (Jamaica) 21.1 land) Herb McKenley (Jamaica) 21.2

(S. Andrejas Burger John Wilkinson (England) 21.3 Africa) Bill de Gruchy (Australia 21.5 G. M. Elliott (England) 13:0 John Bartram (Australia) 21,6 Peter Denton (Australia) 12:8 Jolin Bullock (Australia) 21.8 Tim. Anderson (England) 12:8 Nick Stacey (England) John Treloar (Australia). 21.0 C. Brigham (Canada) 12:7%

21.0 Bruce Peever (Australia) 32:7 Edwin

Carr

21.8 B. Blommaart (5. Africa) 12:8 (Australia) Norris McWhirter

George Broad (England) 12:0 21.0 N. E. C. Dear (England) 12:0 (Scotland)

II. Feuillean

(En-and) 12:0 LONG JUMP

47.2

YARDS George Rhoden (Jamaica) 40.3 BOOKMAKERS, TIC TAC MEN ETC., WILL NOT BE PER- Herb McKenley (Jamaica) 46.4 Dents Hasenfuger

(5 Africa) MITTED TO OPERATE WITHIN THE PRECINCTS OF THE HONGArthur Wint (Jamaica) KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

Schalic Booysen (S-Africa) 47.6 LG.H, Walker

(England); "Biljon (B

(Nigeria)

van

Africa)

MEALS AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE OBTAINABLE IN Loui THE RESTAURANT IN THE PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.

'SERVANTS' PASSES

Servants' passes will be issued to private box holders only, who are requested to distribute them with discrimination and to endorse their names on the passes. Holders of such passes ažu not permitted in the Members Enclosure except for passing through

their dulles and must remain" in their employers tanda Owing to the dongestion in the Members Betting Hall

on

Bootha adjacent to Boxer in the comer Dicon pho

· Mambers are requested to.

at varlota points in the enclosure, to manure, that this

adhered

DON'T

WASTE

47.8 Sylvanus Williama

KAB O

The PUTING FREE OR WATER

was

msin competition won by J. Mould, who returned a net score of 57. F.D. Hunter and D. L. Prophet tied for second place, returning a net 84. The novices' competition was won by W.A.P. Thom, who re turned a grass score of 56 for

nine holes.

The winners were prosented

with prizes as mementos of the occasion by the President, Mr D. Black.

CCC TENNIS

shall send A teair of (more

pure

less) amateurs. whereas it has already been that the Austrjan

suggested team which drew with the full professional qúight of England may represent their country.

TENNIS LEAD

Last week lawn tennis gave

lead the

In the war

on “shamateurism”—that unlove- ly word which was largely coined in connection with the tennis racket.

Viscount Templewood, the president of the Lawn Tennis Association, announced that a special committee has been ap- Tennis pointed by the Lawn Association to see how far help be given to really promising young players to continue to play Brst-class ten-

con

nis.

LETTER TO

EDITOR THE

Not Their Own Affair

Sir,-A pat on the back to "Grandstand" from one who. more often than not, does not see eye to eye with him,

I

quote The Warriors

--(London Express Service)

COMING

in the

CHINA MAIL

The Brat article of

weekly instructional serlesi

flelded two players from the on the game of cricket by Red Sox

Whether ther the former Surrey absti

China Mall,

The following tennis matches Americans will, or will not B- England all-rounder, “Alf” his world welterweight in the Craigengower “ Cricket bent against the unfairness of against Charles ̈ Humez Club Intra-Club Champion the deal, is not, as it may scom, Gover, will appear (France), European champion, ships will be played at Happy their own affair, for there is to-morrow's on March 28, 1982 at the Madi-Valley on Saturday, December the danger of a precedent being

Square Garden, New York Louds Sign, Humiéz” manager, ..

has written to Harry Markson,

cable and

exepted with resultant chaos. Championship (sel- It will be interesting

Bakery Joseph note the reactions Director of the International HU, NOT COLT 7:30 pm 24; 64 Boxing Club for confirmation

the ro

103-

pogalble for

Handicap For Chandstand's informa- financial (final); B, W/Choy, and Mrs 1, tion, the state of affairs is not Souza VASL Saites and confined to shall, but to other

sports in the colony as well.

When k benni... In short of

*24:-1/16 repórted that Iluman has P.V. Yap, No. 2 Court-3 pm.

23: 81%

231,712 Hugh Jack (Austraila)

E. Askew England) *28;

HT

(England)

AR

(Kngland)

George Broad (kridtarid), 383 311⁄2

E. Durkow (Beigemench]}}@#:1015

1 НОР ВЕКР

Peter Cox (Australla

B.EX Cross (106) March

offered 175 per cent it the. sate plus 49,000 from television

khle: Humuz ARGENTINE WILL

NOT COMPETE

Bolt Benalm, Faris promoter to arrango two warning up Sghtw.

Reuter

DAY'S SPORT

Buenos #Airey - Dec. 201

nothing of

Khis,

fem unrested or ineligible

| Argentina Will not compete, in the Olympia zootballgatóws : at take note of this and do pomi Helsinki, abeording to the Ar- thing about it. gentine Foosball association. It betwem team.

Cargu- permit the

wer: 20 .dimcult to deter-

Why

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