1938-02-25 — Page 20

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY

25, 1938.

ANNUAL RACING CARNIVAL CONCLUDES TO-MORROW

SILKYLIGHT BY

FAR THE

THE BEST PONY OF MEET

WINS TRIPLE CROWN FOR "CIRE” STABLE

(ny "Captain Foster")

The Annual Race Meeting of the Hongkong Jockey Club will terminato to-morrow at Happy Valloy. Race-goers are re- minded that the first saddling bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m., instead of the usual cleven o'clock.

An attractive programme of nine races, including four handi- cap events, will be presented to punters and chief interest will be centred on the two main events, the Subscription Griffins Chara- pions and the Australian Ponies' Champions.

The

A

headdres

Itself

15

made strong contingent of children will be turning out to-morrow and although they are permitted in

either enclosure, they

be

will only

company

of

Dimitted den the of their

Attention parents. the public in.drawn that no amabs will be allowed. Kiddies are re- that there are several minded kickers among this year's bunch of Australian und China ponies and the Stewards of the Hongkong Jockey Club will not be responsible for any accidents,

Mr. Clerk of the Weather Was very kind with the result that the going was getting faster after every event and this can be well gauged by the running of Louis XIV in the Sports Club Cup and Hongkong Stakes, the sub-griffins covering 1% miles in 3.14.2/5 and the last half- a-mile was negotiated in 1.01.2/5. The Ladies' Purse was won by Mr. Du Tong-sen's Polentate with Mr. C. Encarnacao up in 1.40.2/5, the time being one three-dfths seconds slower than the track record held by Soldier of Brlain. The Grins Consolation Stakes over a mile was won by Jober in 2.01.475 which was undoubtedly a grand show consider- fact that all the winners ing the werd barred.

the

in

GRIFFINS SPRING

HANDICAP

Sir Victor Sassoon May Carry It Off

The

have

weights for the Griffins for Spring Handicap over a mile. non-winning grifing have not yet been announced and I cannot there- fore discuss the prospects of any ponies. The conditions of this race are for Derby ponies that started at least twice and have not won, and it seems strange to say that all the candidates belonging to Sir Victor Sassoon will be allotted with weights to show their prowess. Sir but

Victor had four nominations, after a trial before the meeting and Harmony Eve pulled up lume the luck of the other three, namely, Half-Moon Eve, Handleap Eve and Kumdrum Eve was dead out. While on the subject, Sir Victor Sassoon,

who was

present at the Carnival,

had the pleasure of leading in only one winner, Honeymoon Eve, in the Gymkhann Stakes and it is to be hoped that he will have more luck to-morrow with his long string of ponies. Among

FIRST LEG OF DAILY DOUBLE

FALL OF A CHAMPION.-After leading nearly all the way, Mr. L. Dunbar's hitherto Invincible Liberly Bay - here seen, beaten by a length in the Hongkong Champions on Wednesday by Mr. Eric Moller's Silkylight, which won the "triple crown" by annexing the Maiden Stakes, the Derby and the Champlons (Photo: Mer Cheung).

Corinthians' Success Due Chiefly

Islington Corinthians' Programme To-day

The following is the pro- gramme for the Islington Corinthians to-day:

Leave Hotel at 8.45 a.m. for tour and sight seeing round New Territories including the Jubilee Reservoir. At noon. tiffin at Royal Hongkong Golf

Club.

1.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. golf at Royal Hongkong Golf Club.

Evening free.

RETURN TO

THOUGHTS CRICKET FIELD ONCE AGAIN

TENNIS THRILLS

IN MANILA

To Team

Spirit

Mr. Tom Smith Explains How Tour Came About

(By "Abo")

WHILE describing how the present tour of the Islington

Corinthians came about at the dinner given to the visitors

by the Hongkong Football Association at the Hongkong Hotel last evening, Mr. Tom Smith, manager of the team, explained the success of the side in one word-co-operation.

Volunteers Play Three Japanese Defeats "I HAVE always held and will als

Games In Race Week

(By "R. Abbit")

Having all failed to make our fortune at this racing game, I suppose we can come back to cricket with a pleasant feeling of relief. But there were quite lot of people who preferred cricket to ponies and three excellent games were the result of the Volunteers' enthusiasm.

