1939-02-27 — Page 8

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

February 27, 1939.

ROSE ELECT OR NAVYLIGHT FOR HONGKONG DERBY?

BOTH IMPRESSED South China Held 1-1 In Charity Soccer

IN THEIR RACES LAST SATURDAY

Many Important Events

On The Card To-day

or

Mr.

Mr. Eu Tong-son's Rose Elect Cire's Navylight to win the Hongkong Derby to-day?

This is a problem which has been confront- It was expected ing raco-goers for some weeks.

that Saturday's racing, the first opportunity pun- ters had of seeing the ponios in a genuine race,

·would throw some light on the problem.

did it? One wonders.

The

things established

by.

But

of an old ailment, but he hopes to only Saturday's events were that Rose find a suitable jockey for to-day's Mr. B. C. Pil took out but Mr. Eleet has plenty of speed-a fact big race.

on Saturday, the Navylight which everyone who has seen

Moller expressed the hope that Mr morning gallops Is aware--and that Navylight reins to like a longhish. Pote-llunt, friend of his, would race--which has never been really ride it in the Derby race. confierned

VERY DISAPPOINTING The form shown by Hyndford Bridge in the Trial Plate was very

But the point how seems to be this Will Rose Elect, which created a new record for x turlongs in the Maiden Stakes Saturday Dent-disappointing indeed, and it does not seem likely that this candidate will ing King's Warden's best of 1.24.3). be able to keep it up in the longer be of any danger to Rose Elect

this race wns Derby distance? If she can, she will Nayylight. Before

there were many probably win despite the fart that run, however.

Trial people who thought Hyndford Bridge Navylight. in winning the Plate, had no opposition at all from up to the standard of these two, but opinion must have changed quickly the mind of the field.

after the finish of the Trial Plate.

GOOD PERFORMANCES Both perfonhances were extremely seems little and there impressive, douls that the first place in the Blue Ribond is between the two, Lilliber and Blue Express were behind Rose Eleet, and Eve of Harvest and Con- quering Time were following Navy- light in that order; but in each case. there was a clear-cut superiority of the winner over the rest of the field. The track at the moment is very dry and is conducive to tost time, as

by proved

three records established in five races on Saturday morning. Therefore we ought to sea very fast race if Liberty Bay's Derby record is not towered.

the

As only to be expected, boti owners are supremely confident of their candidates ability to win the Derby.

for

Apart from the Derby, there are many interesting ruces on the card! to-day, including the Lusitano Cup, Garrison Cup, Victoria Stakes. Ex- change Plate, Chater Cup and the Challenge Cup. Only two are for subscription China ponies,

Desert Chief, who broke a record

Mr. C. L. Gregory brought Strathbannock home to an easy win in the Heusd section of the Wong Nel Chong Stakes at Happy Valley on Salur- day to pay the highest dividend of the day, 369.50, Picture shows the winner at the post-Photo by Jafer.

TAKE THIS GUIDE TO RACE COURSE WITH YOU TO-DAY

Saturday, has been entered in

The following are the entries for the races at Happy only one race, the Victoria Stakes. Therefore she is almost certain to start, in which case the race should Valley to-day. Numbers in front of the ponies' names

indicate where they finished in their last three starts.

he hers. Silkylight has been entered

for Victoria Stakes and the Chal- feme, but it is expected that she will be taken out in the latter race only

a cinch for her.

If there are upsets to-day, they will probably be caused by pories which were left at the starting gate on Saturday. There were several of them. The public, therefore, are Mr. Eric Molker. instance, still in the dark regarding their con- thids Navylight will win. though he|dition, and if their jockeys can get acknowledges that Rose Elect is a

them away with the bunch in to- very day's rares, one or two may cause a "very in animal." He is

surprise. disappointed that his son, Mr. R. B. Moller, who rode Skylight to vic- tory in the Derby and Champlong at the last annual meeting, cannot take out Navy light owing to a recurrence

Confusion Bay, it is understood, will not weigh out for any events at the Carnival, as she is under a cloud.

