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Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

June, 9, 1939.

FIRST HALF OF RACE SEASON

CHIEF INTEREST ON LANTAO HANDICAP EVENT

TICKETS SELLING WELL

IN DOLLAR SWEEP

(By "Captain Fosier")-

Chief interest at to-morrow's Sixth Extra Race Meet- ing under the auspices of the Hongkong Jockey Club will no doubt be centred in the Lantao Handicap for "D" class China, ponies over the mile course. A special dollar cash sweep is being conducted on the event and at time of writ- ing the sale of tickets is nearing the 140,000 mark, which guarantees the first prize to be over $63,000.

After the running of the Lantuo Handicap, which is the last contest! on the programme, the Hongkong Jockey Jockey Club will draw the curtain for the first half season and i there will be no more fat racing un- September 23. Our Australian til

China and

"dumb friends" will evacuate from Happy Valley for their summer recess and it has been reported that some owners have al- ready made arrangements for their: racers to spend the holidays at Fan- ling and Macao.

First Half

Mile

Race

For Aussies

First suddling bell for the opening While on the subject, the Mura event, the Carpentaria Handicap for Jockey Club has circularised a special | Australian ponies of this season, will notice to their members announcing be rung at 1.39 p.m. and it may be that they have acquired the service of interest to know that the contest of Dr. J. Vidigal, a graduate of Lis- bon University of Veterinary Science, is the first sprint over half a mile Maeno since the introduction of these ani- all pontes grazing in

uncl

will be under the core of this vet,

mais from Antipodes. The ban an winners of $500 or more has brought A most interesting feature of Ins! forward a few lame-ducks and they Saturday's racing was Mr. Encarna are Flinders River. Loquacious and San's fut riding; he had four wins Tarzan, all of

whom have started "hat trick," to his credit including n which was the first to be scored it only once. Southern Star did a lot The of anah work during training and this Happy Valley

season. honour of being champion jockey for the mare has never appeared in public the first half senson cannot be taken with

Kung Brothers' racing from Mr. Encarnacao by any other

colours. With Junber and Baflin as he is well ahead to the front with

rond, Ajax should total of 20 winning mounts. His Bay out of the menreal rival is Mr. Needa who has have an easy passage to collect the 15 wins and he is followed by Mr.] first prize of $600 stake money and Pih. with nine successes.

CONSOLATION RACES

Those "jockeys in the stand" who have "gone down the sink" may be able to get some money back 10-

morrow, for there are nine attrae-

tive handicap events, practically all being consolation races. The ab--

sence of several good "uns and pubile

favourites will not in any way lower

the

with the Australian, Jockey Mr. Ray- mond In the saddle, the combination is hard to crack. Amber II and Poconos should fill the minor post- tlons in the frame.

in

21 ENTRIES FOR NANLING HCAP

ENDS TO-MORROW

"Andy" Wright directing operations in a practice game this week at the Kowloon Cricket Club green while other players look on. F. E. Nash is on the right background of the pleture-Stuy Photographer.

PURCHASE OF GRAZING

LAND CONSIDERED

(By "Capt. Foster")

It is learned that the longkong Jockey Club is contemplating, or may have oven started negotiations, to purchase a big piece of land in Fanling for ponies to graze.

If this is correct, I feel confident in saying that the project will be received with open arms by all owners, big or small, as li will fill a long- felt want want There are, I know, qulte a few owners and trainers who have a pre- Judies against turning out their ponies owing to the files which attack the animals in the pastures. The theory of some trainers may be right. but they must not overlook the fact that where the ground is "stained" with dung, the breeding of files increases. So the care not to allow animals to feed where they dung is a valuable and natural pratection.

Though I am no naturalist, I think the grassland should be fenced into different plots so that if one ploi gets stalno poules may be removed to another grazing area. This will undoubtedly lessen the persecution of flics.

