1956-07-04 — Page 7

Starting Today, John Macadam Recounts

Some Chapters Of The Royal Ascot Story

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JULY': 4, 1956.

It was hot, that week-end of August 1711, and the ground was hard, and Queen Anne was suffering one of her frequent Indispositions. So much so that she decided not to follow the hunt, as was her wont, but to follow after in her post-chaise.,

the little-known That particular day's chase took the buckhounds across Ascot Heath, and the tree-fringed terrain so took the fancy of the Queen that she demanded that the gentlemen stage, immediately, a race meeting on the lovely

plain.

Well, there were no dockey Clubs or Totalisators or Book- Protection maken

Societies Ch around in

days and, for that matter. there pubile to bother abil [211 imatter of days it was all ladd

Royal Ascot was and

first staged on Saturday, August 11,

171.

WIK 110

had to give the meeting a shot in the arm by throwing a ban- quet at St James's so that he court let the wealthy Owners

the where know

royal Just ruolat beart lay,

it is pretty well oli troned out with a compromise that could not be more English.

ROYAL ENCLOSURE As I have said, the Royal Enclosure has been increased in That was enough, and when

spised and who gets on that George IV. had the imaginative

hallowed Turf is anybody's notion of the State Drive up the

But, gtress

under the POU fra Windsor, not only high

also witty, but

hydrangea bedecked Royal Box public enthusiasm was rivelet on this a lovely little strip of sward

boxed turf's sheaw plece. I never huch

wn]} atake i en anxiotis monumt from there.

This

new Queen's August

uski,

this super- hallowed utrip, the Qu'en may whunsoever she Jolly- invite well kes

Later thousander pounds

Roya.

will diseres The

thousands sterling

1956 AMOL

ME

the

that

was

But

Even the prim, æclusive Vie Saturday nearly two and a half teria was drawn Into the altre - centuries ago was a Plate oftion of the unique Heath in the For this u held of severi mkst of the Berkshire wood- luks Edward, as Prince of horses, each currying 12s!,, con- peter in three heats, nd the Wales and as King in his Ume.

V so delighted with George

and Queen Mary. Queen the affair that she commanded end the present Duke of Wind- Jute arapent performance,

For and his brother the King--all were keep racegoers with that extra emotional feel- ing for all that Ascot stood for: the beauty of It, the spelui de- inction of its privileged crowd, the quality of its racing and, of course, the long continuity of the royal patronage,

SAME CONDITIONS

On the following Monday, under the same conditions, there were four storlers and the value

Mhe Plat ut

smallest Bu

£100

WIN

Queen Anne was on enthus- Batle sperlator mi broth these Ihrendbare meetings and Hoyal Ascot

Jauns hel TIMET

world that was, miary and mote, 10 regard it as the champagn corklull of reing

11 is ang Une and feat f monarchs from Queen Altne ar Queen Elizabeth I, tak apart Itom Cow faltering the mord- sig has gone from strength to sfrench in royal support

WEALTHY OWNERS

The shuklest tame lo als long. history was during the reign of William IV. when the emmarch

And.

ofle

PRESENT CENTURY

more conscious of all this thar

of her aty

Elizabeth II. ĮpredecessK71's 15 Itavegoera of experiener going

I fore the beginning of the present century declare that

unaffeeled then

delight

in thoughtard horseflesh and in The techniques of riding

Dink

say nothing of her gay sports-

when man

she {pk!5 7[*4v

not to be matched In Hving

innery

HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA | drove immediately over

European

Champion Sculler To Defend Title

Henley-On-Thames, England,

July 3

In the absene of the Russian carsmen who carried off Three of the major trophies kist your Teodor Kocerka, Poland's Burn

* Champion. Seuller will fre the only holder to defend lis title at the Henry Royal Re

hey tu- opens Kama, which INOTTNOW

Why. when Ascot Anished work o The new straight mile last your the young Queen and ber water Princess Margaret, froni Windsor so that they couki be the first to gellop 1. length

That

the burge of her enthusiasm for riding-azıd for And the Royal Asal course, Que when's mounted on staid okl Winston, Borse parade -ground

4-11

With the construięton of that new straight mile, incidentally, the Royal Enclosure has been made twice as large. Tattersall's

IN ane and

squaeious,

H

half times as and the silver ring three times bigger

With the new configuration of the course and the extra tepping-up made possible by This chitional space. Are pl ricing is now being sien as if Koreka, 29, bronze medallis! ↑ has never been seen before.

