1940-03-29 — Page 18

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

March 29, 1940.

"Captain Foster's" Racing Review

EASTER MEET. PROVIDES THRILLS FOR BIG CROWD

More Australians

For Hongkong

Close Finishes And High Prizes

In The

The Cash Sweeps

WE MUST THANK the Weather Clerk for providing punters with glorious sunshine on Easter Monday with the result that a bigger crowd members to subscribe for Australian pontes to be raced in 1941, and i turned up on the second day of the Easter Meeting than the first.

A notice by the Hongkong Jockey Club has been received inviting

is Interesting to relate that the list is to 125, which is double the last consignment.

It will be recalled that this year's batch consisted of d1 ponies and there were three sections the Sydney Maiden Stakes, each having 10, 15 and 14 runners respectively at the big meeting. If fully sub- scribed, which I am positive Il will, It is no exaggeration to predict that we will have four or five sections at 1941 annual meeting. The cost is $700 per pony, but Indies who who are not lady racing members of the club must be duly nominated before their names can be added to the subscription 1st.

This Intended lot of 125 ponies plus the 50 of a superior class men- tioned in my notes of March 8, would give us a total of 176 now animals from the Antipodes and it can be safely said that the events for China ponies at the 1941 Annual Carnival will be in the minority,

MARBER HEADS LIST OF WINNING OWNERS

Racing was of a very high standard and there were several close and exciting finishes. This, of course, spoke very highly of the distribution of the avoirdupois by the handicapper, who had a hard problem in weighting to- gether the old ponies and the griffins of this season.

The best work was seen in the Easter Stakes over a mile, when the judges could not separate the champion, Burford, (Mr. Pih) and Confusion Bay (Mr. Black) for the first position in the frame,

FAR VIEW'S FIRST DEFEAT

Sapper Nicely Handled By W. H. S. Davis

In order to gauge the attend- Lance of the followers of the M

turf the first prize of the cash! sweep in the last event on Saturday was worth $0,227 to ticket No. 3381, which drew Fei Ying ridden by Mr. P. Wel, but on Easter Monday the lucky No. 3451 in the last race fetched $4,530.40; and it was won by Guinness Time with the same, jockey in the saddle.

SATINLIGHT'S SURPRISING FAILURE

Doad Heat For First In Easter Stakes

Mr.

IT SEEMED that Mr. B. W. Bradbury's (who is on the high sea to South Africa) stable could not go wrong., THE

RESULT of The Albury

Good sport was enjoyed by all the WIAT WAS WRONG with at the Easter Meeting, for he has collected a total sum of Handicap confined to "A" class Au- race-goers who had certainly the Erie Moller's Satinlight in the Easter tralian ponies Wha Sapper (Mr. $2,100 contributed by Hughber, Jober, Johnber and Wilber. Davis), Far View (Mr. Pih) and Those who have gone down the punters were in the know, for they full value of their money's worth.Stakes? It oven appeared that the The performance of Johnber in the opening event, the me placed cobs were to subscrip- runaway victory by many lengths, pony, In fact the stable companion. Sparrow (Mr. S. L. Yuen), and all sink" must admit that there was no could not place any confidence in the Mirs Bay Stakes, was amazing because he beat the much ton grimas of this season.

I have segregated the margin of de- SpleyBght, had more ickets for a fancied O-Lan (Mr. Needa) by one and a half lengths in

feats with the following results; 1.59 flat for a mile run, and we should, therefore, take a

Dead Heat

parl-mutuel department.

The running of Satinlight was a note of the Marber's candidate as a mudlark.

and

Short Hend

A Hend

A Neck Half-a-length

A Length

11⁄2 do

2

do

3

do

+

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20

races

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Dunbar Stable

Sold To Mr. T. K. Li?

It is learned from a reliable source that Mr. L. Dunbar has sold alt his Australian and China poules to Mr. T. K. LI (owner of O-Lan, Omaha and Conagh), and the price paid was close on. to $25,000. The string consists of Alexandria Bay. Baffin Bay, Confusion Bay, Dupont Bay, Galveston Bay, Hillsboro Bay, Mount Hope Bay and Venus Bay, and the racers will appear at the next meeting In Mir, Li's red and white stripes, red cap, to be ridden by hir. V. V. Nerda.

