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RACE MEETING TO-MORROW
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I expect ull the entrants' tà uc- cept in the Klangst Handicap. First Section, over 1 mile for "C" Class ponies. The distance should be more to Ribble's liking than heretofore and Mr. P. P. Botelho, the jockey, can be relied upon 'to get the most out of his mount, „The main oppositon will come from Bright View (S. Y. Liang). The pony has been performing extremely well during the morning galibps and last Sunday morning covered the mile and a quarter in 2.36-2/5, last quarter 30-2/5 Pan- tac Bay (L G. Frost and Royal Consort (G. A. Harriman) are both In excellent condition and will "need watching. Laughing fèirl. (N.
Dlete with only 140 lbs. to carry | would be worth backing as an out- sider.
Electron (N. Deitz should pro- vide the E.D." stable with some upkeep, money in the Canberra Handicap for "A" Class Australian Ponies over about 1. mile and 155 yards. This pony put up น splendid performance in finishing behind Strathroy over 3 furlongs in record time at the last metting Vixen Tor B. A. Proulxy will un- doubtedly come along with the usual sensational burst over the last quarter and should run close. Bag Tor (Davis), Bobniak Star (Ip Ku Ying), Double Finesse (H. M. Pih), Baucy Face (Y..T. Fung) and Yo Ho (H. C. Pih) will also accept.
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SUB-GRIFFINS AUTUMN
The best
PLATE
of this year's sub- griffins will go to the post for the main event of the day over 14 miles. Punters need hardly to look fur- ther than the Eu Tong Sen stable to provide the winner. Rose Evelyn (N, Delta) despite the 163 another [bs allotted should add
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1936.
HONG KONG RIFLE
ASSOCIATION
Record Attendance At Spoon
And Practice Shoot
The usual mid-week Spoon and Practice Shoot of the Hong Kong Rifle Association on Wednesday was marked by an atten-" dance which easily broke all previous figures.
units, such as the Royal Engineers, so splendly set by the two units in question.
RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB RUGBY FIXTURES
Influences Upon
The Game
The influence or a touring side from one of the Dominions is felt most in the season following the tour, writes the "Times" rugby cor- respondent. If the influence has been really strong for good or
It is reflected in the form shown by British sides as a whole against the next band of tourists, South Africa, for example, serit over so heavy a pack of forwards in 1931- 32 that the growing disbelief of British players in the efficacy of To revert to the shooting which solid scrummaging, or at any rate took place on Wednesday it will be their disinclination for hard shov- noted that already ten members ing, received some rude and time-
the "1914" rittely shocks. managed to put up a score of 91 or over, which augurs well for the chances of the Colony in the N.R.A. Overseas Match which is to be fred before the end of 1938.
Re-shooting of the "Bisley"; type has hitherto, been somewhat in the background as far as the Regular Army is concerned, but the comparatively recent free issue of the "1914" rifle to serving Officers and men (which issue, it is under-shooting with stood, has now been extended to the serving personnel of the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines) has entirely altered the conditions filtherto obtained. At the present time there are over 200 of these rifles in use by Army units in this Colony, and the success of the Association's "Bisley" Prize Meeting last May resulted in the formation of "Bisley" Rifle Club, restricted to members who intend to take up ritle-shooting with the aperture- sight and sling. By the 1st Bn. Royal Ulster Rifles. In spite of the somewhat heavy subscription which this form of shooting entails. it is anderstood that this Club has al- ready 174 members. while a similar club formed only a day or so ago
2nd by the
Welch En. Royal Fusiliers." has already reached a membership of over 120.
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1. Sgt. M. C. Jones 2.Sgt. Rattenbury
3. Lieut. Ratcliffe
4.-LCpl. Peters 5.-S.IM HIN
6--L. Cpl. Bainborough 7.CpL H. Stewart.
Other
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As regards the shooting with the rifle "as issued," it will be noted that C.S.M. Grinham of the 2nd Bn. Royal Welch Fusillers also
Lieut scoreti 91 points. while Pattullo. R.E, closely followed him
with a score of 89. Both of these competitors were very successful at the "Bisley" Prize Meeting, appear- ing in many of the Prize Lists of events shot for with the "1914" rifle, so that it is logical to assume that had they been shooting yes terday afternoon with the latter weapon. their scores would have been proportionately higher.
The leading scores at the shoot
were as follows:-
Aggregate Score"
92.