Wris

in the 1852 Olympic Games ut

As a matter of fact, a great Helsinki, won the eveted Di - mond Sculls over the straight one deal of untoward houha has this been mile 550 yards course in

eased by

Royal smail Thames Valley town last | Enclosure business of Die Inno-

will be માર્ક

divorces. inst cetil-or-gully year

Now strengthen his claim to further

Olymple recognition

Only 14 overseas entries have

Vladimir Kuts

Runs Third

come to Henley this year because

of financial commitments for the Olymple Games at Melbourne

by

Jow

12

the

to

ornamental

American Leads The Field In World Gliding Championship

Sant Yan, South-East France,

July 3. Faut MacCready of the United States was tonight well ali ti the Sixth World

Ciliating Camptonships being

held here

from

ARMY SPORTS

PARADE

For the very first time in the three years' life of this column we welcome a lawn bowler to the Spot of Honour at the Top of the Sports Parade. Although there are some very capable exponents of this fine old game in the Army in Hongkong, the general standard of play is so high that their achievements acldom make headlines.

It is therefore all the more satisfying to welcome Captain II. Phoenix, of the Royal Army Pay Corps, to just such a position this week.

*

MISS NAKAMURA THINKS

Page: 7

WAITING AT TABLE IS STEADIER EMPLOYMENT THAN ACTING IN FILMS

By RON BURTON

Hollywood.

Shizue Nakamura, "discovered" while working as a waitress in a Japanese restaurant in Los Angeles, has completed her film debut — and is now back at the restaurant. She'll take the regular employment there.

Joj

4

"It's steadier work thain acting," the tiny woman said, "I'd like to try another part sometime, but I'm not going to devote all my time to looking for it."

Mi Nakamura came to the of them about 2,000 years old "I guera It's Justified," Rossen

the other

said. "We went on location in United States about a year ago and

comparatively

Spain and wound up with 300 with her husband, Tom, a natives | recent. Plus a history lesson boin American of Japanese an-

technicians and actors from all The Alm "Alexander the

over the map. The part cestry. They met in Japan when

of both were

hns these elements, hotel Great,"

Alexander is played by Richard working at

Allied operated

Wales. military mum with today's usual wide- Burton, from

Fredric serven procem la colour. personnel at Atami.

PTO March, an American, is Philip "1 answered an ad in a news. Cucer Rabert Rossen hopes his of Macedonia, Clair Bloom, from love, England, la Alexander's eple may be valued by educa tore as well as enjoyed by just Barsine. And Danielle Darrieux plain movie fans

came from France for the role of March's wife,"

Countries represented in the cast and crew sound like a recitation of an ailas index. They include Spain, Uruguay, Australia, Mexico,

Portugal,

a

Playing in the Colony Singles The standard of sportsnal- Championship a fow days ago ship was as high as the spirit of Captain Phoenix scored 0 | endeavour and it is rather sad brilliant win over M. B. Hassan, to realise that in a few short the 1963 Colony Champion who months

this 'finest of all was also Runner-up last year. Individual Sports an Bob Lord The extent.

of the victory by used to call it has disappeared, and the next thing I knew waitress al the Imperial 21 shots to 10-la adequate in almost completely from the

те Gardens

ens here," she said. "Then dication of a match weil won.

pobile eye. No doubt there are

one day soincony started asking still cycliste in our midst who

me a lot of questions In Japanese, Although edgert

the regularly get their miles in' out of

One of them was about my boing Spot of Honour the water polo fit the big-time atmosphere has

1 thought In a notion picture.

kidding. players of HQ Land Forces evaporated and as far an publi-

he was "He deserve a special word of men-elty is concerned the sport bas

came back and asked tion for their present position at almost ceased to be mentioned,

He said the top of the South Water Polo

In spite of the ever increasing League The various 11Q roums temperature the excellent Six-a-

Side Hockey League at have had a thin lime in mos

at Head- quarters Land Forces continues to provide first class sport for the players and exciting enter- ainement for there who go along k which

sports in recent years and it is good to me the water polo team undefeated after six games of which four have been won and

two run

•

During recent years the com- Tia "Club Milftar Cup will petition has grown steadily in

value

and in importance until after all rest una Hongkong

il now ranks as one of the most sideboard for the next twelve

Items months.

calendar.

taxd is ful

1

on

the whole The

game and furious and

again

concerns

first echo Thx

ctream of some- Alexander'a

which thing

resembles our present United Nations, Alexan der, who died at 33, had his he was Jasondes some 2,000 years ago but Lindsay nxt was Walter never could bring it to reality. Wanger's assitant. Finally Receptud the offer after talking it over with my husband.

guess I did it as on adventure."

