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TO-DAY'S MATCHES."

The following games are down for decision to-day ---

LAI WAH CUP COMPETITION. Semi-Finals.

Kick off at 4 p.m.,

Civilians Chinese, Hong Kong F.C. ground. Referee: WE Engr. J. W. Barber; Lines men: Lea. Sea. Crossley nad Cpl. Lees.

HONG KONG LEAGUE. Division II,

Kick off at 9.45 m. E.O.S.B. Res. r. R.A. Res., Soo kunpoo ground. Referee: Pte. Lamb.

South China B, R.A.F.

Kings Park ground. Referee: Mr. Stokes. South China "A" r. Small Unita Res. Caroline Hill ground. Referce S/Sgt Gilmour University v. Club de Recreio Res, St. Joseph's ground. Referee: Mr. Samy. Royal Navy Reserve, r. Kowloon .C. Reserves, Navyground. Referee: Sgt. Toms.

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The Lai Wah Cup teams:- Civilians.-Clarke; Wynne and

Stewart Bishop; Hedley, ALéKelvie; T. Pile,, A. Gosano, Goldman, Rocha and Brown.

Reserves-P. Xavier, McCreavy, Fraser and Sheppard.

Chinese-Pau Ka Ping; Ng Kum Chuen and Lai Yak Tat: Leung Yuk Tong, Wong Shui Wah and Lam Yak Ying; Tso Kwai Shing Lai Wai Koon, Fung King Cheong, Suen Kum Shun and Chan Kwong Iu.

Five games only is the junior division are fixed for to-day."

The other two ganes have been postponed (Quecu's Regt. Reservis and St. Joseph's and China Athlete Reserves and Eastern).

The game between the military teams on the Garrison ground should be a win for the. K.O.S.B.

South China "A" should win easily at Caroline Hill.

The game at King's Park should be well fought out with the R.A.F. just winning.

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FANLING HUNT.

KWANTİ STEEPLECHASE MEETING.

TODAY'S SELECTIONS,

...{BY_KARLY BIRD.)............

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The Fanling Hunt Steeplechase Meeting opens at Kwant this after neon, the rat race starting at pm, sharp. I have no doubt a big attendance will be registered as it is quite long time since we had a steeplechase meeting, and condi tions the moment are ideal for a day in the country.

The ual facilities for transport are available excepting that the small train which previously ran from Fauling Station to the race- course has ceased to exist and is- strad a fee of buses have been cogaged to convey racegoers to the course at a reasonable charge of 10; cents per trip.

The Pari-mutuel and Cash Sweeps will operate us before and holders of aweep tickets on the big eveat will have an opportunity of seeing the sweep drawn on the "course-

The course appears to be in very good condition and has shown a wonderful improvement under the watchful eye of the hard working Master Dr. F: Pierce-Grove.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24th, 1928.

EIGHTH EXTRA RACE MEETING.

THE HANDICAPS.

The following are the Handicaps for the Jockey Club's eighth extra tace meeting on December-let-at-

Happy Valley-

1st BLACK.-GLABJÓW · HANDICAP

GOLF.

ROYAL HONG KONG GOLF

CLUB...

SUNDAY'S STARTING TIMES AT FANLING.

9.25 2.m. A. "B. Stewart and K... S.

Robertsoa. 9.30

CLASS-Six furlongs:-Boxing Eve, 173 lbs.; Blackstone Hail. 160 9.35 ba.; San Francisco, 100 lbs.; Win some Stag, 180 lbs.; Fifty Fifty, 135 be.; Histy Eve, 180 lbs; O'Moon, 1:10 lbs.

A. B. Baworth and OE

37

C. Marton.

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9,40 17

0.45

21

8.50,

0.55 's!

ND RACE-GLASGOW HANDICAP "Cuss-Six furlongs:-Cacear, 169 lbs; Tungle, 169 lbs.; As You Like It, 181 ; District Call. 118 Tha: May, 188 lbs.; Borderer, | 10:00, 155 lbs.; Boukra. 155 lbs.; Tap Sine.

10.08 55 lbs.; Westlake. 152 lbs; Ulls- water, 153 lbs 1 Ace of Spades, 180 10.10

be.; Tartär, 150 lbs.; Grey Knight. 150 lbs; Meanwhile, 130 lbs: Per- 10.15, Fetual Motion.. 145 lbs.;. Siang River, 145 lba.; Duke of Artagnan, 115 lbs; Grey Eyes, 143 lbs; Fook- shau, 140, fbs.; Movanagher, 140 lbs. ; Little Darling, 140 lbs.

