1939-06-09 — Page 8

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 Foster")

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 A special dollar cash China ponies over the mile course, 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.

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After the running of the Lantno Handicap, which is the last contest on the programme, the Hongkong Jockey Jockey Club will draw the curtula for the drst half season and there will be no more flat rucing un- Australian September 23. Our

dumb friends will Chinu and

for from Happy Valley evacuate their summer recess and it has been i reported that some owners have al- really inate arrangements for their racers to spend the holidays at Fan- ling and Macao.

First Half

Mile Race

For Aussies

First saddling bell for the opening "While on the subject, the Macao event, the Carpentaria Handicap for Jockey Club has circularised a special Australian panies of this season, wili notice to their members announcing be rung at 1.30 p.mn, 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-is the first sprint over half a mile bon University of Veterinary Science,

Macao since the introduction of these ani- and all ponies grazing in

The ban on mals from Antipodes. will be under the care of this vet.

winners of $500 or more has brought A most interesting feature of last forward a few lame-ducks and they Saturday's racing waa Mr. Eucarnn- can's fine riding: he had four wing Finders River; Loquacious and to his credit including a "hat trick, Tarzan, all of whom hove started Southern Star did a lot which was the first to be scored at only once.

The of amah work during training and Happy apnour of being champlon jockey for the mare has never appeared in pubile the first half season cannot be taken with

Encarnaçao by any other from Mr.

this Valley

season.

the Kong Brothers'

racing

Janber and Bollin roud, Ajax should

is he is well ahead to the front with colours. With

total of 20 winning mounts. His Bay out of the nearest rival is Mr. Necda who bas have an easy passage to collect the

15 wins and he is followed by Mr. Brst prize of $600 stake money and

with nine successes,

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CONSOLATION RACES

Those "Jockeys in the stand" who have "gone down the ink" may be back to- able to get some money

all

with the Australian jockey Mr. Ray- mond in the saddle, the combination is hard to crack. Amber II and Poconos should fill the minor posl- tions in the frame.

morrow, for there are nine attrae- 21 ENTRIES FOR tive handicap events, practically being consolation racca, The ab-

sence of several good 'uns and publis NANLING HCAP

favourlies will not in any way lower

In

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. Nasis is on the right background of the plcture-Stag Photographer.

LAND CONSIDERED

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PURCHASE OF GRAZING

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(By "Capt. Foster")

It is learned that the Hongkong 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 it will fill a long- felt want want.

There are, I know, quite a few owners and trainers who have a pre- Judice against turning out their ponies owing to the flies 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" So the care not to allow with dung, the breeding of Ries increases. 'animals to feed where they. dung is a valuable and natural protection.

Though I am no naturalist, I think the grassland should be fenced into different plots so that if one plot gets stained ponies may be removed to another grazing area. This will undoubtedly lessen the persecutlun of filles.

Some Speedy Ponies Among The Entries

Gв Heddon.

SECOND LEG OF DAILY DOUBLE

The Shing Mun Handicap for "B" tlass China ponies is the second leg of the dally double, but there are no more than seven entries and the list is certainly small Judging by the performances the first section ponies

A fine scramble will be seen in (Expansion Time and Humdrum the standard of racing and punters There are 21 entries for the Nan- are assured of a good day's sporting Handicap for China ponies, the Hwang Ho Handicap for sub-Eve) should be well up at the with the usual thrills.

subscription grimna of this season, scription China ponies of this season finish. The latter is undoubtedly a better animal, but Expansion Time Illstory was made in the betting that have not won more than $1,000- last Saturday when the Manly Hand stakes, but it is not to be expected over half a mile. There are a few appeals to me on account of a pull of

that all will weigh out owing to the speedy roadsters such

few pounds and with Mr. "Vie". cap for Austration "C" cluas ponies fact that many of the entrants are Kut Cheung. Radlum Star, Rose Day, Needa up, the iron grey mare is my was-selected by the followers of the in the Hwang Jo Handicap. How-Sea Horso and Welcome. The last choice. Potentu

Potentate to be ridden by turf as the best "kili" of the penul- ever, 1. like the chances of Magos, named has been knocking at the door Mr. Encarnaçao la

dangerous. Gladia timate meeting. The winner (Anna-National Honour and Wild Bear and bella) had 1,420 tickets for win, the will make my anal selection to-

for a long while, but he has certor, owned by Mrs. Grasett, cannot complain about the poundage; in tainly a stiff proposition because the fact he has only five flights from the second puny (A Great Time)

weight adjuster has put him at the bottom of the staircase and I would 4 and Twilight Star, who died

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

in the ruck, was backed to tire tune

of

morrow.

