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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

March 21, 1940,

"Captain Foster's" Racing Review PROSPECTS OF EASTER MEETING

DAILY DOUBLE FIRST LEG

THE FIRST LEG of the daily double event is o the Boschill

Selection Of Winners

New Classification Of

Difficult: Winners

FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS the Easter Meeting has provided some Stakes for Australian pontes of this beautiful golden eggs to the punters in the way of some handsome 1999 in stakes, and the trip is ille dividends. Going over my "dead filos" I found the following big dividends

We have not to go very far to find paid during the period:

gason that have not-won more than

Z

the winner, and my best three are Lucky Lady, Flying Dutchman and Maple Star, I, exprel to see then in tho order I havo named, and I would recommend Rowan for a long shat.

MIRS BAY STAKES

C. Encarnacao Absent From The Colony

THE OPENING EVENT, the Mirs BAY Staken, for *China ponies, Timna of this season, in #short outing over a mile, and there are 27 entries. Mr. En Tone-sen has enter al half a dozen grilles, but his first airing Jockey will not bo seen in action as Mr. Encarnacao has gone to Shanghai on business,

It leaves Mr. Puy to do the rest, and it looks that he will take out Ronson, whose chance for a place is not yet due.

1935 Touchstone (Mr. Proulx)

1936 Horod (Mr. Harris)

1937 Potentato (Mr. Poy). 1938 Salvage Master (Mr. Black)

1939 Discovery Bay (Mr. S. L. Yuon)

A capital Easter programme of ten events each day will be contested at Happy Valley during the holidays, and it is carnestly hoped that Mr. Clerk of the Weather will be kind enough to provide us with a good grass track. On

$495.10 for a win,

.100.80

do do

477.40

80:50 do 434.30 do

DAILY DOUBLE SECOND LEG

THE SECOND LEG of the daily double is en the ain

Drinkers

Tournament Tonnis

SIRDAR RUMJAHN AND TSUI YUN-PUI WIN SINGLES GAMES

(By "Tinker")

AS ANTICIPATED in the Open Singles termis tournament at the Hongkong Cricket Club yesterday, S. A. Rumjahn accounted for S. A. Gray bỷ 6-0, 6-2, and Trui Yun-pui beat J. L. C. Pearce 6-4, 6-0.

A. V. Remedios and J. Gonsalves received a walk-over Bay Handleap for class China last named player having sprained his ankle.

from Paul Kong and Bick Szeto in the Open Doubles, the i kenine to be a scramble from

ponies to be ridden by novices, and

the half mile beacon,

Anything may happen and a lot depends upon the start. The biggest field of the day will be here. Lanca shire Chap, Radium Star and bun- aline Susio are my cholec, and I shall be disappointed if they fall to

turn up.

ALBURY HANDICAP

Saturday, the first saddling bell will be rung at noon, and FOR AUSTRALIANS

the meeting will continue on Monday. The tiffin interval will be immediately after the second event on each day, and the third race is timed to be run off at 2.30 p.m.

Personally, I cannot under- Lake to guarantee any big dividends, but judging from the new classification list of Aus- tralian and China ponies issued by the Hongkong Jockey Club under the date of March 11, 1

TAIWAN BAY

HANDICAP

Demoted Ponies Should

Improve Betting

IN THE TAIWAN BAY Handicap

PERUSING ANY HANDICAP is a matter of interest to those who do understand handicaps, but at the same time it is boring to those who do not. The Albury Handicap, the second event, for “A”. class Australian ponies over a distance from the two mile post, once round and in, has attracted no less than 19 entries, and this must constitute a record nomination.

The handicapper has rated Far View to be a pound better animal than Baffin Bay, and these two most dangerous can- didates are to carry the top

DUPONT BAY

weights of 165 lbs. ând 164 lbs. SHOULD WIN

respectively.

have no hesitation in assuring renders that spotting the win- Distinctive Time, Hopeful Star,ners is going to be a nasty Johnber, O-Lan, Smashing Through problem. The creation of a "D" first section), the sixth event. for and White Diamond are, in my section among the Australian "D" class China opinion, the only ones to be cu ponies, coupled with the segre-mile, the inclusion of Kopeful Tinies, given 100 lbs, there are ten ponies THIRD RACE Kation of this season's bunch of Tim (all demoted from "C") in this understanding. We leave it at that. course, is above my level of

sidered. 3 O-Lan, with

the minor positions.