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10.20

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10.23

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10.30

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10.13

10.50

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There are six race on the card and the number of entries in each event indicate that fields promisi and HACE-GLASGOW HANDICAP to be large, which will increase the backers interest. A number of new

B" CLASS-Six furlongs :-Sun- 10.23 ponies have been entered which ring, 180 lbs. Bright Prospect, 150 10.40 should add additional interest to bs.; Chemal, 159, 1bs.; U-Un the meeting.

139 be; Mongolian Stag, 188 lbs.: The Farmer. 153 be; Spinner. 133 be. Mowgli. 154 lbs.; Erstwhile, 153 iba.; Fanling Stag, 152 lbs. Skipper. 152 s.; Dzirboc, 159 lbs; Nara Stag, 159 lbs.; Tarzan, 149 the.; Blue World, 148 lbs.; Aristo- phanes.. 145 lbs.; Wachang, 143 lbe.; 11.05 Twilight Eve. 145 lbs.; Warrington, 145 lbs.; Duke of Nieblung, 143 lbs.; Veloz, 140 lbs; The Haugh, 140

The Jockeys,

10.55

11.00

11.09

Quit a number of jockeys will be available including our old friend Dr. Loo," Reidy, the crack cross country rider, Mr. Gilbert Harri- man, who was very successful at the last meeting and Mr. A. F. Clark, one of our star performers on the flat will also be ser in the saddle. Mr. R. H. Charles and

5TH RACE-LANARK HANDICAP "B" 11.17 Mr. A. Hutton-Potts will not he

180 riding at the meeting having decid CLASS-One, mile:-Sunning,

while.

lbs.

11.13,

31.05.

11.20

ed to give the gams a reat for alba.; Bright Prospect, 150 lbs.; 11.1 The University are having a

It is rumoured that H.E. Mr. Chemal, 150 lbs. U-Un 11., 100 lbs. ;- trouble to field a full side now. T. Southorn, CM.G., and Mrs. Mongolian Stag, 159 lbe; The owing to the exams. Should they

Southern and the recently arrived Farmer, 155 lbs. Spinner, 155 lbs.; meet the Recreio to-day at Happy

R.A.F. flying boat aviators-intend Valley, the result is a doubtful one.

Mowgli, 154 lbs; Eretwhile. 153 to be present at the meeting The Navy Reserves are due to meet Kowloon as Happy Valley The Navy should take the points. KOWLOON RESERVES v. NAVy

RESERVES.

The following will represent the Kowloon Res. e. Nary Res, or Navy Ground today. Kick off at 2.30 p.m. :-

Robion;

F. Angus; Nicholla, Hast; Moore, Easterbrook,

Hannan, Moss, Morgan, Blacklock, Eastman

Reserves: King, White/

HOME FOOTBALL.

PLAY AND PLAYERS.

CORINTHIAN SIGNS ON FOR BRENTFORD.

With the yearly encampment. in lbs. Fanling Stag, 152 lbs.; Nara 11.33 full swing I have no doubt the sex- vices will be well represented and Stag, 189 lbs.; Skipper, 152 "be;"

as some of the officers will be riding Tarzan, 149 lbs.; Aristophanes, 118 11.37 I am inclined to think that their; Blue World, 148 lbs.; Duke- men will turn up in force to do a little barracking" for them.

Autumn Maidens.

BLOW TO BOOK- MAKERS.

THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE RESULT.

£100,000 FOR FRANCE.

Joy To Trance.

PARIS, Oct. 31. Racing ciroles here went wild with joy this afternoon when the news of Palais Royal's win WAS received.

When the crowd at Maisons Latitte racetrack heard it announc ed from the loud, speaker, they set up a rose such as has seldom been sticks, heard there before, Hats, and umbrellas were waved." People tha The victory in the Cambridge-slapped perfect strangers on

joy. It seemed as "though every hire recently of Palais Royal Ir back in a momentary delirium of French-bred colt owned by a Belona present must have backed the

N. L. Smith and A. H.gia millionaire, M. Wittouck, was famous Freach crack. Ferguson.

the worst blow the bookmakers Major Beamish and H. U. have had for yeare. Ireland.