The sale of these first class animals will no doubt be a great loss. to Mr. D. Black, for it will seriously affect his prospect of becoming the champion Jockey of this season."

On account of business where his presence la necessitated in Shang- hai and New York, Mr. Dunbar has thought it best to quit, but' Mrs. Dunbar, I understand, wllt continue to race ber lot of ponies.

Badminton

Wong And Miss Cheung Enter The Mixed Doubles Final

(By "Tinker")

win than the Derby wlaner In the P, H. WONG AND MISS W. CHEUNG entered the final of the Colony Mixed Doubles badminton champion- dead failure, and I wonder whether ship last night when they beat H. and Miss D. Eardley gallop or by 15-5, 15-12 at the Club de Recreio.

the stallion was short of

two. He

was looking a nice pleture In the parade ring, but when it came

There was no doubting the merits of the winners, for to racing, Satinlight was worse than though the opposition, especially H. Eardley, were some..

nschcol-boy, and he finished behing Spicylight, who was fourth.

what off form, they were nevertheless a strong combina

I sounded a discordant note in this tion. Miss Cheung's play was extremely good, and she column that Burford bad a atiff pro-

Without prejudice, the success of Mrs. Graselt's racer seemed to convey. the impression that Mr. Encarnacao's style of

of riding with long atirrups did not balance well with Sapper. I was delighted to see Mr. A. course, he being a grin of 1831 However, it was a fine race, and II. Penn's Valorous (well known class, and was originally owned by Mr. Davis nursed his mount to performer on a muddy course) Mr. H. H. H. Priestley If my nicely. Lying handy when entering sloshing through the heaviest memory serves, Valorous was never the straight, he brought Sapper in the right moment after passing the on the walking list. track in years after a terrible

mile beacon, and the combination downpour, and with the able drawn from the coffer of the Hong- the bit.

A total sum of $22,300 had to be never looked back again, to win on assistance of Mr. Treverton, the kong Jockey Club to pay 42 owners

position by conceding 10 lbs, to Con- completely over-shadowed her opposite when at the net. It will be seen from the above fusion Bay. I I do not believe in cry- combination won the Gin Drink-for providing the grand sport at the

It was For View's first defeat, but that four events out of the total of ing over the

spilt milk, but Had ers Bay (half a mile) in 1.68%. Easter holidays, and I append below it was no disgrace because the mare

Individually and as a com- ran up to. 14-11 and after allowing 20 races were annexed by twa Confusion Bay kept a straight course, Valorous is the oldest, racer on the a list of the lucky stables:

was carrying the limit load. The lengths, two by three lengths and athe judges would have been forced bination, the winners were better one more point to their opponents, old ponies, all of whom had a pull single contest by four lengths.

to give another decision than

athan their opponents. Patrick: At King's College, KL. Yong and

took the game at 15-12. Marber's

of a few pounds, did not impress

dead-heat. Considering the state of Wong, at certain stages of the Misa U. Khoo beat. Clark and Mrs. that they (Baffin Bay, Lancashire

the going it was a wonderful fast Chips, Lucky Lad and Triumphant

run over the mile in 1.54%, but I match, was inclined to be erratic T. J. Beattle 15-10, 16-9 in the other cannot help saying that the joint with his cross-court smashes, therefore, meet Wong and Zalas mixed doubles semi-final, and will, Day) were at one time or other meers of some calibre.

winners were rocking in the home and quite a number were over Cheung in the final. stretch, owing to the terrific pace 'set by Mount Hope Bay with Mr. Proulx in the saddle..

Jober

O-Lan Oonogh

Sy K's

Ex: Roldy's

Diamonds

Gredka's

G. Troverton's

Cefile Star Many Thanks White-Diamond- Murrumbidgee

Mrs. A. E. Garsett's

Helenaldo's

Bruno Sapper Valorous

"E" Class For Australians Soon?

