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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

NOTICE TO MEMBERS ANNUAL RACE MEETING

Saturday 22nd, Wednesday 26th & Saturday, 29th March, 1952.

(Held under the Rules of the Hong Kong Jockey Clubl

The First Bell will be tung al 11.30 am. and the first race will be run at 12.00 Noon, each day. The tin Interval is after the fourth race (1.30 p.m.)

-There are twelve races each day (30 in ali).

Through Tickets at $72.00 each may be obtained at the Compradore Office of the Treasurers, 1st floor, Telephone House, also fleket at $2.00 each for the Cash Sweep on the last race of the Meeting on 29th March as well as the Sheetal Cash Sweep on the "Hong Kong Derby" scheduled to be run on 31st May, 1952.

Through Tickets reserved for this Meeting but not paid for by 10,00 am, on Friday, 21st March, will be sold and the reserva- 1fon cancelled for tuture meetings.

To avoid congestion at the Club's Offices at Telephone House, non-members are requested to purchase their sweep tickets at the Club's Branch Offees at:--

rules:

5. D'Aguilar Street, ilong Kung

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-382, Nathan Road, Kowloon. TOTALISATOR.

The attention of Totailsator Investora is drawn to the following Dividends will be paid on the winning and placed ponies so declared by the Stewards when the "All Clear" is given The "All Clear" signal will be indicated by a white light at the Totalisator Tower. BACKERS ARE ADVISED NOT TO DESTROY OR THROW. AWAY THEIR TICKETS UNTIL AFTER THE "ALL CLEAR" SIGNAL JIAS DEEN EX- HIBITED.

examined and checked

as mistakes

Totalisator Tickets should be

of any before leaving the Selling Counters description cannot be rectified later.

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

All winning tickets and tickets for refunds must be presented 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 ru

In no circumstances will any Dividends be paid or refunds made unless a ticket is produced. Payment WILL NOT be made. on forn or disfigured tickets.

MEMBERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURE

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MARCH 14; 1052.

BETTING ON BLUE

By Henry Longhurst

Ian Biggart, of Cam- bridge, and Don Laidlaw, of Oxford,, whatever the result LWO of their encounter in weeks' tim, may reflect that in their year of cap- tainey the Univeralty Gall Match will at lust come into its own.

Not only will it be played, for the first time, twice running at Rye-where many hope devaitly It may settle tor life; not only Friday will it Be played

and Saturday, when, for the first tint, those most interested will have a chance to watch it; but it will also fur the Arst time the status of a have attained

Fublic Betting Medium.

This raises it, aecording 10 prominent announcements by ' commission agent with a fine old

to

status Scottish naine, equalling that of Rugby, Boat Racing, and Williams v Gardner.

FROWNED UPON

THESE

ARE UPSDELLS

A very little boy, very nearly bursting at the seams with pride, confided the fact to the press last Saturday that "My sister is also an Upsdell.”

Some will raise pious eyebrows at such contamination of the Royal and Ancient game. Book- makers have long been frowned upon on the golf course, but I for one have always enjoyed their company, and none was sorrler, was a keen chess player and for many years President of than I when, broadcasting in the the Kowicon Chess Club. Open championship at Portrush, I remarked that an enterprising Belfast bookmaker had set up his stand in the car park, and this resulted in his being hustled away by the constabulary-more especially as I learnt later that he had been offering Faulkner at

The late Rev. G. E. S. Upsdell,, against Nightingale and Rowell to whom Upsdell House owes its fourts with a tear, ninde up of Middle and Junior girls and won quite handlly.

When night had fallen on the School, the Upsdell girls' relay smiled at and up team lined

their the photographer with the captain of athletics, Leila Bat- cher (in blazer), who is quite. the senior girl among all these would have mildly startled coming champlons at the grand to know that Upsdell House old age of 14.

The Upsdells in this pletuse was also giving roof to the three If I have enjoyed my book-longest Jumpers in the Colony are (left to right) Libby Stokes,

and that his smaller girls were Rita Hall. Lella

40-1.

maker friends' company, I have nover grasped their mathematics. Not the higher variety, by which man, turning his head in mid- battle with the sharpest wits in Europe, will in a few seconds take in the implications of a whole line, of pencilled Agures his instantly reach for sponge-and-chaik,but the elementary arithmetic of a two- runner contest.

tid

Williams and the Cambridge University golfers, for instance, of being shure the distinction

He would have adjourned his game on the 40th move if the startling information was brought to him that Upsdell House was harbouring some of the fastest women in town.

