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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1936.

FAVOURITES' UP & DOWN FORM LAST SATURDAY

SEVERAL TIMES BEATEN

BY HEAVY GOING

THREE JOCKEYS SCORE

SUCCESSES

AND THE "TELEGRAPH" TIPS FIVE WINNERS

(By "Captain Foster")

The heavy downpour was mainly responsible for the poor attendance of race-goers at the Fifth Extra Meeting held at the Valley last Saturday under the auspices of the Hongkong Jockey Club, but the racing was of very high standard with several exciting and close finishes, and the judicious allotment of weights gave the judges some an- xious times. The salient features of the meeting were the creditable performance of Royal Scot, under the able guidance of Mr. Dietz in the opening event for "A" class China Ponies, and the easy win of Strathroy, ably ridden by. Mr. Black in the main contest, the Brisbane Spring Handicap.

,

two

Mr. Raymond Pih, potential cham- ion jockey for 1936, annexed races for the stable "Why, and Mr. "Pinky" Botelho followed suit with two successive wins for Mr. Gray- burn, while Mr. Dietz was in great form to pilot Royal Scot and Centre Court to victory. Messin, Black and

and Mr. C. F. Chuf broke his "uck"

RED HOT FAVOURITE FAILS

Double Chance

Disappoints

Double Chance was made a red hot favourite In the "pari" and also in

the second leg of the double in the the pony inished nowhere. It was the biggest Pei-to Handicap but feld of the meeting and when the Telegraph Board went up, punters made a beeline for Double Chance's counter as if it were a sure thing. tickets for a win while for a place He was backed to the tune of 493

which ቴኒ there were 497 chances, heavy in clew of the poor attendance. I said in my notes that this racer was most unreliable, and a pony who has to make use of houd or blinkers: must.

However, be under muspicion. there were 16 runters

bul of their entries and after a few minutes

Polts released waltzing, Mr.

who hus no

of

the

7 am not trying to build a castle in the air, but I do say that Royal Scot will be a different animal after the recess and it will not surprise me in the least to see her winning the W barrier, M, Proulx, Autumn champion with the samequal for a start, took Belmont Star to the fore, and Festivni Eve, Balios, pilot, ol-course.

PONY TO WATCH

Hopscotch and the rest of the field followed in the rear. Dallos carrying

As was anticipated, Humber had to tp Kui-ying each had a riding humculty in winning the Narling on his own nag Mayflower. Mr. Leo Itandleup and the running of Cassius Frost was present for the first time to a second place came as no surprise. after his operation, and was a keen Punters will do well to remember that if latter had a couple of good spectator.

placing at the Annual Meeting this little nag, measuring only 13.1., should not be lett wicked when the going is muddy.

The favourites hid their own way up to the fourth race, but after that, they went under in a steady stream, owing to the heavy state of the going, and the best dividend of the day was of the daily paid in the second double event, the Pel-ho Handicap Second Seellon for "D" class China

of Ponies. The temperature successful puntern was high when it was known that the combination of Ythan/Stopwatch paid $101.90, while Stopwatch

returned $32.90 for n win.

The

A

I wonder whether readers of the -Telegraph have noticed that the

writer

ter nominated five winners-name- ly, Humber; Strathroy, Centre Court. Stopwatch and King's Fancy? Al- though my nomination (Soldier of Britain, Royal Scot and Gladiator) uld not come up in the opening event, it should be remembered that i tipped Soldler of Britain to win on a firm going, and had I known that the course would be on the reverse, Royal Scot would have been my vote.

