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MY 25 YEARS IN RACING

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1957.

AUSTRALIA RETAINS DAVIS CUP

THE SCOUT TELLS...HOW

TO READ A RACE

There is no skill more difficult to acquire on the racecourse than that of "reading" a race-which involves more than the mere ability to name the running order at successive stages.

Keen eyesight and a good pair of binoculars (1 favour & x 50) are essential. Even more important than the knack, difficult as it is, of picking out the horses, comes the aptitude for knowing precisely what is happening.

outpaced, being hold for a lain rui-or not trying? That 14 what you have gol to decida."

This faculty is best obtained These taught me the im- by watching races from vantage portance of not concentrating Points some two furlongs down on the horses in the lead, but the course. I was lucky to searching penetratingly' among This is no easy matter. I TO-

of the have as mentors two excopilon- | the ranks

horses and member once making ม ally gifted race wotcher Abe Juckeys lying to the rear. emphatic note of a "non-trior" Crabtree and the Australian

"Let your glasses toll yuu-bul back at the stands 1 found "Professor" from Epson, Jimmy why they are there," said Abe it had won. by two lengthsi Hayes

Crabtree one day. "Are they

Over 30 Yachts Now

Cross Atlantic Ocean

In A Year

London.

Small boat sailing ncross the world is now so com monplace that over 30 yachts cross the Atlantic Ocean every year.

"NON-TRIERS"

A tol of nonsenso la spoken oa the grandstand about GD-called "non-Iriers," who are usually totallers reckoned, perhaps, to be

unfornurtbly

weighted

For a juckty deliberately to throw away a inte on n lit am fancied hur.e (without being delvied) calls for

more skill them that required to win.

Another knotty point associat. ed with race reading concerns the appreciation of a horse's stamina or his lack of it.

of n

I could rite several instancus of horses being caught in the last hundred vords or ine face Nine spectators out of in

dismiss these as nan-

Among some 200 members of Britain's three-year- old Ocean Cruising Club, it is estimated that 400 to 500 mayera, voyages of over 1,000 miles have been completed since World War I, all of them in yachts less than 70 feet long.

Sinuller yachts are the trend all the time and many of 23 feet or less die ui present on deep water voyages in different parts of the nłabe.

of recent lu the

Some

Voyages

L[all:

more Ven

Hongkong FA Soccer Fixtures For Jan 19-20

Dwuet,

1957

Yachting World Annual, (published by life and Suns LA-36/-).

Trekku, a 20-foot yawl built Ty her

John Guzzwell, may well in Canada

be the nullest boat ever to sail from the Pacific coast of America to Hawadion klands, the cnnual says. Trekka completed the voyage From Victorii, in British Columbia, in 29 days. Some weeks inter Trekka Bernext up safely In New Zealand.

very opposite

In fact, the often publi These horse are short

barsi of of the vital nishing speed and require a longer dimanere to sheny then to their best advantage.

Not all professional or regular Faurgery can be described as Tuer - readers, CKP

personally) AL tapenking certainly difficult at thines must ta confuse colours,

Cadenet Selton Findlay, one- The hot picapper ati later at tay to Sittown Park, used BB a apt my on this taries.

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A Beilish maval affeer, who Many yebes tips he was acting saited his 25-foot yacht Speed-assistant to the senie hand- weli of Hongkong front the capper, Rowland Leigh, watch-

The following Hongkong PA | Orient t Britain with almost from the Folk stone stands

League matchen, have been op- ronged for the week-l of Jazmiary 19 and 20:

V

JANUARY 12 INI Illy:- Kitcher

CAA. Club 3.30 pita.

Ref ID Gray: Lines F. J Kirkham/S Woo.

South Chinny Navy Caroline Hill 336 p. Ref. Lau Twg- Rat Lines A. # Tucker

S

#

Y Kwok. KMB v. St. Jos plots, Boon- dary St. 3,30 p. BEE G

Dawson: in

:)

G Shup-

sony J. O'Brien.

Res. DIVKMA v. Stj

Joseph's, Houndary St. 2 pm.

the speed of the

salling the Mart of a six-furlong race. ships, hus recently taken un- The tapes sure, the white flag other yacht of the same size, fell, and the bell rang.