Lindsay

Mi corroborated Nakamaru's version of how she. with no formal truining, got the "Mother-Sir!" role in Wanger's for Allied Artists.

THE FOOD FIGURES

"Hor problem is that she's so dest well, she's a rarity,"

won't 'mexition that she turned af down a similar acting offer in She has no Japan a year ago. confidence in her acting ability,

She's of and yet she's superb. competition that we hoped she'd be." Colony some three or four years ago, but this is not in fact quite accurate for

The Army footballpular team corried too many

gunspring for Uver opponents

from the the fact that matches are thual-Lindsay said. "For example, the Portuguese Force in Macao For the distance test, follow-

ry played late in the afternoon when

the second they met in ing

pre-determined

ident means 4 on the match Saint Yan,

new Garrison through

Keeping Ground Cuers to Toulons

at Sek Kong yester. MacCready

It was recently given as a deficit lesse opinion that is sort of nut-distanced afl

day. Starting off with a other com-

of two goals Li- Hongkong tatalur hockey petitors, Innding of the French

forwards were always looking! | started its th Buku] batu nesar Toulon. Hb

for openings and four goods by followed closely by Ivans (US) who

Smith, and two each by Jones in running second for the world Utle

and Dow gave their side a safe margin in spite of the fact that the visitors managed to get

gual- couple of counters p*KI

Wis

Lucy

Mact'ready's exploit was the third In succession for this glider-uto, who not only

leads in the Championship, but looks like being one of the best-

ever

pilots. Kurier

Yesterday. navigated his light craft, with

through visibility enormous thunder clouds

keeper Allen. The final aggre-

Leute

games Macao 4.

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Wits

the longkung

SPORTING DISPLAY

two 8.

The game, played in very hot weather, On Saturday he came second

w.w3 always full of

fre th the

interest. first

kont- kst-free

injuries were naxd said he quant distance tight.

but all of them came from simple neeldents. Al could have gone further. Today

though Covered 400 kilo-

the MacCready

score against Viem

the inounted steadily visitors won many friends by their sporting display.

P.C.C. Brigadier

Graham, DSO, the Acting Commander firlth: h

performed the Force traditional

ceremony

meires.--France-Presse.

LINDWALL DENIES THIGH INJURY RECURRENCE

London, July 3. Ray Linstwall, the Australian fast bowler, denied tonight that he had suffered a recurrence uf the thigh injury which caused him to break down the First Tesl.

In

Lindiwull said tonight: "There is nothing the matter with me part from a touch of stiffness the back after my Jong

in

next November, But the list in Fastest 10,000 Myo

cludes challengers for tax of the trophies, all of which went abroad Inst your-three to Russia, two to the United States and one to Poland.

"I will probably have some Moscow, July 3 heal treatment during the next Vladimir Kuta. Rossa's Wading | couple days but in any case dilatice TUUROT, Today run the I expect to

in the side be Chief fustest 10,000 Metres in against Hampshire al Southamp history and the fastest recorded

lon this week-end This premier rowing meeting

this year

Lindwall was reported carlier in the British calendar always

10 have broken down attracts the cream of Britain's Compette Moscow. Kuts

in in the match apitlost varsmen and the possibility of clocked 20 minutes 14 seconds

Gloucester which ended yester Olympic selection will be #n accosting lo

He bowled 18 overs with- added incentive for them to do |Agency Tass.

out apparent signs of discom- well.

fort but after the match he sail

In the Grand Challenge Cup.

Only

the Soviet News dny,

Enal Zatopek's world the senior event for eighis won teend of 28:51.2 and Kuts' own

by Pennsylvania University last previous best performance of year, Britain's hopes

rest

of 28:59.2 have balen this time.

cruws from Leander, Thames and London Rowing Clubs with u Swedish crew and a French Army eight 111 opposition ---

Router.

Lifter Russian Improves Own World Record

Moscow, July 3. Giadimir Slogov, winner of the Bantamweight title at last weck's European weightlifting Championships in Helsinki, to- day boat his own world record for the Two Hands Clean and Pres in the Bantam division.

official record of 107 beating kilograms according to Tass the Soviet News Agency,

he had " dull ache extending from my back to my left thigh.