1040 dekets. The total chances Rose Emily Ought oung, Radlum Star and Sea pony, should the going be arm.

taken for a

While

tickets. volved

win amounted to 6,938

the figure was 5,212

for places

a

The

two added together in-

turnover of $09.750, which

To Win This

110 doubt

was a record. With the Very poor response has been re- cxception of A Grent Tinie, barred ceived for the Yangtsze Handicap for Crom competing, all other entrants Chinu ponies griffins of this season will be seen in action 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 betting will again be raised to fancy is Rose Emily to be followed.

by Galveston Bay and Peaceful View. a.fever heat.

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

Six Entries For Great Bight H'cap

'un over anything from six furlongs and under, but the pony has not lived

In the Great Bight Handicap for up to his reputation. In my school

class Australian ponies that of experience I am afraid, without "g" prejudice, the pony is a clinker. The have not won more than $1,000 in oficial 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 now! 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

(Continued on Page 9.)

LUCULLUS WINS BERKSHIRE FOAL PLATE

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

London, June 8. the 1% mile post (about half mile

The Berkshire Font Plate was won 170 yards). The result of the Manly Handicap last Saturday was Anna-to-day by Lucullus, starting at 7/4, bella, 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, nt 8/1, there was some heavy money poured was third.

on the first two. As A Great Time Ten ran in the race. Half a length is ineligible for the contest, Annu-separated first and second, and three bella must therefore be the first fa- lengths second and third-Reuter. vourite. I

I may be wrong, but it ap

co

peared to me that the third- Murray River- did not have a clear pastage and this pony and her stable male, Macquarie River, are

worth Tollowing Up. Brutus belonging to Mr. Treverton is under a cloud, but Bredon-owned-by-Mr-Tinson is look. ing extremely well and the distance: Is to the mare's king, Bredon is my best tip.

West River H'cap May Be Tame

The West River Handicap is the longest jaunt to-morrow for "C" class China ponies over a distance from the two mile post, once round and in. It looks that it will be, a tame affair and the field; I nm, afraid, will not be over half a dozen runners." Boolat Bay has rejoined his old.com- pany, but I don't fancy him. As Galveston Day

has to carry topweight, there is good reason to belleve that the

will not accept and I no- pony minate Tyne, Bright View and Laughing Girl. I expect to see these three finishing in that order.

New York, June 8.

Here

Here And There With Abe"

More About Cricket In The West Indies

"IN yesterday's issue was re- Indians had been led to expect, cost-

printed the first part of aning their fast bowlers a yard of pace, arilcie, written by S. H. Hayes in and they had no other bowlers of the Cricketer, on the West Indles Test Match Calibre-perhaps they cricketers, a team of whom is now never had. Pascall, who was Learle touring England. Below is published | Constantine's unele, must have been the rest of the article:

their best and his only English tour

"In 1920 West Indian team came came Inte in his cricketing life. to England again, but hopes raised

by the earlier team were not ful-Weak Batting

lied. They won only five of their

30 fast-class matches and had lost

every Test Match by lunch-time on VET it was batting which really the third day. The old characteris- let them down in Australia. ities of

brilliance showed | Headley, Grunt and

apart,

strongly, Chilenor was nothing like they showed neither skill nor reso the great bataman of the previous lution against Tremunger and Grim- tour, their three really fine fast mett. In the last Test Match, how- bowlers were handicapped by poor ever, the rain came to help them, catching in the slips and behind the Grant declared twice and they won wicket. "Many a time," said Con- un exciting victory, 1933 in Eng stantine, "I wished I could field slip land was very much like 1028, but to endorse opinions of to my own bowling." This tour did it served make the name of that great player. George Headley

formed L. N. Constantine scored 1,301 runs,

fast bowler of the very high- took 107 wickets, and felded gloriothecas, and it produced yet an- est class in E. A. Martindale, who, like Franels, St. Hill. Constantine and Headicy, later found his way into northern English lengue cricket.

