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ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

6TH RACE MEETING

Monday 2nd and Saturday 7th January, 1961 (To be held under the Hules of The Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club)

THE PROGRAMME WILL CONSIST OF 18 RACES (There will be 10 races on the 1st Day and 8 races on the 2nd Day) On the 1st Day the First Bell will be rung at 11.30 am, and the First Race run at 12.00 Noon, The Tifin interval will be after the Fourth Rare (1.30 p.m.).

On the 2nd Day the First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m. and

the First Race run at 2.00 p.m.

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1961.

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SATURDAY SPORTS SPOT Star spangled is star strangled

A team.

so give me a 'team'

or eleven star individualists....which would you prefer in the building

of your ideal football side?

Such a question is one which many people find niggling at their casual thoughts these days for it seems we are currently having an excellent demonstration of the fact that soccer is still very much a team game best played by eleven willing- players and that there is no adequate substitute for that formulo.

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If the Colony, selectors had to market.....but. alf praiso to

sit down today and pick a re-them, they don't.....and their presentative side they wouldyoungsters are doing a wonder- of helping the older certainly find a place for lite fut

cham- Wong Chi-keyng, the South players to yet another China outside-right. They plonship. In doing so they are for might even find a place for his striking a good sold blow

bringing colleague Kwok Kain-hung and, commonsense.....and

air to the a breath of fresh as things are at present, they soccer seene at the same time. might nominate Ho Cheung-you

Champion stuft | Indeed 11 Chun-wah and veteran Mok among the reserves. The other Caroline Hill boys, with the pas sible exception of Lau Kin- cheung, would hardly get more than the most casual passing thought.

Inglorious

In spite of this, South China are high and dry at the top of the League table and erally superfor to everything that else in the competition they could very easlly set up an all-time record and Ibrough the programme with out dropping a single point....... In fact the only real danger is

become that they may bored with the case of their situation that they will relax their efforts,

Last Saturday

promised

By I. M. Ma¢TAVISH`

at

"If I had been the Commis | suggested that one moment sioner the case above strong control from the official thewould have put a stop to the would have suspended driver's llerace

whole thing. until such tline as he had taken an As it návanced driving test.

Of the various opintons 1 was given liked this couple best. Un gentleman summed up the affair in these terms: "It was merely an over-spirited display. of exuberanco from 30 In-Oghug-lit young sporismen but If i had happened anywhere

is he is out and about again and although he will be more careful he still does not know not to brake in a bend." I make no apology for cluding this rather unusual item

front and

cent of them would Anished have

in up magistrate....." finally from a well known and vociferous fan, "Rugby is supposed to be a barbarle game always remains the same but the played by gentlemen. The game,

players sometimes change....."

that this week I would, with the permission of the editor of "The Chequered Flag' reprint an extract from thelu the Saturday Sports Spot, in expl on the rugby field about December issue of that fact I consider it contains too 25 per

inuch

und wisdem

good most excellent muguzine.

commantense to omit and I am Sports In doing so I am not offering indebted to the Motor gong a sporting morsel for, as Chula of Hongkong for permis

reproduce it for the you will see. it hardly qualities on to

benefit of those people who do for such a title but as the mem~ bers of the Motor Sports' Club | get an opportunity to

their magazine. of Hongkong and there are 10

many brilliant motorists in its ranks consider it is worthy. There is foul fer thought for lot of folks. In that story and <>[ thelr serious thought I have no doubt that whether the review that becompanies it. you are sporisman, sportswoman Think about it very seriously t for your or just a casual reader of this you are looking column you stand to benefit from pleasure on the Colony roads it portfeularly if you drive this weekend..... or any other.

Look down near the other end of the League table and take a

at Eastern's peep

glorious record. They have beaten the 4wo bottom teams in the com-

The Secretary's Office at Alexandra House will close at-10.00 petition and nothing else....yel am, on the 1st Day and at 11.45 am. on the 2nd Day.

MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE

No person without an Admission Badge will be admitted. Admission Badges must be prominently displayed throughout the meeting.

Admission Badges at $25.00 each per day are obtainable only Admission Badges may on the written Introduction of a Member.

be obtained during office hours from the Cash Sweep Offices of the Club at Prince's Buliding, Ground Floor (facing Statue Square); 5. D'Aguilar Street; King's Road, North Point and 382 Nathan Rond, ADMISSION BADGES WILL NOT BE ON SALE AT THE SECRETARY'S OFFICE AND WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AT THE RACE COURSE ON RACE DAYS.

Ting will be obtainable at the Club House if ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 72811),

Members, Ladles wearing Ladies Brooches, and their Guests must enter the Members Enclosure by the entrance to the Members Stand.