The first game took place at the the list of non-K.K.C. on Monday where the Home winning grins, the best left is side run up a total of 120 for Half-Moon Eve and Lancashire Lass wickets before declaring. As a matter and a good ruce between these two of fact they were to a certain extent indebted to bad catching as Ander- is assured.

son was dropped in the gully when about 20 and again in the deep at chances, alty. Apart from these however, he played an excellent in- nings. Pereira (16-2-57-4) bowled quite

well but the K.C.C. batting was more or less on top. Barrow made

magnificent entch handed at square leg to dismiss Whitmarsh, who is a member K.C.C. by the way, while later he threw down Broadbridge's

wicket with the delicacy of a dart-thrower putting in an Initial double-br 50 my informant said.

Flemington Stakes For Australians

a

one-

of

BRILLIANT SILKYLIGHT The outstanding feature of Annual Carnival was the brilliant performance of Silkylight, China pony owned by Mr. Eric Moller of Shanghai, who annexed the "triple crown, namely, the Malden Stakes, the Hongkong Derby and the Cham- plon Stakes. The success was

measure due to the fine certain handling of the pony by the owner'a son, Mr. R. B. Moller, who rode a

race on the winner in the 1937. It is a fast sprint from the tank for it. Most of the rest had clever

Staken to beat the in- 1 mile post and we should see a bowled by a long hop and the tail Champion

tussle between Derby Day. completely falled to wag. Souza (93 vincible Liberty Buy by a length good

Ranger. exciting

Violet Queen and Zodiac. not out) played excellently and Neve after

of the most one finishes ever witnessed at the Race The draw for the position means a was good after a shaky start. LCC an off day with the ball but Course. It must have thrilled every lot but Ranger is not a quick mover had

(18-2-74-0) it Lloyd

quite Was regular follower of the turf, for the at the release of the tape and

might well have grim battle for the highest honours looks therefore a good thing for useful. Anderson of the season started at the distance Derby Day. I am afraid that the gone on earlier.

thereabouts and it did not youngsters of this season will have post

no say, but be careful with Mac- quarie River who is a fast merchant over this Jount.

The first leg of the "Daily Double" Is on the Flemington Plate over a short distance for Australian ponies, griffing of this meeting that have started and have not won, and also The Volunteers only just managed save the game,-and-they-had pontes of any season that have not to

more in stakes at Neve and even more G. Souza to won $1,000 or Race Meetings since January

1.

a bad day. Owen Hughes

Was

end until the bearen "W.P." reached. I was great treat to see Slikylight being led to the dismount- ing enclosure by Mr. Eric Moller who was on the oft side while Misz Nancy Moller was on the near and they were followed by the trainer and the Russian riding boy. The happy family must have been tickied to death over the win and I am sure that the great old timer Mr. Moller will never forget the ovation accorded to Silkylight.

E.

Mr. L. Dunbar's Liberty Bay suf- fered his first defeat after a brilliant racing career dating back to 1933 and it is interesting to relate that

GOOD FIELD EXPECTED

Louis XIV Should Win Easily

The Professional Cup and Sub- scription Griffins' Champlons

over

the pony has scored two dozen casy | 11⁄2 miles will draw a good field, but wins before he met his Waterloo. Liberty Bay has had a sequence of hla four consecutive champions to credit from 1933 to 1930, but

the #reat warrior was not seen in ac- tion during the whole of fast year on account of "dotty" and it seems to me that tho "lay off" certain measure responsible for his failure.

we have not

very far to look for the winner. On his per- formances, Louis XIV, the property of jockey owner Mr. S. W. Tang. will have an easy passage in the main classic event, but Desert Star. Final Triumpli, Piet Hein, Salvage Was Master and Smiling Thru will no doubt give him a good run for the money. The Professionel Cup is to Congratulations are due to Mr. Eu be won two years in succession or three years in all by poules the bean Tong-sen in capturing the racing trophies, namely, the Lusl-fide properly of the same owner or owners, and although fast season'a tano Cup, the Royal Navy Cup, the

(Gordito) was from the American Club and the Governor's winner Cup and this record is hard to beat. atable Gordos, I cannot advocate the of their nomination Bor-

most

claims

wns

Norwich Defeats Chesterfield

London, Feb. 24.

