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GIANTS OF SPORT
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1956, ▼
STEVE DONOGHUE KINGS SOUGHT HIM AND CROWDS WORSHIPPED HIM
By DENNIS HART
In 1913, Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm III sent a special envoy to buy the services of a certain Englishman. He was unlucky. So was England's King George V when he tried. Twenty-two years later the Englishman died. The Times" mourned the passing of a "beloved national figure."
This "beloved national figure" sought by Kings and Knisers, was a jockey. His name was Steve Donoghue.
Solely for his ability to win horse races, this little man with the He dark hair, blue eyes and whimsical smile will go down in history.
Six times he won the toughest and most was the greatest of them all. highly competitive flat race in the world-the Derby.
Danogtite for the Belay be
our honor old aying Stor
xenage Roomiles
catry Stese
24 at veste!
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Steve Caly
exiged
In ne race. un 1834 was on a horse that tol
hecin't a chance of winnig but
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doubtful I Last
entre The odds against it were 180-1 Steve brought bag bome Arst A couple of days lates
with far - $7
Bur
was un irst of the held mesuding ht favourite SELE
Derby
Wher
That
Agan Steva
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He was the nity years
MORE THAN A
MAN
But Steve Phonegate was more Tann man who poste
WADDRES
He was national instatutor He was aliised Bern warz-dope" Daly one word can describe the freting of English race-gomas da
B.-noghue-lova
When he related in 1937
was besieged at the truck by ad
mirers pleating
"Suv s 1990
Arne Steve" Donoghue was ther
53 and bad been retiring
he was
43.
Why was 210 No
Why was
Iran loved
I was because he put evetve thing he Courageous.
d
into his rating Hery,
rode like a man inspired Even Found the much-feared Tatten ham corner be wotik go kut, not inching,
tak ang
bend inches from the rail
fail
And Dunoghue never thrashed
THIN Way hurses:
to vielery
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The d using
The
whip he would guide them with understanding hunts
In the 1921 Derby those han 1s craxed to victory a horse called. Humorist Soon after the thre the horse died. A post-mortem revealed that it had only
jung
JUL
STEVE DONOGHUE
After a gaple of other stable Donoghue called it the gamest
Britain he went to horse he had ever ridden That Jubass
Donoghue's France to ride as a free-lance :efected Kameness
He returned to Britain and after riding 25 year-long a spell in Ireland began
He before an England in 1910.
and! explain moved into the top class
affection.
Never th
career was Steve caller the raving steward has rida le avem Trink
unfairly win
A chick he eve
throw & REN
And many
Batter her pandamm to lose
to after being fourth in the jockey's list in 1913 became champion in 1915 Then began the ten nuust
of his career
* Wonfil, sucerastul yearu
bad let 500 thewogh an Ieri, serkry', u't all a ed to bet on anothe
2018
Ly, raer in which he himself was rid.ng.
STEVE'S FANCY
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Jockey was chamJIONI
AUCUNSINK
1
Ile
and bccasions
Derby also chalked up his six
hat-trick wins, meluching a
Even after these golden ve (S
by en-tuurd to Thus created with his
with partnershape
wonder Six Omes The 2245 Pawhurst Brown Jock
hard-Brown Jack with Donoghue won Steve's
Woning uld have won if the Queen Alexani Shakes sunely
Ascot's fou
Togest race Steven traan't brought his own
storming i The Brown Jack-Donoghue mount through
The relationship was umugite C5 the Maist
Lose Steve ones said ex-try to think of a perfect graile
halsts so man with a few strange
of his own, that is Brown Jack."
Th
Jusey
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lo snatch vietery friend who placed the bet umazed. "I couldn't help il," plund Steve, "the Billy was bloody game.
WEN
The Steve Donoghue racing story began in
1899
Lancashire town of Warrington
A local circus was offering
ride
a certain
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FAREWELL BROADCAST
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at something
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ARMY SPORTS
PARADE
Around six o'clock this evening the climax of the Army golfing season, will be reached when His Excellency The Commander British Forces presents the fine new Windsor Challenge Cup to the winners of the Combined Services Inter-Unij Championship at Fanling.
