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THIRD

FIRST LEG OF DAILY DOUBLE

-THE-KONGMUN HANDICAP for China ponies, the fifth race griffins i

wor less of this season that have than 51,000 in stakes, has been well responded to with 20 nominations. I have seen much bigger entries before, only to be disappointed in the end with non-acceptances.

Incidentally the frat leg of the daily double is on this event, und

Friday,

HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH April 5, 1940.

"Captain Foster's" Racing Review

EXTRA

TWO MILES' RACE FOR AUSTRALIANS

Good Response To Revival Of Endurance Contest

MEETING

SECOND LEG OF THE

DAILY DOUBLE

THE SECOND LEG of the daily double is on the Fatahan Handicap (second section) for "C" class.China ponies, the seventh race and the Jaunt is over 1 miles. Strath- bannock has let us down badly at the Easter session, but I think Mr. Mag- Eregor's candidate will make up to-

Time and Celtic Star,

NINE HANDICAP EVENTS for Australian morrow to be followed by Advancing and China ponies comprise the programme of the Third Extra Race Mooting to be held to-morrow at Happy Valley, the main contest being the Bris- bano Spring Handicap for Australian ponies of any ***** | season over two miles.

in my estination the winner is to be found among Distinctive Time, For All Time, Gay Star, Johnber, Oonogh, Ronson und Victoria. My best three are For All Time, Gonagh and Victoria.

Last longest distance run was in 1929, when Coos Bay

GOOD MILERS Encarnacao) by five lengths, and the time was 4.35.2/5 for

IN HOBART HANDICAP

THE HOBART HANDICAP for "p" class Australian ponies, the fourth race, should be an interesting event, there being no less than 21 entries. There aro a few good milers, and it is not easy to pick the best.

1

When they met in the Calliope Handicap run on Easter Monday, the

(Mr. Hill) won the Foochow Cup, beating Town Hall (Mr. two miles. In the following year the Foochow Cup for

China ponies was shortened to one and a half miles, but last February the event was further reduced to one and a quarter miles.

The

TO-MORROW

GRAND NATIONAL MacMoffat May Bring

$480,000 To Local Ticket Syndicate

ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO, the first Grand National was run at Aintree. The winner's name was Lottery--an apt name for the winner of the biggest lottery in racing. The hazards of that lottery include thirty fences, and nearly four and a half miles of country. Anything may hap

Fatshan H'cap Over Champion pen, though the highest fonce is only 5 feet 2 inches high, and death may

Course

THÉ FATSHAN HAndicap (Brst section) for "C" clasa China ponies,

attend either horse or rider.

This Grand National, however, is of interest to the Colony in that two tickets in the Irish Sweepstake were drawn for people here. The "Brewery" Syndicate, c/o. H. Ruttonjee and Co., have drawn MacMoffat, third favourite, and have every chance of winning $480,000, first prize.

the third race, is over the champlon

Out of the course, but I am afraid that there are a few ponies which will not be able original 50 en- However, very good response weeks ago, is now another naimui.

tered, only. 20 has been recelved for the revival understand that Mr. Needu will be to last the distance.

rkling Lucky Lad while Mr. Hearne of the endurance and stamina will be up an Baflin Bay. Musketeer, Oak Bay, Rose Evelyn have accepted. last test over two miles, and, the former has no doubt won zone good and Rose Flana Ive rejoined their Workman, Brisbane Spring Handicap for races, but Lucky Lad is getting no old section, and none of them is yet year's winner, I fancy Just In Time! has been with- Australian ponies has attracted younger and he may lack stamina due for a wh

gainst the new generation. Baflin with Boolat Bay and Tampa Bay to no less than 14 entries.

Bay likes long outing, but he was not at home at the Easter on a going follow in the rear.. which threw up mud and water.