Fanny Blankers-Koen Is Still The World's

Wonder

Athlete At 34

By LEO HENDRICK

Amejordant

Almost 16 years ago in the summer of 1986 — a slim 18-year-old girl was rent to the Olympic Games in Berlin by the Dutch. Athletic Association. Since that' your she has broken one record after another, to become the world's greatest woman athlete,

But the most amazing record of them all is that now, at the age of 84 and the mother of two children, Fanny Blankers-Koen is still as good as ever and will be racing on yet another Olympic track this summer in Helsinki.

Callover On The

Lincolnshire &

Grand National

As an athlete, this "lying Dutch housewife", has outlived all other 1930 competitors, nono of whom will take part in the Helsinid Games.

How does she manage it?

In a few weeks' time she will be off with her husband to South Africa, to compete in athletic events. On her way back, she will run in Israel. Meanwhile, Grandpa and Grandma will look after the chlidren.

Recently the Dlankers family movd to another, and bigger| Fanny believes her most dan- house in Amsterdam, and cerous opponents at Helsintek went to visit them. Fanny must will be Tejudina (Russia), Do- be a very good housewife. Her magalla (Germany), and the two London, Mar. 13. house looked splek and span, Austrailan leis, Shirley Strick- Bookmakers at the although she does all the work land and Marjorie Jackson.

herself.

showed me an

She would love to compete in Victoria Club tonight gave heldly she

she had no pointer to the Jack Jarvis armchair

Just the pentathlon, but it is not on Lincolnshire Handicap riddle covered herself, then sat down the Olympic programme und, to whether Llanstephan is in it and told me something of her regret, the long jump always

coincides with the hurdles. She is the only girl of Ave

So it will be in the 80 metres panion, Benbow.

children. None of her brothers hurdles, the 100 and the 200 better than his stable com- her life.

Benbow went in for athletics, Fanny metres races that she will be

that

That

was

Early in the day, was so heavily backed that he joined a club when she was thought likely to become early 17.

A 22 she marrica Jan Blan- the favourite. Tonight it was

turn, Benbow kers, a Dutch coach, was bucked from 100 to 8 to how in August, 1040, she Lanstephan's 100 to 7, but it was Lianstephas changed her name from Fanny who made the betting splash Koen to Fanny Blankers-Koen. with a £0,500 wager at 100 to

AMAZING RECOVERY Her first baby, Jan, was born Abraharn's Star favourite at 100 to D with Titlan in August, 1941. Lyn

lagging behind, Joint second fevourlie with Llanstephan. Of the two outsiders, the best backed was Historic Field at 33 to 1.

Butcher and

fast enough to win the Inter-Deborah Hurlbalt in the back House Relay at the King George row and Jennifer Harl V School sports.

Ramsey and Lindy Parks in Upsite House took the field front.-AA Photo,

Three

Malayans Seeded

In All-England Badminton Singles Championship

London, Mar. 13.

quoted at 4-0, by which I take it that if we invest six and they oblige, we shall win four. But

Three Malayans are among the sight seeded players whereas Gardner is 8-5 against, Oxford appear, as an only half-for the Men's Singles in the All-England Budminton Championships to be held at the Empresa Hall, London, from March 19 to 22.

lost cause, at even money.

For myself I shall abstain. Early

with the acquaintance fraternity convinced me that, if une were to indulge in betting transactions, theirs was the side of the fence from which to do

I liked to fect, 36 ₤1 particular friend tossed £1 to the cloakroom attendant for hik hat ("Always pay fat service, Henry, always pay for service") that I had not contributed there

10.

AN EXPERT SLIPS

Even

armour-23

was nt

when

one,

Wong Peng-soon, 34-year-old holder of the title, is strongly favoured to retain the Championship, though

many think that he may be given a hard fight by 21-year- old H. R. (Johimy) Heah from Penang, who is studying in London prior to going up to Cambridge next October to study law.

8.

was the

Within six

months Fanny made her come- back to the track, equaling her! 80

Been

flying over the Helsinki tracit with the graceful case of a gazelle and in the incomparable style of the world's greatest woman athlete,

WEEK-END HOCKEY

metres hurdles record in 1942, while Jan was peacefully asleep in his pram acar the Given below. arc hockey track.

fixtures in the ladies' league as The feature of the

A

year later she jumped well as both divisions of the men's Nationel betting, where Free-higher than any woman had ever league for the week-end.