In the Second Division of the English Football League. Norwich, at home, defeated Chesterfield by two goals to one to-day-Neuter.

Badminton

AU DIDN'T LOSE HIS FIXTURE

Beat Anderson In Singles

(By "Abo")

Young Filipino

Amado

ways hold that eleven players, playing football together as a team,

cloven. will always triumph over individuals no matter how clever the latter arc," said Mr. Smith. And -Smith knows football and know

Mr.

Are

Manila, Feb. 21. T. Matsumoto, visiting No. 2 play- what he was talicing about.

words should be a lesson to cr of Japan, defeated Sanchez, the Philippines' No. 2 rank those local players who are always ing ace, in three straight sets, 6-4, trying to be too clever and seldom 0-1 and 8-8, in the Philippine inter-seem to remember that there are ten

Corinthians "The Islington afternoon at the Rizal Memorial

playing better now than they have national semi-final match yesterday other players on their side. Tennis Stodlum.

ever done in the present tour, They Matsumoto's steady backhand and are one unit when they are on the and this accounts for their cool game throughout forced youth-feld, ful Amado to err consistently and present run of successes.

"In my opinion, they are playing defeat himself. His adeptness in picking up many short chops and better football now than any other team I have seen in my driving them to the baseline also amateur greatly aided in beating the P. 1. life," added Mr. Smith.

South China A.A. and the United stylist player.

Services, the two sides the Islington have benten in Hong-

of

the first set

A "Joke” Becomes True Ho

TOW a suggestion which he took

"Pat" Clark

He has four fears.

IN the course of his speech last

Amado's only weapon against the Corinthians

therefore take heart. to visit the country again, a hearty. Japanese was his beautiful forehand kong. can driving which caught Matsumoto Our visitors' play at the moment re- welcome awaited them.

Well done, Islington Corinthians! flat-footed many times. In winning presents the highest standard of am- Amado scored onateur football in England, and it is several games,

H.K.F.A. Thanked sizzling forehand drives to the beseno disgrace to be beaten by such

a side. line, one after another. The last game in

evening, Mr. Smith said the Corin- brought about the first excitement the match. With Matsumoto

thians were now in Hongkong as the leading, 5-4, Amado made a deter-

quests of the South Chinn A.A. and mined effort to tie the count and

for a huge joke at the time has not the H.K.F.A. because 11 was led, 40-15, on Mutsumoto's service.

now become true was revealed by originally due to the Chinese that they

Smith In the. course of Maisumoto deuced the game on two Mr.

his had started on their tour, to nice-aldeline_placements and forced

speech.

ciprocate the visit paid them In twice on baseline When the Chinese Olympic foot- London by Lee Wal-tong and Co. Amado to orr

ballers were in London, they were Nevertheless, on behalf of the players drives to win game and set, 6-4.

Maisumotu allowed Amado only entertained by the Islington Corine thanked the Association for so

In the second set.thians, and the Chinese were Afth game

so kindly joining with the Chinese to Amado looked bad with his back | grateful for the hospitality extended make their stay in the Colony such hund. He time and time again hit to them that Mr. Wong Kn-tsun, the

a pleasant one. Mr. manager of the side, sali to the ball into the net.

Smith, "Why not come to Hongkong. to play us?"

the

LONG TWELFTH GAME

Clark's Four Fears

row

In the third set, Matsumoto cums

Mr. Smith and everyone else who In spite of being "razzed" almost from behind to tie the score at 4-all.heurd what Mr. Wong suld thought throughout his speech by members It was a see-saw affuir from then the latter was joking.

But Mr. of his own team, "Pat" Clark, the

further than that. He

to

THE SERVICES GAME The United Services on Tuesday

till the end. Matsumoto took the Wong Wha dcad serious and captain of the Islington Corinthiana, put up quite a strong side though

lead, 6-5, in the eleventh game and mentioned the matter again be proved to be quite a good alter- none of the Seaforths in camp were

had Amado on the verge of defeat forc the Chineze left London. dinner Impromptu speaker. playing. Ogle, Whitmarsh and Way-

Describing the twelth game when he led. in

his Introduction He went chope represented the Navy. As

Smith that it was Chinese football, he said that when usual the Services bowling was not that the winner of the singles the init

