Jockey Club's Classifications
The following is the now classification of ponies as announced by the Hongkong Jockey Club yesterday:
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1956.
ONE THEY COULDN'T SAVE
Classi
1.ily
Never Forget
4500
+
Blakes Won
No. of
Print Dahlia
Bemor
Wina 1963/60
{Qulokadiver
4000
1
Hayal Comenand
Aviemore
$1250
Baine Agai
$100
L
Babade
1500
Bay When
Ben LonoAIL
1000
Speedy RoKer
Bordte
7240
Calle Peak
0000
24 P
Squadron Leader
Surstreck
3300
Charleroi
Bupreme Command.
Field Marshal
Tonyber
2700
Firefly
United Fortune
Tie-glo
Violet Ray ...
750
Cold Crown:
Winning Touch
4000
Golden Branch
Ivan-Bo
Jingle Bell
lightning Fir
Prople
WINDOTHE
4000
CATÁ
Alveo Wine
Bicylon
7000
2000
3000
At Power
Another Vicity
Appreciation
Bayshore
Strathis
*300
Deluved
$1250
3000
2000
3000
Winevine Stag
1300
|Blue Bed
Char Ting
Diamond Queen
Plaas Z
Dumble Strength
Fore
Ambition
$3000
1
American Carri
Expectation
0000
2
Fel Chi
Beat That
Five Gold
3000
1
Can Do
2704
Fleetfol
Clonfeckie
Cordon Houge
Fucting Moment
12011
Empire Rose
Pux Hunter
Eudora
Free Kirk
First Edition
French Dent
Gabriel Junks
Hanner Mil
1200
1500
Geronimo
High NooTI
Half Moon lay
1500
High Speedi
Huntington
Hiram C
1000
iping
Hong Cue
Jip On
Mineola
3500
Johnber
Miracle
John Halifax
والا
Never Say Die
KANK A
cennie Akv
120
Kuk-nga
120
Ou Tyre
Katock-downh
Our Pre
4250
$
L'ane Triomphe
Peachum
Manxmbe
Misty Law
Perfectibility
4500
Mustang
Phoenix
Never Mind
Pritty 11
1500
Precious Mine
3000
New Jesmy
1250
Norm Gis!
Higway
Santa Class
Rainbow
NOTAN
Ping On
Potentially
Eveja
Remarrections
Straight Forward
Super King
Sen Raider
Silver Dahlia
1250
IFMUND
Spinning Wheel
1000
勇気を
straight" Fluch
2500
Strath votr
BUED
The Strange
Tip Top
United Vistory
5000
2
3000
The Champ
Tum Theal
Winning Runt
39000
1
Yi Chi
27
Class 4
Wolverhampton Captain and centre-half Billy Wright and his goalkeeper, Sims, look back in dlumuy as another Wolves defender makes an unsuccessful effort to stop Arsenal outside-left Tiddy's ́equaliser for the home team in the First Division match at Highbury, London on December 27. The match ended in a two all draw.--Reuterphoto,
Lofthouse Inspires This Ideal Cup Team
Says ALAN HOBY
When the bookies got together to lay the odds for the third round of the Cup one dare-devil offered £1,000 to cigar against Bedford winning it!
a
Well, I'm no professional gambler but I'm going to stick my chin right out and name Bolton for the Cup.
I'm also aware that
No, I'm not a prophet, a dreamer, a crystal-ball gazer. there is no such thing as an armour-clad certainty in the Cup.
And Dini's why, given reason - "cap," Owen is one of the best
freedom able
from injury, skippers in the goane. manager Bil Riding's team neer my favourites for Wembley.
But skm't overlook Litton! Frankly, I was nearly torn in two trying to decide whether Luton or Bolton should be my Wembley choice.
I'm simply backing a Hoby hunch-based on what I've seen this III. And that hunch tells me that the most-coveted bauble in Soccer looks like going North again.
Bolton, who meet Huddersfield in the third round, are the ideal Cup side-u con- fidént, clever, power-house lot led by that old Hon of England, Nat Lofthouse.