Some Speedy Ponies Among The Entries

as Heddon,

SECOND LEG OF DAILY DOUBLE

The Shing Man Handicap for "B" class China ponies is the second leg of the daily double, but there are no more than seven entries and the Ifst is certainly small. Judging by the performances the first section pontes (Expansion Time and Humdrum Eve)

the should be well up at finish. The latter is undoubtedly a better animal, but Expansion Time appeals to me on account of a pull of few pounds and with Mr. "Vic"

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the standard of racing and punters There are 21 entries for the Nan- A fine scramble will be seen in are assured of a good day's sport ling Handicap for Chinn

ponies, the Hwang Ho Handleap for sub- with the usual thrills.

subscription griffins of thin season, History was made in the betting that have not won more than $1,000 scription China ponies of this scuson last Saturday when the Manly Handi-in stakes, but it is not to be expected over half a mile. There are a few

that

sil will weigh out owing to the speedy rondsters such cap for Australian "C" class ponies! was selected by the followers of the fluct_tint_mony of the entrants are Kut. Cheung. Radium Star, Rose. Day. Need-up, the iron-grey-more-is-my the Hwang Ho Handicap. How- Sen Horse and Welcome. The last choice. Potentate to be ridden by turt as the best "kill" of the penul- ever, I like the chances of Magog, named has been knocking at the door Mr. Encarnacao is dangerous. Gladia- timate meeting. The winner (Anna National Honour and Wild Bear and bello) had 1,428 tickets for win, the I will make my final selection to- for a long while, but he has cer- complain about the Ground ce. In second pony (A Great Time) carried

poundage: tainly a su proposition because, the fact he has only five flights from the 1,004 and Twilight Star, who finished

weight adjuster has put him at the bottom of the staircase and I would in the ruck, was hacked to the tune:

top of the tree. My best three are recommend readers to back the n win

of 1.040 tickets. The total chances

taken for n while for places the figure was 5,212 tickets. The two. added together in- volved a turnover of $60,750 which

amounted to 0,038

morrow.

Rose Emily Ought To Win This

no doubt was a record. With the Very poor response has been re- exception of A Great Time, barred ceived for the Yangisze Handicap for from competing, all other entrants China ponies grifting of this season will be seen in netion in the Wall-in view of the embargo on winners. send Handicap and I wonder whether The run is over six furlongs and my the belting will again be raised to fancy is Rose Emily to be followed by Galveston, Bay and Peaceful View.

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Cheunst. Radium Star and Sen pony, should the going be firm.

Horse. Rose Day is a good outsider. As far as my memory gues, Talkative was at one time considered a good

Six Entries For

'un over anything from six furlongs Great Bight H’cap

and under, but the pony has not lived up to his reputation. In my school

In the Great Bight Handicap for of experience I am afraid, without "" class Australian pontes that prejudice, the pony is n clinker, The have not won more than $1,000 in official handicapper has rated him at stake money, the great fight over six the bottom of the ladder and if Tal-furlongs could only attract six no- kative can speak to the starter to let minations and out of the total two him through the barrier first, then entrants (Flinders River and Tar- he may have a chance,

FIRST LEG OF DAILY DOUBLE

The first leg of the dally double

is on the Wallsend Handicap for "C" class Australian ponies and it will not keep the punters in long sus- pense, for it is only a sprint from the 1 mile post (about half mile 170

badden; The result of the Manly

(Continued on Page 0.)