While Diamond and Hopeful Star for

Onage late Tony Time), who was entered at the big meeting n the property of Mrs. L. Dunbar, did not ince the start, but the more has now a. new stable. The new owner, Dr. Leo Shlu-kee, has found a new name and she is to be known-Emergency Unit. All I can say is that the mare is going out for the classification sub-committee to have o "look see.” Blue Field and Blue Gale are not yet rondy.

Hongham Bay H'cap For Sprinters

THE HONGHAM BAY Handicap (second section), ninth race, for class China ponies should be

· Interesting, - because we have here a nice batch of sprinters, and the Jauni k over aix furiones. To 'make, mu

point that we should see a good race we have in the first place King Kong and we really do not know the true value of this pony.

ponles

over the Excepting Sapper, who has been

no doubt pep up

the

FAR VIEW'S TRIAL

of China, Sunlight View and the allotment of 155 lbs., end

this, Australian subs and the Derby division, will griffins of China steeds into betting department. How good they various classes, will be the other are, it is hard to get a line, but I think Sunlight View should be the sido issue.

plek.

lbs..

RIGHTLY Clember

OPEN SINGLES A. Crawford v. Pang Ol-lam Wel Chung v. Tennis Kwok J. S. Theobald v. T. C. Chàn

The Rumjahn-Gray match at- adverse conditions, and struggled tracted the most attention and gamely against his superior appenană. though an can be seen from the To-day's Programmo acores, Rumjahn had the Inst word in most of the games, Gray provided spirited but in- consistent opposition. The most exhilarating phase of the loser's game was his service. His second service lost none of the speed of his first, and though a fair number went over the net, far more than was favourable for victory went into it. On more then one occasion he "aced" Rumjahn,

OPEN DOUBLES Taui Wal-pul and Trui Yum-pu) v. AR. Kitchell and I, M. A. Razzok.

Ranking American Boxers

WASHINGTON, Mar. 20

National | (UP),—Tho

Boxing

It was perhaps, tribute to the loser, that Rumjahn refused to relax. He liammered home his advantage on every occasion. A more accurate opponent with Gray's freedom of strokes would have alven the win-Association of America has rank- ner a very good struggle for honours, ed the challengers to Joe Louis As it was the height of the net was for the heavyweight champion- in Rumjahn's favour. The latter's ship of the world as follow. passing strokes down the side-lines were very fine, but on one or two. occasions he was left standing by the 3. Bob Faster: 4, Lou Neva; 5, Tommy some shots.

[Farr; 6, Max Baer; 7, Red Barpian.

Rankings for the Lightheavyweight Neither the light, nor the ground, title are: nor the colour of the balls after a 1. Billy Conn; 2. Gus Lemevich; short contact with the ground, was 3, Bettina; 4, Len Harver. conducive to good tennis. Footholds

1. Arturo Godoy; 8, Tony Gsiento;

were insecure, and the ball simply Lightweight rankings are:

Lou Ambers; 2, Davey Day; 3.

1,

slithered off the court in disconcert-ungott.rweight rankings are:

ing manner.

SECOND SINGLES

TN the second singles match, Tsul never gava the Impression of trying. Pearce seemed to find the} ground more difficult to stand on

1, Archibald; 2, Scalzo,

Bantamweight rankings

1. George Pnce; 2, Saltch. Flyweight rankings:

1. Little Dado; 2, Enrico Rabinati

It

is hoped to match these latter

than any other player around. After two boxers for the flyweight title a while he resigned himself to the sometime in the near future.

