1934-09-21 — Page 8

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1934.

RACING SEASON RE-OPENS: SATURDAY'S OUTLOOK

ALL EYES ON PICNIC

.

BAY STAKES

WARNING TO PUNTERS: SOME UPSETS EXPECTED

PONIES NOT FORWARD ENOUGH TO GIVE OF THEIR BEST

FEW OF THE LIKELY WINNERS

(By "Captain Foster")

The majority of us will be wending our way eastward to the Race Course at Happy Valley to-morrow afternoon and, given fine weather, which I very much doubt we shall have judging by the present outlook (Wednesday afternoon) a very large crowd will muster to see a very good There afternoon's programme of nine races. will also be the added attraction of the big, sweep, which will be drawn for in the Picnic The Bay Stakes, the seventh race on the card. lucky drawer of the winning ticket will be receiving a very tidy sum in Hongkong Silver !! They may say that money is tight in the Colony, but I shall not be surprised to see well over! 90,000 tickets, if not the entire 100,000, tickets sold before 3 p.m, on Saturday.next!

gove With regard to the racing;'i amThese ponies have been doing use. prepared to see a few upsets, and ful work and will strip in would therefore counsel caution condition. I make the race very to the habitues of the Part. We open.

break of three and a have had half months, and, after the rest, quite a number of ponies are not! sufficiently forward in condition to give their best running.

Take Electric Star for instance: she is undoubtedly the outstanding

pong of the Meeting, and the only

BIG WAVE BAY HANDICAP.

SUB GRIFFINS AUTUMN PLATE.

They Say-

HAT Prima Donna may

THAT

not start to-mor row.

HAT Bronzc

THAT

account

Era -- on

of leg

trouble-will de- finitely not, com- pele to-morrow.

HAT Electric

THAT

Star

considered

IS

៦.

almost cartainty

in the Big Wave Bay Handicap.

has

ค

very good chance

THAT

HAT Valorous

of annexing the

Island Bay Handi- cap.

THAT The Tiger will be

THAT

THAT

right on his heels

and most probably beat him at the

Finish,

HAT Atlas will be.rid- den by Mr. Deitz. HAT he will most prob- ably canter away with the Corra- boree Handicap.

FINE NEW SUBS

MANY PONIES OF REAL PROMISE

BEST SUPPLIED IN YEARS

(By "Captain Foster")

This will be our longest race of the afternoon and should also pro- vide a good finish. Copper Idol is my choice as I think he is in better year arrived inst Sunday morning, than Caralende. and I was agreeably surprised at racing condition

The subscription grifins for next

WEARY QUEENS OF TENNIS REALM KING UNLUCKY NOT TO

The strain of championship tennie play is shown in the faces and the postures of Helen Jacobs (left) and Carolin Babcock, st the conclusion of a fast match in the, women's tournament con. ducted at Forest Hills. The girls were opponents in the final con test for the women's national singles title, and teamed together in the doubles final.

Experts' Hot Tip For

Classic Hall has come on, a great the good condition in which I found 1935

If in a

ISLAND HANDICAP.

MORY

#]ርቱን

•

after a voyage.

11

GOOD LOOKING SUBS.

|lengths

Derby

BOBSLEIGH'S

PROMISE

POLICE SEIZE RACE HORSE

BELIEVED RECORD BREAKER

Suspected

Nice, August 21. of being the mye terious reachorse which surprised French Turf circles by winning the Prix du Palais Bourbon in record time, with a profit of £4,000

day.

WOTI

BEAT CORBETT

CHAMPION EXTENDED BY A WHIRLWIND HITTER

DECISION MADE DIFFICULT:

DEFENSIVE CHAMPION

London, Aug. 21.

It is not often that a championship fight ends in a verdict of a draw. But Mr. Charlie Thomas, the referee at Clapton Stadium, last night failed to decide between Dick Corbett, of London, and Johnny King, of Manchester, who were fighting for the British and British Empire Bantam-weight Championships, help by the former.

Although I was rather inclined

to think that King had won- chiefly for his enterprise through- out the 15 rounda-I can under- stand the referee's difficulty.

It was a moderate fight and per- haps on the whole a draw suited The occasion, Corbett, of course, not having been beaten, retains his title.

