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THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1933.

"CAPT. FOSTER" REVIEWS 1933

FINE HANDICAPPING

HOW THE VERDICTS WENT IN 104 RACES

WEIGHTS FOR AUSTRALIAN PONIES SHOULD BE REDUCED

Handicaps formed the major part of our progammes at Extra Race Meetings, and in fact they gave us our best racing; this being the case I havò purposely glvén much time in compiling a record of them. I find that, during the year, we had one hundred and four Handicaps, with the following results:———

Dend Hent

2

races

Short Hend

13

"

A Head

5

**

A Neck

11

length

8

F

74

G

"

M

Λ

12

I

11⁄2 lengths

13-

2

13

++

4

7

++

4

5

19

5

2

H

В

1

+

Many lengths,

2

21/2

3

In the China pony (cross-bred) class, nine ponies carried the maximum weight, namely:

Diana Bay Trentbridge The Crook Maytlower Sadko.

Flying Tourist

Jungle Jim

(twice) (twice)

Breenin and Hetman

THE AUSTRALIANS.

In the Australian class, Portia, Night Stor and Woodland Stag HETMAN, (Mr. A. J. F. Heard, up)]

carried the maximum weight of 170 lbs and incidentally-Wood- land Stag fa the only successful pony that carried the heaviest weight imposed by the Handicap- per, namely 25 lbs, when he carr.ed 80 lbs. to victory in the Warwick Farm Handicap (14 miles) on 16th May, 1931 in the then record 1.mo o 2-24 3/5 seconds. Th pas- sing, many will recall that Season races Ticket was asked to carry 180 lbs.

but unfortunately the animal- when in a winning position-broke his off fet-lock, and had to be-im- mediately destroyed,

roce

104 races

A verdiel of up to a length and half is considered good handicap- ping and, on this basls, the above results analysed reveal that 70 races (or any 67.3%) come under this category, and 34 races (or Bay 32.7%) were won by a dis- tance of 2 lengths or more.

RACES SEGREGATED.

►

I have carried my investigations further and have segregated the work of the Handicapper under throo groups and find that under (A) Winning Ponies that carried "over weight for inchea"

(B) Winning Ponies that "weight for

estried

inches"

(C) Winning Ponies that carried "under weight for inches"

was

This Australian, to me, up to the present, undoubtedly the best animal seen on the course, under racing colours. It was, I understand, through this incident that the Stewards of the Hongkong Jockey Club reduced the maximum weight from 180 lbs. to 170 lbs. for Australian Ponies.

I feel that the weight is still too high and perhaps the Stewards

-now that they have reduced the

40 pontes weight for inches by 6 lbs.-may

22

105.

Note: There was a dead hent in one race for panies over weight for Inches and one for ponies under weight for inches, which makes a total of 105-actually 101 races."

Under separate columns you] will find detalls of these races, as they may prove of interest to atudents of form. In the details, it will be Interesting to observe that under group (A) Ponies that carried over weight for tuches", no less than 27 Winners out of 40--carried 160 lbs, or more, ond, 13 Winners carried' under thie weight.

who has won $2,750 in stakes money.

“CAPT. FOSTER'S".

REVIEW

"Captain Foster," the Telegraph's local racing cor-. respondent to-day presents his review of the 1933 season. it covers all angles of the Hongkong turf during its past nine months of activity," and as will be seen, includes number of interesting statistics.

Not the least absorbing feature of this review is the record of winners of all handicap events, including penios who carried weight for inches, who carried weight for inches and who carried under weight for inches.

over

Winning jockeys, leading owners, the best pari-mutuel

RACING SEASON

SADKO (Mr. Scares up) Autumn eturns, and course records champtons winner and conquerur o *stablished during the year will also be found.

Diana Bay.

