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THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

FRIDAY, OCTOBER

14, 1988.

Two-Day Race Meeting Great Success: Fast Runs Seen

Favourites Had Lean Time On Second Day Of Carnival

.... (By. "Captain Foster")

The Double Tonth Meeting under the auspices of the Hongkong Jockey Club held on Saturday and Monday at Happy Valley wai without any doubt a hage success from every pont of view.

The attendance on the first day! was pretty good, but on Monday the crowd was much bigger and this could be easily gauged by the sup port received by the cash sweep de- partment. In Use Inal race, the lucky ticket No. 1821 which drew Mr. Li Lon-Bang'a Scenic View in the Klangsi Handicap, received $3, 30% for an outlay of $2.

Once again the Double Tenth Plate

annexed was

by n non-Chinese owner and on this occasion it went] to the old stable Dynasty, owned by the chairman of the Club, Mr. T. E. Pearce. It was his first success with King's Warden in this race and the victory was due to a good start of which Needa took the full advantage, Mrs. Pearce won this event in 1934 with Trentbridge.

Stake Money Very Evenly Distributed

The rugby section of the Hongkong reparation for the forthcoming season.

RUGGER MATCHES AT HOME

The track was in excellent condi- tion and although no new records were established there were a few fant runs, especially in the Kwangsi class China Handicap for ponies. This event was won by Mrn. L. Dunbar's Red Feather, piloted by Peter Wei, from the 1% mile pust (about half mile 170 yards) in 1.07% and the scramble was faster by one three-fifths seconds than King's Warden's time for the Double

It is gratifying to note that the Tenu Plate over the name distance.

been well dis- Racing was of very high standard, stake money has but the two main events, the October tributed, no owner scoring a double, Kandicap and the Double, Tenth and it will be of interest Plate, were poor, for there were only that 30 stables have come in for the three starters for each race. low-spolis. The most successful owner over, all other events were keenly was Mr. Li Po-chun who has a win,

third contested with several good finishes three seconds and

The total value of the stakes amounts to and this spoke volumes for

the $1,450. Then comes handicapping.

and the owner of this stable is going Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Warwickshire to receive $1,200 collected by King's Derbyshire defeated"

to know

London, Oct. 13. East Midlands and Leicestershire had a very evenly-contested some lu and the the County Rugby championship at

Bedford to-day, the result being Dynasty draw of 13-13.

Centre Court Warden and King's Lead. Mr. L. by 13-9.

Starts The Ball Rolling

Dunbar has a win coupled with n The Police Union trounced Corn- second and a third, but the sum of wall to the tune of 22-9-Reuter, the stake-money comes to $075. It will bo observed that only

two- owners have collected over $1,000 than

a stayer. On Monday when and the rest are under this Agure. she weighed out for the Yunnan Hereunder I enumerate a list of the Handicap over aix furlongs,

Elizabeth successful stables:

favourite was made the Total and here was justification placed in 1st 2nd 3rd Stakes the mare for she, in spite of the

The favourites had a lean after- noon on Monday, the crash com- LiPo-chun mencing like a procession from the Dynasty second event and Centre Court, with L. Dunbar S. W. Tang in the saddic, started the Eu Tong-sen ball rolling with a dividend of

DI Mrs. Dunbar $295.20 for a win

in the Australian ponies. Cire This was followed by an explosion G.

G. Treverton

the Canberra Lan Handicap over the champion

Courso Marber for "A"

class

in the fifth

race when National V. M. Grayburn Guard, cleverly ridden by Wing-kwal captured

the

T. K. L.

ice John Peci ovent, the Foklen Plate, over a W. T. Stanton

$530 to the de-

the de- Flat staunch supporters. Young Bros. The jockey not only broke his

L. T. F.

light of 23 light

milo

mure and paid

#duck"

P.

but the pay-out was the the biggest of this season, the best last Antirry belag by Oak Bay who handed out La Po-chun & Son $431.30 for a a win in the June Handi-J, E. D.

cap. Young's success caused an Commodity

other sensation, for National Guard Keng Bros. was the frat leg of the daily double Hele

and there were alx backers who

Who Helenside

WILD Dr. S.