"Capt. Foster" Selects

The

Following:

Selections Made By "Early Bird'

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The following selections on to-day's races are made by "Early Bird" of the S. C. M. Post:

1st Itaco

Marksman

Rng Master

Magog

2nd Race

Cockleroi

Ruby Sto Chiltern

3rd Race

Blue Express Peaceful View Jennifer

4th Face

Desert Chief

Bear Claw Oak Bay

5th Race

Rose Evelyn Double Chance

Gold Sovereign

Bih Race

Musketeer Oranje Boven Celtic Star

Til: Base

Lucky Lad

Lanchshire Chips

Able Amazon

Bih Race

Navylight Rone Elect Lilliber

9th Race

Wild Life

Rob Roy

Now Star

10th Naco

Silkylight

King's Warden Red Feather

11th Race

Avon Hectic View

1. MONGOLIAN STAKES

Ring Master

Mager

Radium Star

Z-PERTH PLATE

(FIRST SECTION)

Chiltern Pumpernickel

Ruby Star 3-LUSITANO CUP

Luliber Jennifer

Blue Express

4-VICTORIA STAKES

Desert Chief

Bear Claw

Happy Eve

5.

GARRISON CUP

Rose Evelyn

Bistre Salvage Master

6-EXCHANGE plate

Musketeer Morkaman Oranje Boven

7-MELBOURNE CUP

Lucky Lad

Lancashire Chion Able Amazon

L-HONGKONG DERBY

ILose Elect

Navylight

Eve of Harvest

9. CHATER CUP

New Blar

Jober

Wild Life

10-CHALLENGE CUP

Silkylight

King's Warden

Red Feather

11-BLACK ROCK STAKES

Avon

Heclia View

Galveston Bay

IZ-PERTH PLATE

(SECOND SECTION)

Devonian

Kivulet

Happy Latulings-

DAILY DOUBLE

Lucky Lad/ New Star

English Cavaller

12th Race

Devonian

Rivulet

Happy Lundings

DAILY DOUBLE

Lucky Lad and Wild Life

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MONGOLIAN STAKES

(About Hair Mille 170 Yards)

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Alta

Alphin

Andiamo

Arjon

Ascot Vale

Avalon

Battleship 0ack Diamond

4

Bialadon

0

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Bressay Callento

- Celtic Star

Charcoal Chatterbox Cyclone...

Devon Dumpling

Dow-Jaben

0 Fairchild

0 February Fourth

0 Callant Marshal

Gaucho

A Geardle

Gog

0 Gold Tower

0 Green Bay

Guinness Time

0 Heddon

o High Tower

0 King Kong

Kink' Envoy

Lambeth Bridge

Mason.. Marksman

Matador

0 Mayfair Court

Mercury

D Milleaye

Musketeer

National Honour

0 National Justice

National Service

New Bedford

Old Fashioned

0 Opening Batsman

3 Oranje Boven

Pail Mell

Patriotic Bay Pawnee

o Phoenix

Portrushi

2 Radlean Star

King Master

Rone Dny

ftostrevur

Ben Captain

0

Sea Chia

0 Sen Horsc

O Silver Star

Skipje

Smiling line Snowstorin

Some Hoph

0 Sports Gesture

0 Sports Venture

Starlet.....

1 Srathbannock

3 Talkative

O Thanksgiving Day

The Buccaneer

The Grey Tiger

0 The Mermaid

D

The Spirit of St. Lous'

0 This Time

0 Tiny Tim

Terridge

Total Loss

True Love Welcome

West Lake Whirlwind

@ Wilber

0. Wild Bear

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1 Willynlly

PERTH PLATE (FIRST SECTION)

AJEX

(One Mile)

Amber

A Roaring Time

Baffin Bay

0 Candlelight

Chiltern

1 Cocklcrol

- Eve of Shyness

0 Flinders River

Gale

leinz Jupiter

0 King' Herald

Loquacious........... Olympiad Court Poconos

0 Pungernickel

0 Ruby Slar

- Ben King

0 Sydney Lad

a Triumpliant Day

LUSITANO CUP

(About Half Mila 170 Yardı)

" Alligator

Aun Bay

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CTONIMIA

Armylight

Avon

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Blue Diamond

Blu

Express

Cinderella

J Conquering Time"