A MOST SUCCESSFUL

RACING YEAR

ASTONISHING ACHIEVEMENTS OF

TRENTBRIDGE

WINS RECORD STAKES MONEY: FINE RIDING

BY MR. LEO FROST

RECORD OF PONIES THAT HAVE

OVER $1,000 IN STAKES

WON

be considering, if they have not The general consensus of opinion Messrs. Mackle and Grayburn's of securing this netually agreed to do so, thela that we have had a most success | Brechin did not come up to ex- Good **8 these Subs are. animal-through they cannot be compared with advisability of making the maful racing year: in all-including 5 pectations, the

In support days for the Annual Meeting-wesome aliment or another could not Racing Boy-last your's undisputed x.mum weight 160 lbs. of this I would say that the China¦ had 22 days, and all the Mootings, be, properly trained. · If they can | Champion-who won every Sub: Pony (cross-bred) is only asked to happily, wore held under dan ever get shoulder a maximum of 168 lbs., weither conditions, which is not al: the pony right, I fel sure race he started in and collected over Avil ̈ach'eve many aucces- $9,000 in Stakes and, incidentally, and I do not think anyone will together usual for Hongkong. We as in the beat of company.

winning the Morrison Hill Handi- dispute the assertion that he is did have a sprinkling of rain on

Mr. Lancashire cap on 23rd April, 1932, a "B" class two or three occreions but the. the better weight-carrier,

--a new Owner race, beating such pon.es as Lunar drizzle was not enough to interfere

-mú st feel Star and The Tiger (these dead- with the comforts of the spectators.

pensed with the heated for second place), Daylight chievements of Eve, Tizna, Champagne Bay, King's Warrington. On Service (Winner of Derby 1931),

e whole-while Nippy and Valorous."

The attendance was well up to the average, but there is no doubt that, posluly owing to the general financial depression through which we are passing, there has been a considerable falling off in the Cash Sweep receipts.

Criticisms conducted in the right spirit are always commendable, and, before each Meeting, it is not unusual to hear some disgruntled Owners saying that they consider their ponies have been unduly ponalized, but, in the light of the above figures, one will admit that the Official Handicapper, Mr. The Clark of the Course is to be C.M.S. Alves has on the whole congratulated on the excellent con- discharged his duties in a thorough | dition of the grass and training and efficient manner. I congratu- courses. A much needed improve- luto him for the many thrilling ment has also been made in the finishes which his handicapping | Peddock by the removal of the has produced.

Ramp, thereby giving more space in the Mounting Enclosure,

Highest Pari-Mutuel Pay-

Out Was $228.20

OWNERS.

Mrs. T. E. Pearce can be con- gratulated in owning such a splend

ed animal in Trentbridge, and win-

4stablished a record in Hongkong

otter, one mo-

FROST LEADS THE WAY

ONCE AGAIN FINISHES AS THE CHAMPION JOCKEY

HONGKONG'S "WHO'S WHO" OF THE "SILK”.

Mr. Frost hends the list of winding jockeya, for lule einfa Year in succession, and we coll- -gratinate him on nis deserving access. 11e is closely followed y Mr. Heard, and Mr. Prouls! ils the third position by leading An Roza by two wins.. I will, owever, be interesting to men- tion that in Handicap races oth Mr. "Leo" Frost and Mr. Johnnie" Hoard tle one another

th 17 wins each and Mr. Repay" Proulx is the only other eckey to reach double figures is total being 13 wins, the posi- 'on being:

Mr. Frost Mr. Heard

Mr. Proulx

Mr. Da Roza

17 wins.

17 wing,

13 wins.

6 wins.

Mr. S. N. Pan

8 wins.

7 wins.

Mr. Butler

Mr. Needa

6 wins.

MR. LEO FROST, the champion

Mr. Soares

5 wins.

QUICKEST STARTER.

G. U. da Roza ................ 15 22 18 05 9. N. Pane;

Mr Proulx is the fashionable E O. Butler Ight weight jockey at the present

me as none of his hand.cap wina wero ponies that carried "over | N. Deltz weight For inches", two were F. M. L Soares carrying eight for inches" and A. L. Caplan che remain ng eleven were "under 8. Y. Liang weight for inches". The particu-Ip Kui Ying lars of the three leading jockeys D. Black

are as follows:-

"

Over

Under weight for weight for weight for

Inches faches Inches total

Mt. Proulx

P. Young

20 5. 14 58 9 17 11 86

Jockey.