Members wishing to proceed to Club Boxes on the 4th and 5th Floors of the new Pubile Stand must do so from the 2nd Floor of the Members Stand, using the lift or stairs.

Apart from the foregoing, Members, their Ladice, and Members Guests are not permitted to enter the Publie Enclosure and Stund

NO CHILDREN under the age of seventeen years (Western Standard) will be admitted to the Club's promises during the Meeting.

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE

The price of admission will be $10.00 each per day payable at the Gate Admission Badges will be issued and they must be prominently displayed throughout the Meeting.

On the 1st Day any person leaving the Enclosure will be required to pay the requisite fee of $10,00 in order to gain re-admission with the exception that any person who wishes to leave the Enclosure for lunch and obtain re-admission, must leave and return between the hours of 1.00 pm. and 3.00 pm. when they will be re-admitted on production of their Public Stand badte for that day,

On the 2nd Day any person leaving the Enclosure will be required to pay the requisite fee of $10.00 in order to gain re-admission.

MEALS and REFRESHMENTS will be available in the RESTAURANT,

CASH SWEEPS

Through Cash Sweep Tickets at $20.00 each for the 1st Day, $10.00 each for the 2nd Day and $30.00 each for both days may be obtained from the Cash Sweeb Offers at Prince's Building,

Ground Floor (facing Statue Square); 5, D'Aguilar Street and

383 Nathan Road, Kowloon, during office hours.

Tickets reserved and available but not paid for by 10.00 am, on Friday, 30th December, 1900, will be sold and the reservation cancelled for future Meetings.

Special Cash Sweep Tickets on the Pearce Memorial Cup scheduled to be run on 4th March, 1961, at $2.00 each and Cash Sweep Tickets at $2.00 each for the last race of this meeting may bo obtained from the Cash Sweep Offices of the Club.

The office hours of the Cash Sweep Offices of the Club are as follows:-

Prince's Buliding Ground Floor (facing Statue Square) and

5, D'Agullor Street, Hong Kong:-

Mondays to Fridays

Saturday 24th and

Saturday, 31st December

Monday 20th and

Tuesday 27th December

Monday 2nd January

Saturday 7: January

9 am to 5 pm.

9 am to 12.30 p.m.

CLOSED

a.m. to 10 a.m.

9 am, to fk a.in,

King's Road, North Point, Hong Kong and 382 Nathan Road,

Kowloon:

Mondays to Fridays

Saturday 24th end

Saturday Jist December

Monday 20th, Tuesday 27th December)

and Monday 2nd January.******* Saturday 7th January

Hong Kong, 24th December, 1900.

10 am to 4 pm.

am. to 11.45 1.m.

CLOSED

9 am to 11 am, By Order of the Stewards, A. E. ARNOLD. Becretary.

South China Morning Post

SENT TO BANGKOK BY AIR EVERYDAY

Sole Agents:-

TROST PUBLISHING CO., LTD, Mansion 8 Rajdomnem Ave, Bangkel

Tel. 22370, 23717.

the same selectors, if set to name a Colony team would without a shadow of a doubt give serious consideration to six, seven or

uf eight

the Eastern

a car.

Interesting points

Under the uto of Lives1 lost in moment of time' there appears a full report of how 2. mina fost control of his private car, swerved onto the wrong side of the road hil an oncoming car and killed a weman and ber two children.

During the hearing of the case which resulted in the driver being find HK$1,600, several important points arose and without comment I give you the review of these points as they are presented by W.MS. in the December issue of "The Chequered Flag."

even players.

It's an interesting comparison. At the start of the season every- ene heard the stories of how this was going to be Eastern's year.... how they were going to sweep the board....how they had suc- cessfully gathered the stars into What a myth it has the fold. turned out to be.

You can gather stars and you can gather big names but once gain it has been proved in the most practical way possible that in Hongkong you cannot

"I ever there was a text gather team spirit

...and

book case, the above is it and 13 the vital ingredient

what an opportunity was missed that

China so which makes South much better and so much morey the Commissioner in the саке 10 dray attention to the popular than any other fool cericus lack of training among every-day drivers, which I balling outfit in our community.

think is the cause of half the Game of clangers accidents attributed nowadays

to careless driving. In the big game played at tho stadium last Sunday-I heard It rather walt described game of clangers and bangers South China scored one of the finest TEAM victories of their long and illustrious career.

T

"Here's a man who takes a bend at 45 miles an hour, He has eight cars on the road driving an average of 10,000

Ten miles a year,

thousand miles a year is really not very much oven in Hongkong and in Bet against s Tung, Was eight years' driving he has which had a rallaxy of atas probably never really driven his

and a number of glaring weaknesses they showed very car fast. clearly that general all-round strength was a better proposi Hon than asking a handful of stars to do two men's work to cover up the less talented members of the side,

South China's peley of bring ing on their own young players

No idea

weekend.