"Make Salmo, across the Atlanti to

note of something It's got Huston Bay, Canada, with the in brown and white.

the To a tylog start." intention of putting his bout on rail to Vancouver for a voyage | old man fold Sefton, to the Pacifle Islands,

Late last year another British navni officer, Commander K.M. Balles, salled his 25-foot yacht, Jellicle, across the Atlantic und through the Pannon Canal, ar-

in New

riving

July.

Zealand St

CANAL SYSTEM

Two Englishmen, tau Major

Ref. R. Marsden/Wille; Lanes; and Gordon Sillars, salled their

P. Mansun/Wong Wah-kay,

25-tool vacht Bultercup from

2nd Div: Jardines. CMN, | Pagtand last January, through Club 2 pan. Ref. Tsang Ring-

houg Lines. F. A. Barretine).

J.

Murphy.

Taikes

RAMC. Caroline

Nil 2 p.m. Ret. Wong Kong chung: Lines, D. P. Lal/Tsang Nai-bun.

AWAY

HEREFORD COW

"I didn't dare remark to bùn,” related the colonel, "that he had

hin games focused on a field ad- joining the six-furlong course, and that the brown and white colours were thuse of a Hereford row exrited by the proxiulty of racehorser!"

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My advice for those who are new to the race-watching game Is to concentrate 171 cap ai sleeve colours, which—especially

hooped

strip:l-stati easily be distinguished, whereas jackets are often obscured.

Ability to rend W race ne- curately loves much value it one has not studied beforehand the condition of the horses in the paddock.

ir the canal system of France to the Mediterranean and then to the West Indies, with calls u

baltar f the Canary

tors.

of the most remarkablo Telephone v. Solicitors. H.V. voyages of the year was com~ 2.30 p.m. Ref. Lee Kan-chi: ¦ pleted fast July when Mr Ben Lines. R. H. Lane/Wong Yun- Tilman, a well-known moun- fainter, brought his yacht Mis- cher,

chun.

B. & E. v. Prisons, H‚V,

4

dra

b.m. Ref, 1 Fork-on: Lines, nearly 50 years old, Suck | although here a nefable excep

A. A. James/E. A. Reeder.

to gmington, England,

South rossing the 3rd Div-Klintown V navigating the Strain of Dodwell. H.V. 2,30 pm.

Magellan in South America, helm Luk Tat-sun; Lines, R. Morrisailing up son/W. II. Lau,

Tref

the west coast of South America and returning by C. & W. v. RI. H.V 2.30

way of the Panama Canal, the Ref p.m.

Kin-tsang: Mat

West Indies and Bermuda. Lines, P. Phillips/M. Albene.

AFS v. Rediffusion, H.V. A

While in South America, Mr pm. Ref. A. Melatosh; Lines. Tilhan and his party climbed, Tso Hon-kit/Chan Shlu-chuen. Ga three-week trek, to the

Caroline Hi! 7. Hollandia. Patagonien Ico Cap. H.V. 4 p.m.

& com- Ret. Ng Chun-pletely unexplored region. wing; Lines, Yu Loong-k!n/

Middle-aged Choy Wing-chuen.

Eric Hiscock and his wife, Susan, are now lecturing round Britain after 1st Div:-Slog Tho v. RAA, | their remarkable three-year

JANUARY 20

Club 3.30 p.m. Ref. L. Chang: Lines, R. P. Browning/Li Ping- pul.

in

voyage together round the world thetr 30-foot yacht Wanderer III which ended last year,

On the flat remember that it is comparatively rare for a horse Landages to win a race.........

tion can be inado of the Boussac

Lord Carnarvon, breeder of and King Salmon, a former anleur rider and own.r of the mous Kingsclere Strad

Newbury, Is Bear perlented racegoer who will never bet on a horse wearing either blinkers or bandages.

Olla

Is he wrong at times? or course he is. But he maintains that it pays over a long period to fynore doubtful-legged (bandages) or doubtful-cruraged horses (blinkers)'.

Old David ("Darley") Dale (who trained Dusty and other horses owned in partnership by ngo) used to claim: me years "an ounce of extra weight on a "It Impossible to give more

horse's forelegs is equal to an

carried few examples of the extra po

on this pound voyages which are going on the back."

Eastern v. Army, Caroline H11 3.30 p.m. Ret. J. D. Jones: Lines. Mak Yeung-tal/S. P. than Bradley.