8 8 9 31

8 6 B 47

8 3 2 24

7 7 10 65

G 10 19 53

9 10 63

56843

4 0 46

II. P. Chanson

G. A. Harriman

B

7 11 73

Mr. Frost

Mr. Heard

t

&

17

11

P. P. Botelho.

G 3. .3 31.

-

2

21

W. II. S. Davla R. A. Carroll

8 3 1 23

2 4 2 40

2. 4 1 33 ·

2 3 4 13

2 2 3 18'

2 1 0 48

I & 8 67

1 2 3 10

With regard to Mr. Proulx's 13 J. C. A. Ingram wins, olgnt were lor races. of 6] W. H. Choy Furlongs and under, and nve for Yue.Shaun Wa

mite and over, and these higures A. A. R. Botelho will connrm that he is our quickes

T. T. Fang.

G. W. Sowell

COMPLETE LIST & Noronha

OF

THE HANDICAP WINNERS

IS ON PAGE 13

9. Y. Sung W. -N, Yeh F. Lobel W. T, Stanton G. P. Ferguson W. G. Poy 11. Y. Pearso Tong Man Wa Y. M. Loo

3. W, Tang W. G. Fischer

starter at the gate,

During the year, we lost two | J.. Keswick good riders in Mesare. Needa and J. W. Hone Davies on their leaving the C. Taylor Colony, Mr. Rozo, I understand. Dr. J. C. Macgowan MR. FROST'S FINE RIDING,

will not be a regular rider in A. L. Schreiber

C. L.

L. Aria future, his business now making S. K. Wong. -pony---1--fuck-Messrs.-Kong-Bros-did-not-have.

1m permanent resident in Ellis Jeseph at he was well their customary quota of wins as Canton. Mr. Pan, through Injury H. M. Remedios endowed with regards Griffins and Sub: grin to his leg, was an absentee for the T. P. Saunderson the "beginner's races, but they had more than their last 3/4 Meetings.

ck." Both Na-feir share of luck in drawing such

al disparaging

P. I. Botelho

tional Day and a fine Australian in Night Star, Mr. Carroll has emerged from F C Bond Golden Dragon undoubtedly the beat Australian the Novice's class, and in Mr. P.A. 1. Coppin

D. B. Erans Are

Botelho we have a most promising A, da. Luz sub- this year. good scription grillins.

young rider who will not be longH: P. Rees '(Continued on Page 13.) and it is a pity;

in collecting his ten wina. that they were

FINAL PLACINGS.

1 2 3 27

1 2 1 12

1 2. 0 10

240-26 121 1

R. M. Wood Woo Tugson M. N. Cochrane R. H. Charles

0

0

The complete Hat showing the W. W. Blllca innl placings of the jockeys are 3. L. Jordon

Lo G. Hin 1st 2nd 3rd Un. K. W. Fung

44 81. 23 67 A. G. Botelho 40 28 28 65 | A. W. da Roza 17 12 671 L. E. Morgan

G. Front A..J. P. Heard B. A. Proal

As a matter of general interest not able to comto renders, I attach particulars of all pelo in the Subs, ponies in their respective places- Champions as that have won over $1,000 in stakes they would cer- this year: For the old ponies under. ning the much coveted Hongkong WARRINGTON. tainly have made have computed the figure at $2,000 Derby. Although Trentbridge did the race more interesting. Both of or over, the list would be too long undeniable changes were I to shew the animals from Pari-not break any distance records, he them bad

the $1,000 mark. Fly-as regards Stake money. No other Baypony in the Colony has ever won over $10,000 in nay one, year, and This his figure would have been in- rossed had the pony been saddled however, satisfactory to know that it was nothing serious that kept him out of the race.