Great Performance

already

outr

TN the drawn game with Extex he West Indian cricket did an astonish-

lushed up 130 in an hour and a ing thing when it produced halt. Then he went to the Oval and He revolutionised

West Indian neg batsmanship saved the game against Surrey with half-centuries in each innings. The batting machine of the Bradman of lovely next match was at Cambridge; Con- type. He has a wealth stantine took ten University wickets strokes and moves to the ball with for 80, clean bowling nine of them. fascinating smoothness, but most

remarkable The following are the results of And so to the

is the composed tem- Middlesex match. matches played in the Major Base-Middlesex declared at 352 for alx perament and the control which ch- wickets, Halg and Hendren having ables him to discipline his play as ball League to-day:

scored centuries. West five wickets for 70 runs. In came class games in 1933 be scored 2.320 Constantine to score 80 within the runa,

nobody else 30. Middlesex, Test Match, on a wicket giving him hour. again, but Constantine is feeling like strated the inability of the West In- attle help, C. S. Marriott demon-

NATIONAL LEAGUE

R. H.

D.

Chicago

0

Batteries, Lee and Hartnett.

5 New York

7

0

Batteries, Gumbert, Brown Banning,

and takes

Pittsburgh

Q

3

1

Batteries, Tobin and - Berres,

Muller.

2 10 Boston Batteries, Felte and Lopez.

Indies lost

the

now and bowling at top

seven for 57,

Hendre he

occasion

Arst-

demands. In

average 00.28. In the Oval

50, dians to cope with subtleties of Bight

none of the last seven double figures, and spin. There and at Lord's they 150 all out, West Indies 259 to win they fought an honourable draw.

were well beaten, but at Manchester

on a wicket now no better than

重

should be. Five wickets fall for

121, Constantine coming in again. No Solidity

of the next 133 he scores 103, again within the hour, and West Indies Cincinnati vs. Philadelphia will be are past the post by 3 wickets. The pavilion rose to him, and with ren- played at night.

son.

.

Test Matches

the story of West Indian cric-

ket thus for is not one of im- pressive team performance, of solidity, or even stubborn respecta- bility. Rather do we think of an Intoxicating melange of brilliant hit- ters and headlong fast bowlers, of TN the Test Matches it was not that lithe, eager fielding. If not dependa

they England played superlatively ble catching. Great players Batteries, Smith, Brown and Tresh.well, but the West Indies played have had-Challenor, Constantine,

AMERICAN LEAGUE

7 New York .......

12 0 Batteries, Donald and Dickey, Chicago.

2 7 2

5 0

5

Washington Batteries, Krakauskas, Masterson and Ferrell,

badly. Constanting did nothing at Headley, Martindale and many very St. Hill, Roach Kelley, all, and indeed in Test Matches good ones Small,

away from his own land his record and Sealey, always looking for a astonishingly poor. Hobbs did chance to hit n four and it possible Martin, Francis and and not play in the first Test, but in the a six, John,

cricket grows of

0

1.

Cleveland

7 Batteries, Harder, Hudlin

emaley.

7

10

0

other two he tamed the new terrors Griffiths. When

0 was

Speed Record

as he had tamed the old. That sum- ten care-warn and drab with sophis- and mere cleverness, the Philadelphia4_0_ mer West Indies fleided while Hobbs tication Batteries, Beckman, Pippen, Joyce, scored 13, 123, 53, 109, 14, 119 eagerness and sparkle-of-West-In-

He was 45 and in the nature of dian cricket are badly needed." Dean and Brucker.

Detroit

8 13 1 things could not play in many more Batteries, Trout and Tobbelts.

Test Matches, but as he made casa- Boston

I 13 1

ful movements this way and that Batteries, Galehouse, Heving, the pace and fire of the attack bo- Dickman, Desautels and Peacock, came a furious futility. Two years JOHN Cobb, the British motorist, is to return to the United States in later this same West Indian attack St. Louis

Woodfull, Ponsford, August to make an attempt to 'break tackling

This Batteries, Gill, Whitehead, Spindel Bradman, Kippax, Jackson and Me- Captain G. E. T. Eyston's world land and Glenn.

The old difcul-speed record of 387.5 m.p.h. Cabo in Australia. Boston vs. Louts nightcap post-ties of team selection showed them- was revealed recently by Mr. Gus Boned on account of rain-United selves, Grant going straight from P. Backman, Secretary of the Salt Comed Cambridge to captain a side entire-Lake City Chamber ly strange to him. Constantine was who stated that Cobb had as usual magnificent outside the Test him to that effect. Cobb, he Matches and Ineffective in them. in hoped to teach a speed of 370 miles hour. Last year Cobb beat ten Test Malch Innings he lost his an

with 350.20 wicket every time for a highest score Eyston's old record 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 now record.

Press.

BOWLING GREEN BEING LAID

AT HONGKONG C.C.|

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

Amongst the members of the keen 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 being laid on the eastern side of the ground, near the B. and S. offices.

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