I confess that non-stop Nut continues to unaze me.
OFF THE MARK
I admit frankly that earlier thought his centre.
England's
forward was over,
Anna
( 1
$1200
Apple Pie
Aan ug
Advancement
Anuscinerat
Anniversary 10
Beautiful Lie
Arnament
Bengal Lancer
CACAO
Attractive Power
Avion
Cheerful
4300
Avoca
Corvette
1230
Begonia
Crackerjack
1250
Best Wishes
Dimond Dabile
1600
Brivieto
$5000
DLANA
4000
ineatury
Comet
+bon
Einerali
CUPRI QU
1000
Eazy Slam
Fenchurch
Fidra
Emperor Deligist
1900
Fieldmaster
Esquire
Plying Dutchman
2500
Fichung Brit
XONO
!
Gillan Knight
3700
Fill Ahead
Good Orl
Giddhap
2700
Harmony
Hallmark
3000
Howallan Moon
2300
Helicon
4250
Honey Dew
Icefield
Ironside
Kentucky Lady
Ma Cherie
1250
Lawrence
1230
Mainwall (
25-00
1
Munrol
SOĞU
Semare
1254
Marianne
7150
Snow Doinei
pakan
| Marine Charger
L
Boler Knigh
Matador
3730
Sportsmanship
Microt
*200
Aler-g
Treasureland
Tro
Moongush
2500
1500
New Love
My Pa!..
2000
1
Orange Beauty
2000
Orange King
L'in 4
Pegasus
Allied
All Gry
Pet O'Gold
$1500
Trenton Gem
5-000
7
Rebol II
3500
Ehetarian
Hashfud Benuty if
Banta Maria
1000
3000
Sky Horse
Beautiful Phoenix
3000
Bright Y
AMO
Chatterlxx
4300
Chessingt
2500
Souvenir
Sultan
| Tell-me-mODE
2500
in the season I
CARUCI
Us
12:50
Chinese Mockerel
Cinderella
Thorend Miles
1230
Wise Leader
1600
Citrus
Challon
Clam 7
Dragonity
B000)
2
Eagle King
1000
Alle Caesar
Easy Money
Every Day
Firestone
Forward View
Blommoth Time
Bul quicker
nothing Chan
Cuitn
criticism.
Maming Wheel
Fung Chi
Conqueror
$1250
3000
1
Cornhill
£000
Courtier
Gindate
Glorious
Hellzapoppti bigla
How
Hurry On
Jetfield..
Lake Suveran
23000
Crown Witness
Desert Gold
1000
Dreadnought
1250
Dutch CouSSIT
2300
1250
I Know
Fortuna
1000
Free Success
1000
Happy Warrior
Kentucky Lad
Hiowalla
Invincible
Jeruma P.
4260
Kerrem
3500
May Blossom
Nuf So Bad
Pearl Diver
1240
Tennis Exhibition
Matches Postponed
To Saturday
Bnowy...
An Nee
Amacola Applause Barometer
A cable was received by the HKLTA this morning from Mr K. Kamo stating that he could only play on January 7 and 8. Therefore the Exhibition matches C'est Si Bon
BLAZING Bionde Calamity
Toue D'or
1000
2:600
Strathpeffer
1250
Thankgiving Day
€750
2
The KangaJOG
Yogabond King
Valbridge
1000 1000
Clan!
Not only was he slower off the mark but his shooting wus erratic.
Nat arouses the lash of "Finished" was he?
a warrior to his Lofthouse, marrow, set to work to ding the critics'
back in their Wortis teeth.
With the happy result that he is now back to his peak.
The
? de- only safeguards mund are: (a) Lofthouse avoids injury; (b) keeps his form.
Bolton nally edged in be-
of their vause
Krealer Cup-ter nghing
my experience rating, however, top-form Luton have everything. They are young, fit, and a tremendously thrilling bunch to watch.
Manager Duncan Suys that Luton's success is due to the fact that they are a "team of ne stars."
But, begging his pardo, I say that's nonsense!