for the Autumn Champions. It is,

Nothing sensational was paid out in the Mutuels, the highest for a win being $288-20 on ing Tourist when he won the Tweed Island Handicap under the guidance of Mr. Noronha. is altogether a good sign and, in my mind, goes to shew that the Public who go racing are keen followers of form. Mr. Deitz and Mr. Harriman are the only jockeys who paid a dividend of over $100 on more

Mr. Dunbars Libary Báy main- than one occasion, and I observe that neither Mr.ained his unbeaten record by win- Frost nor Mr. Heard paid a three figure dividend inning all his three races with com- Handicap races, although Mr. Frost returned $111-10 summate case. It will be many a when Flying Boy won the Starling Stakes.

The "Daily Double" was introduced for the second half of the Season and, as time goes on, this form of gambling will doubtless become very popular with the Public. The highest dividend actually paid out was $3,322 for the Golden Dragon -Flying Tourist combination, but a record would have been created had the Ration-Widnes double been fancied last Saturday. The return would have been $6,173 but, as the last named pony was not backed, this som was refunded to the 59 ticket holders of Ration in the shape of $104-60 per ticket.is misfortune, we must It is a little surprising that Widnes was not played at the Daily Double as the pony had 88 backers for a win and 115 for

a place in the Pari-mutuels.

I give below a summary of Dividends of $100 or over paid out during 1933:-.-.-.

PONY

Flying Tourist

Sadko

Navy Hall Widnon

Partnership Orlando Rosy Morn Buchanan Flying Boy Vigilance Fonditalva

Navy Hall Itation

RACE

$ 288-20 "Tweed Island Bay Weap

JOCKEY AMOUNT,

Noronha Harriman Boxres Harriman

192-10 ouni Parker Heap

185-20 Stongham Hay I'esp

* 135-FO Bilstory Pista

+

128-30 Juling Blakes'

BACKERS

195

118

108

258

Lang Fant Delts

173

122-30 Tal-510-8han 11'esp

140

1140 Fremantla Bi, Lega

221

Ip Front G. Roxa Dayles 1111

114-6 Tay & Corn Stalow

71

*111-10 Staring flakes

103

111-10 Jordan Il'eap

201

410 Granville ti'cap

204

100-00 Tyro Stakes

30

Proulx

104-40 Morrison_HW1_H'cap

122

100-20 Barrier Reef II'cap

750

Old Penl 10 of over Liberty Way

Sadko

Fans Day King's Justice Navy Hall lletinen Valorous Champagne Exy P'de Bar Klor's, Dounty Royal Flush The Tizer Alexander Wall

aufmית

·Helter Skelter

„Par » BagESET

Gleneagler

China Ponien

1951 Grifins $1000 or OVET.

4.0524

baud Trenthridge

.. 8250 Cock's DeaRİY

» 2978 Jungle Jim

2710 Ear Star

187 Charmleg Star

* 1618 MayTower

1826tted Butterfly 211 Wayward Stag

2247 Widnes

2 2200 TUReum

2100 treet Rinzer

2100 Poker Face

2000

2010 The Godwit

Clubmast Tenorio

long day before he will be extand.Crelan 19 2018 The R

d in a race. Diana Bay suffered her only reverse at the Annual Meeting, and her defeat can only be described as

Her a tragedy. star certainly, has not been in the ascendant this year, and all Sports- mon will regret her withdrawal, by the Stewards, from the Autumn Champlons, a race which she could

ot possibly have lost. In niserating with Mr. Dunbar over confess

com-

that the attituds adopted by the Stewards of the Hongkong Jockey Club was the only one that they could take under the circumstances.