N. Chau

could not connect the second le M. H. T. One of these six "unfortunates" Oliver

selected Coronation Day while an- Wong Sin-ngau other picked Plain View. There Ellandce

were two tickets on Salvage Master, Mrs. J. HI. Toggari

who was benten by Gold Coin ang Why

one each on Valorous (third pony)

and Whalsey. The most interesting

feature of the gamble was that Gold Coln was made a hot favourite in

1 $1,450 Jand, won D3 she liked in

1,200 fashion. Considering the state of the

975

Was undoubtedly 975 Koing, the race

3

in easy

1

1

1

↑

*

+

1

fast and the journey was timed in 825 1.28% which was really good. The 823 brown mare is the property of Sir

750 Vandelcur Grayburn, who christened 730 her after his daughter and Mis! 500 Elizabeth Grayburn, who arrived 500 here a few days before the meeting, 500 was tickled and delighted to lead in 500 500her Elizabeth.

430

150 NATIONAL GUARD

RUGGERITES PREPARING FOR. SEASON

SHANGHAI INTERPORTERS

F.C. held their last practico iriat at Happy Valley on Wednesday In Here is one of the line-oats-Staff Photographer.

Selections To Beat

The

The Book

special "Telegraph" forecast of Home Football matches was again vory suc- cessful last week. Of the nino "certainties," cight turn- ed out to be correct; and of the five optional selections, four were correct,

The following are the selec

tions for to-morrow:

Special Home Selections

Newcastle West Brom.

Cardiff Bradford C. New Brighton

Aberdeen

Clyde

Hearts Rangers

Optional Home Sélections

Charlton

Queen's P.R. Oldham Stockport

490

4501

I

400

375

SURPRISES BIG

300

300

300

FIELD OF CRACKS AMERICA

275

OCTOBER HANDICAP

A TAME AFFAIR

PLEASED WITH THE

R. AND A.

Herman Is To Leave Hampshire

London, Sept. 30.

Herman, the Hampshire fast bow-

ler, as signed a contract to play

ARRIVE IN COLONY: BOWLERS, GOLFERS

Two Interport teams from Shanghai arrived in the Colony this morning. The lawn bowlers came by the Tsinan and the golfers by the Rajputana,

V.

The lawn bowlers who reached | Craigengower C. C. Hongkong to-day were H. Wallace, Sunday, Oct. 16-First Interport captain and manager of the team, J. at Kowloon Docks.

Monday, Oct. 17.-Shanghai M. C. Lopes. W. J. MacDermott and K. L. Swartzell. The other two mem- Kowloon F. C. bers of the team, J. W. Brierley and A. M. Gutierrez, have been here for a few days.

On their arrival, the Shanghai players were met by officials of the Hongkong Lawn Bowls Association, including Mr. A. Hyde-Lay (Preal- denty,

Mr. C. . Hosking (Hon. Secretary), and the Hongkong veral members of

team. The official programme of the team commences to-morrow with a match against the Cralgengower C.C., but it is more than likely that the visitors will be given a green for practles this afternoon.

་་

Tuesday, Oct. 18-Shanghai v Police R. C.

Wednesday, Oct. 10-Second In- terport at Civil Service.

Thursday, Oct. 20, Shanghai v. Kowloon C. C.

Friday,

Oct. 21-Shanghai

'.

Indian R. C.

Saturday, Oct. 22-Third Inter- port at Club do Recreio.

Sunday,

Oct. 23,--Shanghal V. Kowloon B. G. C.

Monday, Oct. 24. Shanghai. v. Hongkong F. C.

".

Tuesday. Oct. 23-Shanghal His Excellency the Governor's team.

Local offelals are anxious to give Wednesday, Oct. 20-Shanghai v

the Shanghai players as much prac Yacht Club and Kowloon Tong at

ice as possible before the First Inter-Kowloon Tong, port, which will be played at Kowloon Thursdand Hon

Docks on Sunday.

The programme is as follows:

THE PROGRAMME The following is the programme drawn up for the visitors:

Talkoo.

27.Shanghai v. and Hongkong Electric at

28.-Shanghal

Friday,

Oct. Association Rink.

V.

The Interport dinner will be held

arranged on Saturday, October

Saturday, Oct. 15-Shanghai v. 122 after the final interport.

Shanghai Golfers Now Practising At Fanling.