FULL STRENGTH
One glance at the full-strength Luton team-sheet
reveals that half the tide are Internationals. There is England's Ron Bayn- ham in hal. There Ireland's Bud Aberne anu Seamus Dunne at full-back.
are
There is another Irishman, internationa! George Cummins, n the side's schemer at inside- At his best he goes like u bomb So do Bolton, one of the left-and what a schemer! few
And, teams left who mix the pepper of goals with the salt of stable and skill-in equal proportion.
centre-half.
NOTICES
TEAM FOR
Matunday
$2.100
4500
Curtir
200
arranged for tomorrow at the HKCC will be postponed.
Dona Maria
Festival View
2000
Fleetmaster
Henrietta
1500
Brany
3100
88
The HKLTA has now decided Pull-of-Spirit to hold the exhibition matches
on Saturday, either at the HKCC King Rider ground if available or CRC Koon-Yum Shan
Vinny Returns
ground commencing at 3.00 p.m. Mourne
with the same order of play as Pearl of Hongkong. announced previously.
Probabilty
|Rider's With
Berabo Senorita |Bouthern Crime
Starboard Tamerione
Cheers
Len Hutton Will Trade Wind
Play Regularly
Next Season?
Tumbleweed Time-phone
Vendetta
VIP. Zermar
Ben Lawer London, Jan. 3.
Boyne Len Hution, the Yorkshire Brantome
-mext season.
| Congratulations ard England cricketor, feels con- miksoRN fident that he will be able, to zamon-going play regularly for the County green
Įvedr. Playi Friest Lady He has had, ki pain in his back fortune âmile since the plaster jacket was re-uy Hire
|Gram-Hopper moved a "fortnight ogo and is grem Velvet. concentrating on axercising those faidake, muscles, which could not be used Manx when the back was encased.
Norme. Lady
Hutton,, who was out of the How game for moet of laat wenson; dise trouble "with;"", prolapsed
(the
which forced' him, to give up the
fecket in forall three
2300
1000
1200
1500
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$1000
1000
1000
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CABINET ·
CHANGES
ARRY BOY YOU'VE BEEN
of course, there's the able Sid Owen at Another England
DROPPED BUT NOT ELEVATED TO THE PEERAGE
HOME
DRESS
ROON
their
Luton
I have
third Lough match against Leicester, und but they have good reserves and I envy the lucky people who AL thosu up upped fantastic odds of 25-1!
Third on my list as Manches-
United
Matt Currently Busby's brilliant "babes" are standing right between the two stools of League-they are hot for the Champion- favourites ship-and Cup,
But with Duncan Edwards, Tommy Taylor, and Roger Byrne in the side, only an idiot would
than out leave
of, the Cup reckoning
raise only one query againsi Manchester United Cup foot- bull is a roaring furnace which cuts away sklil and nerve.
United,
who met Latented Bristol Rovers away last Satur- day, ape u shude short un ex- perience.
My fourth
candidates Cup are--Newcastic. To be com- pletely honest I can advance no
valid reason
Sta why
Seymour's team should win any- thing.
THE CUP TOUCH The last time I saw them they were uncertain in defence and wretchedly inadequate in attack,
Yet Newcastic-thrice
post- war winners at Wembley-have the Cup touch.
ம். And they all have those two-matching "M's" of foot- ball-Milburn and Mitchell, -
Finally, as my long shots, I was tempted to plumb for one of the following three-Sunder- Land, talented but unpredict able; Preston, clever, but in- consistent and Wolves, last- altch fighters led by Billy Wright, one of the greatest centre-halves of all time.
But, never one to shirk a challenge I'm
limb.
out on a
I'm takinal!
they haven't
On papa
a dog's
chanco-yet I won'
at be the least bit surprised to see them at Wembley on May 5.
-{London · Express ́Berator).
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Russian Takes
Lead In Chess Tournament
Hastings, Jan. 8.
Soviet chess mastor Victor Koechnol was leading in the International tournement at Hastingsstördgit at the end of the sixth round with a total of 44 points,
Level, in wecond place word R DargnWest Germany), and B. [XVkoy."(Yugoslavi ench with
AROUND · HOLLYWOOD.
