1939-03-10 — Page 8

Friday,

HONGKONG- TELEGRAPH

March 10, 1939,

ANNUAL RACE MEETING IN RETROSPECT HUGE SUCCESS Perak Champion In Local Tennis Tourney

FROM EVERY

POINT OF VIEW Special Homeside

(By "Captain Foster")

was

A full review of the Annual Race Meeting under the auspices of the Hongkong Jockey Club, which brought to an end last Saturday, at Happy Valley, is not feasible owing to exigency of space, but I hope that a short survey of the five days of racing will not be out of place.

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The meeting was 'a great success | from every point of view and a vote of thanks must be tendered to the Stewards, Omeials and the stoff in general for the very effelent manner In which every department was run. This was much appreciated by the men of the turf and the paying out to punters was all in good time.

The weighing "out and in" of the ponies by the four Stewards (as

EXCELLENT RACING BY AUSSIES

against three last Spring) in charge The Australian events always pro-) of the Senie, His Honour Sir Atholl vided excellent racing and one of the MucGregor, K.C., Mr. D. C. Ed-wet thrills was seen in the Rooty- mondulon, Mr. F. C. Hall and Mr. Hill Derby when a rank outsitter in P. M. Hodgson must be complimented Triumphant Day, ridden by Mr. B. L. upon, especially in the Wong-Nel-Ta, flashed past the post to win by Chong Stakes (second section) when three lengths. This brown gelding 28 jockeys had to test the scale. All belonging to Chau Bros. paid $415.30 the China ponies subscription grins to the delight of 63 staunch suppor-" sired by events had large

and the

lers, The pony weighing out of every race wag var tibblestonTriumphant Day took" ried out at a rattling pace, giving 2.40 to journey the circuit as against punters ample time to make their the record time of 2.43% set up by selections.

Gynsy Love. Mrs. Eu Tong-son's Chiltern let the public down very badly and so did Cockerol from the Jahn Peel's stable.

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Although the weather clerk did not give us glorious sunshine for the live days of racing, the oing was) on the fast side. As a result there were four new track records, all by ponies ridden by Mr. C. Encarnacao. In the present list of fastest times on record for various distances, the name of this Jockey appears five

times.

C. Encarnacao Led The List Of Jockeys

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Soccer Forecast

The following are the teams specially selected to win in the Home Football programme to-

morrow:

Home-Winners.

Luton Sheffield U, West Brom.

Queen's P.R.

Barnslay

Bradford C. Hull Stockport

Optional Selections

Tottenham Chester Hearts Rangers

U S. Marines

U.S.

To Come Here

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Next Season

Tom The Fourth United States Marines Once again Lucky Lad by McCarthy became the Spring cham- Rugby XV, considered one of the pion with Mr. Necda in the saddle, nest sides ever turned out by the but the pony did not capture the big leathernecks" in Shanghai, will not race by the length of a street and the proceed to Hongkong this season, verdict was by a neck beating Snowy states the W. C. D. News. Word Was grand received from the Colony this River at the post. It was a Anish and that astute jockey, Mr. effect and, it transpires that the Bri Peter Wel, rode a smart race on the tish Army side in Hongkong Was loser, Snowy River, (by Bobniai) more than willing to meet the re- who staged a wonderful comeback, doubtable local side, butas the Taggert's season in the south his almost Anish- trounclog Mrs. J. H. Lancashire Chips by one and a half ed, it was felt that even had the lengths.

Marines taken 'the next steamship to the Colony, 'the time of the year would hardly be appropriate for the with the temperature hovering in the neigh- bourhood of 80 degrees.

broke his collar-bone, will not be playing of such matches seen in action for a long time,

JOCKEYS' RECORDS

The following is a complete re- cord of jockeys placed at the Annual Mecting:

Mr. Encarnaçao was in grent form specially on the last day of the Carnival, plioting four winners and they were no "arm chair" rides. The best was seen in the Phaethon Handi- cap when in the last 50 yards from the touch line he brought Rose Jono C. Encarnacao on the outside with terrine burst V. V. Needa of speed, beating Tampa Bay with T. L. Wong Mr. Black in the saddle by a close. Pote-Hunt shave.