Grand

booter joined Royal Tan as done in the world-5 fect· 74 - Teains-aro reminded that al joint favourite, was the support The English girl, Sheila this stage of the, season, matches

of Dominicks Bar. Early today

►

inches.

fhis Irish horse was offered at Lerwill, took that record from can only be postponed in the most told me, exceptional circumstances. Um- 08 to 1, but bookmakers to me recently," Fanny

unable to attend their night offered 33 to 1 with cau- "but then I never concentrated piras

h the high jump as much as appointed matches should inform tion.

Fixture Secretary, on the sprinting and the long the Hon.

Inat/Lt. Chamberlain, phone jump."

At 27 the had her second 58038, Immediately. baby and most people thought she would not make another aremina "Dorians at Polle comeback. But age does not Ground at 4.43 p.m. Umpires, K. G. M. seem to count with this woman Smith, Capt. Seaton.

in Little Fanny was born February, 1940. In July of the

'Dominicks Bar won the Irish Grand National in 1930 but has not won since,

1

The betting throughout the callover was light.

The prices were: LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP

100 to 9 Abraham's Stan 100 to Llanstephon, Titian, 109 to 7 Benbow, 108 to 0 Rising Flame. 13. to

1 St. Ives. 25 to 1 Dutch Clove, Juslee Jury, Capsize.

33 to 1 Historic Field, Strato- light, Phariza, Keopatwontwo.

40 to 1 Merry Prince, Vol

50 to 1 Claverhouse.

Leir.

GRAND NATIONAL 100 to 9 Freebooter, Royal Tan,

100 to 0 Teal,

20 to 1 Pearly Prince, 28 to 1 Another Delight, Icy Calm, Overshadow,

33 to 1 Dominicks Bar. Bor- der Luck, Menzies, Early Mist, Rolmond,

Mounted Police Struggle With Football Crowd Hero,

Miss Hesh is paired. with Ileah is accompanied by bla

in this Hong (Phoebe). Khoo Eng-chin

event sister, Phee who is also a law student and is and will meet the English pair, entered for the Mixed Doubles. V. Birtwistle and Miss Cooley,

The other Becded

The Chumpionstilps have at Singles is the experts, however, player in the Medd Mulayan in the first round, leave an occasional chink in their E.B. (Eddie) Choong, who will treated a record of 200 entries,

after meet tunother Malayan, Khoo some of whom will be eliminat

ed in the qualifying rounds- quoting ludicrous odds for the Eng-chin, th the second round.

Both Wong and Heah have Heuter, 1930 Open at St Andrews, added naively "0-1 against noming the fairly easy early rounds and are As Bruen expected to meet in the semi- leading amateur."

this time holing the Old final.

Eddie Choong and his brother, from 08 Course in anything downwards, thin was a piece of David, will be defending their golfing cake if ever there was men's Doubles title and will une, much relished by those of meet strong competition from to secure a the Scandinavian pairs and from us quick enough

their cousin, Robert Choong, sizable slice.

who is partnered by Henh. As to Rye, if the weather is

Choong and Heah have a very round match inclement what could be better

have than to

a certain ex-dimcuit second Middlesex champlon, who is in against the seeded Danish pair, Poul Holm and Ole Jensen, private life a lc-tac man, posted David and Eddie, on the offer In his white gloves on the sand- hills overlooking the Sea Hole hand, should have comfortable the victories in their earlier rounds. watchers by the clubhouse fire? In the Mixed Doubles; Eddie My own account, however, has a partnered by his cousin, Miss already been solicited by the Amle Choong (Robert's sister). Oxford captain, who writes to They are seeded at the top of say that he is returning to Aus-Holm and Miss Tonny Ahm, are

"nance some of the trip" at Healt my expense-presumably at even being partnered by an English Only a

player, Misp J. R, White, and Who will win at Rye? I do not will meet his fellow country- The Branch Omees, the Treasurers' Compradore Office and know, but we may be sure of man, L. T. Lee, and Miss E. the Secretary's Omice will close at 10.00 am. each day. The one who will not lose The Old Andrews (England) in the first

asurers' Compradore Ofee and the Secretary's Office are Firm. dituated at 1st Floor, Telephone House.

SETS OF MEMBERS' AND LADIES' BADGES WHICH ARE BEING ISSUED FOR THE 1052 RACING SEASON ARE NOT 1001 SETS ARE VALID VALID UNTIL 1ST APRIL, 1932: UNTIL THEN.