GARY COOPER TO CO-STAR WITH AUDREY HEPBURN
By MICHAEL RUDDY
Beverly Hills.
At Romanoff's I had a drink with Gary Cooper while waiting for friends to arrive for dinner. Jet planes delayed the end of his film, "The
which Friendly Persuasion" in
he portrays a Quaker who becomes involved in the Civil War. "So I won't see my daughter Maria make her debut at the Debutantes' Ball next week in New York," he said softly. "We have to go back to the location and shoot scenes again as cannot dub in the dialogue. All you hear are the roar of jets.”
we
In March he goes to Paris to co-star with Audrey Hepburn In "Ariane," "I like Paris, yup, nice place. Paris in the spring, y'know," he smiled, “and swell hours there. Start at noon, finish at eight o'clock, sleep late in the morning. That's for
me."
recommended by Alec Guinness, ambassador
in sacs portfolio Hollywood.
П
our
His wife and daughter will Margaret as the Woman of the the studio barbershop when I 101n him in Paris, fly to London | Year.) "I hope you don't mind came in for a trim. Very tanned over week-endy, Coop wants watching Bad FELNES, Lady from a Palm Springs sojourn, to get shoes at Poet's up some
Huntly, Grace Kelly said. Junmy was in great spirits. guns
Purdey's and have "But when you see "The Swan',
"We sold
Mulholland some clothes made at a tailor's you'll find a lot of comedy in
it, I'm sure, provided by Alec house and we've bought another lovely Guinness, a marvellous actor Brentwood with and such a delight to work garden," he said. "And I've got with." (He says the same aboul
new car." Jaguar? Bentley? "Not Arlon-Martin? I asked. I accompanied the Marchioness | you, Grace).
British this time," ho replied. of Huntly to the set of "The
"There it is." looked through Swan" to see Grace Kelly in a She mentioned that she was
the window and saw his Con- romantic episode
Louls spending with Jourdan.
Intinental Mark 11. the longest. black saloon in the U.S.A, White leather
tup. upholstery, 300
rating-and engine-American one of 50 sold on the West Coast.
Mr Guinness was away doing Christmas shopping and renting
flat for his wife and son who arrived just before Christmat.
Year
with
Chrisantos and Now
her family
to
What
•
"Cash McCall" a story of
back then Philadelphia,
two films. M-G-M for about her plans to return
inke the stage as she can year off from films in her con- tract? "Well, there isn't a play man Irresistible to woman and offered to me that I want Pucking his bags and getung" she said, "and ready to leave Grace Kelly's Alms are awfully good, 1 hirsi.” castle - she's a princess he's her tutor — they're in love
COLD SOULDERS
and
10
the two
The first "High Society," the bul her mother insists she musicale re-make of
"The marry the prince of the neigh- } Philadelphin Story," (Katharine bouring kingdom Louis Jour Hepburn, Cary Grant, James dan bitterly told Miss Kelly that Stewart and Ruth Hussey,} учета couldn't stand being with
Crosby. Bing
Frank patronised. The dialogue was Sinatra and Coleste Holm, involved but we gathered he
a genius in high Gnance has been bought by the newly-organised RKO Studios with the hope of Gable to play, getting Clark Cash,
didn't care for warm klages in the moonlight followed by cold shoukters in the morning.
"But
Επ
it won't the sot
Newport, Philadelphia It's
Rhode Island, now," Grace ex- plained. "And I sing one song. Sensation while I'mm tipsy. And the songs and be Cole Porter."
music will
Miss Kelly, looking regat in a simple but expensive long white dress, dabbed her tears with a wisp of lace and begged him to. <tay but the resolute tutor The second is "Designing departed. More tears, Closeupe, Woman" with a fabulous ward- robe of 40 changes designed by dressing-room, we Helen Rose. "The clothes are had coffee with the actress who wonderful," she told us, "and I was recently acclaimed leader do like wearing Helen Rosc
creationc."
In her
in her profession by the women's editors of the United States.