E. L. Dugna and R. H. Hollis.

C. B. Johnson and R. K. Hepburn:

In addition to the heavy betting which sent the horse's price from 10

to 1 overnight to 8 to at the start, Palais Royal II. figured in

R. Young and D. J. Ginumerable doubles with Arctic! Star, the Cesarewitch winner. One bookmaker states that he will pay

moro.

A. D. Humphreys and J.

S. McEachrao.

J. & MaLaren and F. A.

Redmond.

out £50,000 on doubles,

One prominent raceowner inform ad me that French hackers almest to a man had put their money on the colt.

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HAPPY GIANT WITH A £60,000 LOOK. WASTED CHEERS FOR AN ENGLISH HORSE,

NEWMARANT, Oct. 31st AM. J. Wittouck," the wealthy mine owner from Liège, and his excited trainer, M. Andre Charlier, The af Brussels, shared 10. equal

triumph with Palais Royal II at Newmarket today.

M. Wittouck himself won nearly £80,000 on the race. His trainer, M. Charlier, netted £9,000. I. G. S. Dodwell and J. Scout estimates that French back M. Walker.

ers won £100,000 on the race, apart HH. Lennox and T., L. from doubles. Christie.

1'

G. Murray and F. A. Merry.

IR Andrewes and T. G. Bennett.

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D. G. G. MacDoanld and E. D. Lawrence.

A. Lay and A. Leach. I W. Shewan and F. J: de Rome.

1. Newton and E. D.

Black.

F. S: Harrison and J. W. Franks

W. J. Clerk and Colonel Bostock.

H. K. Valentine and A. E. Lissaman

R. L. Stewart and H. N. Lever.

Sir Charles Hyde's Baytown was second and Mr. A. Macomber's Insight II., which won the race in 1936, we third

WHAT BOOKMAKERS SAID, ONLY ONE GAINED ON THE DOUBLES.

There were wore winners of Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire doubles this year than in any year since 1909, when Black Sand won the Cesare witch and Ballantrae the Cambridgeshire,

Home Sys paper.

Here are statements by leading bookmakers:-

"I have put much money on my horse," M. Wittouck said after his horas had led the field to the finish- ing post by three-quarters of a length. M. Wittouck, in his great brown later, a towerng figure of 6ft is in height, bubbling over with joy, found it difficult to ex- tricate his French from his English.

And so," he added, flourishing his arms like a happy giant, bave made almost £60,000,"

He ** 1

Me" said M. Charlier, could barely control himself. bet all I had, and I have made more than I ever had before. "I have made more than £2,000.”

British Cheers.

That is the story of the Com

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CHURCH NOTICES.

ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL, Hora Kord. Novumuza 93r¤, 1983, Viatoris Diocesa

Sunday:

Holy Communion at 8 a.m. Children's Service at 10 a.m. Peak Sunday School at 10a.m. Matina si 13 mm,

Preacher-The Lord Bishop. Evensong at 6 p..

Proncher The Dean.

*Children are asked to bring Toys to this service for distribution in Chinese Mission Hospitals.

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FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST

The First Church of Christ,

Mr. Douglas Stuart: My ärm is bridgeshire Stakes-1098. It was &(Branch of The Mother Church, paying out £60,000 in doubles win-foreign victory in every sense. The nings. The amounts are not parti. thousands of English people who cularly large, but the number is stood frantically cheering for Bay. A. Ritchie and A. Rit legion. I have never known so town as he raced past the standa

chic, jr.

C. J. Waddell and W. C. Clark.

many. The biggest has resulted in on the outside of the course he Tooked like winner from one a win of £4,000 by oze client.

Messrs. Ladbroke and Co.: Itangle at first became almost sal- len A deep silence swept over C. W. Jeffries and L. J. has been an extremely bad day for them suddenly, and then in real us. The majority of our clients sportsmanship they gave the French backed Palais Royal, and many horse a great cheer.

Blackburn.

in the Cesarewitch in a doable.

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A Webster and W. A. Weight

them had also backed Arctic Star

B. Lacon and R. J. Sneddon.

C. W. Sellars and G.

W.

Recre.

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A. G. Coppin and S. S. Perry.