The finalists are 74 LAA Regt. R.A. and HQLF 'B' and it is anticipated that a fine match will be seen. The Gunners have had the bad luck to lose a couple of the players who did so much to get them to their present. advanced position in the tournament but, although their final selection has not been firmly fixed, there is quiet confidence around the Whitefield Barracks area that they will put up a good show.
of
that the United had released him when There is no doubt well
Headquarters | he went into the Army." batoneed
will fursome
start
Thank you, "Soccer Fan", for favourites but they will huve to
letter. News the
soldier decisive form your reproduce they showed when eliminating sportemen who have served in always welcome e RAMC in the semi-final Hongkong is they are to have the honour of and we would be very pleased to inchade any news you may sering their name inscribed as
tradi
lock! newspapers the first
your winners of the Trophy,
from home.
in
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I bus been surprising to find That
During last season a group of Tow soldiers relatively
of enckel enthusiasts got together buye taken the opportunity
formed the Chopsticks competing
the Summer and Albjette Meetings run by the Cricket Club. The venture was JIKAAA
and great succeSS
provided While
most Sundays ita itu that the Army grand cricket on has been
the represented m
during the second half of the season. Membership of various mavings the representu- season, that has not been as heavy us
Chopsticks
to serving is open officers
Services. of a three Ed been anticipated when
There is no entrance fee and no these new meetings were stortsi
subscription and any officer who I apprecialexi
enjoys a game of græket is more then welcome to join
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that there are transport difficul-
as far as athletes who are the New Territories stationed in are concerned, but there is ***+ of 1493 vortex nature available for those who are within fair delanter of the South China Studium where The events are staged
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The meetings are held in the 3;HT£ htw》 apte notaire is usually give 1 the Colony
Hewspapers,
RUGGER SEASON
Amy rugby enthusiasts are How looking forward to another sucressful BOUDOIL and while many followers The game will hear with regret that there Will
be
Gunners team in
ngoler action in the opening
competition, there is every in Weation that there will be a most receptable ration of their favourite gunie.
The radion will be both enter. sacidle estimated
half
varied and the Fatning approaching
tion
pounds
Army was nearly all lost He
is working elmely with was charitable to friends, ant the Hongkong Rugby Union to
Auke this the best guibble with rogues
senson [rv years
for
Steve Donoghue's veripe sticcess was simple, "The jorkry who keeps the calmes! has geul advantage "
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And how well be followed ins Just before the wn advice. 1925 Derby, a man put his hardh through the paddock fence and handed Steve a ship of paper was a wet served by a money- enter for £10,000, à sum Steve had guaranteed for a friend's lam
Steve erammed the wrat antr
is pocket, memi his hors Manna, and went out to record
easiest Derby victory
-London Express Service}
(COPYRIGHT)
SPORTS STADIUM
FOR 100,000
When he retired ne gave Trowell brondrast A radi-51| purse of silver" to anyone who was put ex Brown Jack's stable Spa Sp recognised Steve's donkey The could
Work has begun and nuzzler! three times round the ring The voice immediately
well his
Mal 13.847
the
wireless spurts stadium part Conkey played his
throwing speaker and bucking. Paring rider after der off his back.
The watching
Steve
Sand Gordon Richards when thoughtSteve relired. "However popular
popular
Paris,
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now
al Choisy Roi, neur Paris, which will be
France The biggest In
and capable of holling 100,000 swiin- It will have a maizik
conforming Olympic specifications.
the matter over carefully then, he may have been with the pub-peuple. pool
the next me, th: donkey cumee he was still more
round, he leapt on it wack to with us in the weighing From front and rede round the wing. Ho helped the least,
Thus Inspired, he got a job tund the poorest.
a local stable, but was
as a failure.
ON
1 Mialtid
2 Feeding
sacked
3 Number
4 The up
5 Hord
6 These clothes for a
wolt?