LUCULLUS WINS BERKSHIRE

· FOAL PLATE

London, June 8. The Berkshire Font Pinte was won

last Saturday was Anna-to-day by Lucullus, starting at A Great Time, and Murray with Double Greek, also 7/4, in second River and it will be remembered that place, while Maid of Essex, at 8/1, there was some heavy money poured was third,

on the first two.. As A Great Time Ten run in the race. Half a length

is ineligible for the contest, Anna- separated first and second, and three belia must therefore be the first fo-lengths second and third.--Reuter. vourite. I may be wrong, but it ap peared to me that the third cob Murray River did not have a clear passage and this pony and her stable mate; Macquarie River, are worth following up. Brutus belonging to Mr. Traverton is-Under-a-cloud, but Bredon owned by Mr. Tinson la look- ing extremely well and the distanco is to the mate's liking. Bredonia. my best tip,

West River H'cap May Be Tame

The West River Handicap in the longest jaunt to-morrow for **C" einas, China pontes over, a distance from the two mille post, once round and in. It looks that it will. bon tame affale and the field, I am afraid, will not be over half a dozen Boolat Bay has rejoined his old. pany," but I don't fancy him, As: Galveston Bay has to carry topweight Litero is good reason to believe that. the pony will not accept "and,"I^^no-" minate Tyne, Bright Vlow and Laughing Girl. I expect to soo these three finishing in that order.#

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More About Cricket In The West Indies

IN yesterday's Issue was. re- Indians had been led to expect, cost-

printed the first port of aning their fast bowlers a yard of pace, article, written by S. 11. Hayes in and they had no other bowlers of the Cricketer, on the West Indies Test Match Calibre-perhaps they erleketers, a team of whom is now [never had. Pascall, who was Learic touring England. Below is published Constantine's uncle, must have been the rest of the article:

their best and his only English tour "In 1928 a West Indian team come came lote in his cricketing life.

to England again, but hopes raised

by the earlier team were not ful-Weak Batting

filed. They won only five of their

30 Brst-class natches and had lost

every Test Match by lunch-Ume on VET it was batting which really the third day. The old characteris-

Yet then down in

Australia.

ties of patchy brilliance showed Headley, Grant und Martin apart, strongly, Chaltenor was nothing like they showed neither skill nor reso- the great baisman of the previous Jution against Iremonger and Grim- tour, their three really fine fast mett. In the last Test Match, how- bowlers were handicapped by poor ever, the rain come to help them, catching in the silps and behind the Grant declared twice and they won wicket. "Many a line." sald Con-! Fan exciting victory, 1933 in Eng- stantine, "I wished I could field siin, land was very much like 1928, but to my own bowling," This four did it served to endorse opinions of make the name of that great player. George Hendley already formed L. N. Constantine scored 1,381 runs, overseas, and I produced yet an- Look 107 wickets, and fielded glori- other fast bowler of the very high- est class in E. A. Martindale, who, like Franels. St. Hill, Constantine and Headley, later found his way into northern English league cricket. IN the drawn game with Essex he West Indian cricket did an astonish- lashed up 130 in an hour and He revolutionised our conception

ing thing when it produced Headley, half. Then he went to the Oval and West Indian negro batsmanship-a saved the game against Surrey with

the Bradman

Great Performance

of lovely

half-centuries in ench innings. The batting machine of next match was at Cambridge; Con-type. He has a wealth stantine took ten University wickets strokes and moves to the ball with New York, June 8.

for 80, clean bowling nine of them. a fascinating smoothness, but most The following are the results of And

50 to the Middlesex match. remarkable is the composed tem- matches played in the Major Base-Middlesex declared at 352 for six Perament and the control which en- ball Leagite to-day:

wickets, Haig and Hendren having ables him to discipline his play as demands. In first- scored centuries, West Indies lost five wickets for 70 runs. In came class gaines in 1933 he scored 2,320 Constantine to score 80 within the runs, average 68.28. In the Oval Test Match, on a wicket giving him hour, nobody else 30. Middlesex

a little help, C. S. Marriott demon- again, but Constantino is feeling like stented the inability of the West In- it now and bowling at top pace dlans to cope with subtleties of fight

Hendren 50,

NATIONAL LEAGUE

H

E,

Chienge

7

0

Batteries, Lee and Ha

Hartnett,

+

0

New York

Batteries, Gumbert, Brown and takes seven for 57,

Danning.

Pittsburgh

Batteries,

Boston

Muller.