Members and guests are reminded that they and their Indles 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 or 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 nil chits, etc.

limited number of badges admitting to Members' En- closure will be on sale at the face, Course.

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 PREMISES DURING THE MEETING,

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE

The price of admission to the Public Enclosure is $3.00 each

and communicating to

the draw while the holders,

tralia with his wife and hopes to at the iso one of the seeds,

money.

Iraint.

NOTICE

THE HONG KOng jockey cLUB

The light signals hitherto used to signify that

Glasgow, Scotland,

Mar. 13. Mounted police with batons struggled desper ately in Glasgow today with over 20,000 shouting people jostling to buy tickets for a football match next month.

A queue nearly a mile long waited patiently for hours out- side the ground but broke its ranka as the time neared for the office to oper

40 to St Kathleen II, Stór- It Bay. Wot No Sun,

30 to 1 Kelex and Russian

The next callover on both races

will be on Monday, March 17-Reuter.

Colony Bridge

Tournament Qualifiers

:

LADIES' LEAGUE

Kunday

Gremlins "A" v Recreio at Polles won Ground at 2 p.m. Umpires, Maj.

same year, her mother athletic meet and in August she 2.36 pm. Umpires, J, Beptit, five titles in Holland's national Sasson, A. Aziz Malik.

KGV "A" V Victorians at HGV at

took her six-month-old baby Yaqub Khan. with her to Osto to gain yet another European ship.

Little Flowers v KGV "B" at KOV A. L. Nerg, champion-t 3.45 p.m. Umpires,

J. B. Gonsalves,

University v Gremlins "" at Uni- versity at 1.30 p.m. Umpires, Krishin Lal, U. B. Dillon.

RUNS ON BEACH With the Helsinki Games approaching, Fanny is acutely conscious of the strain put on her by people who expect her to win at least three more gola medals. So every Monday and

when 10-year-2 Friday afternoon, old Jan is at school, she travels

five-year-old Fanny with

small place train to Overveen,

miles about 15

from

By

FRST DIVISION (MEN'S) KKHCV Police at RN 1 at 18.30 a.m. Umpires, G. B. Gurevitch, K. G. McKenzie.

RN V Army "A" at CBA ground at 3.45 p.m. Umpires. P. F. Xavier, C. Blackburn.

Thunderbolts v Recreio "A" 11 2N at 11 gm. Umpires, F. Bgt Aldridge. Q.M.8.1. Day,

BECOND DIVISION (MEN'S) Accs v Dutch at Scokunpon át 10 Amsterdam Umpires, G. T. Palmer, K.

Souza.

口罩 Argonaute "". v Nav Bharat Police Ground at 19,30 am: Almpires,

Silva Cpl. Blowers,

amid the sand-dunes of the coast to do her train does not mind," A. M. Recreio "B" at

"Little Fanny

she told me. She is used to it. Boundary at, at 10 a.m. Umpiret.

run my rounds out there, and I. C. Marcal, Chief Writer Lloyd,

Nomads Army "B" of CSA DAIS

As her every time I do

Umpires, ground

at 2.30 p.m. circuit."

C.P.G. Gilbert, Mickey Kam In addition, she trains on an YMCA V JIKAAP BI RN 2 at 9.30 Amsterdam track on Wednesday.m. Umpires, W. O. Letori. Yaqub

Khan. afternoons. Sometimes her hus band coaches her, if he has the time for it. He la sports reporter for a Dutch newspaper,

"Being a housewife is easy,"

FRIENDLY Baturday.

Thunderbolta "B" v Metoo "B" at Talkce Ground of 2.15 p.m.

Thunderbolta v Macau at, Police Ground at 3.30 p.m. Umpires, WI

Fanny says. "I fix up everything Nixan, S. Sgt. Flicher.

in the morning, do my shopping, i

and clean the house. I often say

to my friends: I would not

know what to do with my spare French Army Wins

time it I had not got my athletics."

Basketball Match

Paris, Mar. 13.

Since the Games in London, Fanny has broken her own world. record for the 80 metres hurdles, The following pairs have quall-clocking in at 11 seconds, and team beat the Israel Army team

rained The polite called for rein-fied for the second round of the last autumn

The French Army basketball another fiero tonight by 49 points to 48.

21 at half-time-Reuter.

forcements to every station in Hongkong Open Pairs Duplicate world record: the pentathlon. Israel were leading 31 points to the city. As the ground gates Bridge Championship Tourna- She still holds four more. swung open, the crowd swept rent for International Filmspatial databankala them asido in a wild melce.

ran.