ROYAL SCOT HITS BEST FORM

And Silences Critics

Royal Scot did not get a good start in the Shing Mun Handicap for "A" class Chinn Ponies, and going up the

Ribble's First Win Of Season

and

"PINKY" BOTELHO

SCORES

Philanderer,

11 ibs. overweight was prominent t the three furlongs post and he was

Hopscotch, leading Sivandale, West Parade and Stop- watch to the straight. But Balios was a dead horse before the distance post and so was Hopscotch,

The pace was too hot and after a keen tussle, Stopwatch won by half- -length and the Saine margin separated West Parade and Sylvan- dale. I never expected West Parade to be in the limelight, considering that she only returned to the course during the Enster Meeting, and Sylvandale who paid $25.30 for a place came as a surprise. I hnd an eye on him for a sprint race he should be watched.

and

ROSE-ANN LEFT AT POST

Mr. "Pinky" Botelho cut the ice in the West River Handicap for "C" registeringt class China Ponies by Rbble's first win of the season after 0 ding-dong race from the distance port, and the combination pald $11 Nibble of 658 backers. to the delight it may interest one to know, started his racing career in 1934 and won two races for Messrs. Mackie and Gray- class

burn.

And Contre Court Wins Race

In the subsequent event for "B" Australian Ponies, Rose-Ann

In the following year he had was left at lic post but the official a-couple of wins and lie scored his starter was not responsible in any Afth success last Saturday. With the way-Everybody knows that Rose-

gate. by Ann doesn't like the exception of

when piloted by win

Contrary pat, it is worth

to the expectation, Snowy Needa last year, it is

she River answered the "Bugle Call" to nating that in all other cases she fall in, but, the burden of topweight was ridden by Mr. Botelho and it will too much and furthermore she be recalled that the combination pre- was 100, not track. It was no doubt

Mr.

sented to Mr. Grayburn the St.

the best race of the afternoon and

Andrew's Cup last November. I there were six ponies fighting the no exaggeration to say that the pony will not run so well with any other issue out from the mile past.

Ranger took the lead from the word and Violet Jackey and I presume Ribble Ilkes

"go

with Goldsmith Pinky's" long legs.

Queen following the pace; and there Flybynight who was second rance

was no change in the order of run- better than I expected and Harvesting as the steeds passed the famous View failed to strike his usual form.

Black Rock, Oak Buy was leading THRILLING the pack with Gladiator and Soldier of Britain following the pace. There was no change before the bend, but, Royal Scot moved up within striking distance of the leader, and in the home run she came on the outside berth to pass all her competitors

RACE quarter post was reached.

The

Ythan Takes First Leg Of Double

rock. At this juncture Centre Court was in the sixth position and Holeyon displaced Ranger before the last

swerved out a bit coming" pack round the bend and Mr. Dietz on.

opening as Centre Court seized the

de- a gove quick as lightning. This cided advantage to Centre Court and she passed the wire a length in front of the field. Goldsmith (second)

Was

not

We have no Larwood this year, laments "Watchman" in a special cricket article dealing with English propects in an adjoining column, Here is a new picture of the famous erstwhile English Tost fast bowler.

MISS PAM BARTON WAS

FIRST COACHED BY

HONGKONG PROFESSIONAL

MR. HITCHENS HELPED TO TRAIN BRITISH GOLF CHAMPION

Hongkong has a very distinct

Our Daily Golf Hint

LOOKING AT ENGLISH CRICKET

PROSPECTS NOT TOO ROSY

HAVE NO LARWOOD FOR AUSTRALIA

(By "Watchman.")

No game in the work is more widely discussed than cricket. The renkon, perhaps, la that at one time or other all of us have attempted 10 hit Name kind of a ball with some kind of n bat, if only on a garden lawn. And even those who are not deeply learned in the rules have

working knowledge of its principles which Kipling, although no lover of cricket himself, was able to define as "casting a ball at three straight sticks and defending the same with a fourth." So It has happened that when fey blasts have made even net practice an desirable, the game has been viewed in theory from many angles.

Most people who frequent county grounds seem to believe that Eng land's batting gives no call for worry, so far as it can be regarded as an efficient run-manufacturing machine, but that the bowling has many blen ishes. The faith in the batting ap parently arises from the fact that last Benson a large number of men of all ages, were able to make bly acores in with consistency. There was, short, nood level standard of ability. But a little scrutiny, reveals sundry spots on the fair surface

Mr. W. E. F. Hitchens, who, as a special article in another column ra- intoa, was the first professional to coach Mla "Pam Barton" the new English golf champion. Mr. Hitchens is the Royal Hongkong Golf Club professional at Fanling.