0

the

occasion

none of the lust seven double figures, and spin. There and at Lord's they 160 all out, West Indies 259 to win were well beaten, but at Manchester on a wicket now no better than it they fought an honourable draw. Berres, should be. Five wickets fall for

121, Constantine coming in again.. No Solidity

3

1

Tobin and

2 10 Batteries, Fette and Lopez.

0

Of the next 133 he scores 103, agaln within the hour, and West Indies Cincinnati vs. Philadelphin will be are past the post by 3 wickets. The played at night.

pavlilon rose to him, and with rea-

son.

Test Matches

the story of West Indian cric- ket thus for is not one of im- pressive team performance.

of solldity, or even stubborn respecta- bility. Rather do we think of an Intoxicating melange of brilliant hit- ters and headlong fast bowlers, of the Test Matches it was not that lithe, cager fielding, if not dependa-

England

catching. Great players they played superlatively ble well, but tho West Indies pluyed have had-Challenor, Constantine, did nothing at Hendley, Martindale and many very badly. Constantine Kelley,all, and indeed in Test Matches good ones-Small, St. Hill, Roach away from his own land his record and Scaley, always looking for a 1 is astonishingly poor. Hobbs dia chance to hit a four and if possible Francis and and not play in the first Test, but in thela six, John, Martin,

AMERICAN LEAGUE New York .......

7 12 0 Batteries, Donald and Dickey, Chicago

272 Batteries, Smith, Brown and Tresh. Washington Batteries, Krakauskas, Masterson and Ferrell.

5

១

5

Cleveland

7 9 Batteries, Harder, Hudlin Hemsley....

Dean and Brucker.

4 0

0

1

1

Philadelphia Batteries, Beckman, Pippen, Joyce,

Detroit

# 13 Batteries, Trout and Tebbelts. Boston

В 13 Butterlcs, Galchouso, Heving, Dieleman, Desautels and Peacock.

St. Louis....... 7 10 Batteries, Gill, Whitehead, Spindel and Glenn,

poned on Press.

other two he tamed the new terrorz Grimüs, When cricket grows of- as he had tamed the old. That sum-ten-care-worn and drab with-sophis-- mer West Indies folded while Hobbs tication and' mere cleverness, the scored 13, 123 63, 168, 14, 110, eagerness and sparkle of West In- Ho was 45 and in the nature of dian cricket are badly needed.” things could not play in many more

Test Matches, but as he made ease- Speed Record

{ful movements this way and that

the pace and fire of the attack be- TOHN Cobb, the British motorist, is came a furious futility. Two years to return to the United States in later this same West Indian attack

was tackling Woodfull, Ponsford. August to make an attempt to break Bradman, Kippax, Jackson and Mc Captain G. E. T. Eyston's world land Cabe in Australia. The old dimeul- speed record of 357.5 m.p.h. This Boston vs. Louis nightcap post-ties of team selection showed them was revealed recently by Mr. Gus account of rain.--United selves, Grant going straight from P. Backman, Secretary of the Salt Cambridge to captain a side entire Lake City Chamber of Commerce, ly strange to him. Constantine was who stated that Cobb had notified as usual magnlacent outside the Test him to that effect. Cobb, he added, Matches and Ineffective in them. In hoped to reach a speed of 370 miles ten Test Match Innings he lost hisjon hour. Last year. Cobb beat wicket every time for a highest score Eyston's old record with 350.20 of 14 and his eight wickets cost 407. m.p.h, but only held it for a day Wickets were slower than the West before Eyston set up his new record.

BOWLING GREEN

BEING LAID

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AT HONGKONG C.C.

Work has already been started on the new bowling green which is being Inid nt the Hongkong Cricket Club. It is expected that the green will be ready for play shortly.

Cricket Club are some very bowlers, and it is likely that they will put in a team in the. Hongkong Lawn Bowls League next summer.

The green is bolig laid on eastern side of the ground, near the B. and S. offices.

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