S. T. Butlin and H. A. Mills.

The bookmakers locked angry then petulant-then heartbroken. Mr. Joe Lee: We have a large Palais Royal II. vae not a popular number of French clients, who abet with the little punters on the backed the wiader to a man. course, but the odds had been lot of money will go the shortened to 5 to 1 because of the water.

heavy backing of a few "in the know.!!

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Mr. T H. Dey: "We laid one client £6,800 to £50 on the double, and several other clients have more

than £1,000 each to come..." of Nieblung: 145 lbs.; Full Moon, 11.4!

145 lbs.; Twilight Eve, 145 lbs, j Borderer who has not been seen Warrington, 145 lbs.; Ace of Spades,

11.45

for some time e considered the 140 lbs; Caesar, 140 lbs.; Ullswater, 11,40 good thing for, the maidens."140 lbs. Grey Eyes, 140 be.; Solitaire if sent out in this event

has a very good chance as he is Tangle, 140 lbs.; Grey Knight, 140 11.63 a big raw bond chap who should lbs; The Haugh, 140 lbs.

find the distance just about to his

liking Social Call will have the

T. G. Wealt and L. C. F. Bellamy.

J. D. Humphreys and

Comdr. Fowle.

A W. Hodges and A. R.

Cox.

J. Coulthart and S. F. Chubb.

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6TH RACE LANARK HANDICAP "A" | 11.57"

H A Lammert and F. Syme Thomson.

assistance of Mr. Gilbert Harri-CLASS-One mile:-Boxing Eve, 178

man who distinguished himself at ibs.; One Third, 177 ha.; Black 12.01 p.m. C. M. Gee and B... L.

the last steeplechase meeting when he won on niechow, Aristophanes if ridden by Dr. Reidy should run

well.

Heavyweight Stakea. N. W. H. Stone, the Bank of

Either one of the D." should England centre-forward, who has account for this race. James Pigg often saxisted the Corinthians, has should run well and Blotting Paper aigand amateur forms for Brentford, can be expected to get a place or even win if he can be induced to complete the course,

the League, Division III. (Southern Section), club. Stone is a dashing player, early ft. in height, and weighs 12st.

Doncaster Rovers have signed on

Autumn Plate. Ace of Spades appears to have as professional their 19-yearold this race well in hand and provid- A team outside.right, Swaby, a ing he is not kept for another local youngster of promise.

engagement he will run the opposi Manchester United are giving a tion a merry, dance and should win "month's trial to John Armstrong, a easily. Luck Rannock is a good old right ball-back from the Felling plugger who is slow but is a safe Colliery club in the North-Eastern jumper consequently I expect to see League.

him placed. Siang liver. should

Portsmouth have signed on W. : Lanyon, outside-right, from Abera- man, and D. E. Jones, centre-for- ward, from Troedyrhiw. Both are young and promising players.

Chelsea have signed on F. Higgs, a goalkeeper from Seaton Delaval, As a professional.

amateur for two seasoDE.

get a place here.

November Handicap. Fanling Stag is a certainty for this event if he does not ran in the Autumn Stakes. Aristophanes may be started here and should be well placed. Tamerlan which hails from Canton should about catch the third prize. - '

Fall Stakes.

Queen's Park Rangers have sign ed A. Rogers, the inside-ieft of Southall, as a professional. He has been on the Bangers' books as an James Figu if he does not succeed in winning earlier may win here. Carr, the popular inside-forward Dumbell or Durham may catch of Park Labour, has signed amateur second place with Little River third. forme for Aston Villa. Within the few past years Park Labour have supplied the following players to big football-Alan Hall, to Doncas ter Bovers and Middlesbrough

Sellars to Rotherham United; and Holmes and Christopher to Don- caster RoverS.

CRICKET.

H.K.C.C. PICK UP GAME.

There will be a pick up game on the Cricket Club ground to-day at 2 pm. The two teams will be as follows:-

"A" Team:-T. L. Christie," J. D. H. Crawford, Captain A. G Dobbie, E. R Duckitt, Captain Evera, S. Jordain, B. P. Massey, Hey, E, Quick (Captain), A. H "Railton, A. B. Raworth, .G. R.

Vallack.

"B!! Term:-W. B. Cornaby, Major 1. Gaye, A. H. Gillingham ma Jen Hall Hamoten. G. P. Lammert, G. E. Livock, 0. Moor, R. Oliver, G. Rankin, C. G. Wigglesworth.

SELECTIONS.

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My selections are:-- Let Race.