Old

Woodland Stag Polar Star Lucy Glitters · Evening Star The Giraffe Friar Tuck City of Melbourne Wotin

MR. SOARES' HAPPY, MOMENTS, NA NA

Mr. Bonres', successes this year haya not been too numer- ous, and Be Inid very bad luck in having.nl" Derby candidate Prima Donnd-scratched at the Inst moment. He must have,; however, experienced two very happy moments" with two of Sadko's unexpected wins—one at tlie Annual Meeting when he lowered the colours of Dinna Bay, and again when she was **ch**wn from last Saturday's Champlon race.

4

101AB

1933 Sub $1000 of over Warrington Partnership

*1 7676

$725

2250

De Minima

#119

National Day

1075

1678

Bargomaster

., 2478

2500

King Baloson

2117

Car Butterfly

2809

3115 Virilance

2010

The Panther

..ZTIS *$50

2000

Golden Digon

2533

14 Hey Tur

2123

1725 Ima Grey

1700 Jiprie

1700 No Fear

1500 Charming Fane

1215 Now's. The Time

1770 1680

1576

1260 in Doy

1550

1500

1480

Daries

Jack O Laniera

11 The Goat

1100 Bwate

Melody

AUSTRALIAN PONIES,

$ 5100 Night Star-

Paul Janos

New

8100 City of Brisbane

2800 Rosy Morn⚫

1700 Partia

(First Leg)

1880 Ration

07.10

Ten Records Broken During The Season

13

In the China Pony (Cross-bred) Class five records vere-broken this year, Liberty Bay accounting for three, nd it may be interesting to mention that this animal broke a record each time he faced the Starter.pvek

Five records were actually broken and one record equalled in the Australian Class. Rosy Morn's record of“ 11003-29 1/5 for the mile and three quarters in the Fremantle St. Leger is, not, however, an official one, the mare carry- ing 4 lbs. below weight for inches. Woodland Stag's time of 3-35 2/5 remains the official one, and from the details $ 7480 given below it will be noticed that this time is 23 seconds" 2250 slower than that of Liberty Bay, this animal taking 3-82 2150 4/5 to win The Challenge Cup this year in a common

canter.

2378

PRESENT RECORD.,

-140 The 1-85

Xing's Justles, 165 the. 2-13 1/5.

1 mile post ante mund and Ing

Liberty Bay ·

141 th, 5-34

PREVIOUS RECORD..

...

Apalle

·Dector's Mandata

Hetman

2712/31 - Liberty Day 209, 141 350, B-42 3/5 ^ Liberty Day....

- 380`(hu, 8-27 478 Bitting w

1800 Tecumesh

1561 1550

1100 What's That

1450

1000. Ngtuk

1250

"Cosanck's Choice

One Mila

1160

Ckins Peniou X7/4/12 Biman Bay

WINNERS OF CUPS AND PLATES,

28/2/39

Cossack's Beauty

151

Champagne Bay

Liberty Bay

Racing Boy

Diana Bay

(Heard) (HID) (Frost) (Heard) (HIH)

12/3/42

16 M

194 Mites 29/1/11

Weybridge

(Black),

Gleneagles

(Frost)

Charming Star.

(LI)

Bistro

(Wong)

Portin

Liberty Bay

(Frost)

Пло МП

Trentbridge

(Heard)

1st Sports Club Cup 2nd Sports Club Cup

Warrington

(Necda)

Gay Butterfly

(Hoard)

15% DETO 23/3/35

American Cup Chnter Cup Challenge Cup Garrison Cup Governor's Cup Jockey Cup Ladies Purso Lusitano Cup Navy Cup

St. Andrew's Cup

St. Georgo's Cup

Liberty Boy

Parlange 26/5/724 Bray Morn. 28/11/9 Night Star

4. Perlangs

་་་་་་

Polar Biar 7/10/99 Woodland Blag

Night Bear

..

AUSTRALIAN PONIES.

'185 lb, 1-48 6/3

-XTO [kw, 1–21 3/1

147 14. 1-1 2/0

346 136. 2-16 3/5

185 The 8-81, 3/5

City of Melbourn

Rose Ticket Wand) and Bing Fular Blar

•110 The 3+£2 4/5!

· Bensin -Tickel