Instead of travelling to Taun- fon with the Australian team,

A total of 25,000 athletes are Lindwall returned to London for

at the meeting. --- laking part

examination and treatment. Beuler,

Sports Diary

TODAY

Tennis

V

Mea') "C" Division: Recreio KTOCA (2), LRC (1) v MC, CCC (£) * USRC, CCSRC (3) v KCC. V CTC (1).

Golf Services Gott: Monthly Meeting. Medal Competition.

Water-polo Benior League; CYMCA v South china (Chung Sing) 6 p.m.

TOMORROW

Tennis Merv's "B" Division: PORC v CRC Stopov pressed 107.5 kilograms(2) POC V PRC. KTGCALRC. KCC (2) CRC (1), JRC v KCC (1). Division BCAA♥ Mixed Urban C, Recrelo v LRC, CCO v CRC.

Bowls Open Rinks Championship:

Slogov was competing at the glant Moscow Spartakind-one KBOC,

the major

tests of Sovie Olympic prospects-Reuter,

Summer League

In a Senior

Поссет Summer League? Kliches v CAA (CH) 6,30 p.m.

**Meeting IIKAAA Meeting at Education Department, 5.30 p.m.

KYA

Interpork: Sub-Committee meeting at Sports Road, 5.40 p.m.

GOLE mtkac Ladies, Glover Cup at

summer league Deep Water Day.

soccer match played at Caro

line HH1 last night Kitchco boat Tung. Wah by one nil. In the

FRIDAY

· Water-2010 Junior League: Ampy

Bouth

curtakes raisor Tsui Yin boat Dockyard (Victoria Pod 8.30 p.m. Tramways by the same BOOTO), HTMČI V NATYM RYMOA) Y DIM.

KMTHER Y RAF (RAF) 6 p.m.

In the Junior league.

Meanwhile Frank Tyson, the England fast bowler who has been out of action with a hair line fracture of the left ankle since

the end of May. had a muccessful

and workout toxiny will play for Northamptonshire second deven tomorrow-China Mail Special.

SPORTRAIT

"My dear pood man, t'a rio Bond you petting annoyed found this seat frat ¿."

'London'ätyidis Service)

off.

opening

the

Lindsay said Allied Artists worked very hard to make the

authentic.

Bost entertaining competitiven, placed in Japan, completely

"Our test is to see whether a an much the same lines as the

in Japanese thinks a given thing present one used to be rur Whitfield Barricks-ant

"This the looks authentic," he said, <ustoms on

down tennis court behind the Royal applies from Engineers' offices

to the last stick of furn as long ago

furniture. Lindsay failed to menilen that የነ* 18 a student of Japanese

that

the

culture

ure and thus A good best

1948 and 1940. It is true of course that the competition did not get the same excellent

which Is Publicity

in himself of authenticlly in the nowadays Accorded to the film which is about a women's tournament at Victoria Barracks Ov

revolt in a Japanese village, Miss but there is not the slightest Nakamura playa tho part of the doubt

participants mayor's daughter. The film stary derived just as much enjoyment | Joan Bennett, Gary Merrill and fron 11.

Shirley Yarnnguchi,

The

very whole thing is exciting to me," she said at the restaurant between orders. "Bul while. I think I'll stay here for If another part comes along, suppose I'll take it, but this type of work is more reliable."

the the

in-

TENSE STRUGGLE The tense struggle betw:en District Workshops REME and HQRE for the file of Cham- plons in the 1056 competition is making every game one of

Importance Kreat

and of the new ground by kicking honours

A motion picture company may well be in He also presented

balance until the whistle ends reports that it feels like a cross

between Cup to Spr Melnues, the Army

a do-gooder and the Craflsineng final

Kame, the gume

The captain after

and

The position

bentvolal public utility. most players and

feeling

from later joined the

Improve- triguing and the organisers are

ments officials of both jeams at dinner.

company made in rural areas while it was on loca- The Army team was as fol- to be heartily congratulated for (RAEC at the excellent job of work they

tion in Mexleo. have done in making the 19th A Regt: Sign Sloan League such a fine success.

And there's one optimist in the

ny's auditing (Alt 7 Hussars), L/Cpl Tolfrey

department who's Coming to find out if the (COD), Spr Meinnes (24 Fi Engr.), Spr Rab on (24 Fu.