SHANGHAI CRICKET BEGINS

President's XI

Wins

NOT ANOTHER HOBBS YET It would perhaps be hypercritical to point out that no one is within a long distance of proving himself a

The opening cricket match of the worthy successor to Hobbs. Players of quality are not born every

season between the President's XI generation. But there is reason for

the Vice-President's XI of the unrest because of the wide gulf seen and between certain men who should be Shanghai Cricket Club was enjoyed past their prime and the younger men by players and spectators alike.

who should by now be fit to fill their

places, or at least to stand out in

Although Brig.-Gen. E, D. Mac- serious rivalry. A case in point can naghten led his side to victory, the be found in the Middlesex team. J.

The Vice-

II. Human has been hailed with good issue was in doubt for sometime. E. C. reason as one of the best batsmen Baker proved a thorn in the side of produced in recent years. He has the Vice-President's team. He curri- been included in teams selected to represent England abroad, and much his bat for 47 not out. has been said of his fine, free method. But when we look back a few months we find that Hendren, a man double his age, often badly handicapped by an injured leg, was capable of gather ing for his county inst season 1,649 runs in thirty-eight innings, whereas Human's aggregate for forty innings Was only 805. Hendren's scores, moreover, were not the result of stodgy, average-seeking methods.

It can, of course, be said that since. Human is only twenty-four years of age there is still time for much to come into his cricket. But it is oqually true to say that at the age of forty-six much must have gone out of Hendren's batting.

R. ABBIT INDISPOSED

CRICKET REVIEW WILL BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK

Owing to the unfortunate in- disposition of the Telegraph's popular cricket commentator, R. Abbit, the usual weekly notes cannot appear today, but it is hoped that he will be able to con- tinue his review of Colony clubs and the recent league season next week.

NKT

This case does not stand alone by any means. Kent supplies another with R. II. Valentine, regarded as new England player, now twenty-eight years of age, who is still completely President made more runs than the avershadowed by Woolley, a veteran President but the latter-got-on even. within a few weeks of his forty-ninth terras when he held a hard catch to birthday. It would not be difficult to dismiss Barson. Both wok one wic- add to a somewhat melancholy list. ket

There is no necessity to be a gloomy.

eyed pessimist to see that the general

VICE-PRESIDENT'S XI'

tendency is for the form of the county N. L. Sparke, b Baker .................. teams to get lewer with each suc, H. Anstice, b. Macnaghten eceding generation. Those with mem

ories do not need rose-coloured spec. A. J. Barson, e Macnaghten, b

Lectele

and happy link with Mistacles to believe that Tom Hayward "Pam" Barton, who yesterday won the British women's open golf championship at Southport for the first time in her short, but brilliant career. It was Mr. E. Hitchins, the Royal Hong- kong Golf Club professional, who coached Miss Barton when she was a school-girl and gave her her first handicap.

was a finer batsman than Sandham W. C. G. Clifford, b Stokes who succeeded him as an opening A. C. Sinclair, b Stokes batsman for Surrey, and that Band T. A. T. Begg, h Leckie hara at his best was a superior player Maj. W. H. Clarke, e Coward, b to anyone who could be called upon Leckle now to take his place. And where

Over, the telephone this morning

before the mile post was reached. As predicted, there was a good race secured a verdict of short head over Royal Scot not only went ahead to in the first leg of the daily double, Halcyon who was lucky to nose out Mr. Hitchens heard of his former win comfortably by two clear lengths Pel-ho Handienp (First Section) over Night Star for the third position. pupil's success with great delight.