S.R. (B)
Score Score Score
at ak
AL Ass'n 200 yds. 500 yds.
H'dcp. Nett
Nett
600 yds.
Nett Nett
Wh
32
31
06*
6
31
30
931
33
30
Scr.
30
31
31
Scr.
32
29
7
20
32
91
30
31
30.
8.--C.Q.M.S.. Wallace,
5
33
27
9-L/Cpl. Hinvest
* 32
29
28
For
10.-Rin, Barclay
30
31.
11-Mal. Edwards
3
28.
29
SCL,
27
2
33
25
3
30
30
27
30
25
3
24
23
29
27
6
2
28
27
32
24
28
30
victory to her record. This splen did roan has been a consistent performer in her class and last Saturday's gallop will bear out that she is in perfect trim. The remaining places I nominate The Gorilla (H. C. Fih) and Wild Cat (S. Y, Liang) though the lat- ter does not appear to be in the same condition as at the Annual Meeting. Ballos (P. P. Boteiro), Ocean View (Choy Wing Hay), Shamrock. (D. Black), Stopwatch (Ip Ku Ying) and The Hero will be
other starters. the
Gold Sovereign was involved with Mr. Fih in the accident referred to above and is reported to be lame. Shamrock will earn à tew new admirers after covering the hall ralle in 59 secs. at the last meet- ing.
12. Cpl. J. Watson
13. Arm. Cpl, Butterfield. 14-Cpl Higham
15. Cpl, McCausland
16-Spr, Daniels
17. Lieut. Sequeira 18-Spr. Downing
9.-Cpl. Tankings 20. Rin, Stafford
5
283688-8322825*888*
All the above competitors used the "1914" rifle.
-CS.M. Orinham 2-Lleut, Pattullo
3-Sgt. M."C. Jones 4-L/Sgt. Thomas 5.-Fus. Taylor 6-Fus, Rudcliffe
7. Pte. Wilkins
ននខនន ននន ៧ ៩៖ ៩១១
ទំ ទី ឌ ៩ ដ ៨ ៨ ៨ ឧ ឩ គុ & 5 8 ៖ ន ទ្ទ ៥ ឌ
Seve‡zzeeeeeee
S.R. (A)
3
31
32
28
911
30
29
30
23
32
85
23
2:5
28
76
9
24
25
25
74.
9
24
27
23
74
25
74
3. Sgt. Gowans
20
24
73
9-Pte. Quar
4
23
29
21
10. Sgt. Le Poidevin
5
19
29
11. Sgt. Cowan
24'
26
12.-Fuis, Brennan
24
27
13~C.Q.M.S. Cheetham
&
27
20
14-Cpl. Livingstone
25
27
*-Nett Spoon-Handicap Spoon.
"D" Class portes, Novice Jockeys and the first leg of the Daily Double will provide the interest in the Hunan Handicap, about 1. Mile 155 yards. Despite the failure of Hylvandale at the last meeting I am inclined to believe that this. Chestnut will be among the leaders Mr. at the fish to-morrow.. Browning will have the mount and from what I have seen of early track work the combination works well, Gold Coin (H. A. Botelho), Night View
Queen (Y. T. Fung) will have a and (W. H. Choy)
to get warmed
up and Pride of Tsingtao (R. M. Wood) chance should be right behind Sylvandale,should finish much closer than she "Wadebridge (K. W. Fung) and did the last time. Perfect Day (H. C. Ph, is the one pony that may Racing Boy (K. I. Ip) are con- sidered to have outside chances. Cause an upset in this race. A. Other probable starters are: Bur- fairly had starter, this chestnut of gomaster (Gregory). Cavalcade Chau Bros. finished full of run- (Bo), Copper Idol (H. Y. Pearse),ning in the 5 turlongs race on Diogenes (Ferguson), Don (C. Sept. 26th and the extra distance Chiu), Double Chance (Ho Hung this time will be a" decided ad- Pong); Plain View (Choy Wing vantage. Honey will be taken out Chiu), Seventeenth of September by Mr. Prost and with snowy (S. L. Yuen) and Young, Chap River (P. P. Botelho), ́Blandford (N. Deitz, Centre Court (Proulx) (W, K. Yeung),
and Gold Dragon, (Davis) win WATCH BEAR CLAW!
comprise the balance of the Beld. Bear Claw (L. G. Frost) should There was a last minute rush for the latter pony at the last meet- account for the Kwangsi Handi-
I whether this cap over 8 furlongs for "B" Classing and
the dark worden we trusted China Ponies. This pony ran an excellent race at the last meeting again to-morrow. and finished very strongly behind Mistake Bay. King's Fancy (H.
