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HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH

January 6, 1939.

ECLIPSE OF LIBERTY BAY GENERALLY REGRETTED

LOOKING BACK ON CHAMPION'S BRIGHT CAREER

(B3 "Captain Foster")

May I have the pleasure of taking readers back to the Spring of 1932? In that season we saw a wonderful China pony in Liberty Bay (owned by Mr. L. Dunbar) who made his first public appearance in the most exclu sive classic event, the Hongkong Derby, which sets a ter- rific test and strain over a distance journey of one and a half miles. After winning the Blue Riband with con- summate case, Liberty Bay was turned out by the con- nections to have a good rest and his next outing was an casy passage in the Sixth Aggregate Stakes over a mile in the late October meeting, the run being merely a pipe- opener in preparation for the Hongkong St. Leger.

con-

fle was a non-combatant in However, It was after the first spare.

1987. The "ay off" en account of public performance that many coin-

being "dotty" was, if I may be per- petent Judges of horse-flesh

mitted to oy so, a terrible disaster idered that Liberty Bay was one of and the end came on February 23 of the nest China ponies that ever

last year when he met his Waterloo raced at Happy Valley. Some held in Silkyllght, owned by Mr. Erle the opinion that it would be hard to Moller of Shanghal. It was the one find big 'un to lower his fast and only occasion that the gallant bero ever walked behind a Chinu whilst other followers of the turt prognosticated that the bay stallion pony in a procession to the un- would retire some day without addling enclosure in front of the suffering a defeat. Like everything weighing room, but please remember else, one cannot go on for ever, but hat Liberty Hay started his racing the form book reveals that on every carver in 1932 with two dozen easy occasion of Liberty Bay's success the wins to his credit and he has col decision was always by the length lected grand total of $39,148 for of a street with a load of pounds to his A...crican owner.

VINTAGE OF 1938

Three Outstanding Ponies

Above are members of the lia ngkong Volunteer Defence Corps blllards team which recently won the 1938 Soldiers' Club Tournament.” 'aners are some very fine players In the Corps-Photo by Mee Cheung.

Silkylight Wins Most Stake Money

Last ehson, undoubtedly brought

Now we jump forward to 1938. The absence of a long list forward some lovely "A" class China of Derby griffins (China ponics) was much marked last year, but ponies, but judging by what there it was fully compensated for by a fine increase in quality, the beat three being Confusion Bay, Desert Chief and Silkylight.

Enough has been sold about the, lowered the previous record figure last named steed, but we know very) (2.08 held by King's Warden, Bitle of Desert Chief whose fast Soldier of Britain and Soldier of Appearance was when the stallion Honour) by three two-fifths seconds

In

are at present in training for the

1939 big meet, I do not hold out much hope of seeing any to eclipse inuse I have just mentioned.

Those "riders in the stand" whe have "ce down the sink" may be griffins drew from the coffer of the interested to know that the Derby Hongkong Jockey Club to bum

gol his revenge in the Easter Stakes and the last mile was galloped of $49.055 and the list is made up

ever a mile, beating Dear Claw and Silkylight by a good margin. It was indeed a great plly that Mr. Eu Tang-sen's candidate was under a cloud and the chestnut pony wus away from the racecourse during the second half. It will be recalled that his best public performance was in lite Mirs Bay Handicap over a jaunt from the two mile post, once round and ir, trouncing Mr. T. E. Pearce's King's Warden and Lady Northcote's Gladiator by many lengths in a re- cord of 2.05 which was a creditable

for + griffin. Desert

Tun

Chief

1.524.

A note should be kept this fast run. It is learned that the stallion is no longer on the walking list.

was

Confusion Bay is another I have This bay stallion in my note book. belonging to Mr. L. Dunbar never unplaced and he came under the starter's Bag nine times. He is quite young, but keep an eye on him at the Annual Carnival and also

won who has

three Cameronlan beautiful souvenirs, the American Club Cup, the Lusitano Cup and St. George's Plate for Mr. Eu Tong-san.