The Shonghol Interport golfers, G. ting at 9.15 a.m. and on the New

Course at 2 p.m.

for Rochdale, the Central Lancashire D. Nicholl, K. M. Cumming, D. R. League club, for the next two sea- Glass and J. K. P. Hadland, arrived the Rajputana and were Joined sons. Herman, who has played for by W. J. Hawkings and A. V. Pettitt, Hampshire since 1929, qualified from the other two members of the team. Oxford. He has taken 818 wickets

They were met by Col. E. D. Mal- for Hampshire, his best season being thews, Secretary of Royal Hongkong 1937, when he took 142 wickets and Golf Club, who took them out to scored 810 runs. Last season he did Fanling for a day's practice. the hat-trick against Glamorgan and

commences The Interport series the took more than 100 wickets for to-morrow. third year in succession. Earlier this week it. was announced that been made: Arnold, the Fulham footballer, was leaving Hampshire.

The following arrangements have Singles (six-a-side) will be played on the Old Course on Saturday start

EDRICH OUT FIRST

FAMILY MATCH

London, Sept. 14.

A thousand villagers gasped in astonishment at Blofeld (Nor- folk) yesterday when William John Edrich, England Test cricketer, was out first ball.

They braved an incessant drizzle to see the hero of Norfolk cricket lead on to the pitch an eleven composed entirely of members of his family.

of

Blofield la the home

the Edrichen, and this mulch was against

ди

eleven skippered by Michael Latest Call-

Falcon, Norfolk's captain.

CAUGHT FOR NOUGHT Falcon's eleven had declared at 132 for 2 in order that the drenched

spectators might see Edrich bat.

Hearty cheers greeted him as he went out to the crease with his

After a sequence of four unplaced 225 outings National Guard, with Young 225 Wing-kwal up, presented his creden- 225 tial to the two judges and the pony 200 came home first in the Foklen Plate 200 for "E" class China ponies and sub- season. It was an 150 sins of this

amazing feat, for there were several

London, Sept. 30. good uns in the field such as Dark: The decision of the Royal and Hazard, Double Chance, Easy Time, Ancient Golf Club to follow Ameri- Wenning and Yum Sing and, being ca's example by limiting the num a novice event, come allowance must ber of clabs a player may carry to the part-muluel department, but

be given. Dark Hazard unscaled 14, has been great with enthusiasm none of these aix backers would

the judge's in the United States. hla pilot after passing any confidence in the mare place

luckily Geno Sarazen la reported to have even with a crack jockey like En- The October Handicap, which pro- box for the first time, but

the jockey, said in New York "I think it is a Carnaca, The pool of $3,704 will be mised to be a great event, turned out nothing happened to

Chiu who was riding in the rear. good thing where caddies are con- carried over, to next meeting on a tame affair and Mr. Moller's Silky-

William Junior faced the bowling October 22 and it is interesting to light had an easy canter to win by The novices were out to kill each cerned, and too many clubs make

of G. E. Pilch, snicked a short bail, was seen the game complicated". relate that this

third will be the

Jesse C. W. Sweetser, former | and was promptly caught by Rodney since the inception in 1933. The last four good lengths. Owing to the low other and a fast

Warden Timing was not necessary and the imposition allotted to King's

first half of the circuit was run in British and Amerkan amateur cham- C. Rought-Rought, Cambridge Blue, pool carried over was on November and the pony being ridden by Nesda10, the last half being covered in pion, who is now treasurer of the playing his first game of the season. 2 in 1035 when punters failed to the Dynasty's candidate had some

resuli The

that the United States G. A. sald "We have connect Night Star with Beginner's support in the betting but the grey 1.07%.

The Edriches made 05 for six be- crawling down the had the best possible results this year were a fight. It was ponies stallon could not put n

last quarter being through limiting the number of clubs fore rain caused an abandonment. ndeed a great pity that Desert Chief straight,

However to 14, and there has been only the could not weigh out owing to a stichinged in 33% seconds. shoulder and the other nomination, National Guard paid $530 for a win, slightest adverse criticism." Cameronian, belonging to Mr. Eu the best of this season. There were Tong-sen was considered by the only six backers on the pony for the connections to be a sprinter. How first leg of the daily double. ever, Bear Claw with S. W. Tang up,

Luck.