I have certainly seen better and more interesting ..ghts for a championship than this one.

No doubt it suffered from the fact that perhaps having their fourth championship meeting they knew too much about each other.

KNEW THE REPLIES.

They knew the moves and the replies to them like two well. matched chess layers.

Corbett is the more scientific performer and with the moral

MYSTERY

MEETING AT LORD'S

M.C.C. AND THE AUSTRALIANS

A VERY LACONIC STATEMENT

London, Sept. 20. After a two hours meet- at Lord's to-day be- tween representatives of the Australian Test cric- ket team and the M.C.C., Mr. Aird, assistant secre- tary of the M.C.C., issued. the following:-

advantage of being the championing was expected to play a predomin. ant part, but for at least two thirds of the bout he was striking- ly apathetic and unenterprising.

Although he la an extremely clever exponent of the straight left, King brought so much fire and dash into his own methods that the champion was more con- cerned in defence.

The best work accomplished by King, who was the more aggressive. was done by his right hand, which he brought down on Corbett's face und jaw over a score of times during the

fight.

Even towards the und, when Cor- bett must have felt that his throne was trembling, he showed no striking desire to assert himacif and in the last round he was determined hustle of his rival,

DISAPPOINTING. done to reply effectively to the

Oneal during the past fortnight and them. "A" class runner competing.

A sea voyage usually takes a lot form she should canter away with may spring a surprise by winning. the Big Wave Bay Handicap, the and The Bodega should not be out of the animals, and I was there- opposition not being in her class, neglected. St. Ives pienses in his fore quite prepared to see a very but as she strikes me as being on morning gallops but so far he has sorry sight when I inspected them

London, Sept. 13. the heavy side, I shall not be sure never reproduced his training per that evening at the Stables, more

Bobsleigh is the present hot tip

to someone in the know," a horse prised to see her "go under" solely formauees on tace days when the especially as the ponles were con

fined to hold of Kalioping

steamer for was the time for next year's Derby, through lack of condition. If the Colours are up.

Experta declare that he is the was seized by the police here to course is heavy, I think she need mood to-morrow afternoon, he is eleven days which

China pony is best two-year-old in the country at

The mysterious coup was effect The stamina of fear nothing but on a going capable of being in the picture at takes from Dalny to Hongkong. can see considerable danger con- the finish. Surprise is a good

Saturday. An unknown animal ing from Ribble, a vastly improved but went wrong towards the end of proverbial and he appears to regain the present time. Bookmakers are

last season. He is reputed to be his condition after a couple of days cautiously offering odds of 1/1 ed on the English race-course on pony and in fine fettle.

sound again and in good lard com-rest combined with good feeding against him for the great classic.

Bobsleigh ran green at the Ascot named Hallencourt won the Prix

It was an extremely disappoint- for horses which have not dition. Were I to look for an "out-The contrust between him and an my sider" I would pick him.

Australian pony is amazing. The meet, his first appearance, but at du Palais Bourbon, a race reserved

crowds naturally expected Corbett latter appears more delicate in Goodwood at the end of July, he £150 in prize money, in a cantering display indeed, for the London I have already given you

constitution and requires infinitely won the Richmond Stakes in smash- views of Electric Star. On a good

Scenting something wrong, the to be at an advantage on his own more time to recover. his strength ing style, ile was a 1/3 favourite at 32 to 1. course I am inclined to pick Ribble

Another interesting and

at the off, and romped home by four stewards decided to investigate. ground after having beaten King as the winner as I do not think

but the winner. had vanished. It twice out of three fights at Man- Electric Star enn give him 18 lbs. race should result in this event.

was stated that it had been taken cheater.

