1936-03-25 — Page 21

SPORT ADVTS.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

The Second Extra Race Meeting will be held (weather permitting)

at HAPPY VALLEY on Saturday, FIRST

28th March, 1936, commencing at 2.00 p.m.

The Firat Bell will be rung at

1.80 p.m.

By Order,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25,

FLAT-RACING SEASON OPENS

IN ENGLAND TO-DAY

CLASSIC OF YEAR

C. B. BROWN BARHAM TO RACE

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Hongkong, 23rd March, 1036.

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OMAHA?

London, Mar. 24. Horse-racing on the flat will get properly under way to- morrow with the first big race of the Summer season, the Lin- colnshire Handicap..

With the Grand National Steeple chase next Friday it forms the year's first big betting "inable". Literally millions of dollars will change hands over the results of the two races, not only in bets but through the frish Hospitals Sweepstake which is being held in connection with the big jump- Ing event.

The Lincolnshire will be run to

up-

Grand National Sweepstake

14 PRIZES OF £30,000

Dublin, Mar. 24. At the Concert Hall of the Mansion House, Irish girls in American con- tumes drew the nemes of the entrants for the Grand National sweepstake,, Directors, said that the receipts of Mr. Jack O'Sheisan, one of the the 17th Grand National Sweepstakes were £2,401,102 of which £1,543,761 were allotted as prizes.

second prizes were £15,000 and the third £10,000.

The first prizes were £30,000, the

14 major units, which brings the total

1936,

GREAT LEVELLING-UP IN ENGLISH SOCCER

RAISES ONCE AGAIN QUESTION OF RELEGATION-PROMOTION SYSTEM

THE LATE HERBERT CHAPMAN'S IDEA

(By Fred Everias, Secretary West Bromwich Albion F.C.)

In all my long experience of football 1 cannot recall a season when there has been such a marked emphasis of the lovelling-up process that has been going on among the leading clubs of the country.

We have seen it evidenced in the progress of the Cup competition. It The prize money is divided into

is keeping the race for promotion to 2,137. among the members of the number of prize winners

Second There was a prize of £714 for each | Division u most open affair. In the of the remaining 49 horses and 100 First, Division it has made it im. consolation prizes of £100 each.

Charles I. Care, of the Ellten possible for three-quarters of the Club, Manila drew Keen Blanc quoted clubs to say that,

even at this ad at 18 to 1.

vanced stage of the season, they are Box 782, Manila, has drowa Jln sceure from relegation.

THE ENTRIES.

morrow afternoon on the Carholme track at Lincoln. The rnce in over a straight mile for a sweepstake of $100 for each entry with $5,000 added.

THE FAVOURITE A fleld of three-year-olds and Owing to the approach of the wards are expected to go to the post close of our

with 1. Barnard-Hankey's Priok, 118 pounds, as ruling favourite, and the Bob. American R. D. Strinaburger's Boethius, who shares top-weight of. 120 pounds with C. W. Gordon's Sen

There are now 35 entries for the Bequest, as second favourite.

Actually, the flat-racing 'keanon

grand National still in the field, of opened two days ago with the start Dorothy Paget's Golden Miller, at 11 which the Favourite is the Hon of the Lincoln four-day meet, slightly to 2, Major Noel Forrough's Reynolds- overlapping the winter jumping setown, 13 to 2, Mira. Violet Munny's son which more or less closes with Avenger 10 to 1, and G. H. Bostocks of the season. Sometimes it is not the Grand National at Aintree Friday. Castle Irwel, 100 to 0.-United Press.

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MISTRAL THIRD

That word is the bogy of directors, secretaries, and managers. At the mero mention of it I have seen officials, worried over the position of their club, "tremble like a jelly"-to une a colloquial expression. The fear of it is on their minds from the start banished until the last match.

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We have seen many cases where new players have been purchased, only for the club to find that they do not fit in, and that they have Inalate the displaced men in order to Havo the club. It is a singular thing. that directors of football clubs, men of great business acumen, will take risks in obtaining players which they would not dream of taking in their own businesses. Lovo of sport and u deep attachment to their club are no doubt responsible.

INTOLERABLE

It ought not to be necessary to run football clubs on principles which are highly speculative and would not be tolerated in any other business sphore of a business these days.

and League football in very much

To abolish huge transfer feen by: rule is to my mind impossible. The ENDURANCE FEAT

only deterrent would be to suspend promotion and relegation, but the When a secretary or manager com-competitive spirit is an essential to pletes 21 years' service in his club hethe game. Lack of it would kill in. ceives from the Football League a terest, and that would be a remedy treasured long-service medal. Really

worse than the disease, The ought to be pensioned off for

having survived 21 years of auch Some other solution of this problem strera and strain. It is a feat of must be found, and IL up to the endurance which very few of us ne-League clubs to tackle it with a deter

mination to work out their own sal- vation,

Edward's stable on the tracks, rac Ing under the name of Lord Derby while the royal family is in mourning. When the nine-month period of

London, March 24, mourning ends next September, the

Probable starters for the Lincain-complish. King is expected to take the sport upshiro are Soa Bequest (E. Smith). in a big way. It will be the Brat Boethiu (W. Hickaby), Law Court: rules, and although at present none of time he has raced under Jockey Club the string stands a good chance of taking the royal purple and gold silk flrat under the wire, there are some youngsters int may develop well.