V. V. Needa

Best Jockey

Of Meeting

the

race

was

broke the tape frat with silky Favourite Not

and King's Warden hanging on be-j bind. At the football gate Needa

took his mount forward and he Backed In The

maintained the lead until the 1%

I appead below a complete list of mile beacon was reached when we

Uha successful riders:

V. V. Necda

¡PY. Wel

C. Encarnacao

A. W. Raymond

IL. C. Pih

S. W, Tang

H. J. Hearne

B. Proulx

PL Jul

Yeung Wing-kwai

3. L. Tad

L. Wade

W

Cotham

WPoy

P. P. Botelho

1. P. Chanson

S. W. Leo

C. L. Gregory

1st 2nd 3rd

3 3. 4

The champlon jockey of the meet-

Ing was V. V. Neoda who has a ratio.

of 3-3-4, followed by Peter Wei who

rode three winners with two seconds

and

A

third. It will be seen that

SOW

the transformation scene. Al} Daily Double!

this juncture Silkylight was given a stroke of the cane and the brown stallion responded so gamely that it was not very edifying reading Proulx had no dimculty

in over to those six punters when they hauling King's Warden. In less than found in the gambling sheet issued a second Proulx got on level terms by the Club showing that Gold Coin with the leader and thereafter had not been backed in the second had an arm-chair ride down the selected race, the Hunan Handicap straight, winning by four lengths for "D" class China pontes, and the In fact Proulx eased his mount in poot of $3,704 was to be carried over the last 100 yards from the touch to the next meeting. It

was im- line and the whole distance

Was posible to understand, for Gold Coin covered in 2,30% which was two was made a hot favourite in the fifths of a second faster than U parl-mutuel and she was neglected Nathan Handicap (first nection) for

In the second leg of the daily double. "B" class Cliina ponies.

FAITH IN

ELIZABETH

Needa was placed ten times out of JUSTIFIED

a total of 10 events and those who

hud bucked his mounts must have

been on the right side. C. En-

SPECIAL SWEEP

The main attraction to the Ninth Extra Race Meeting to be held on October 22 will be the Kwangtung Handicap for "D" class China ponies over a mile in which a special dollar cash sweep is being conducted by the Hongkong Jockey Club: The sale of this special lottery has ex-

Judging by her performance in the ceeded 150,000 tickets and it is ex

cárúmono' Aguros third in the lie. Nathan Handicap (second section) pected to reach the 200,000 mark ere while Allan Raymond is closely, be- over a distance, jaunt, the opinion long. Should the sale roach this -hind, losing the position by only a formed by punters

that figure, the first prize is guaranteed third.

Elizabeth WELE more of a sprinter over $80,000.

WOS

father.

In the Edrich team were the Test player's father, his three brothers, ihres cousins and three uncles.

Over For The

Cesarewitch

Fourballs (three matches) will be played on the New Course on Sunday commencing at 0.15 am, and on the Old Course at 2 p.m.

Singles matches count one point,

fourbalis

All and

two points, matches are over 36 holes (18 on each Course) and no match will be played beyond the 36th. hole.

Those selected to represent Hong- kong in the series are O, E. C. Mar- Lissaman, ton, T. A. Pearce, A. E

F. Groves, S. J. I. Fox, D. J. GI- more, P. H. Scoones and R. Young:

BALL IN

"LADDER" SCHEME REJECTED

London, Sept. 30. The British Boxing Board of Con- trol

have rejected the "adder" scheme submitted to them by the National Boxing Association (the boxers' union) for the rating of boxers. In letter to the Associa tion

they state that, after examining the proposal clause by clause, the

unanimously

decided It Involved and

be "cumbersome, would pro-

quite unworkable."

contests

vide no advantage over the present scheme

of finding area champions and national chumplons. The ste- call-wards were of opinion that the mul-

titudinous challenges and

nvolved, and the necessity for arbi- trary discrimination in placing boxers on their "laddera" would make the scheme Impracticable and would result only in endless contro- versy.

London, Oct. 13, The following is the latest over for the Cesarewitch:

100/9 Dubonnet (o), 12/1 (1) 100/8 Black Speck (0) 100/7 Solonalao (t and o) 100/0 Snipewood (t and o) 100/0 Snake Lightning (0)

20/1 Fet ( and o) 25/1 Contravent (0) 28/1 Nettle Weed (o), 33/1 (1) 33/1 Earth Stopper (0) 33/1 Punch (0), 40/1 (t)

---Reuter.

Cxplained by W, J. Edrich, the Middlesex and England cricketer, the Edrich family tomas, including bis father, brothers, uncles and cousins, played a match as Blofield (Norfolk) last month aæaliut an eleven skip. pered by the Norfolk county explain,

COMING SOON !

AMERICA'S LEADING LOVE TEAM IN THE

COMEDY HIT OF 19381

CLAUDETTS

COLBERT COOPER

and OARY

"BLUEBEARD'S EIGHTH WIFE

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