ARMY "AQUATIC TEAM
Visit To Singapore Shortly
A team drawn
of twelve awimmers, from the Royal Welch Fulliers. East Lancashires, Royal Ulster Rifles and Royal Artillery and representing the Hong Kong Area Military aquatic section, will pay a visit to Bingapore shortly to participate in an aquatic con- test with the Bingapore Garrison. The swimmers will leave Hong Kong by a troopship on October The final event, will be for "C" | 29 and will be sway about a fort C. Pih), a recognized sprinter, with Class Ponies, over 1 Mile. Amber- night. They arrive back in the only 140 lbs. will have to be ley (H. C. Pih), Donovan (W: G., Colony by another troopship an reckoned with. This grey mare is Pay). Flybynight, High Honour November 2 fast at the
FINAL EVENT
Some of the shocks were handed on in due course to the New Zealanders of 1935-36.
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Behind the scrummage, unfor- tunately, British players had little to learn from the South African players in question. The one lesson from they might have learned benny Osler and a few others of his kind, that accurate kicking on
worshipping. was learned rather the run is worth cultivating, if not poorly on the whole, yet, unless one is much mistaken. it had its fatluence all the same. British kicking last season was a good deal less futile than usual. It was used more sparingly and with greater frozen discretion, Wales, on
Zealand by ground. beat New means of the skilful punt-ahead. Again if the development of a passing movement gained noth- Ing from the last South African tour, there was the convincing.in- quence of Craven to lend force to the existing British belief in the value of strongly-built scrummage half-backs.
Our own contribution to methods of play has been a badly needed strengthening of running-power. It may be sald that the degenera- tion of tactical backplay-well- timed passing, and so on-had en- Joined something of the sort." Ac- tually back-play might easily have sunk to the dreariest kind of kick- ing for safety. Instead there were a number of fine runs-in last sea- sch and also some excellent ex- amples of bucking-up. It is to be hoped that the absence of the Dominion spur will not lessen the keenness of British
tn players make their own 1936-37 a further step forward in the matter of solid Ecrummaging.
back- Attractive play only becomes possible when the forwards are willing and able
to open up the play in the man-
ner intended by the rules of the Rugby Union.
CHANGES IN THE RULES
Those
DO
rules, incidentally, are likely to be changed again in 12 months' time. The Rugby Union at their annual meeting last June unanimously supported a number of important proposals by the com- mittee. Three of the four Home Counties are Belleved to favour the proposals, the more drastic of which, perhaps, affect the scoring of points. A dropped goal longer may outpoint a try, and that comparatively rare event, a goal from a mark, may sink in value from three points to two, The re- commendation, of course, will be the conveyed to
International and Board, The arguments for
encouragement of against the drop-kicking at goal as a means of snatching victory are too well known to warrant repetition. Those who regret the reduction in value from four to three may, how- ever be reminded that the use of the dropped goal has not gope- it may still axt, and even decide matches. Few, one Imagines, will oppose the change which after all merely helps to establish the fact that a mark primarily is a defen- sive act and in all but the more oc- casional case amply rewarded by a free kick to touch..
While the committee were deal- Ing with scoring they might well have seized the opportunity to re- dress the balance of penalty kicks. which, as they stand, often fall miserably to achieve justice At
the moment it often is a mater of chance whether a penalty kick, awarded for
a glaring offence against the rules is of any value, and he is taking with him the Again it often happens that a com- pick of Hong Kong military swim-paratively trifling sin is punished mers..
gate and with the H. M. Pih). New Star (R. M. The squad is headed by Lieut. leaway in weight should give theWood), Royal Highness. (G. A Lewis of the Royal Welch Fuslifers, field a close run. Mistake Bay (Black) and Cyclamen Bay (Har riman) will probably fight out for the minor position Badko (P. P. Botelho), King's Justice (Butler), and King's Lead (Roza) will also face the starter. A real gamble will be a bet each way, on Rose Queen (N. Deitz).