Wah, Club 2 p.m. Ref. S. Tre: Llacs. Cheung Yan-sing/Hou Sik-wai.

IL

Kwong Wah v. Pollec, Boun- whole time," says an article on

“Öld "Darley" had ridden and dary S. 3.30 pm. Rer, A. Cameron: Lines. R. Webb/F. World Annual

ocean cruising in the Yachting raced in most countries in the W. Bales.

"News filters world and wasn't unmindful to 2nd Div:-Dockyard v. Tung back from remote parts of the the possibility of come lead-foll

end all the time now voyages world of those who have left being concealed Inside those in- nocuous-looking folds of crepe. are starting.

Generally spealding, I liko-to see the horse I fancy walking KNOWN QUANTITY

round the paddock, bright-eyes, "Cruising on the ocean has shiny-skinned, active and play. become a known quantity and ful-but not excessively so,

And if he is sweating, let St. 2 pm. Rot, W.

made of the conditions and only be slightly-un the flank. Sanders: Lines, F. R. Praett/ trials to be encountered. The Chu Cho-shing.

sum total of this knowledge is

Tramways v. REME, Caroline Hill 2 p.m. Ret. You Wah-hing; Lincs, Lai Shiu-wing/E. G. S.

Bustle v. RAF Sai Wan, ressonable predictions can be

3rd Div: S. & S. Tamas v. increasing fast and with

EXCEPTION

Mercanille, H. V. 2.30 p.m.

Exceptions to this rule? ganisations like the Ocean course.

How can I not forgat

2.30

DI

An aerial view of the remarkable stands built round the arena at Adelaide where the Davis Cup matches between Australia and the USA were played. Aus- tralia won by 5 matches to nil and retained the Cup. — Central Press Photo.

SPORTS VIEWPOINT

Treble, Not Double Is Manchester United's

Aim For 1957 Honours

Says ERIC NICHOLLS

In the land of dreams, Britain is the proud holder of the world's heavyweight boxing championship, if you happen to be a member of the British Boxing Board; and Millwall are the next winners of the FA Cup, with the proviso that you happen to be the Chairman of Millwall Football Club.

Ah! sweet dreams of 1957. But let us not, as Kipiing warned, make dreams

our master.

Mr Matt Busby of Manchester United fame, is not normally given lo

FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION CUP

Manchester City Eliminated In Third Round Replay

London, Jan. 9.

Manchester City, English Football Association Cup holders, were eliminated from this season's competition when they lost at home to Newcastle United today in a thrill packed third round replay.

Newcastle, three times winners of the trophy in the past five years, again showed their sturdy fighting quali ties by turning à 3-0 half-time deficit into a 5-4 victory after extra time.

They snatched their equalis only wat of the match. Tha ing goal five minutes from full Welsh Thiri Division side will time to gain 30 more minutes) now have a star home attrac play, but when Manchester tion gainst Arsenal in the next again went ahead early in ex round.

מין!

time through a beautiful header from Scottish Inter national Hobby Johnstons, Newcastle's chance seemed to have gone.

The only home winner among the four replays played this afternoon were West Bromwich '

Albion, who Bout Doncasion Rovers 2-0.

Shortly afterwards, a faulty pass back to unalkeeper Bert Trautmann by a clty

defender were:

enabled right winger Len White |

THE RESULTS Results of the floodlit matches

Carlisle

Birmingham City 4 Uniled 0.

to intercept and put Newcastle back on terms

at 44. This

Reading Wrexham 2, Into the North put new heart Eastern side, and White crash-

Shefeld Wednesday 2 Pres- ton North End 2, ed home the winning goal from

after extra time. close range midway

after 00 minutes Score wns 1-1. the extra season.

Newcastle travel

through

to London to play Millwall in round four On January 28.

COURAGEOUS DISPLAY

Another courageous dispay was that of Hitle Peterborough United, who mudo Cup history for neo-Leagun clubs by win. ning their away replay against

4TH ROUND TIES Revised fourth round ties are: Southend United versus Bir- mingham City; Wrexham versus- Manchester United: The winners of the second replay between Shemeld and Preston will visit Bristol Rovers-Reuter.

Lincoln City, of Division Two What A Performance

by 6-4 also after extra me

They join

Rhyl and Now

ת!