Golf

Triple Tie In Bogey Par Pool

Mr. and Mrs. H. Overy (18+25), Surg. Comdr. and Mrs. C..B. Nichol- son (84-36) and Lt. Col, and Mrs. H. The first two (Springhurst and Rose (9+22) all tied at one down in Australian Prince) placed ponies in the Mixed Borey Par Competition the Sydney Handicap for "D" class held over the Now Course at Fanling Australian ponies were of this soa-during the Easter Meeting. son's bunch, and in the circumstances

Mr. and Mrs. Overy win the com-

It will not be long to see the creation petition, however, as they had the of an "E" class for the old stagers. best scores over the last nine holes.

P.

Junior Singles Semi-Final

the side-lines, but he later im-u proved and repeatedly scored winners with shots from the baseline that dropped just over

Eardley never gave his sister the of the men's Junior Singles cham

N. L. SMITH went into the final support that was needed to win such pionship at the expense of T. B. a match. His backhand shots were Young by scores of 15-12, 15-5. weak and his overhead was unrell-Youts put up splendid resistance in able. On one occasion be completely the opening game, and only dropped missed the shuttle in making a vicious

away after a misunderstanding in the smash, Miss Eardley, too, was in-scoring when the score was 10-9. -THERE WERE TWO-di-good account of herself as the oppo-nothing startling. Smith was head clined to be nervous but she gave as

Y. T. WEI TOPS the net.

WINNING JOCKEYS

- - ,

qualifications, Many Thanks (Mr.sition would allow Davis) for boring, and Jennifer (Mr. Black) for crossing. The latter has deprived Mr. Black of throughout the first game.

EASY FIRST · GAME

and Miss Cheang

WONG

WELL-KNOWN HONGKONG the honour, heading the list of second game was a

SPORTSMAN DEAD Brigadier H.C. Harrison

Ilughber

$300

800

Johnber

000

Wilber

GOD $2,100

L. Dunbar's

Confusion Bay Dupont Buy

025

600

Mount Hope Bay

200 1,325

T. K. L'a....."

000

400 .1,300

Eu Tong-sen's

Roso Emily Springhurst

000

000 1,200

Lucky'

Lucky Lady

000

Some Hope

200

Sydney Lad

300 1,100

Kong Brothers'

Gay Star

000

Hopeful Star

300

000

H. Leigh's Cocoa's

Guinness Timme

000

King Kong

000

Violet Queen

200

000

750

600

600

600

800

600

000

Hung's

Blue Diamond

000

H, and H's

Fat Yinst

000

Quartermaster's

Burford

625

Lin's

Far View

300

Pepcotul View

200

500

Phoenix

450

Manetta's

Chatterbox

450

LI Fo-chun's

Distinctive.Time

This Time

200

400

Ash's

Rowan

300

C. N. Ka

300

300

300

~~Huo'a

Franklin

300

in

S. W. Leo's

West Lake

300

HI, Y., Liong's

300

Hongkong Rifle

300

Association, and

Birds

200

local rugger cir-

V. M. Grazbura's

200

J. G. Whittaker's

200

eles. His was a

200

familiar figure

Suppysido's

The Tigress

200

P. M. Hoo's

·Yick's Chim'a · Lancashire Lnds

Tarzan

200

at the Triangu-

200

lar Rugby

M.H. T

Weetoo's

Double Chance Fair Chance „Miss Li To-chun's Red Feather

200

Tournaments

200

200

G. Tinson's

-Vixen Tör

200

in the Colony,

Laughing Girl

200

and

$22,300

Unicorn'a

Yom Mon's

Radium Star Australian Prince

Dr. Leo Shiu-kee's Portrush

Perola d'Oriente

H. and W's Advancing Timo

Neerlandia's Flying Dutchman

Sparrow

Clowner

Open Doubles Matches Yesterday

THERE ARE MANY sportsmen in Hongkong who will recall the name of Brigadier (then Colonel) H. C. Harrison, and who will remember the intense interest he took in all forms of sport here. To these people, and there are quite a number, the news received in the Colony yesterday of his death must have been a shock.