7 Elia's?
8 Rustic swindler?
9 Place to ent
10 Woolly lady
12 Verse
11 Buch a rhymno,
Solution Paro 9
The biggest
to
The
at
rladium in Arca at present Is
which holds 85.000 the spectators.-China Mat Spectul.
the last
So it was that must fortune
made
of the
Steve
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one of the eruketers who wis closely concerned with the for- mation of the club, is acting Fixture Secretary for the i- enson bul apart from coming, Bling up his Fixtures Diory he will not have much worry until November it has been decided to delay the Chopstick games undi after
visi!
of the Services Singapore Combined cricket tearn late in October.
The
the
LOTS OF TALENT
Army football selectors have
Their been watching potential talent in a heavy pro-
of trial gumes granume there is a mounting feeling of confidence that it will be pos- sible to put a powerful team in the held this season.
was
Four trlula have been held so far and while the first one at Sek Kong
a little disop- pointing the others at Gun Club Barracks. Sookuapoo and Sun Wai were very satisfactory el.
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During the early part of the
Many of lost muson's players teams four Army programme
Lave been prominent In the The
trials and will take lot They dislodging from
part
by taking geries of friendly games
AB Brigade.
shown
Promineri
of
the new- comers have been five Inside When the twin competition | forwardes --Sgt. Gimith (RAEC),
Robinson (Cind commences military representa- Cin,
AROUND HOLLYWOOD
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I'll Never, Never Try
Be A Director
To
Says Clark Gable
By RON BURTON
Hollywood.
Clark Gable has no ambition to become a motion picture, jack-of-all-trades. If he ever tries another branch of the business-and he's studying production right now he won't try to remain an actor at the same time.
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that acting demands more self- discipline from those who are successful at it than any other profession.
"I know one thing, anyhow," he said. "I'll never, never try to be a director. Everyone's always on the guy's back. But production-well, that's another story."
Gable is now quietly learning said "Now that I think about lo Robert Young, who believes kil phases of production when it, I'm not even sure what they not acting In The King and aro." Four
Queens," 包 Russ-Feld for United
He Artists
It was a whale of a story that spends any spare moment in saved the old minor for John confererem dealing with the Kuibraciren, an Irish neult who
wardrobe, casting.
mettle when the proved his usticets
other chips
than were more
just down-they just weren't there.
story. technical
and phases of production.
At his request he is consultext or udvised about nearly every- Ying Involving the film, but he's doing lots of listening and not much talking at the present,
TEAM-WORK
of
ny
"I guess that now I do have an idea about an independent production company
"So for I think own," he said. the idea's great. I wish now that I'd gone into it before, but 1 Kucks that's natur More Thun ever
confirnis what
I've always suspected... that no one IT can make a motion pleture
I the team-work of 11 bunch of speriadists that does
WOULD
Just the matter of food re-
# huge
ΟΙ amount Quiro restraint upon occasion, he says,
I any casier for a per- former to regist those calories anyone else," thun It is for
"With us, it's a Yeung said
After 20 matter of necessity years of weight watching, that is cond cream puit still looks *mighly
self- good. Only discipline keeps a lot of us from reaching for it."
1031 Kilbrocken,
unwealthy young lord, found he had to find something that brought in more chips than just being noble. He rome fine, up doing terse writing for John Huston's The result was "Moby Dick" some coin that helped keep the family homesfend from being ní heavy
actioned.—iseau-e post-war faxes
You said the tenenta of his restraint are noted also in life when his old his private pala realise he hn't bisel by a paunch
Huston gave Kilbracken job though he had not had any pre- vious acting or servenwriting experience At first he tried him in the long narrative role of Ishmael However, it was his necent that ruked him out
to tease me by calling me things for the Alm about New England lice The Human Bean-pole","
whalers
"When I started in motion pictures at MGM in 1931---yes, that's right, 1031-friends
used
"But now ah! Those Huston soothed Kilbracken's he said.
same people seem so surprised Guble said his present feelings by handing him a small that I haven't
changed much interest made him more part in the widescreen colour whils
has
most of them have ac- conscious of other sspeels of the
This was of some production.