When I saw Corbett training the OWNED BY LORD DERBY, at the moment. On a soft course Beta is reported to be a "rod in

out of the exit gate into a van, the Kong mare should have an easy pickic" here. Frankly, I have not

I was most pleased with the

The colt is the property of Lord instead of into the paddock to be other day at Windsor he appeared almont at concert pitch and full of passage and win, as she is good in seen him at work but if he is goud mud while I have an idea that fettle he must be dangerous, lis appearances of the new subs, and Ribble does not relish the going iflast outing was in the Smugglers I think I can safely say that the Derby, who is lucky to have such aunsaddled.

an good animal to step into the racing. An official inquiry was opened, pep, but he seemed 'indifferent last the ground is soft and heavy, Handicap (six furlongs) which he Dealer has supplied us with

the Riviera which had High Speed is going nicely and wou in the very good time of 1-29 exceedingly fine lot of ponies. I de plates of his Derby winner Hyper-it being strongly suspected that night. might very easily fill the third 4/6 by beating Ribble, a head. not recollect ever having seen aion, now retired. Bobsleigh posses- the missing winner was a horse

this position. I think it will be a toss This performance should make him nicer batch and I cannot help think-sea much more range and scope from

afternoon. Ing that we shall see some fine than Hyperion did at the same age. already won several good races.

At Antibes the police thought There is nothing flash about to-morrow up between him and Soldier of

respected

King is not a very tactical Germany, Spinnway, may come in Budge also has high credentials and gallopers amongst them.

Although there was no pony of chestnut colt, but when you cine they had found the mysterious to the picture if the course is heavy cannot be overlooked. Then we

into safe custody it ghter-most of his stuff is plain They and above board-and his skill is but I fear not otherwise. The hive Lemberg, The Tiger and the calibre of Racing Boy, I feel to look him over carefully you find horse, but just as they were about sixth starter will be Macaroni but Valorous who require watching. that the subs of 1933 were the best it exceedingly difficult to pick a hole to take is

supplied in recent years: they were in him. Maternally, he is superbly disappeared once again. am incllaed to sup Personally I

His dam, Toboggan, was followed the trail to Nice, and more in the direction of hard,

Д horse honest-to-goodness scrapping. I do not fancy him for the race.

brilliant racing marc. this afternoon seized port Valorous who appears to a very level lot, with an outstand-bred.

HEAD FIRST. INTO ROPES. very well at the moment. The ing pony, and produced very keen herself a

mare is bying Hallencourt. con- tion Stakes. The I gather seven Australians will question is how good are the new racing. It is to be hoped that our winning the Oaks and the Coruna- which they believe to be the miss fuce the barrier for this event. Kriffins, Beta, Budge and Lemberg new lot will prove a level and a very thrilling race should in comparison? Budge I like Im-signment. The ponies will be seen flurry On out of Glacier by St. reault. To a good start, I think mensely and feel sure that he willin action at about noun on Monday Simon from Glasalt by Isinglass- next (24th) and will be drawn for good staying pedigree-United that evening at the Paddock, Race Press. we need not look beyond Atlas for run a good race.

Course. I have taken

CORROBORɛɛ HandiCAP.

3 very

This Morning's Training Times At Valley

the winner. He is exceptionally TWEED ISLAND BAY HANDICAP fust over a short distance and, if

As far as I can see a select neid special fancy to Nos. 52 and 100, anything. I feel he has been some what leniently weighted with 152 of eight ponies will contest this and hope it will be my good for- There are only two mares in the lbs. I am a little fogged ever Able race. Frankly, I am not impressed tune to draw ofther one of them. consignment.

with the way Soldier of China is Amazon and Bobnlak Star as understand the stable jockey will moving and for this reason I will I ex- Star. Able eliminate his chances here. he riding Bobniak Amazon looked well and finished peet, however, to see an interesting strongly last Wednesday morning race between Brechin, Bright View and if she does not actually win and Gladiator and will plump on she must be amongst the placed them as being the placed ponies, ponics. This is more than I can I am very partial to Gladiator and any in regard to Bobniak Star, but will make him my choice but I do Nell so with very little confidence, know- may be proved wrong. Gwyn is my fancy for the third ing how exceptionally well Brechin

is moving these days. position.

PICNIC BAY STAKES Handicap. Now we come to the piece de caistance of the afternoon. Ex- citement will be high, not so much

aro as

UP TO THE MINUTE PERFORMANCES

OF THE PONIES

32.1

31.3 1.01.1 29.3

31.2

2.02.4 20.4

33

FRIENDLY HOCKEY Young Sikhs Defeat Y.M.C.A.