It has now been pointed out to me 40-30. Amndo deuced the game and

stayed deuced for no less thing convinced Mr. particularly strong and pretty con-

Hongtrong but to ake it round the he went to see the match much with sistent scoring enabled the Volun- the Colony Badminton Championship seven times. A frenis shot that hit possible not only to bring a team to the Chinese team played in London, teers to run up a total of 202 for 5, at Talkoo R.C. last evening was the net first before dropping, with world, and suggested that the Ising the same idea as if he was going to and out bouncing, gave Amade the ad-ton Corinthians should do what the watch a circus show. But when with Souza again top scorer with 47Au, of the Chinese Y.M.C.A. not out. Nor was the bowling of not J. L. Anderson, of the Free vantage and finally he won the game Chinese Olymple team did when it Lee Wai-tong led his men out to the

on a backhand error of Matsumoto's went to Berlin in 1938.

field, his ideas changed very quickly the Volunteers very much better and Lances.

to even the count, 6-all.

The idea was to write to various and he could say with complete The fans who were about to leave clubs on the route which they in-houesty that he admired their foot- came back to their seats at this tended to take and ascertain their ball very much then. In one of the other two matches juncture and were treated to an- reactions to the scheme. It was then Frankly, however, he thought that in the programme, H. A. Alves and other corking game. Matsumto led. that Mr. Smith discovered that the the Chinese team which played them H. A. Barros had little difficulty in 40-30, on his service, but Amado proposition was not as frivolous as Inst Saturday did not come up to disposing of P. Y. Lo und J. Teang scored on a nice baseline, drive to he had thought it was. As a matter expectations. After their exhibition in the doubles. The Recreio players deuce the game. After this game of fact, after

Elving the matter in London, he expected the Chinese were too consistent for their oppo- was deuced six times, Matsumoto more mature thought, he found it a nents, winning by 15-3, 15-5,

Murray and Godby both got half-

has been reported. Au won in two straight games by scores of 15-2, 15-5.

George Souza

An Interport bat in the making

The youthful pair of Peter Wilson Anally won on a nice sideline place-scaleure and Norman Smith fully extended smashing an easy lob. Matsumoto Objections Everywhere pox: (2) Typhoons; (3) Japanese;

S.W. Clark and A. L. Fisher,

The amended scores ure:

Men's Singles C. Au beat J. L.

Anderson 15-2, 15-5.

Men's Doubles. A. Alves and H. A. Barros beat P. Y. Lo and J.

ment and on Amado's error in

took the fourteenth game casy

to

Win the set und match.

Trang 15-3, 15-5; S. W. Clark and A. St. Andrew's Hockey

L. Fisher beat P. Wilson and N. Smith 15-10, 15-13.

forward.

to pull his head up when playing

For the Volunteers McKenzie

bowled very well

1-33-0) They

(8-

Team Announced

JEVERTHELESS it was not a question of just getting a team and reserves together and set sail. All sorts of "arrangements had first

to be made before the lour could be

to put up a better show.

Amidst considerable laughter, he described the team's fears (1) Small- and (4) the forthcoming trip to. Manila by plane.

Loo Wai-tong's Disappointment

embarked upon, including obtainingALLED upon by the Chairman, the permission of the F.A.

Mr. J. Ralston, to say a few words, At first, the Islington Corintloan The following will represent St. could not obtain this permission. It Mr. Lee Wal-tong expressed, his dis- Andrew's in the Brown Cup Match was held that such an ambitious appointment over his inability against the CBS. "" to-morrow at scheme as Mr. Smith had described against the visitors in Hongkong. He

3 p.m. on the C.B.A. ground.

to

play

In addition, Mr. Eu Tong-en's Joc- rachito to turn the tables on Louis koy, Mr. C. Encarnacso had the pleasure to pilot Potentate to victory XIV. In 1936 Mr. Eu Tong-sch won centuries though Weedon and Ogle in the Ladies Purse while Mr. S. L. the clale with Rose Evolyn, but I did not meet with success.