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was most intrigued by re-

ports of the Singapore Services versus Colony rugby match at the begin. ning of the week and, as I did not see the game, I sought the opinion of several enthusiasts who were in their usual places, in the stand.

Opinion differed widely. One regular rugby fan said that I was tough game but It nearly as bad as a new- paper report had suggested but another said it was

the worst display of dirty rugby

I hove ever reen.....", white a the referee and third bitined

Ah well.. right good me seems to have been had by 211....

And finally a tale- wagger or two...... you were interested in any

of the strange the happenings during South, China-Tung Wah match last Sunday 1 sug- gest you get some of your Chinese friends to provide a few translutions from the week's vernacular press

...... they mighty interesting mighty, interesting. I was asked this week if the HKFA and its various committees: had stopped holding meetings or had merely banned the press as it seemed a long time since there were any re ports...... we

should'

are

hear something very soon.

-Books and Sport-

IT'S A RECORD

By CHARLES STEPHEN

Who would you say could travel the faster—a man'

on skis or a man on a bicycle?

Easy? Well, before you hazard a guess let me point out that there is only a fractional difference between the two fastest times.

"He also probably has no idea what it feels like to be in a spin or to be on a skid pad. Most of

Fastest-ever cyclist was Jose the time when he is driving he is no doubt inking about his Metres of France who, in 1931, job instead of his driving and used a 275-inch gear riding bo.. So there he is on bind a wind shield on a racing the a wet road taking bend car. He reached 109.12 mph.

Fastest recorded speed on skin was attained by American Ralph Miller in Chile, 1953. He clock- ed 100.11 mph.

the at 45 miles

championship dive his car. is paying

in player dends. Every

And an hour re-up last Sunday-with exception of Kwok Yat-has breaking in the bend: "He did been with the club for years not get out of this add until and many of them have gradu after the collision. He had his ated to their present first team footbrake on the whole time". status through the junior ranks

of the South China organisa- "Is it any wonder we have

tion.

accidents when no one

These are just two of thou- rands of facts in "The Guinness of Records (Guinness seems, Book driver odd fecks:

It is truo the Caroline Hill even after such a sad accident, Superlatives Ltd 10s Od). Other club enjoy excellent facilities at to be able to tell the their Bre stautum (ut there is what he did wrong. more to it than that for, with

their tremendous resources, they could surely comer the star

NOTICE

"I firmly believe that if the particular driver had had

LARGEST FISH

Instructions on 2 skid pad Largest fish ever caught on a and had drummed into him rod was a man-cating White attihe time that, you never, Shark (2,630 lb., 16 ft. 9 in. long);

never put your foot on the longest recorded pull in a tug. brake in a skid, or, weken go- of-war was 2 hours 41' «minutes; ing into a bend or in a bend; tallest-ever · basketball

player that you brake before thewis 8 (1, 3 in. "Tiny" Heichert. bend. go. In alowly and come of Tennessee. out fast, this woman with her two children would still be alive today.

Remedios

And I was surprised to find that neither Jack Dempsey nor Gena Tunney made the largest fortune in a boxing career. That distinction goes to Rocky Mar- 21,652,400

THE ROYAL HONG KONG

JOCKEY CLUB

Entry Programmes and Forms for the 7th Race Meet- ing 1960/61 to bo hold on Saturday 21st and Saturday 28th January, 1961, (weather

ask Police Forces all over the from 40 professional bouts (43 six wor by permitting) may be obtained world to make skid pads avail-cock-ouls,

between 1047 nd at the Secretary's Office, able learner drivers and to decisions Alexandra House; the Club put out llierature addressed to 1955. House, Happy Valley; and those who think they know how to drive, giving them: nome in-

"Is it too late even now to clono who earned

the Stables, Shan Kwong structions about situations Road.

which they may never encounter

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Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON on Tuesday, 10th January, 1901...

By Order, of the Stewards,

·A. E. ARNOLD,. '. Secretary.

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CRICKET

and yet if they encounter, them · Brighter-cricket enthusiasis just once, it will be too late might also note that no batsma for them and for those of us, han you scored the possible 30

and me, who may be runs off a six-ball 'over. involved quite innocently in

Verdict on this record book: the other car.

Suportalive. With this, and the -“And would it not be posible newly-published "Sport Inter Al 16 bave magistrates and | riatiorm?"" (126, 0d.), the sports. Jutges who at in tratto cases, enthusiast should possEES. AL Instructed on the finer art of the facia" and figures, ko wil driving?

ever need.

FINDLATER'S