OR WRONGLY IN and Dupont Bay M. Lan's For View made a name (two griffins of this season) at the big meeting as the best have been set to shoulder the 'un from the Antipodes, but all her limit lond of 168 lbs. in the third There are two first-class handleap

performances were on the basis of events on the card; the Albury For a win in the Chelon Handleup weight for inches as per scale, and tace, the Hongham Bay Handi- Handicap for "A". class Australian by a length and a half. This Time we have to discover whether Miss cap (first section) for "B" class ponies, and the Easter Stakes for has been penalised

but Australia can carry the extra lead. China pontes over six furlongs, China steeds. The latter to be con- Handicap, has to carry 13 lbs. extra good miler, but Mrs. Taggart's can- list comes Bear Claw with 164 Willynilly, the winner of Talping Lancashire Chips is not only a and the next on the handicap tested on Easter Monday has drawn the nominations of Burford, Con- and in the circumstances their pro-didate has a pull or 10 lbs.

against

lbs. fusion Bay, Craitavad. Eve of Har-spects are not rosy.

Far View

and Lady Northcote's Eve of

Greiber, Mount

Night View is nicely weighted, but Devonian has to draw only 150 lbs. Hope Bay,

As Dupont Bay is a good lady over and the run 15

a sprint over the and might do so again. Some Hope (first section), winning the mile race aprinter, but I prefer to see another

nie Fonds show in the Moonle

Handicap Possible is no doubt A good mile course.. The

Easter Stakes is

appeals to me on the handicap, but worth $750 to the winner, and it is he did not go too well over a mille in 1.44.7% (which was a fifth of a jockey in the paddle before cust almost positive that we shall have Inst Saturday morning, and perhapa Devonian should be

second outside the record), and

ny vote. Galaxy nus a good outside nice Betd. For the time being the heavy going

of the chance, Budford, who holds

favourites. post oliking. honour, is my fancy.

Should the going be on the soft) Chatterbox has come nicely and he side, please do not forget our sister, may be a mennce to all.

-Courting Eve.

vest,

o Heaven and Spicylight, he has let his backers down before/The last pony put up a wonderful this distance. I nominate her to win.

is

the

PORTRUSH FOR THE LAST EVENT

PORTRUSH bas В good chance to make amends in the last event, the Taiwan Buy Handlesp (second section) for "D" Class China panles over a mile, and he should be follow- cd by Gold Coin and Golden Cow.

and Estover

As a sub of 1030, the bay pony of Cocoa picked up all the good money Double Chance in races confined to the subscription cause an upset. griffins, but King Kong has now to appear in the "3" class and spene

may

was not to

his

one

Sydney Handicap For New Classification

Of Australians

THERE ARE 20 COBS entered for the Sydney Handicap, eight races, confined to "D" class Australian ponies over six furlongs and it is to be hoped that the inauguration of the new standard will bring out all the nominations.

many be said of Musketeer. At this two dangerous candidates in the

I said in my last that the result of time Inst year King Kong put up a upper portion, while Musketeer, Oak the Kwanti Cup at Fanling would good fight against Jennifer.

Bay and Rose Jane may upset the, provide us with a line, but the first Looking over the handicap list, applecart. The last three are very two ponies (Dick Turpla and Peruja rato Jennifer and Lancashire Loss as low in the allotment of weights. [o'Oriente), have not been entered and this means that we are again up in the air.

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SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" WASHINGTON, Mar. 20 (UP)- By n vole of 14.to four, the Senate Banking and Currency Committee to- day approved the Townsend Bill for purchasing programme,

repeal of the foreign sliver

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However, he said, the Bill's passage will not affect existing contracts for purchases of 10,000,000 ounces of silver largely from Mexico, Canada and China,

SPORT ADVTS.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

THE SECOND EXTRA RACE MEETING will be held (weather

I DO NOT EXPECT to see a ble permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY on

of a few pounds, was badly beaten field in the fourth race, the Sub.- SATURDAY, 23rd and MONDAY, by Quick Despatch, who was fourth. Griffins Spring Handicap for China 25th March, 1940, commencing at

Franklin was at one time highly ponies, subscription grifins of Day 12.30 p.m. on both days, considered, and there is a good casan, over the champlon course. The First Bell will be rung at 12 chance for him to show his true Marksman, the best of last year, has Noon and the Tin Interval will be colours, and Many Thanks can also been nominated, but the champion after the second race (1 P.D.) 09

still under a cloud and he can be both days. left out.

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