I am afraid thint his candidate Smiling had not time however to get the should have gone on carller. Baker v. Churn. Y. Ho, M. Reza, S. Roberts | get beaten everywhere they went. them on his own soil. Fale, however, Yuen gradunted from the novice Thru is not capable of duplicating runs, and probably a draw was the class on Rob Roy in the Jockey Cup the success. Thila benutiful Cup, fairent result.

beautiful silver trophy (valued $100.) which he is proud Presented by the members of the Law Society, has not been won out- right since 1922.

with

а

to possess.

OPENING EVENT

Second Leg Of Daily Double

In

VOLUNTEERS LOSE

the F.A. was impossible, and sold that ever since he met the J. Hall, E. Chang, J. Broadbridge, furthermore it was not desirable the Islington Corinthians in London, he and P. Lawson, M. Vesooni, B. Greaves, a team of English footballers should had hoped that one day he would meet and Swain for the Club were good and Dr-fall.

And also there was the probability had decreed otherwise. Nobody was though I am told the

Intter's

that the tour would end in failure more sorry than he was. Still, he Battered him

and the F.A. would then have to bear was thankful that their visit to the Agures (18.5-3-38-8) attle.

for the sake of the Navy second a the responsibility of getting the Colony had given him a chance to TO.MORROW'S MATCHES good team will be avaliable when pinyers back to England. Eventual return the courtesy and hospitality On Wednesday the cricket was not }

the postponed University match Isly, however, Mr. Smith convinced extended to him and his team-mates of such high standard and quite a There is not a vast amount

of played on March 12. Other teams them, and permission was obtained when they were in London in 1030. It was a neat little speech. Mr. Lee to-morrow and with three in the First division, K,O.C., wenk Club side beat the Volunteers cricket

the in spite of the objections of the low

scema almost as good a speech- all in the Junior Divi- | Army, corinit match, Nove exceptions,

and Cralgengower are not Press in the country,

maker as he is a footballeri scored 44 for the Club out of their sion, all the games are non-lesque playing.. total of 120 but he was dropped ones. In the First Division the In the Junior division the Civil It was admittedly a pioneer effort. three times, twice by Owen Hughes Hongkong Club are at home to the Service are at home to the Indian but the tour so far has been a very who acldomi puts one on the carpet. Indian Recreation Club and as tho Recreation Club, but unicas their successful one and may prove to be However, ho made amends" by an | Civil Service have no game they batting stiffens again I very much the forerunner of visits to the East enjoyable one, and the after- excellent catch later, Only four of have strengthened their team with doubt if they will be good enough of representative English amateur dinner proceedings were enlivened the Volunteers get doublo Ogures F. Baker and D. McLellan. None to win unless the LRC. have one teams officially sponsored by the by contributions to the entertain- and they were all out for 91 runs of the Pearces are playing. At of their celebrated collapses. The English Football Association.

ment by members of the visiting Sourn Rot 16 but his batting was in King's Park the Navy have a friend-K.CC. have a non-lengue game at After their matches in Catro, the team. Sherwood. Tom Smith, complete contrast to his two previ-ly against Recreio and I rather think home against the Sappers, while Egyptian Football Association cabled Len Bradbury, Sunny" Avery, ous displays. However, I am told they will win if they can turn out Recreto take on the H.K.C.C. in back to England to the effect that "rock"! McKelvle, "Pat". Clark.. Eddie The Phaethon Handicap for D and by a well-known cricketer that he a full side, but with the "Cumber start. At the time of writing I have i E classes of China ponies has nt-[has the making of a good "Interport | land" away and the "Suffolk | league game at King' Park. The they, bad, been extremely satisfed Martin, Dick Tarrant and Charles

in other league game is between with the fallington Corinthians and Carter (Hon not a list of the draw but my selcetracted 26 entries over

Secretary of the don't quite know what the University and Army "A" at Poles with the brand of noccer they played, I.K.F.A.) all provided their quola course but with experience, but he wants|port !

·tions will appear on Saturday.--

a bit of coaching, as he is a bit apt answer is sincerely hope that fulem.

lime they

whined of fun,

Milo Race For

Non-Winnors

The opening event for to-morrow is the Nil Denperandum Stakes over a mile for non-winning China sub- griffins of this Club of this meeting that have storied at least twice, and tho. Siewards will determine by lot in which nection the penics

will

Good Entries For Phaethon H'cap

́(Continued on Page (9.)

| and-that-It-at-any

Enjoyablo Evening

HE function was thoroughly

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