The Brisbane Spring Handicap ruzt over the champion was first course of 1 miles on May 10, 1934, when Able Amazon with Mr. Butler up was the first winner. Last year Courting Eve surprise, beating the much fancied

Sprinters To Watch In Broken Hill Handicaps

drawn, as has

Royal Mail. Both horses suf- from strain. This

fered

great race, how

horses.

were

WEATHER PROBLEM no-DAY'S forencon forecast by (Mr. Phi) sprang a the Royal Observatory has not

ever, has only been very promising and nobody Winner (Murrumbidgee) was in re-Lucky Lad (Mr. Needa) by ene and can predict what the Weather Clerk ceipt of 15 lbs, from the second pony half lengths. The mare has been will favour. On a going similar to

1 AM SURE that students of form been won twice

not hesitate to back Flying by six Sydney Lad, whereas to-merrow the nominated for to-morrow's race, but that we find on the first day of the will latter has to concede only 5 lbs. for Courting Eve's chances of renewing Easter session, Sapper will give R Dutchman, Many Thanks and Spring These

the judges other win to Mrs, A. E. Grusett. Hehurst in the eighth race, the Broken Peter Simple in Jer ncquaintance with A detent of two lengths.

not re

had such a comfortable victory in H Handicap over six furlongs, but 1949 and 1853, Although it works out in favour of

To-morrow's racing should be an the Albury Handicap over u course Sydney Lad, I preter Murrumbidgee.

Bruno created, a great impression, entery anerent anair, for it opens from the two intle post, once round be careful with Fair Chance, Frankiin Abd el- Kader

the Canton Cabramatta with a novice event, Won the Handicap for class ponies over Handicap (first section) for "D" and in, and that the extra "once and Princess Claro, ali of whom are 1850 and 1851, six furlongs, but Mr. Treverton's class Chin:: ponles, and the meeting und" should not trouble Supper, brown gelding has been promoted to will close with the second section of

when

he

rosy.

a higher standard and he will be the same contest to be ridden by up against a much stronger opposition. Jockeys who have not won ten races He may spring a surprise, for Bruno anywhere. The run is over a dis- is well keyed for the event.

tance from the two mile post, unce Iew round and in, and there are s racers with equal chances. Of the quite well in his last two outings, and as a result the chestnut gelding as been highly rated. This Time and Willynilly are good.

ST. KILDA HANDICAP, Chatterbox has been running

Tarzan Should Have Easy Passage

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WITH Springhurst and Aus- tralian Prince out of the road,

BRISBANE SPRING HANDICAP PROSPECTS

Badminton Singles

peedy merchants.

P.H. WONG TO MEET

C. AU IN FINAL

K. L. Yong And H. Eardley Beaten At Recreio

(By "Tinker")

The Lamb 1868

and 1871, The Colonel

1869

and 1870, Mani-

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festo 1897 and 1899 and Rey-; noldstown 1935 and 1936.

Of these famous six, it will be seen that the race kus only been won twice in succession by three.

costs £100 to send a horse to IL the post in the Grand National, £10 on from which is made entering, a first forfelt of £50 due of wolghts, on after the allotment and a final forfeit of £40,

Conditions and rules for the race! have been altered this year, partly of the war, but since It account will be run over the usual course and distance, it goes down in the records as a proper National and not a substitute, as was run in 1916-17 and 1918,-~

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on

Tarzan should have an easy IT cannot be said that there is not a good lot of stayers in passage in the St. Kilda Handi-

Australian the Brisbane Spring Handicap cap for "D" class ponies, the sixth race, but I would for Australian ponies of any -like-to-know whether the brown season over two miles.

gelding can laat another extra two

UNLIKE the Colony Tennis Tournament this year, THE race is now virtually open to furlongs over his last outing. Heinz looks good on the handicap, and winner of 1938 Fremantle St. Leger,

but the success of Baffin Bay in the the Open Badminton championships have featured ex-Tall-comers. Horses eligible to think he is dangerous.

of the turf cellent matches almost from the first round, and at the Club because the pony paid $410.30 for a de Recreio last night, the semi-finals of the singles, P. H.

Portrush For The Closing Event

To start we have Lucky Led, the

same classic at the Tali has not been forgotten by the mea

win.