F. Marshall D. Black No fewer than 50 Jockeys look part at the Annual Carnival, but B. L. Tao

B. A. Proulx there were only 24 riders who ref. C. Pih

the scale. Mr. Encarnação. p. Y. T. Wa turned was led 22 times to the dismounting

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enclosure outside the Weighing L. B. Chao Room, the position of his placings. P. Chanson being 13 wins, five seconds and four W. G. Pay thirds. Had anybody followed him W. H. S. Davis right through the meet with a five C. L. Gregory dollar bill in every outing, one must A. D. Coppin produce a satisfactory balance sheet: P. L. Chiu Messra, V. V. Needn, T. L. Wong and 11, J. A. Hearne J. Pote-Hunt each had six wins, Hà Trungping

It may interest one to know that T. Y. Woo Mr. A. D. Coppin broke his "duck" S. W. Pan

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It is learned, however, that a tents Live Invitation has been extended to the focal afteen to visit Hongkong 1st 2nd 3rd carly next season to meet the vari

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on Sylvandale in the Jockey Cup. G. Treverton and Mr. P. L. Chlu cut the ice by registering his first ofcial win on Starlet at Hoppy Valicy and the pony pald the biggest dividend of $3,711.00

There was a dead heat for first for a win In the annals of Hongkong racing. Three jockeys

un-place and only two ponies started in were sented, and Mr. A. W. Raymond, who three events.

at

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Geo. Pio-Ulski's String Quintette

every SUNDAY for Tiffin 1 p.m. to 2.30 p.m. Fred Carpio's Dance Orchestra

overy WEDNESDAY for Dinner 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

A la Carte & Table d'Hote

LOUIS BEATS LEWIS-Fans who saw the heavyweight boxing bout in New York between Champion Joe Louls of Detroit and Challenger John Henry Lewis of Arizono, remarked that Joe went about it like a man with a job to do, or perhaps like an orderly machine. The fight lasted 2 minutes 20 seconds. Above, John Henry has just inet Joo's right to the jaw and goes down.

M.C.C. FACE HUGE SCORE IN FIFTH TEST AT DURBAN

The M.C.C. tourists are now facing a total of 695 in the fourth innings in the Fifth Cricket Test match against South Africa at Durban.

Continuing their innings yesterday, the South Afri- cans" consolidated their position by taking the overnight of games. There is little doubt, in total of 193 for three wickets to 481 before the last wicket this connection, provided the Marines

are up to their present standard, that fell, thus leaving the Englishmen with 696 to get in order the invitation will be accepted,

to win.

It is known that the "leathernecks" were most onxlous to make the trip

Durban, Mar. 9.

and the decision that has been reach- South Africa added 30 runs in 105 ed will come as a distinct disappoint-minutes this morning, bringing their ment to them. Their rugger season total to 202 for 4 at Junch time in did not begin until Christmas had the sixth_day_of_the_Final Test almost been reached and with the Cricket match against the M.C.C. inclement weather in Shanghai dur-

ing the past month, their nctual A small crowd of 400 when the ploying time has been confined to match resumed this morning testined to the fact that laterest in rather less than two months.

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Rose Elect Undoubtedly Best Of The Griffins

As was predicted by the writer, Rose Elect owned by Mr. Eu Tong-sen annexed the Maiden Stakes (Six Fur longs) and the Hongkong Derby (12 Miles) in record times of 1.23.4/5 and 2.55.2/5 respectively.

LIM THIAT-TET MAY GO FAR: DEFEATS A. V. GOSANO EASILY

(By "Abe")

Conditions were against really good tennis at the Hongkong C.C. yesterday. A slight drizzle which fell just before the matches were timed to start, bad light and an intermittent breeze all conspired to prevent high-standard play, and consequently the matches were as dull as the weather, which was pretty bad.