She has fulfilled every premise, he but got the official handicapper beat. a mile and Mr. Grayburn's Ythan Just The same margin of defeat separated What I liked about the grey mare managed, after a thrilling inish, to Ranger und Violet Queen. It was a was that there was a perfect rhythm nose out Plain View, who in turn beat close infsh and the best of the Meet-nald. When he first had the task of ing talents, Mr. Hitchens' was con between the pony and her jockey Mr. Seventeenth of September by a head. Ing. I was gind that Centre Court assisting her to develop obvious golf- Dietz, and the combination will be It was Ythan's second win of his won the race and that I

fident that she would one day become famour. hard to beat in the St. Leger to be racing career with the same jockey wrong in my prediction. run in November. After all the con- Mr. Botelho and it was a

remarkable troversial arguments about Royal performance owing to the fact that he Seot not being an "A" class pony, was conceding 23 lbs. to Platn one is forced to recognise the just on a muddy going. Gold Coin went Acation of cinseltying her in the "A" well to anish fourth, but, standard. This charger certainly i

with 145 lbs, was a big disappoint- showed us the difference between the ment and Daylight Eve will no doubt senle for inches and handleap form, give a better display in his next out- and the manner in which she annexed ing. Night View was turning round the opening event seemed to suggest when the tape shot up and I do not that she was next to Liberty Bay in think that it is necessary to give an 'the' ranking Ust.

account of his running.

"ARM-CHAIR" WIN

FOR STRATHROY

Viev

Mayflower Upsets The Punters

When she and her sister, Mervin, first handled golf clubs it was under tho dircation of their father. Luter they wero put in the care of Mr. Hitchens at the Richmond Park Golf Course.

Barton's

A

I cannot insist too firmlyshire, the now Hearne or Tarrant of G. B. Elliott, b Leckie that in playing a strake with an iron the bands must grasp the club firmly, and that the wrists must not be allowed to work loosely.--. H. Taylor.

"PAM" BARTON

•

CHAMPION

Wins British Golf Honours

London, May 21. Miss Pam Barton, the 18-year-old London golf genius, won the British Women's open golf championship at Southport to-day by one of the big gest margins on record when she beat Miss Bridgett Newell of Derbyshire in the final by 7 and G.

13

40

+2-007

is the now George Brown, of Hamp. C. Pullen, b Rogerson Middlesex, the new Russell of Essex? K. Foot, b Hegurly

W. H. Lydall, not out USELESS REPINING

extros Everyone knows that repining can- not win Test matches. But exagger ated optimism ne cost us dearly in the past. It is amusing to remember the complaisance with which we set out to meet the South Africans last

Fall of wickets:-1-15, 2-22, 3-51, year. A parade of ungalatable facts4-51; 5-102, 6-118, 7-113, 3-123, 0-131,

sometimes leads to hard thinking, and hard thinking to new endeavour and 10-131. reformation.

So far as English batting is con-

(Continued on Page 9.)

NEEDS OF CHINESE OLYMPIC TEAM

More Funds Wanted to Cover Expenses

Total

131

BOWLING

Q. M. R. W.

Brig-Gen. E. B. Mac-

näyhten ...

£1

1 31

0 23

H. Rogerson E. C. Baker L. F. Stakes J. B. H. Leekte E. P., Gowe.. J. T.' Hegarty

PRESIDENT'S XI Brig.-Gen, E. B. Macnaghten, b

Foot

H. A. Coward, e Foot, b Sparke J. F.. Stokes, st. Lydali, b Pullen Nanking, May 18.. J. D. H. Leckle, 1.b.w. Anstice...

GD

DISTINCTIVE STYLE Miss Pam

distinctive style, powerful hitting and generally impressive technique marked her as

Miss Barton, who has been consis a golfer of the future, and under Mr. Hitchens her skill developed so quickly tently scoring successes, was not con-

A financial compaign to raise more J, T. Hegarty, e Lydall, b Pullen' The greatest disappointment was

is thought necessary by the V. Simpson, e Sinclair, b Foot 20

P. Williams,

b Pullen seen in the last event, the Hwang Ho that before to handed her over to sidered good enough for the Engilsh Handicap when the third favourite Archie Compston for the final touches, Curtis Cup team against America a funds Mayflower put his nose just in these had secured a handicap and had few weeks ago. She played brilliant China Amateur Athletic Federation E. M. P. nicks of time to claim the first prize become eligible to take part in com- got through the championship, cul- for Uie China Delegation to the forth. C.. Baker, not out

minating in a flawless display in the coming World Olymple Games. Ac- E. P. Geere, b Foot fuat

cording to Mr. William Sung, hon. P. J. Hart, b Foot stake money and Boolat Bay turned petitions.