-In-The-second game, there was

and shoulders above his opponent and ran out an easy wiriner at 15-5,

Smith will now meet W. Gilliès in Jed the final. The

different story. jockeys, and the most successful By concentration on Miss Cheung, the rider at the Easter session was a series of misunderstandings at this Eardleys went info an 8-5 lend, but Mr. Peter Wei with a ratio of stage saw them drop back until the 3-2-3 mounts.

scoro was levelled at B-all.

Referees' Meeting

The monthly meeting of the Hong kong Referees Association will be A most interesting feat of Mr. The Chinese pair took the lead held at the Hotel Cecil on Tuesday, Black's riding was that he was not from 9-8 to 11-d before the Eardleys April 2,

Rev. 5. at p.m. The placed either second or third, and his pulled themselves together, and with Hinchelite will give a lecture on the three winning mounts were two dead- a great effort drew up to 11-all.origin and growth of Association heat on Chatterbox with Phoenix, Wong and partner secured service and Football, and Confusion Bay with Burford.

Mr. G. Troverton rode two clever races on Valorous and his own Bruno he has up to date cight winning and it

It may

any Interest one to know that mounts. Two more successes will graduate him to the "black-letters" fraternity. There were placed 21 Jockeys during the two days of racing His athletic keenness was! This was during the carly days when and the list of succccses is made us intimately associated with

the he

officer in the Royal, follows: Hongkong Football Association, His County "caps" included the of which he WAS Chairman Midland Countles, Kent, Devon and

1986, the

during his stay

on more

occa-

than one sion was referee.

Himself, he was

a rugger interna- tional, having play ed for England against Scollana 2009-10; !!-and- Ireland

Very mediocre faze_wim.provided] In the Club handicap II. J. Arm- against

***akka walk-over. In÷the handleop_mixed

and France In 1014, and he did whatever he could

an Was

Marines.

Hampshire, and he only gave up active participation in rugger following his accident when 1 Weish player kielted him in the face.

He

was Preal- dent of the Hong- kong Area Sports Board in 1937, and

hi throughout

in

a

stay here was very Interested

in the

Army Boxing

AL

Tournaments, which he was a regular supporter.

One of the Inst pictures

ot him was the one print- ed on this page. This was at the Army v. Empire match at

Rich- mond, on January 25, which was a trial for the selec- tion of an Army

P. Y. T. Wel: D. Black V. V. Needa L. B. Chao H. C. Pili W. H. 6. Davis G. Troverton H. J. A. Hearno

.G.

Poy P. P. Botelho 9. C.

Họ Hong ping

H. M. Botelho Ip Kul-ying Ho Pak-ming Yuen King-kwal

B. Proulx S. L. Tuen R. K. C. Chul A. D. Coppin

1st 2nd 3rd

3

22 18 20

SINGAPORE SOCCER TEAM PLANS TOUR

In the two doubles encounters in strong, conceded S. M. Garrard a the championships at the Hongkong Cricket Club yesterday,

alde to go over to MANILA, Mar. 28 (UP),- to Import his Pang Ol-lam and Leung Ping-chiu doubles. J. 9. Theobald and Mrs. Knowledge of the

France and play The Philippines Amateur Athle proved much too steady for J. L. C. Churchill, (~183) beat P. Wynter-game to local players for the better-|

the French Army tic Federation to-day received a He is well remembered in Hong- Pearce and D. 1. Bosanquet and won Blyth and Miss D. Fair (Ser) ́8-2, ment of the game here.

kong, and numerous friends among challenge from a Singaporo 6-2, 6-2, and.. I, and B. Agature 1. In the Club handicap doubles, Itis was the unique record of the sporting associations of the Chinese football team which in suffered the same fate at the hando Surg. Comdr. C. B. Nicholson and having played for and captained both Colony have given expression to their planning,to visit Shanghai,

the Army and Navy Rugby sides, deep regret.

[Hongkong" and Manfla in the loummer.

of Wong Fuk-nam and Lam Kwan, Capt. Hobbs (-2.0) beat F. MacLeod who won 6-3, 6-3, -*!!

and Y. 9. Hall (1.6) 6-0, 6-0.

C

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APPOINTMENT

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