The programme was marked by go a long way in the tournament. one mishap. E. E. Story, shortly He demonstrated yesterday that ho after the start of his singles match is going to be the "dark horse" of against Wong Shiu wing, wrenched the competition. his knee and retired. This occurred In the second point of the match. Wong, commencing service, won the Arst point, and in the second he Jobbed the ball and Story, in trying to smash, put his knee dul,

Lim Thint-let, whom mentioned in Tuesday's issue in connection with his doubles match, created a fav- ourable impression yesterday when he was seen in the singles for thei Пrst, time. Meeting A, V. Gosano,

Results Of Matches Played Yesterday

The following were the re- sults of matches played yester- day:

OPEN SINGLES

Wei Chung beat 1. R. Turner 6-1, 6-1.

T. . Could beat H. Y. Ho 9-7, 61.

E. C. Fincher beat Kwok Hing-chung 6-1, 6-1.

Lim Thiat-tet beat A. V. Gosano 6-2, 6-0.

E. E Story retired hurt in his match against Wong Shiu- wing.

OPEN DOUBLES

S. "A Gray and G. C, Bur- nett beat H. P. Ong and S. H. Ling 7-5, 6-8, 6-3,

Lee Wai-tong and lu Tak- cheuk boat Luk Chun-cheung and Ju Tak-lam 7-5, 6-3.

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E. C. Fincher was not his best though he accounted for Kwok Hing- chung with the loss of only games. He was making far too many mistakes, but the issue was never in doubt,

National And Lincolnshire Calls-Over

Londen, Mar. D. The following is the latest call- over for the Grand National:

11/2 Kilstar (0), W/1 (1) 10076 Temewillow (1, and, 0.) 100/0 Workman (0) 13/1 (1) 100/7 Royal Danieli (0)

· 10/1 Rockquilla (t, and D) 20/1 Brendan's Collage (0) 20/1 Royal Mail (0)

20/1 Underbld, (o),

21 Cooleen (o), 25/1 (1)

22/1 Memoiīni (aj

20/1 Dominick's Cross (0) 20/1 Inversible (0)

29/1 St. George (1, and o.) 20/1 Blue Shirt (0) 50/1 Black Hawk (0)

Brendan's Cottage has entered the betting following its "victory to-day in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, carry- ing 12st, over one and a quarter miles course to beat Morse Codey an odds-on favourite, by five-lengths at level weight-Reuter,

LINCOLNSHIRE

London, Mar. 8. The following is the latest call- over for the Lincolnshire:

10/2 Domaha, (t, and o.) 1/2 Gazonia (0), 10/1 (3)

15/1 St. Andrew's (0) 22/1 Temeraire (a) 25/1 Halcyon Güt (0) 25/1 Dundee (0)

the drawn-out game was diminishing he won easily by 0-2, 6-0. These 10070 Davy Dellltlo' (o) Overnight rain helped to bind the scores, against a player of Gozano's 109/4 Burgundian (0) wicket, which showed no signs of quality, give an indication of how Iwell Lim played. He is a very well- crumbling,

The partnership between Nourse equipped player, makes his strokes and Viljoen, which yielded-51-runs, fluently on both hands-and-possesses ended when Nourse skled a rising a fairly useful service. ball from Farnes which was taken

by Hutton at short-leg. His score was 25 and the total 242 for 4.

PERAK CHAMPION

Bruter.

Huddersfield Win

F. A. Replay

While watching last Monday's Melville, who was limping ns the result of a strained leg, now joined matches, I had picked out Lim a Vilinen and carried the score to 202 player of outstanding merit, and at lunch time. Viljoen, who had 43 was not entirely surprised, therefore,

London, Mar. 9. to his credit, played an aggressive to learn yesterday that he is a former

of Perak. He is now in In the F. A. Cup replay to-day, game, scoring 10 runs in on over champion

Hongkong to further his studies, and Huddersfield, ploying away, defeated - from Wright. Melvlite contribu-

is an external student at the Hong-Blackburn R. by two goals to one. tion was 30 at the interval:

kong University, Afternoon's Play

Rotherham, also playing away, Dreary batting ensued after lunch

Though I cannot see him beating beat Hull by 2-0 in the northern

for instance, yet I think Lim should-Reuter.

when 300 was registered after 300 Taul Wai-pul, our local champion, section of the Third Division League,

minutes.