It was now and then, when King stung him with his right- handers, that he displayed any- thing like the form a champion should.

He was a hard trier all through. Sometimes Corbett by clever duck- ing and evasion put him at a dis-1 advantage, and on one occasion he went head first through the ropes after a tricky side-step by the champion.

He landed good punches to the budy, too, and I noticed that at the beginning of every round came out

corner,

}

"A meeting was held at Lord's to-day

between

the sub-com- mittee of the Marylebone Cricket Club and Messrs. H. Bushly and Aus- Bull, representing the tralian cricket team. Oppor- tunity was taken at this meet- ing of discussing cricket mat- ters generally prior to the de- parture from England of the Australian representatives."

No other statement

was

cautions were taken to ensure secrecy while the meeting was. in progress.Reuter, issued and extraordinary pre-

THE BITER

·BIT

TIGERS BEATEN AGAIN

LATEST BASEBALL RESULTS

New York, Sopt. 20. New York Yankees are now giving Detroit Tigers a dose of their own medicine. To-day the

Yankees amashed league leaders' pitchers to all cleven parts of the field to tally runs against the Tigers' seven.

the

The Giants continued their winning way, just posing out Cincinnati Reds, while St. Louis Cardinals captured both legs of a double header against Boston Braves, Walker blanking out the Braves in the second match.

Results as cabled by Router follow.

NATIONAL LEAGUE.

The newly formed Young Sikhs Association was successful in its first friendly hockey match yesterday, when its hockey team met and dehustllag and bustling from his feated the Y. M. C. A, second eleven

Where so much in other respects by one goal to nil at King's Park.

keenly contested was evenly balanced this showed The game was

issue was in good ringcraft. Because of this throughout and the dunbt until nearly the end of the and his more persistent attack game when Gurbachan Singh, the fancy King won. Certainly he put

Radio Sports Club Interport and star forward, found the not to give up excellent claims for yet another New the Sikhs victory. In the last five tilt for that crown of Corbett's.

I gave five rounds to King, four Pittsburgh minutes, W. J. Brown cqualined for

the Y.M.C.A., but the whistle blow to Corbett, aix rounds oven. for "aticka" against a Sikh dofonder. The referee awarded a corner from which they failed to score.

The Young Sikhs showed promising W. J. Brown, at centere team work. 4 30.1 1.05.4 29.3 orward and E. F. Selk, at centre-

31.2 1.01.3 30.1 half, played well for the lasers. 32.4 1.02.23 Daylight Eve.

30 Hey Tor 1.00

St. Ives Fi-Fo Antamok

% 30.2 1.00.2 .30

1/2

80

30 1.00

30.1

46 30.1

31 1.01.1 1.01.1 31

31.3 1.032 31.4 Monoplane...

Partnership. Wayward Stag

Practically all of the ponies competing in to-morrow's raco JUNK BAY HANDICAP.

meeting at Happy Valley were out on the course this morning and returned time over measured distances. The following table This is a race confined to No-

shows the times of the various ponics. 'vices, and there will be at least ten

The following times were clocked: Claznic Hall.. ponica competing. Although he

26.4 Great Hall... 14 31.1 57 has never run into a place in nine on account of the race itself but

27 Brechin

Zero starts during the first half of the on account of the draw for the big Dinty

021 Racing

Bright View. 30 Pluck impressco roo swoop which is run on the race. Able Amazon. 14 32.8 69.5 season,

For myself I shall be extremely Jungle Jin and strikes ma 68

Fair Vlow very much,

is n antisfled if one of my numbers The Tiger.... 32

丝 Racing Pluck. vastly improved pony. Ho

Splnaway.** fills the should draw Colombo, Hey Ter or Heart's Glory 38 animal and looking shapely

and, if his racing capabilities Vago as I think these three ponies Valerous.....

31.8 Shaughraun..31.3 103.2 314 Boxing Eve good as his looks, I think he will be fighting it out at the finish. Budgo ... 135.3 1.00.1 30. Warrington.

Hot ilcola.. 483.1 will make light work of hla burdon |

Vago ****

10.2 Bold Mayflower

34.2 ALDRICH HANDICAP.

1.00.1 31.1 14 35.3

Commander Electric Star..