United Press adds that the result to the Federation, appropriations H. Rogerson, b Foot Her sister, though a good averago

have been received from the Govern Extras It was undoubtedly with much while the mare held the punters in the tables on his stablemate Fontiue

ment amounting to $170,000 in addi- regret that Able Amazon did not suspense for over a minute, she peter- Day by the same margin. It was a golfer, said Mr. Hitchens, had not was never in doubt.

BOTH WERE ERRATIC event, the ed out after passing the Black Rock, novice contest but luckily there was progreased, so well as he had hoped

llen to $10,000 from donations by pri- weigh out for the main Brisbane Spring Handicap and her Double Finesse should be watched in no accident despite the fact there and expected.

Under Mr. Hitchens guklance the A message from Router says that vate Individuals. Another sum of refusal owing to a ligament trouble her next outing. It may be interest were 13 runners and the track badly

girls improved their game suficientlyboth Miss Barton and Miss Newell $10,300 has been pledged by other In the off hind-leg will debar hering to know that the first three-cut up.

Pontiac Bay ridden by Mr. Wood to permit them to become Junior mem- from the Queensland Autumn cham-quarters of the distance were galloped plon. It is to be hoped that battle 1.22./0, and Double Finesse had was considered by the public as no bers of the Royal Mid-Surrey Golf wore erratic, the match over 38 holes But Miss Barton was more reliable Amazon and Strathroy will do battle a load of 185 lbs. to shoulder. At good and she would have paid hand-Club, and later they were admitted being played in a cold nor'easter

of the Priory after the recess and there is a feeling one time of the race be with post, is she warded out $13 and gave a good During the your in which they were in the sens, and was three up at the

18th with a score of 70 against 84. among the experts that the latter will ball gate and the half-mile post, she

Hitchens the girls wha many lengths ahead of the second account of herself with 188 lbs. on under Bir.

took part in Mr. Macgregor's racer won the pony Australian Boy, and It was long her back. The state of the going was secured a handicap

for Mayflower's success their

frat competitions. Pam" main contest as he liked. The jockey after the rock that she was caught, respons was Mr. C. Chiu's Arnt thanks to her powerful build, was Priory Golf Club teata, ects which had an "arm-chalr" ride and after It was her second appearance in and passing the finishing Kine, the public and she is from a good family Melal call to the judges. This young then driving 250 yards and had all the went on from success to success which difficulty was to pull' Kim up."\/\/

sired Jockey is very keen and It is to be earmarks of a champion in the mak- culminated yesterday in her remark

Achievemant by Double Court who also

against Mr. Pih tried runaway tactics on Centre Court and Derby Day-both hoped that he will score another win Ing. The sisters secured places in able „his own pony. Double. Finesse, änd¦ winners of this season.

the first and second strings of the Bridgett Newell. before the recess..

win,

and

Golf Club.

Miss.

yet received. This total, according to

et mentions and dividuals but not

Toini

173

O. M. R. W.

Fall of wickets:-1-7, 2-10, -3-13, the Federation, Is not sufficient for 4-80, 3-95, 6-05, 7-120, 8-133, 0-138, Une expenses of the Olymple team, 10-173.

BOWLING Six members for the Chinese boxing team, four men and two women, have been announced by the Federation as follows:

N. L... Sparke Men: Chang Wen-kwang Wen K. Foot

G. B. Elllott Ching-ming, Cheng Hual-halen, and . H. Anstice Chin Shih-sheng.

Girls: Chal Lien-wan and Fu A. C. Sinclair Shu-yun.-Central News.

J. C. Pullen

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