Brighton in the next round This is the first time since the competition wus roframed 1925 that throo clubs from groups outside the four major English Leagues have battled through to this stage.

any

Twenty-four goals In class of football is quite a per- formance. But it was by that margin that Kynoch Youth Club beat Ladywood 'Boys' Club in the Birmingham Youth League, and centre-forward Brian Wood got 15 of them. In the same Another way, win was gain-League Cronehills beat St Peter's by Newport County whe 7-1 and net a forward scored for won at Southampton

by the

either side!

ed

Folks Just Won't Go

dreaming. But Mr Busby hopes to pilot his equally famous soccer Babes' to a To Christmas Soccer

success never before dreamed of.

The English League Chim- Busby, As I said, is no id pionship, the FA Cup, and the | dreamier, When he gods after European Cup is his resolution comething he usually gets it. for 1957,

A tall order that seems even taller when

the record books tell us that the double, let alone a treble of any kind, has never been pekloved in this century, Aston Villa

the just

club were to win both Cup and League in one Denson-in 1897. Preston were the first side to win the double--ui 1880.

Ever

since, clubs have been struggling to follow suit. Sting have tome very near, but th Dave failed.

Bull

I us take a look at United's postwar record. and take a peep behind the scenes my Old Trafford to see how this fent is likely to be achieved.

They have won the Cup once (in 1918) and the League twice

the 1951-52 (in

and 55-56 Runners-up honours Lepsons). in the League have come their way, five finies, in three con- xcutive seasons, 47-40 and in 1950-61.

But it wasn't until the last mentioned ecaron that Busby Can Unitel achieve the took the Kamble that started the the stener world, the introduc. clusive double, and al European Cup to their bar of ton of his babes' to the League Trophies for 19572 I say yes.

side.

Rich French Food Was

Main Reason Why Campo Lost His Fight

Paris, Jan. 9.

Filipino bantamweight boxer, Tandy Campo, is now on a strict diet since a docter told him' that the rich French dishes he had eaten were the main reason why he lost his fight against French Bantamweight Champion Dante Bini here last week.

The young Manchester United of today are potentially greater than their redecessors were.

A YOUNG SIDE

CYCT

They are a young side, but as ro often has been said of them, they wear that old-mannish look on the Bell,

They are confident' side, a Superb footballing ride, a well- balanced side of skill and punch with what it takes to produce the soccer goods in this year of 1057.

Go to it, Unlled!

"Wolve an offer

at

have had to dveline to four South Africa the end of the season

Stan Cultis says the Manuger length of the proposed visit seven wrelts--provided

the main

problem,

ami with at jenst five other countries serk-

Wolves' close-season services, he could afford to say no.

But the South African FA stilt wont на English Firat Division side, It is no casy task arranging a tour of South AL:ico A number of matches have to be arranged to make the trip pay, but Fred Fell their President, day of long tours in the Union are over.

"If we can get any, team to come out for 10 matches we will be lucky," he says,

Thinks

the

Why, I wonder, has no one

question of whether Charlton

Any More These Days

Says ALAN HOBY

The latest shattering drop in gates-they are nearly 1,500,000 below last year's figure-is just one mpré sign of the creeping paralysis which is slowly destroying- English soccer.

We have had slumps before; but no amount of soft soap or soothing words can camouflage that this is the worst football crisis in history,

Ten years ago if anyone had size and I would demand belter

ground facillics.

told me that only 22,526 would

go to Highbury on Boxing Day Instead of the current

four

to see Arsenal beat Chelsea, divisions and 92 clubs, the sea- would have laughed in his face. gon should be shortened by

Again,

I could scarcely be- forming Avo streamlined Leagues lieve my eyes when I read that each of 20 clubs, on the same day at Liverpool a plating 20,172 watched Everton draw 1-1 with star-spongicd Tottenham,

And these are the glamorous the famous of football! What of all those poor little clubs whu are perpetually in the red?

This would bring in ambitious non-Leaguers Jike Peler- borough, Headington, and Wigan, Promotion would be three

up and three down in the first and second divisions, ena up in the athers.

The League overlords should I tell you that public facies clao take the lead Jn launching

en all-stor are changing that unless the

European

Soper- football bosses swiftly pump new League, matches to be played ideas into the game it is heading the autumn and spring. for soccer suicide.

net now-in But they must For one thing, n new tale-1957-not the year, after" or pampered public has arisen sämetime nover: If they don't, among them quite a few of those pro, soccer as we know it win lost millions:

dle in its boots.