Louis XIV Undoubtedly Best Of Sub-Griffins:

Absent In Second Half

The same story is told every year, that

Krimin -is. оле subscription among the China ponies turns out to be head and shoulders above all others. Louis XIV owned by the Jorkey Mr. S. W. Tang collared $6,333 for is seven outings during two months, but the chestnut gelding never appeared in public again after the March meeting. His absence, coupled with that of Smiling Thru Sep- who pulled up lame after the tember meeting, gave Salvage Mas- ter owned by Mr. T. H. G. Brayfield two classics, the Sub-grins St. Leger and the Hongkong Sub-griffins Autumn Champlons. This luck at the wheel brought in $4,000 while Smiling Thru made $4,700 for Mr. would Eu Tong-sen, Louis XIV have piled up more if he had started after the recess. However there is not much prospect of Louis XIV uppearing at the Annual meeting. but Smiling Thru, it is learned, will be donning the silk. Piet Hein of the Hollandia syndicate is fourth in the undermentioned list with balance of $2,044 to his credit.

Flying Trapeze Full Mark Gobi Star Golden Brew Golden Cow Golden Idol In The Bag Iron Knight Jack High

Mustard... National Dignity National Force National Guard

On Your Too

Piet Hein

Planchet

Platinum Rexiana

2,400

Labour Day Lancashire Chap

75 750

Louis XIV

6,333

Lucky Eleven

050

Lucky Seven

75

Mac's Second Venture

Macau Star

50

Meicar

1,400

Mongolian Cat

760

750

1,300

National Triumph

200

Palmer

2.644

050

Sabora Star

335

Salvage Master

4,000

Sea Dragon

759

Smiling Thru

4,700

Spilt Hand

YJU

Stymic

1,375

Sunshine Susie

Acmo

175

The Great Triumph

African Cat

500

The Leopard

1,200

All Baba

100

The Scholar

Arabian Cut

Tommy

Tribute

Astrik

425

1,050

Urber

Bestevner

Wenning

IGZ

Be Yourself Borrachito Cape Comorin Captain Blood

175

1,250

$49,401

850

Celebration Day

Charybdia

675

176

Cloudy Stor

325

But

Cuban Love

000

Daddy Longlega

125

Dark Hazard

370

Dekko

1,975

Desert Star

2,338

Eagic

250

Easy Time

687.

1,075

Cleeve

Cricketer

Double Up.

Fei Ying

Terrybridge

Tinai Irlampb

The form book shows that In The Bog and Tommy welghed out once during the season, but Wenning holds the record of starting 22 times. Cape Comorin, Lucky Eleven and National Dignity came under the starter's orders on 21 occasions, the latter two running in Macao and Fanling. Natona! Force and Sca Dragon have each a win, the rest of their outings being unplaced and Slymis registered five wins in Macao | and one in Fanling. Ho ho Uking for Happy Valley. The best I-dividend of the year was $530 paid

no

by National Guard in the. Tokian. Plate over a mile ridden by a novice, EMPEX eung Wing-kwal

as follows:

Advancing Time *Cameronian

Fawcy

5.300

Confusion Bay Desert Chlef Elizabeth

4.243

Expression Time

2,880 1,550 2,875

Half-Moon Eve

Handleap Eve

1300 1.100

Humdrum Eve

2,960

J. C.

Jober

2,025

Just In Time

2.550

Lancashire Boy

200

Lancashire Lass

2.600

Lucky

1.000

Moonlight View

2.575

National Defence

500

National Bride

1.200

Pinfarthings

1850

10.751 -

2.000

$49,955

Bose Jane Silkylight Sunlight View Tampa Bay The Glant Panda

( value of three Cups included). It will be seen that Silkylight heads the list with $10,751 and the amount is $502 higher than that won by Trentbridge belonging to Mrs. T. E. Pearce in 1933. It is interesting to relate that five China ponies out et 25 failed to collect a cent, but Joher and Lancashire Lasa welghed out 10 times.

Donald Budge Again Beats Vines

San Francisco, Jan. 5.

In their second professional encounter, Donald Budge again beat Ellsworth Vines by three straight sets.

The lanky Californian has won all six sets so far played against Vines.--United Press,

MAKING GOLF HARDER

Football

Manila Asked To

Come Here

HOW DAVIS BROKE THE WORLD'S SNOOKER

RECORD

For the eighth time in his life, Joe Davis, world snooker champion, broke the world's record for the bighest break at snooker. In the fifth frame in the afternoon of his heat with Alos Brown, in the Daily Mail Gold Cup tournament, at Thurston's Hall, Leicester-aquare, he potted every ball on the table in a break of 138. Brown, however, won the match in the evening.