waistlines 3quired business such as stony material, psych Rogical
expanding Distance, since ex ne examples of paunches." Kilbricken had felt the jarge part of Ishmael would knock off | ACTING BRINGS RESTRAINT the manor's indebtedness right
Hway
"Now I rend everything," he said. "In fact, there's so much I should read that I had to hire
1154. ramcone to help
evaluate scripts and hole others thai should be brought to my at- tention I'm not looking for Later Hudon found he needed any particular kind of story-someone to polish certain parts
that seem of the dialogue I just want things
MAY TRY IT AGAIN
Young said there is a general belief that actors and actresses are on undisciplined group. He
to diffef bega
**For
**
undir- supposedly
still bunch, they manage to get up of four or five ench working morning," he said. "That eliminates any protracted
of Ray Brad-elplined to me 10 present excellent bury's screenplay version of the dramatic situations."
Gable said he Judge eneta Flory impersonally and bol a tule that might have a Clark Goble-type role in it,
S
"I can't say that I'm looking for Clark Gable-lype parts," he
LAWN BOWLS
Liberation Shield Second Match Teams
game
The following players will their portions represent KBGC in the second WHI be designated Hongkong || but severni of the newcomers
of the Liberation Shield & Kowloon Garrison (island). havo
very promising series against KCC, to be played Honkong and Kowloon Garrison form.
KCC Tomorrow, at 3.45 p.m. (Mainland), 27 Brigude and
W. Stronach, G. Gordon, E Liddell, J. Goodmun (Skip).
J. Dewhurst, C Greaves. Tindall, A. Eustman (Skp).
F. Gasson, Kennedy. W. McCall (Skip). V Russell, A. Buchanan, Askew, T. Kavanagh
G Jeffries, A. Hution, R. Gourlag (Skip).
Lawrence, A.
Work
tion will be in the familiar shops), Pie, Woodhouse (Gree
and Howard). Spr. Higgins (15 Fd.
hands of Army North Army South.
Soldier ruggerites
will
also purt
Pk Sqn, RE), and Pie, Yardy
Northampton).
be playing an important
V. Thomas,
R. Floxman,
P
Skip).
'
A.
Campbell,
In the monthly series of flood-; Griffith is, of course, a player light games being arranged by of codderable experience and the HKRU as a stimulant 10 should be a real asset to the W. Bayne, G. Coles (Skip).
A. Steviu, H. Woodhouse is a delight- interest and individual players team ลง well as Army formation ful ball-player whose distribu-Browne, P. Hughes (Skip).
A. during on is of a high standard and feos will be involved
Steny, L. Parker, L.
the season.
once he gets used to local condi- Gaddl, F. Francis (Skip). fione he may make a big im- Higgins is a veritable pression
Inter-unit
rivalry
lyc whil
may well force himself into the limelight.
maintained #1 A healthy level burdic of non-stop energy and during the Hongkong stages of the FARELF Championship. Once again the Colony winners will make the long trig to The trial series will be carried Malaya for the semi-final and-- a step further on Friday when
of
OI REST
LADIES' RINK
Mrs E. Baker, Mrs M. Cour- lay, Mrs A. Buchanan, Mes J. Liddell (Skip}.
The following players
KCC in represent game of the Liberation Shield series against KBGC, to played tomorrow, at 3.30 p.m. st KCC.
the
will second
If victory, is secured at Kuala some fifty players will take puri Lumper the anal at Singapore. | in three :ssions
thinby minutes each. in the first und This gives the Hongkong stage second of those cleven of dust a big boost, but the units who scaron's players will take on two are knocked out early are not teas
teams, of newcomers and in the forgotten and a supplementary third session the Icams will be
tournament i་ being Plate
roorganised to enable the seler-H. arranged.
tors to have a further look at some of the players who have recently come to the Colony.
In spite of the summer heat rugby practice has started several units and there is every indication that the search sultable talent for regimental teams is well under way.
for
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be
W. Baker, D. C. Symons, J. Chubb, R. S. Capell (Škip).
A. B. White, H. A. Mathieson, F. R. Kermani Phoenix,
(Skip).