-(London Express Service).

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POPULAR SIDE

Today, instead of shivering on the popular side like so many red-nosed reindeer, these. *x- tans prefer to put their feet up In front of their own firesidea.

Basilio To Ask

Of Title Fight

Dr Andre Barmier, who Baffic: by Campo's per- examinect Campo, sald theformance in the ring after noting thought of approaching Charl Filipino was suffering from his excellent condition durington Athielle. Admittedly, the inuscular cellulose. Barmier,

For another, isn't it time we For Postponement training, who treated

"Sugar" Ray Ro-

managers Phillppo stay in the First Division has jettisoned the moth caton iden and Gasion binson during the former world Menard

Chorley still to be settled. But even if that a referee must always start middleweight champion's Lour Raymond decided to call in the they were relegated, they would a game provided HE can of France, said that Campo was doctor.

be a tremendous attracilop in both goals from the centre? not suited to the fats contained

the Union, as a shop-window of Often it is cheer foglight rob- in the tasty French meals and

Campo is now working out South African stucco, This had led io

the cellulose by a strict die; made the star who have bery. The other week.mady |

matches were played in such grade in England, Axation of cellulose in Campo's intensive training here with forsal muscles,

Felgian featherweight,

Jean cluding Scottish Internationas murk that when a goal was left back John Hewle, Eddie soored tow people could identify This explained Campo's poor Snoyers. Campo meets Spain's (£35,000) Firmani's younger

the

scorer! fight against Bini, Although | Juan Cardenas in a non-title brother Pete:, centre-forward The future? Football to have taken place in Cleveland. more experienced than his fight at Barcelona on January 23 Stuart Leary

and centre-half Vaat shake-up. I French opponent, Campo was in and Snoyers meets France's Keu Chamberlain.

on And I feel suro Charlion vacant would jump at the idea

(London Express Service).

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in

Paris

a vacuum during the last four Cherif Hamia

January 21 rounds. In Wie eighth round the

the dor Filipino was unable to unleash | European featherweight Utle.—

France-Presse. n single power punch.

New York, Jan. 5, World Welterweight Boxing Cramplon, Carmen Bestilo, has injured his right hand and is to ask for a postponement of his

tifia fight

scheduled

with

· Johnny · Saxton. The light was

oll Christmas and Boxing Day on football. Folk Just won't go to The news of Basilios injury Christmas soccer any more. I was announced, today by a would also prune the unwieldy spokesman of the International League competition down to Boxing Club-France-Presse

Barry App lebr

THE GAMBOLS

Of

YOU WİN”ASAIN, GEORGE, IVE NEVER SEEN SUCH

malden

Ret, Ng Yuc-wal; Lines. Lee Cruising Club it is becoming the appearance of a Tak-kee/S. E. Matthews,

Aircraft v. CMB, H.V. tending to sail to almost any Hurst Park in 19347

readily available to those in three-year-old called liker at pm. Ret. H. N. Tam; Lines. Croce Jar/Chân Man chống

part of the world.

IA the paddock beforehand, University v. Watsons, H.V.

The Yachting World Annual with his shaggy coat standing 4 pm. Ret, J. E. Punter: Lines. Lpu Kim-ming/Chan Ping-tak.

covers most aspects of sailing | hair-by-hair, on eral, he seemed In its 10A putes generously entirely out of illustrated with photographs.

· LEAGUE CHANGES The Hongkong Football Asso- ciation First Divinen mail between Army and Poller scheduled for play on Sunday, Jan. 13 has been postponed.

Junior Shield featuring St Tosoph's and Army will now kick-off at 3.20 p.m.. Instead of Jan, 13 at the Club

on

Place

It was only later, after he had made all the running, ridden by

Articles includo authoritative Toe Chikis, to win a 33-1, that contributions on the science of yasiy design, the um of plastics one learned he had been the affcnt and yacht racing.

medium of a carefully organised S. P. coup. The annual's design section contains plans and photographs was contrived by rubbing cor

His trump-ilko Appearance of more than 50 yachts of all polish imo, his hide against the typos from the drawing boogde of the world's loading tibsigners,

China Wall+gpecial;

grain.

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