Three weeks previously Davis created a record of 137 at Leicester, In 1037 he made 135, to beat a break of 133 by Sidney Smith made in 1936, which at the time it was thought would never be beaten.

The highest possible, under normal circumstances, ls 147.

The record tum consisted of the 15

Candidates

For Sullivan

reds, 11 blacks, one pink, two blues, 1938 Award

one green, and all the pool balls.

The frame went-this-way; Davis broke: Brown played a safety shot;

Davis tried a font pot and missed

Brown failed at a cocked-hat double and left a red near the top left pocket.

The reds were well placed. Davis played swiftly and surely, had a few wkward moments, and when, with the pool bulls left, Chambers called the scare at 11. Davis looked up in surprise and exclaimed: "Why, there Is a new record here."

DIFFICULT SHOT

One last and most difficult shot awaited him. Pink, Inst ball but ope, was an almost straight shot into the bolton pocket, and to get on to the black with certainty Davis had

to screw the cue ball back.

He looked at the black, smiled confidently, and stood away to chalk his cuc. Then he banged the black into the middle of the bag, and with abroad grin stood back while the crowd cheered. Chambers walted patiently for the cheering to die down and then announced quielly the new record.

Only once was Davis's superb con- It was decided, at a meeting of Adence affected. As he passed the the Hongkong Football Association, 100 there was a burst of applause, lind on Wednesday night, to invite and as he was addressing for his Manila here during the Chinese next shot a spectator broke the New Year Holidays and to send silence with a shout.

Prominent Golfers Also Mentioned

Washington, D.C., Dec. 29.

A st of ten candidates for the 38 Sullivan Award, made by the National Amateur Athletic Union to the athlete voted as the year's out- standing sportsman or sportswoman, has been handed to the A.A.U. by the Sullivan Award Committee.

The list is na follows:--

Charles

(Chuck) Fenske, miler from University of Wisconsin.

Joc Burk, National Sculling Cham- plon, of Philadelphia.

Charles E. Yates, British amateur golf champlon and Walker Cup team star, of Atlanta, Georgio.

Mrs. Katherine Rawls Thompson, swimming star, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Adolf Kiefer, all-round swimming star, of Chicago,

Rice Fred Walcott,

University hurdler.

Ray Mallott, Stanford University quarter-miler,

Ben Johnson, sprinter, formerly. of Columbia University,

Don Lash, former Indlana Uni- versity middle-distance and distance This was Davis's 80th three-Agure running star, now a policeman in break, and his tenth since the pre-indiana. Negotiations have been going on seat season opened. He has ligh Miss Patty Berg, national women's for some time between the two hopes that he will make his hun-off champion, of Minneapolis, bodies and Hongkong were wait-dredth before the season ends, a

learn to the Philippines at the end rive him n elap. Brow don't you

of the season.

ing for certain information Manila.

New Par Figures Ruling view

For U.S. Women

Edinburgh, Dec. 7. Women's goll will be made slightly

The winner's name will be an-

from record without parallel in this game,nounced early in the New Year.

Don Budge, tennis star, received and the equal of any sporting record in the world.

the award last year.-Reuter.

Though no reply had been re- ceived from Manila, the Hongkong Football

decided, Association,

In of the short time let for arrangements, 10 invite Manila and proceed with the arrangements. THREE GAme series' Confirmation of Manila's accept-

more difficult from January 1, ac-ance is expected in a few days.

announcement of the carding to United States Golf Association, act-

the ing on the recommendation of Women's Commities of the Associa tion increasing the number of yards suggested as a guide in computing women's por en American courses,

For a par 3 hole the recommenda-be played at Causeway Bay.

The visitors are to play three camca

first here. The

will bo Colony, agahust the

the second against the Combined Chimere and the third and last game against the Reserve team of the Colony.

tion increases the yardage by ten,

It was decided that all the games

and for other holes by about twenty- The following were chosen five, as follows:--

TENNIS STARS RESIGN

FROM COMMITTEE

Because they felt that they had been slighted by the regular members of the Lawn Tennis Association's Selec- tion Committee, tennis stars H. G. N. Lee and E. R. Avory, co-opted members of the committee, have re- signed.

Lee and Avary were appointed last asyear on the recommendation of the

relectors of the team: Messrs. seeded players os being in touch | HOCKEY MATCHES

Ka-tsun and R. M. Omar, with modern conditions and having Par 3-Up to 210 yards (instead Wong of 200.)