Egmont Day

Push Cavollar

Eve of Heaven

For All Time

0 Furgotten Stor

Galaxy

0 Galveston Bay

Grey Knight Horinany View

Harmony Eve) @retle View

1opeful Time Hyndford Bridge Jennifer

Lady Love

2 Lilfber

Lovely Star Lusitanin Mayber Navylight Papoose

D Pencetul View

Rose Charming

Rose Elect

Flose Einly

Rose Flana

Itasy Titre Spring Te Taxing Master The Tigreas Victoria

late

VICTORIA STAKES

(One Mile)

Bear Claw Cameronian

Confusion Bay Desert Chlef Happy Eve King' Warden

Oak Bay

1 Slikylight

GARRISON CUP

(One Miley

Bistre Day

0 Coronation

0 Dekku.********

Double Chance

Gold Sovereign

Hacing Bay Rose Evelyn

1 Salvag: Master

Shipminster

I Smiling Turu

Temprat

o Wild Cat

EXCHANGE PLATE

(About One Mile 171 Yards)

Andiamo

Argon

Ascot Valo

0 Avion

Black Diamond 0113stadon

O Botey

Breasay

Callenfita

Celle Har

0 Chatterbox

Cyclone

Daw-Jones

• Fairchli

February Fourth

o Gauctio

1

Clog

o Gold Tower

0 Green Bay

Guinness Time

0 Heddon

o High Tower

0 King Kong

King's Envoy

Kut Cheung

0 Lambeth Bridge

Maror

2 Markaman

Maladar

Mayfair Court Millenyn

Mongol

`1 Musketeer

0 National Honour

b. National Liberty

o Old Fashioned

0 Opening Unioman

1 Oranje Noven

Pall Mall

o Patriolic Day

O Pownco

0 Phoenix

Purtrush

Radium Biar Ring Master

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BOWLERS ARE NOT HELPLESS IN MODERN CRICKET

Game Needs To

Be Left Alone

A detence of malern day cricket. and some advier to what he called "the grousing" bowlers, was includ- ed in a speech made recently by Major M. F. S. Jewell, the former Sussex and Wercestershire cricketer. He was spenting at the annual meet- int in Worcester of the Worcester- shire Cricket Club, of which he is

vice-chairman.

ble to

swerve.

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LEE WAI-TONG KEEPS RECORD OF SCORING GOAL IN EACH MATCH

Rest Side Draw Level In The Closing Minutes

(By "Abe")

Though obviously the better side in many respects, the South China A.A. were held to a draw of 1-1 in the charity soccer match in aid of the China Relief Fund played

at Caroline Hill yesterday.

was

"The game is all right," declared Major Jewell. "11 needs leaving

Rest goal alone. Much has been sald about

The absence of several players 1 forwards prevented the

falling. Once a misunder- of wickets who had been originally Belceled from the over

preparation

standing by Hou and Hartley let in We were told that it was impogi weakened the test side considerably,

upon them. and the forward the seldom showed Law Tau-man, but the left wing. turn the ball

There were with a yawning goal in front of Even if this was so, the bowler still any real combination. has further darts up his sleeve in some good individual efforts but few him, shot outside. On another occit length, fight, change of pace and concerted ones. Moss was a hard-slen the same player had a grand working centre-forward, but was chance of adding to the scare, hui bowlers were

given ittle support by his inside shot wildly. remember he went on, and concentrate inen, who seldom kept up with him,

SCORES LEVELLED n with loo much to on using these essential factors of thus leaving him

Un Mass broad shoulders the tank for instance. good bowling, they would do better do. Courtney, than just grousing about the state hanging too far back must of the of breaking a way through the Chi- and Riles, playing out of his nese defence continued to fall. Ils of the wicket."

osition. never seemed really was a lone battle, Gibbons

battle, however, though Et

made several fine runs announced would receive over £900 from his happy at Inside left. Thomas made the wingers mug out by him. But

winit. from passes benefit record for Warcester-several good runs down the left

but shire professional.

made the cardinal fault of look-in one of these, fortunately for the The Hoa. Charles Lyttelton was ing around for itis inside inen when Rest, Courtney and Rides kept up results might have been with the attack, and the scores were re-elected captain of Worcestershire, better

and trying levelled Thomas cut in and shot. and his father, Lord Cobham, was obtained by cuttin

but though Cheung Wing-chol, the o shot himself. put in re-elected president,

In defence, however, the Rest were Chinese goal-keeper, got his hands the equals of their opposite num-to the ball, he failed to hold it and bers. Hou Yung-sang and Sheehan it went out to the right. Emberson it buck to the middle and a first-time shot, were a steady pair of backs, and Hartley was Yery safe in tol. The Courtnes bicic

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Sen Captain

Seu Chief

Silver Star

Smiling Time

Strallibannock

that

Snowstorm

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Sports Gesture

4

Sports Venture Starlet

1

1

0

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The Grey Tiger

0

This Time

it

Talkative*******

Thanksgiving Day

The Spirit of St. Louis..