Harriman), Tyne (P. P. Botelho) Valorous (Butler); Victoria Hall, What A Chance (D. Black) and Ythan (Frost), will wait for the gate to shoot up. My selections are Ythan (Frost), Amberley (H, C Pih) and High Honour (E. M. Pih). Valorous is not out of the race by any means, and should the course be a little on the wet side I would advise a bet on this
The second last race on the card is a Mills handicap for "B" Class. Australians, which inciden- grey. "tally is the second leg of the
My final selections will appear Daily Double. Followers of form in to-morrow's issue, after I have will no doubt make Ranger their had a chance to see the pro-"} selection and I am inclined to bable starters put the finishing agree with them. Mr. D. Black touches to their training work this will have the mount again. Violet morning.
The complete personnel of the text is as follows:-
Lieut. A. J. Lewis (Captain) Lieut.. E. M. Calvert. Cpl. McCarthy (East Lanes) Pte. Taylor (East. Lancs) L/Cpl. Thorpe (East Lanes) Cpl. Gregson (East Lance) Pie Ellingham (East Lanca) Ene. Hamilton (R.UR.) Fus. Owens (R.W.F.) Gnr. Oliver (RA), Gnr. Roscoe (RA).
Gar, Hallilay (R.A.).
unduly merely because it was com- mitted in the regiari of goal. Much as one hates saddling an already over-taxed referee" with further responsibility, it would be an ex- cellent thing if he could order ang penalty kick to be taken from" an appointed spot, say. 30 yards directly in front of the posts. That would encourage, both fair play and good place-kicking, The idea
at any rate is at least as worthy
of careful consideration as the
The following is the fixture list ct the Hong Kong Football lab rugby section for this season!--
1936
Oct. 17 Y, Navy (Club ground). Oct. 24 v. Army (Sookunpoo). Oct. 31. v. Army (Club ground). Nov. 7 v. Navy (Causeway Bay), Nov. 14 v. Navy (Club ground). Nov. 21 v. Army (Sookunpoo). Nov. 28 v. Army (Club ground), Dec. 5 v. Navy (Causeway Bay). Dec. 12 V. Army (Triangular Tournament-Sookunpoo).
Dec. 19 v. Navy (Triangular Tournament-Club ground),
Deb. 26 Holiday-no-game.
1937
Jan. 2 Army . Navy (Triangular Tourney-Sookunpoo).
Other
Jan. 9 Navy v. Army (Triangular Tourney-Club ground).
Jan. 9 Club v. Singapore Club
«ground),
Jan. 18 Y. Navy (Triangular Tournament-Causeway Bay).
Jan. 23 v. Army (Triangular Tournament-Club ground),
LOCAL HOCKEY
The Police "A" team virtually aviamped the Union Hockey Club in their first round fixture in the local Inter-Section Hockey Tourna- ment match played at King's Park yesterday afternoon, winning by ten goals to mil.
The brilliant goal-keeping of Lim (Union) prevented more goals being score,
In the first half, Wall, Jogindar Jan. 30 v. United Services (S00-Singh and Parker scored for the kunpoo).
Feb. 6 v. Navy (Causeway Bay).
Feb. 13 Fusiliers: (Sookunpoo), Feb. 20 y. 1st Round-Internation- A Tournament (Club).
Police, while the seven goals in the second half were scored by Jogindar Singh. Parker' (3), Chan- nan Singh (2), and Wall.
Teams:-
Feb. 27. 2nd Round-Interna- tional Tournament Bay).
(Causewayward;
March 6 v. Finals-Seven-A-Side (Club ground).
suggested alterations; ably for their clarity and practi- would affect the definition of the | cability. One cannot help feeling) tackle, and the scrummage about that the president, Mr. Green- which the most condicting views
wood, was largely right when he are held in various parts of the pointed out that a return to solid British Isles. Attempts to control"
shoving would
structive activities of the 'winging legal hooking and the purely de-
forwards so far have not been nol-
THERE'S AN
tame
do more to the spoiler than any changes in the laws.
HOR
Police: Jessop: Blackburn, Hay- Gough. Channan Singh. Jackson: Raton Singh Parker, Wilson, Nazar Singh and Wall
Unior HC.: Lim; Naranjari Makhan Singh, Nazir. Ahmed; Singh. Khajan Singh, A. R. Khan;
Gurbux Plara Singh, N. Singh, and G. Bingh
DRAWN GAME
On the F. T. 8. ground, the Radlo Sports Club and the
Ar- gonautas met in another Inter- section tournament match. The result was a goalless draw.
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