With the total at 340

Viljoen

chopped a ball from Perks into the

wicket. He had scored 74 which in- cluded seven fours in a game mark- ed by solid driving.

Dalton joined Melville and carried when the former the scare to 387

and three to the ropes.

Melville had scored 08 and Grieve- son nothing when the ten Interval arrived, 307 for 0.

A feature of her successful outings, winner of the Valley Stakes did not sub- was the easy manner in which she turn out to be the champion beat the opposition, but I was cer- griffin, but the chestnut gelding has was caught by Wright off his own. tainly taken by surprise when Mr. the speed of a greyhound for a mile powing after scoring 21. It was a Eu's candidate paid $11.10 for a win and under and this should be borne lew left hand catch. Dallon played in the Blue Riband. There was one in mind. In my racing notes on the fast and vely game, hitting a six race which we all looked forward eve of the big meeting I said that and Marksman did not suit the riding of to seeing between this mare Silkylight. But was not to take the owner; Mr. Tang Man-wa, and place. As the latter is now in the the change in the saddle proved that happy hunting grounds, we will have the pony was the flower of the flock. to exercise patience until next Spring Not only did he annex the Profes when some big "hot" may find an slonal Cup and Sub-griffins Cham- other so-called China pony to beat plons in a fast run of 2.33%, but wickets for the M.C.C., Ames, the of this year's classic Marksman won the classic with the regular wicket-keeper, helding in the the winner event. The mare has earned $7,373 greatest of case. The last mile was outfield, (Silkylight won $7,051 last year) for galloped in 2.01% and we must not

MELVILLE BOWLED

At the resumption, Gibb kept

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Melville took 17 runs off Wright's the three outings and it is hard to one sight of this wonderful perform-frst over and sent up the 400, reach- predict at this juncture what will be ance. The bay sub started five times ed in 108 minutes.

cuptnin The South African her total at the end of the season? and piled up $5,600 with the inclu

to the Anally bowled by Farnes with his There was no doubt that Mr. Eric slon of the Governor's Cup

score at 103 and the total 434 for seven Moller's Navylight was the second lucky owner. best griffin of the meeting and we A good fow subscription griffins, wickets. This was Melville's first him 200 may look forward to a good race which showed up well during the Test century, which took

D very dls- between this youngster and Desert early mornings, gavo

Langton was next to go, caught by Chief at the Extra Meetings. For appointing display and there was no minutes to make. He hit ten fours. two runs Navylight collared $2,028. doubt that they came to form too Hammond at first slip off Farnes, The running of Hyndford Bridge quickly or that they could not main having made only aix. 450 for 8.

Newson made iree and was then In the Trial Plate was a sad blow 'hin their concert pitch. Chatterbox to her supporters, but the owner, did not win a roco until the last dy bowled by Wright, the score being Mrs. T. E. Pearce, managed

moet 1.g. February Fourth, then 402 for nine. collect of the

Orleveson, after scoring 30, was a total of $2,000 for the mare's minor Guinness Time, Kut Cheung, Ma co

by Farnes. The South successes. A nole should be kept Matador, Millenye,, Sports Venture, bowled of Liber's performance in the Grif Tiny Tim, Wilber and Wild Bear are African Innings thus ended at 48%,

The M.C.C., needing 096 runs to ins Spring Handicap when she won still among the company of non-win-

started the event in good time of 1.58% ners, but belleve me that they will win in the fourth innings,

with Hution and Gibb, Without any for a mile carrying 186 lbs. Lilliber turn up some day. finished the Spring session with B Hereunder is a list of those sub-run being scored, stumps were drawn credit balance of $1,800 and sheriffles that have made $1,000 and owing to bad light. should win a couple races before over to provide their own upkeep:

the recess.

MARKSMAN'S SUCCESS Without the mainstay of the meet- ing the Annual Carnival would be a Busco and this season's consignment of China Ponies subscription griffins

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