(They named Princess
OVER FIFTY GROUP
At 67, Mr Gable is in demand although during the past year there have been strong sugges- tions that he and Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart and Gary Cooper and others in the over- Ofty group should begin playing character roles. Give the younger atars the good stories and sip- port them in important roles, one cinema owner urges.
"{ think the movie-going public is getting tired of seeing middle-aged stars making lovā to actresses young enough to ba their daughters," "ho said.
One thinks of Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn; Bogart and STAGE DEBUT
Audrey Hepburn; oven Ray Milland, 50, and Grace Kelly, Ave. Ricky Powell,
of June Allyson
change to adult Perhaps the
dobut in a
Marymount School Catered Affair" which concerns
Davis play. He was quite assured as Bette
and Ernest
I saw year-old son
Schneider Wins and Dick Powell, make his stage stories is being shown in "The
International
Ski Event
one of ten angels At home, Borgnine, a Bronx couple, whose he's a hellion, I learned. "Not daughter,
A
Dobble
Reynolds
Raylor,
in the slightest a case of type- marries Rod
and the casting," said his proud mother wedding reception, la catered for who should know.
by a neighbourhood restaurant and delicatessen. This time, Mr Borgnine, one of my favourite performers, portraya
a taxicab driver.
Adelboden, Switzerland,
Jan. 3. Georges Schneider (Switzer- With Jean Simmons coming to land) won the important pre Twentieth Contay Fox Studios loternational ski to star in "Hilda Crane,” four of Olymples event here to-day from a field the top British actresses will be And Miss Davis discards both of 37 entronis from five coun- on the floor at Movietone City, mannerisms and speech for this
Кетт Deborah tries, Including Japan.
Joan Collins, warm story. Darm Wynter and Jean.... Hur Schneider covered
husband, Stewart Granger, was for a total having a gate course twice
butch or crew-cut in time of 170.8 seconds. He was followed by two Frenchmen, with 172.0 Francais Donlieu and Bernard Perret in 174.5.
the
64-
SHEKO GOLF
During
Japan's wonder skler, China- ru Igaya, who won yesterday's downhill race would undoubt- | Medal edly
Tun.
December running and Bogey Pools were
have been In the first held at Shek-O and the follow- three if he had not fallen justing were the winners:-Medal before the finish on his second}"A"-N, P. Fox (nell 68), "BR. D. Neale (nelt 62), In his first time down, he Bogey "A"-N. P. Fox (3 up), had by far the best time of all "B"-R. D. Neale (2 up).
83.8 entrants with seconds nearly two seconds
a dazzling
Laster than Schneider.
On
159 Boxing Day over
friends attended the winner, members and
the annual lunch followed by a Igaya finished 10th with six-p-side
one club game. F. do Jong's team, comprising total of 181.0 seconds.
Miss himself,
Barton, sklers, Tom Two American
Smart, Corcoran
Santerre, D. and Dodge Brugo, were equal fourth with a time winners with a score of 48 for Smart and R. Vaca were the
of 177.9 seconds runs-Reuter,
for the two
TABLE TENNIS
Singapore To
Meet, Hungary In Concluding Match
Madras, Jan. 8. Hungary beat India 3-1 in the triangular table tennis tourna- ment here tonight.
India, level with Hungary in the series, hat their hopes of winning, the rubber, shattered when beaten by Singapore 3-1. Singapore meets Hungary to morrow in the concluding match. Results were (Ilungary First). Kotzian beat 8. YatinVyas 19-21, 22-20, 21-19, Bido. beat K Ramakrishna 21-13, 21-14, Sido beat Vyne 21-10, 21-10.
Doubles; Chandarana and Vyná beat Sido, and Koczion 10-21, 21-14, 21-10. P ** Sinespors -- India. (Sikigapore
how beat Chan Lohkong-chow darana 13-21, 21-15, 21-18, Lob. beat. Vybs 21-17, 11-10, Poon Weng-hoe lost to Vyas 20-23,
dith Hack Talmanov Doubles: Loh and Poon beat Union 10. Lhren, Coladareina, and VrWM14A
Mrs
nine holes.
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