A question which is being Improvements are deductible. asked in many

Mitchum Robert places at the Engrs), Cpl Wall (Cnid. Work-

sald the shops) Ple Hough (N. Staffs), present time is "What has hap- company's projects ranged from Spr Smith (24 Fd Engrs), Ple pened 10 Army cyclists in something approaching US plum- Janes (18 F Amb) Spr Dow gencral and NTACA in parti-

communications and (24 Fd Engrs), L/Bdr

lows:--Sl

Alien

(Move Light Troop).

S.S.M. Dawson Hussars was referee

Hunt cular?"

of

7th

•

4

there is zomeone

Surely around who by example anch can restore encouragement Army cycling 10 its Public pedestal. A most excellent During the sojourn of Captain foundation was laid in 1953-54- Bob Lord in the Colony cycling 55 and It would bring a great was one of the most popular | deal of satisfaction st, in re and certainly one of the most trospect, the same could be said pubilelsed sports practised by about 1950. our soldiers.

Competitions were run every Wednesday and every week-end and the New Territories Army a source

Cycling Association was a

of inspiration to cyclists not only in

In the other Services but also in the civilian community. There is little doubt that a large measure the success which was achieved in recent years was duc to the personai enthusiasm of Captain Lord. His own untiring efforts worked as a spur to those around him and the fact he competed gularly in the various events. not only of the NTACA but of other cycling organisations- encouraged others to do like- Weer

•

facili- The new recreational

for

thetr soldiers and families at Stonecutters Island

sy

bing

came

the

to

Tl villages where

Wo

apparently were very happy In their Innocence," Mitchum said. "Maybe spoiled things for them."

We

Mitchum said that in one in- stance a telephone line was strung some 10 miles to link a village with a main phone line. The wire was Jen

by the departing company. much to the joy of the villagers.

"They

were very proud of being connected with the out- MU.. by phone," chim said, We assume some phones will be installed there. of prblem

providing | We left the wire but took our facilities the hot in bathing

own phones."* acabon has been very much In the

mind of many people for a long time and the new step of developing the beadies on the island in the harbour should go a long way to solving it.

will be received with apprecia-jaide world ton by all who can make use

of them. The

A FINE BEACH

For the present most attention has been given to the provision of good facilities at the week- end and it seems that the fine As a result of his work many beautiful trophies were obtain-beach on the north-west tip of will do just that. ed and put up for annual com- the island

val NAAFI will be on hand to caler petition between individual

for the needs of the inner man- cyclists and teams, Through the

arxl woman and child of course medium of the press and the

and there is every indication broadcasting stations the names of the star

cyclists became that this new venue may be

como ม most popular rendezvous familla: to people who had but

for Army personnel and their superficial interent in, or how

families. Ledige of the finer points of,

A Inunch service had been competitive cycling.

arranged from Shamshulpo, Il WH start: at 2. o'clock an Saturdays and 11 o'clocis on Ome of the most impressive Sundays and will provido a sights in our while pacting half-hour service. There will sphere

the magnificent certainly be no cause for com- array of trophies which adorned plaint about expense for the re the prize table at the Annual turn trip wil

will bo possible for the Dinner of the NTACA, Under modest outlay of *30 centa. the Shamshulpo the skilful jockeying of Captain Incidentally Lord our whoolers-from novices terminus is at the RASC Jelty. to experts and firm youngsters This looks like a really grand to veterans fought every inch bit of thoughtful organising and of the way to win three cups the project should have nothing

but wel earned success. and slek

IMPRESSIVE SIGHTS

WAS

AROUND THE NECK

מ

And the other echo serves to remind audiences that a group of mixed nationalities can work together toward a goal even if there are differences of opinion.

ROYAL ADVISER

to this canne

SOBONU

Rossen clusion after there Ira the

con- noted nationalities were inany

cast Box crew of his production and dubbed it "The Lattes United Nations"

MARTEL

+

and

India, Ireland, Germany, Italy. Egypt, Norway, Thailand Denmark. And many of the crew originated in Australia, Poland, Switzerland, New Zealand and Scotland,

came

from

Rosen said the topper in his 1st appropriately Greece, the area usually nesoci- alod with Alexankier,

if that weren't reprezentative

And, an

enough, the

actually

royalty. He is Prince Peter, the

hn's technical adviser,

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