W. Dooley, L. J, Naylon, A. J. Maitland, W. Gaffney (Skip). J. A. White, D. Juddah, S. Ramchand, J. Duffeld (Skip).
D. S. Edwards, S. Smith, M. Divecha, E. F Rosscle!
It looks os though there is some definite revival of interest J.
NEWS OF OLD BOYS in cycling among soldiers in the (Skip).
Colony. Once again the fami-
R. Taal, C. W. Lam, J. Tang,
S. Y. Doe, LBones, A. M. Alves, J. N, Wong (Skip).
A correspondent has sent me tier figures lunched over hand-W. Hong Silng (Skip). reveral newspaper cuttings re-lebars and with legs straining garding ex-Army soccer players to get the miles in have made who are now in League football their appearance
on the roads in the United Kingdom.. interesting reading they make in the New Territories.
too.
Here are some belet extracts:
"Derek Reeves cannot go on playing First Division class football in Southampton's Third Division, side for, very much
THE WEALTHY PROFESSIONAL
longer, but only a hefty cheque Believe it or not, this story is wil secure this brilliant for-vouched an true by an Inferno» Honal full back. The scene is a
ward."--
D. B. Sequeira, R. H. Hall, T. Lock, C. Thompson (Ekip).
Ladies Rink: Miss C, Moosa,
M. Mrs
G. Phoenix, Mrs Sequeira,
M. Gaffney (Skip).
Mrs
1,000 MILES CYCLE RIDE "Hongkong Higgins was First Division dressing room just"
The Army Cycling Union had again Hibe" outstanding, middle- botoro a reservo match, The
In the 1,000 man."
players ask for, and are refused que representative
miles Round-Britain amateur "Morria, who signed for Villa by the manager, an extra bonus race. He was, Sigma David Collins, A 19-year-old plumber income said. he last but one stage-34 milta
while stationed in the Far East Myment within the niles Pot Zaloworth (London). In the showed a fine turn; of speed and won. An Inside, forward exceptional heading ability. Heant If they won. time trial from Coshon to Mid-
is going to upset sover de would feners before he is much older. Successful they were, and sure "Chorleyworth's form in the enough the forward, handed. the public trial showed what others 10 between them, The Blunder it would have been if manager's face vrag a windy,
hurt (Sumer) he finished ärsi An 1 hr 18.mns ai sace, but he was not among the leaders in "the"general" classification,
Melville noveð
for hard.
work
1
It was here that Huston hut
partying the evening before. du-10 pay
suy nothing of
"I Kilbracken's hitting it, too. The
suppose that maybe my Irish lord
years' ex- current had 10
In the
Screen pertence on daily newspapers | Gems TV series, 'Father Knows in London which served him Best, gives me sort of un ad- well, The experience, cam-vantage. I don't have to get bined with conditioning which up until 5:30 am. If I'm to be extensive travels gave him, re-
on time and ready for filming sulted
a knack H
4 275 at 7 terse dialogue
Some of the sharpest dnes in the fle
by were turned out Kilbrücken, who now has re- turned to turning over soft on his Irish acres.
"Sure, I like it," he told the crew "IL Wasn't
Just the Money —¡nost uf which went into fertiler---but John Huston pened up my eyes to what may be a new career I don't mean But "cling-hat's not for me writing--now there's something I may try
It may surprise Huston, but Kübracken added:
Young :ic many show
do business
regular people
have exercise routines or sport such as golf at which they He said some- play frequently, thing liko golf also helps in nother way in that it offers
luxation or distraction for
2 person in a business noted for its tensions.
is
"With actors this whole thing matter of dollars and "If we fall to is," he said. keep healthy and lose one roje and then another, we're out of I think that maybe business.
not if people
In the acting
"That try writing, and muybe some day I'll be good business had such a motivating farlor tvey might make their at it "
so-called middle years as much Only a real cream puff lakes fun to live as their twenties,”—
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