OMAHA v. BARHAM?

BEFORE HIS TIME

Now this ought not to be. Why Bow and Arrow (Jones), Jovial Lad the capacity of the clubs to devise (Marshall), The Blue Bay (Siret), should football officials lead this night- mare sort of existence? Is it beyond (Taylor), Hidalgo (Gordon Richards), some method which will Yorkshireman (Harry Wragg), River situation that is rapidly becoming in

relleven Severn (Lane), Cabinteely (Gard-tolerable? ner), Hyndford Bridge (Cindwell), Overcoat (Weston), Lordling (Fox), Kinjaal (Clifford Richards), Screamer

I know that any suggestion to in- Another big event will be the ap (Hawcroft), Clematis (Ryan), Man's crease the number of clubs to be rele- pearance of the Kentucky Derby wit-Pal (K. Robertson), Tom Bowling football camps in the First Division gated creates an explosion in many ner Omaha, in the Ascot Gold Cup) (D. Ines). Princess

He will probably be (Doyle), Laurent Second (Middleton), who consider it in the only real solu- race this June.

Sheredene On the other hand, there are many racing against Britain's 1936 triple-ited Raider (Barber). Trapster (11 ton of the problem. crown crack, Bahram, who won the Robertson), Clodron (Couch), BL Derby, the Two Thousand Guinens and Botolph (Humphrey Foster), Akela the St. Leger for the Aga Khan.. (Wing), Greek Abbot (Thompson), Big race of the season will be, of Day Sight (D. Smith), Silver Bow

The lato Mr. Herbert Chapman course, the Derby Staker, at Epsom. (Sharpe), Layman (J. Sharples), went as far as to say that eleven Wednesday, May 27, for which Mons. Sammy (Mitchell), Lockholme (H. clubs should go down from Division I., Marcel Boussac's Abier and the Aga Curtis), Golden Bow (Hollingsworth), with corresponding promotion from Khan's Bain Hiasar are the carly Priok

(Beary), Spasm (Lynch), Division II, and that very little hard- fancies in the fulures betting latral Third (Stove Donoghue), ship would be inflicted. In his United Press.

Rodeo Second (Sammy Wragg).

view It would provide new and attractiva No jockey has been asigned to fixtures each season in both divisions. Liscioon.—Řeuter.

There would be no real loss of prestige in relegation. Wits corresponding promotion and relegation from and to the Third Division, there would be a. widening of interest because of the bach season's x- novel features in. tures.

GAVIA BROTHERS TO

INVADE JAVA-

Tour After National Championships

Leonardo Gavin, national champion who lost his All-Comers title laat February, and his younger brother, Juanito, will show their wares in Javá this summer. The Gavias have ac. cepted_the_invitation of the Javn Lawn Tennis Association to play a series of exhibition matches there, being

A trip to Mindanao is also planned by P. I. Lawn Tennis officials for the two Gavins.

Meanwhile, the 1936 national tennis championship is scheduled to get

FAVOURITE LAME

London, March 24. The Lincolnshire candidate which has been heavily backed, Screamer, is reported to be lame in the shoulder and could not be exercised to-day, but he will probably be running to- morrow. Reuter.

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AREA ATHLETICS

First Six Events Of Three-Day Meeting.

H.K.S.R.A. LEAD

That was a revolutionary scheme. It was typical of Herbert Chapman to be in advance of his contem- poraries, He was a football pioneer. So far the clubs of the Lengue have not been able to bring themselves to accept the moderato proposal ad- vanced every year by Mr. Bendle Moore, of Derby County, for four clubs to go down from the First Divi- sion, four to come up and go down from the Second Division, and two promotions from each section of the Third Division,

Strangely enough, some "Second Division clubs look askance at this achome because, of the increased

underway next month at the Rizal | The first six events of the three-day Memorial Stadium. Local players Hongkong Ared athletic meeting were arc fast getting in trim for efinished-yesterday afternoon on the chance of descent to the Third Divi- tournament. Leonardo Gavia, tho Polo Ground, at Kowloon. At defending champion, will try to retain crid of the day the Hongkong and his title this year, thereby clinging to

sion, the

.There is no doubt in my mind that

the No. 1 position in the local tennisgapore Royal Artillery were lead-something will have to be done be ranking list.

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R.W.F.

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The tournament will be the important event in the P. 1. L. T. A. schedule this season. The national ranking will be based on the showing of the players in the tournament. Juanito Gavia, who has made a credit ablo showing this season, may rank among the first five players of the Philippines this year.

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