1. Borderer.

2. Solitaire.

3. Social Call.

2nd Race.

1. Durham of Dumbell.

2. James Pigg-

Blotting Paper.

* 3rd Race.

1. Ace of Spades.. 2. Lock Rannock.

3. Siang River. 4th Race.

1. Fanling Stagi 2. Aristophanes. 3. Tamerlan

6th Race, James-Ligg

2. Dumbell.

3. Little River.

12.05

stone Hall, 150 lbs.; San Francisco, 160 lbs.; Winsome Stag, 160 lbs. ; Coos Bay, 188 lbs.; Fifty Fifty, 158 lbs; Doubtful, 155 lbs.; Brigade 12.00 Cail, 151 lbs.; Misty Eve, 180 lbs; O'Moon, 140 ĺba

YACHTING NOTES.

[BY CHAU KUNG.]

The first Cruiser Championship sailed on Sunday last was contested under handicaps fixed on a "Time some interesting results. on Time" scale and it produced

There was less than one minute

Seton-Winton.

R. A. Green and J. H. „Haikes.

H. Spicer and I. E. L Mackay and J. Smith and C. D, Lambert.

CARPENTIER TO FIGHT AGAIN.

WILLING TO MEET PHL SCOTT.

LONDON, NO. 1st. Will Georges Carpentier, the one" time, boxing idol of France, who is again in London, meet Phil Scott in the ring! Carpentier was in- troduced in the ring at the Albert Hall last Thursday night, on the occasion of the Jack Hocki-Bruno Frattini contest. The crowd rose to him, and Georges, obviously pleased, bowed his acknowledgments repeatedly.

Rumour became rife at once.

between Curlew 1st and Feathers end, whilst the corrected times of Coquette and Isis varied by one second only. La Cigal was just over the line but finished third on the handicap whilst U and I which crossed in 3rd place was relegated All the competitors, with the to 6th position on handicap. possible exception of Curlew, made errors of judgment, but possibly the greatest error was by the No. 1 Boy of Snipe who, upon his No. 2 being put into the pond" by a jerked foresail sheet turned to the Surely a fight between Carpentier the reigning heavy-weight skipper and remarked "No won- and chai Man Man' he can swim' He was decidedly wrong and Mr. champion of England was indicat- Easterbrook displayed smart, sea. ed. Had mot Carpentier knocked manship in picking up his map out Bombardier Wells and Joe overboard in under a quarter of Beckett when those boxers were ot an hour, when sea and wind were the top of the English tree? Why The racing Yachts suffered from therefore should he not follow up very variable breezes for their third the sequence by beating Phil Beatt Championship race and I think there will be different results when we get true and steady winds.

The Committee of the Yacht Club have been able to secure The Saipe to act as the "Hotel

faken into consideration.

to the small.

It was hinted that the National

Sporting Club would be willing to stage the catch.

Carpentier, when approached on craft for the Club Cruise to be held the "question, said that, in spitë over the week end. It only remains for the owners of the small boats of the fact that his definite retire- to bring their food and a couple ment had been reported, he would of blankets to make the week-end be quite willing to meet Scott. one of considerable comfort to them-Possibly he thinks that Scott may selves. Their thanks will be dua be a easy to beat as were his two to Mr. Easterbrook. for his genero- predecessors.

When Bcott was interviewed he ity in placing Suipe at their service. The Cruise will start from said, "I should like to meet Car- the Club House at 2.30 p.m. and the pentier again in the ring. He re.. Rendezvous will be Joss House Bay fereed my fight with Paolino in on Lam Tong Island and on arrival Spain when I first set him, and I Where the sempetitors in the can have not forgotten that he gave the cus should leave the committee boat Spaniard the decision thoug on their port hand.

was badly fouled."

Mr. James Sutters, on the other hand, said: "My doable event book shows a profit. I laid £1,000 to £10 and several smaller wagers at round about 100 to 1 some time ago, but even so I win on the race. I have had an excellent day."

The race itself was like the charge of the Light Brigade. It was a signal tribute to the art of the handicapper. The field swept down the course, which was stili wet and trifle soggy from the intermittent rains of the morning and early afternoon, like a troop of They came abreast and cavalry, solid. There were no laggards,

Scientist, in Boston, Han, U.S.A.) MACDONNELL ROAD, BELOW BOWEN ROAD TRAY STATION.

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