Cop. E. H. P. Neill and Commis-a better knowledge of the players Par 4-211 to 400 yards (instead sioned Gunner H. Cooper. of 201 to 375.)

Par 5-401 to 675 yards (Instead

of 370 to 550.)

Par 6-576 and over (instead of Badminton 551 and over.}

not arbitrary.

These Agurrs are The Association points out that some allowance should be made for the nature of the ground and other dim- cult conditions, such as the severity of the hazards, especially at a lo where the par la doubtful.

Lieut. Waliers, of HIM.S. Medway, the Navy left-wing three-quarter.

WANDERERS BEATEN BY SAINTS' "A"

At St. Andrew's Church Hali ya terday evening, St. Andrew's "A" beat Wanderers by 6 games to 3 after icading by 6 games to 0.

W. C. Choy and F. V. Want. (St. Andrew's) beat E. Zimmern and J. S. Ho 21-12: lost to S. W. Liang and E. S. Ho 15-21; beat T. J. Ong and C, Y.

Yung 21-7.

kely to be chosen for international matches.

WITH 'MACAO

Macao, Jan. 4. Keen enthusiasm has been the Avory said that, in addition to their feeling that they had been keynote in local sports clrcles over the announcement that the Macao feit that the L.T.A. Hockey Club's first eleven will en- slighted, they was out of touch with modern courage a team of the Royal Navy con- ditions.

risting of officers on Sunday, Jan. match will be played in

"When the mixed doubles team to 8. The

Macao, represent Iritain In the forthcoming tour to South Africn was selected. Other fixtures for following week- neither Lee nor myself was invited ends have also been arranged and it to attend, Avory added.

is learned that the Hongkong Police team will visit Macao on Jan. 15, and "The omission to ask us was put the 1st and 2nd elevens of the down to a slip, but nobody at that Y.M.CA, will play here on Jun. 22. meeting seems to have asked, 'Where A further match scheduled for hila Nothing has month is to take place on Jan. 29 are Lee and Avory?' been done to explain why we were when the team of the 1st Kunnon Rifles will be seen.-Our Own Cor- respondent.

not asked.

"Lee and I were appolated to re- present the players becnuse, being Younger and recently in big town tennis, it was supposed that we knew more about modern conditions than who have regular members

E. F. Fincher and H Kew (St. the Andrew's) beat Zimmern and loserved since the war, 21-12; beat Llane pod Ho. 21-14; lost

to Ong and Yung 11-21

"But what is the good if no notice is taken of what we say?"

H. G. N. Lee is an old British

W. M. Gillis and A. E. Brown (St. Andrew's) lost to Zimmern and HoDavis cup player and E. R. Avory is

13-21; beat Liane and Ho 21-18; beat

Ong and Yung 21-12.

nn International.

There are no active players on the

MIXED DOUBLES selection committee.

Two matches in the Mixed Doubles St. Andrew's Hockey

are down for decision this evening,

the programme being as follows:

University

St. John's

v. Necrelo

V. Kowloon Tong

"A" Division Fixtures

On Monday

Teams Announced

The following will represent St. Andrew's in the Caer Clark match against the "Y" Ladies to-morrow at 2.45 p.m. on the "Y" Ground.

J. Hall, M. Roza, G. White: H. Held.

The attention of Dadminton players. Wang, P. Pellgurra. F. Wong. E.

Is drawn to errors in the handbook Churn, P. Gittins, A. Greiner and L.

concerning the dates of the "A" Divi- Giltins.

slon matches. According to the book, matchen in 1939 will be played on Friday, January # (to-day), and on! each subsequent Friday

ruary 3.

BRAWN CUP

The following will represent St. until Feb-Andrew's in the Brawn Cup match against Recršin "B" to-morrow at 4

There dates are wrong. The first P.m. on the C.B.A. Ground, matches will be played on Monday, R Rose, D. Chow, J. Broadbridge, January 9, and on every subsequent M

Miss Maion, the youngest member Vesnoona, H. Newman, M. Monday until the conclusion of the O'Sullavan; P. Jeffreys, Y. Ho, M. und right-winger of the Beiferth

· Ladies' team. She is only · 13.):

who has been playing consistently well for the Navy roger fifteen in the Triangular Tournkniani this season--Photo by A. de Kalnu medyadachedule, spin prenant Cat

Churn, S. Roberts and T. Sex.

t