430.1 1.00.0 81.2 Ribble Wayward Stag strikes me as be-Hydroplano

1.04.1 911 Macarost 08.3 1.00.4 01.1 Lemberg old deceiver Racing Triumph is in ing the pony to follow for this race Racing Spirit

33

Fudge the race but I am definitely through and Glad Eyes should also be sup-Gold Buillon

30. Vriday with him. Win or lose he shall ported. An upset Is quite likely Deta

Our to occur and, on a good hard coute, Cavalcade 34.3 1.00.2 314 The GoonG have no support from me.

34 34.3 1.00.2 314 Sarabande old friend Boxing Eve is to be I do not think William Osler should National Duy

33.31.05.4 32.1 Chow Fan reckoned with and, provided he gets bo neglected, and, on a soft course, Copper Idol...

14. 37.4-1.08.0 30,4 Sen Viow a good start, I cannot see him out Partnorahip should be considered. Bistro

Glorious Star

30.1 88.2 28.1 The Carp of the hunt at the finish. Haller

Alacrity

138.1 1,08.1 30-3 Racing

12.3 1.00.2. 27.4 Triumph Skelter, Kinga Parado, No Fear,

31 William. Osler Sita Warrington (all winnore thia

of 168 lbs and win. I

has pleased his connectieather herofer Vago's chances the best of

who are

My

optimlatic with his chances.

VAUCLUSE HANDICAP.

Surprise

I feel that the pony that finishes Just That

33

283

Hot Sun..TAL

31

33.1

31.1 1.01.3 81.2

1.03,3 32 31.3

31.3 1.03.3

12

31.3. 1.03.3

32

31

36.2 1.07

20.3

34

1.07

32.4

Delightful

Chance .....

1/4

26

FRIENDLY TENNIS.

(Walker pitched)

Chicago

සුදු ළ පස පහ

Gio

2

~ SO NO CH

2

R.

H.

E.

Cincinnati

(Lombards homered)

10

0

4 10

1

Brooklyn

2

St. Louis

4

Boston

St. Louis Boston

1

ཉ

0

0 8 1

(Hartnett homored) Philadelphia .......

14

714 0

9

2

"AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Washington Cleveland

7

0

11

I'

(Averill homored)

the general com.

11 8 (Foxx and Higgins homored)

7 2 Chicago

(Bonura homered) Boston

$ 10

Lane Crawford's to Meet Electric on Sunday. Lane Crawford's will meet Hong- friendly tennis kong Electric in a

which will be held on the match, latter's courts at Causeway Bay, on Sunday, September 30, at 8 pm.

The following will represent Lane 1.12.2 34.2 Crawford's: ML L. Redmond, C. 1.12.2 30.2 Balman, H. Burson, W. S. Huller, 8. 1.04.2 10.3 MoNider, A. Br. Pereira, A. C. WI- 1.02.2 32 kinson and W. C. Ogley.

33 1.03,4 31

Philadelphia 1.02.2 29.3 Glad Eyes... 18 30

32

1.04 32

10

10

30.3

B0.3

35.3 445 37

80.3 No Fear.... 34.1 30.3 King's Parado

80.2

Nell Gwyn... 34 Lucy Glitters

81.1

29.3 56.2

50.1 28

20.4

20,5 · 64.2

ZZA

284 4 20.3 66.2

1.05.8.20 29 1.14

St Jean 1:10 13

A meeting of 91 Portla *4 31

(Burns homered) 3.41 1.004 32.3 Heller Skelter 34.3 1.07.4 18.1 milles of the Hongkong Lawn Bowls St. Louis

14 32.2 1.04.1 32.1 Association will be hold in the Board 12 84.1 1.00.4 81.4 Colombo

New York Wednesday, on 4454,11.00.4 814 Fiving Tourist 32,2 1.04.3 82.1 Room of the South China Morning

Vigilance

Post at 6.30 p.m. 20 1.10 34 September 20, and not on Tuesday, Detroit. 33.4

(Goalin homered) 32.4 Chivalrous

84.1 1.04.2 00.1 September 25, 111.01.3 81.2 Dare Devil

35* 1.10 B5

►