The police threw a cordons across the rond again but the crowd broke through and still shouting, for the office about a hundred yards away.

Some people were knocked down and trampled on.

The crowd, some of whom

cltitled many

Shield:

Dr

NOTICE

North-South Fairs (maximum possible points 809)-P. C. Ip 4. G. Strickland (804 Watch: Pts), Sophie Bard A. 1. Poliak__(546), v. Zirinaky, & Henry Kual 15 David Arzooni & Chocka” (555), . M. Chu & K. Y. Ho (514), W. Y. Halch&T. 8. Wong (613). Mrs C. Godkin & Mrs Wilson (B12), Charles Fan T. Y. Chang (656) J. Remedios & A. F. Noronha 1502), D. C. Lou & T. K. Lai (463), permitting, on the following days: Mrs B. Raymond D. Judah

1), Clement Yeh & Y. C. Chu SINGLES;

5, K. F. Fung & C.. Y. Ma 1404). Bir & Mrs George Young (€59).

HONG KONG CRICKET CLUB

COLONY LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

day including tax for all persons including ladies, and is payable objection has been lodged and the rosult theréòf have been had been waiting 24 hours, in- K. K. Van & Gregory Sun (503)..

at the Gale.

BOOKMAKERS, TIC TAC MEN, ETC., WILL NOT BE PER- MITTED TO OPERATE WITHIN THE PRECINCTS OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB,

MEALS AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE OBTAINASIE IN THE RESTAURANT IN THE PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.

SERVANTS' PASSES,

Servants' passes will be fasued 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 are not permitted in the Members' Enclosure except for passing through an their duties and must remain in their employers' stands.

Owing to the congestion in the Members Batting Hall and at Booths ddjacent to Boxes in the Coffee Hoom, Box-holders and Members are requested to ensure that tifelr sérvants maku tise Daly of the Pible Beittig Hall Milltáry Polles will posted at Various polâtă in the enclosure to chɛure that this regulation is #thered to..

Amended as follows:-

RED Objection Objection Bustained; BLUE Objection Overruled YELLOW

Square with white border. Square with white border. Square with white border. These signals will be exhibited on the Totalisator Tower in the positions previously occupied by the signal lights and the Spheres will be dispensed with

The objection alignal only (Red square with White border) will flash for a short period before it becomes statics.

women.

The

match is the thual star game of the reason, Hero in which Scotland play England on April B.

The Semi-Finals and Finals will be played, weather

Friday

Thursday

Two men, were arrested and later fined for inciting the crowd to rush the police-ou-sible points 10)--Victor Hammond DOUBLES:

ter.

COLONY CHESS TOURNAMENT

The Colony chess tournament will begin on Thursday, March

East-West Patre (maximuni pos-

& Jon Jacob (620), Leo Saphiero ♣

· C. Tu (524) Boatge, V. C. Telang & Dodge Chen (BOEIS), A_Mrs Frank_Chang. (488}}};, Dr B. at. Dard D. Godkin (4Bit), 8. C. Sung & Y. T: Wong (476)), A. GI) & L. A Oxorio (478{2}}_20

In Max 1 H. Chen (TS)

& Mira Wong (cm): O'D. Faulo love Jonnsson

The "(All Clent" algnal will be indicated by White 27. All entries must be submit-1 D14. Rodrigues. light and will be exhibited below the objection signals,fed by Saturday, March 22, at

MISA,

Secretary

.

(403) Bits J. O'Grady & Mrs Downey E. - (454), Letuntirter Lordereau (819), V Piccioto W.2) Cina (436), Mir Botest, Games will be played every; Mr Jantes G. Brington (456): Thursday at the Kowloon Chess The second qualifying round will take place at the awith Recreation Cat Peninsula Hodel, begin- Club, To: Robinson, Res, $21, 23102-

dar oint at €30 path. +

Monday

Friday

14th March Second Half Semi-Final: Cheung Chow, vs. K. C. Dao. 20th March Findl

17th March Second Half Semi-Final:

Ip Koon Hung/Edwin Taal va bee WAI Tong/K. C. Das..

at Marchi Final.

Play will bommence at 4.80 p.m. aliaip each day,

A charge of $1.00 will be made. für hdmission to the Semi- Finals. The charge for the Finals will be fixed at a later date,

Prizes will be presented on Friday, 21st March, 1932, bt the conclusion of the Doubles Final

Proceeds will be distributed among various Chatilles.