Tiny Tim

o True Love

Welcome

We Laki

Whirlwind

Wild Bear

Wild Dul!

MELBOURNE CUP

A Grand Time

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to

fact that against such a fine South scoring with Cheung still out of his

China attack they conceded only one charge.

to Lo their This occurred four minutes from

goal is tribute enough

this

ability. But was

also due partly the end, and the final whistle blew. to the able work of Beitrao at centre with the scores dead-locked at 1-1. South China Iried out two com- half, who kept a firm hold on Lee Wal-tong

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"unknowns" yesterday,

all the time the laller was purative up in the forward line. Hsu King Cheung Wing-choi (In goal), whe

such conspicuous suc shing, at left-half, was also in good played with form, though he was given a trying cess with the Chinese team in the time by Fung King-cheung and Tang last tour to Salmon, and Tom Chon- the fal # Third Division half-buck. on Hanniball, Kwong-sum. other dank, however, was not quite Cheung gave a very cool and clever up to the standard of the others and display, and Tam gave evidence of provided the only weak link in an promice as a half-back.

The Chinese never seemed to be otherwise admirable defence.

going

NEGATIVE FOOTBALL

WXIS

ing all out. The pace, as a result, inclined to be slow throughout the whole match.

Teonts:

With nothing at stake, the South China players did not seem to be

South China A.A.-Cheung Wing- going all out. They showed a bit of chol; Mak Siu-hon, Li Tin-sang, Lau pretty, if negative, football in mid-Hing-choi, Leung Wing-chlu, Tam feld, but once they had got to within Chan-tai: Tang Kwong-summ, Fung

Yung-sang. shooting distance. Hou

King-cheung, Lee Wai-tong, Lai Beltran and Sheehan saw to it that Shiu-wing and Law Tau-man. they were not given any chance to Rest of Colony-Hartley; Hou shoot.

Honniball, Sheehan; Yung-sang, When half-time arrived, the score Beltrao, Isu King-shing; Embarson,.......

(One And Quarter Miles)

1 Able Amazon

354

130

A Roaring Time

140

20

Artec.

143

01 Blandford

334

3 Centre Court

154

0

Double Finesa

Electron

154

King's Privilege

100

Loffet That

Lancashire Chips

154

Lucky Lud

154

Snowy River

154

sheet was still blank, but twelve

HONGKONG DERBY

(One And Hair Mites}

101

101

101

no attempt

to

151

201

136

Annas Day

Armylight

Avon.. Besalber

Blue Exprem

Conquering Time Egmont Bay ..........

O Engia Cavalier

Eve at larvest

Eve of raven

For All Thine (Continued on Page 9.)

Above Is Rose Elect, greatly favoured in many quarters to win the Hongkong Derby to-day. On him is Mr. O. Encarnacao, who will be ridlar bim in the big race บทป AFÍATHSON.

minutes after the resumption, South Courtney, Moss, Rides and Thomns. China took the lend, through Lee

Wal-tang. The Rest defenders seem-

d to be under the impression that Badminton

Lee was off-side, and Hartley made

stop the shot, but the

referee apparently had no doubt at

all that it was a goal.

League Matches To-night

Mak Siu-hon Shortly after this,

Three matches are down for de- hurt his ankle during a Rest raid. elsion in the "B" Division of the Bad- and was out of the game for the minton League this evening. St. remainder of the match. Lee Wal-Andrew's "A". who are leading this tong, who had already kept his section of the League, should advance record of scoring in every match in- another step towards the title when

All Mak's position they play the V.R.C. tact, went back

The programme is as follows: nt right back.

v, St. Andrew's "A" In spite of Lee's absence, the V.R.C.

made several

v. K. Tong "B" dangerous Recreio Chinese raids, and only poor finishing by the K. Tong "A"

V. Chung Woh

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