Next comes Tornado Star, who enptured the Rooty-Hill, Derby 1938, and is followed by Triumphant

Day with the lowest impost. On the MY CHOICE for the closing event, top of the tree is Far View, whose the Canton Handicap (second section) recent display does not require any

introduction. China ponles, is for "D" class Portrush, Piet Hein and Gold Coin, Supper, who went down to Far and I expect that they will cross the View by three-quarters of a length bar in the order I have named. in the Rooty-Hill Derby about six

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Wong v. K. L. Yong and C. Au v. H. Eardley, in no way lowered the standards previously set. Both matches were decided in straight games, but they were games replete with excitement.

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compete are six- year olds (of which there is only one) and up- wards, who, at the time of entry have been placed first, Excond or third In steeplechase three miles three upwards, or in A steeplechase n t Aintree, or have won any strep- lechano valuc

£600.

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One noteworthy new rule is that "riders must have won five" "chases under the recognls. ed rules of thos ing in any country to be qualified to re- ride." It is markable that this rule has not been introduced beforo. for the raco dimcult and dan- gerous enough without having the added hazard

********* [of inexperienced riders.

The Entries And Call-Over

7/2 Kilstar (Archibald). 10/1 The Professar (Owen). 12/1 MacMoffat (Alder). 12/1 Royal Dunicii (Moore). 100/8 Milano (D.

100/7 Symnaethis fan).

100/6

Duke (Hyde).

Last year, for instance, friends of one rider bot him $100 to £10 that he would not negotiate the first fence-the rider lost.

ran

last The eighteen who year, and the order of their finish, are: Workman (1), Mac- Moffat (2), Kilstar (3), Symae- this (5), Dominick's Cross (6), West Point (7), Royal Mail (9), Bachelor Prince (10), Under Bid (11), Inversible, Milano, Tuck- mill, Dunhill Castle, Second Act, Red Red-Freeman, Rockquilla, Royal

Rockquilla (Carey), 20/1 Black Hawk (Himcil). 25/1 Takov Pacha (Prior-Palmer). 25/1 Under Bid (Nicholson). 20/1 Bogskar (M. Jones).

33/1 Inversible (open)ony Dunhill Chetle

Eagle

(Elder), Dominick'a Cross Danieli and Black Hawk. (Mitchell), Away (Mule). Venture-

Workman and Royal Mail were some Knight (Tweedie), Litigant (Black), Le Cygne (O'Grady), Boye the only two previous winners (R. Morgon), National Night (Hentered this year, and with their Jones), Corn Law (McNeili), LAIN- borough (Brown) Lazy Boots scratching, there are now none.

(Ward), Bachelor Prince (Poewen- following were the results of matches stein), Downright (Sceley), Tuck- played in the South "D" Division of mill (Kelly), Golden Arrow (Lay),

Second Act

(Dowdeswell), Red the English Regional football league:

Freeman (Redmond). SOUTH! "D"

3 Aldershot

but Wong then climbed to 12-D. Str-Norwich vice changed hands, and Yong threw Clapton O.

everything he knew into his great effort, and went up to 14-12.

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at

P. H. Wong beat K. L. Yong 17-14, 15-3, and C. Au beat H. Eardley 16-10, 15-11. To most people, the Au-Eardley match

reclaimed service, and Wong may have been the more thrill-14-all Yong setled at three This, ing, but for brilliantly bewilder perhaps, was indication that he was ing tactics and stroke-play feeling the strain, and it was made would give the palm to Wong wong; won all three points and the most apparent in the second game. and Yong for their first game.

first game. Au and Eardley took to the court

There was nothing to the second. first. Au, mainly 011 very finely Yong was quite exhausted, and judged angle shots, ran into a 10-1 offered little resistance. iend, at which stage Eardley come will powerful and He acveral times

Into t

accurate manoeuvred Au to the side line, and Colony Tennis then took the points with excellently placed smashes to the other Though he coliccted the points at the rate of two 10 Au's one, he had to conccde the game at 15-10.

corner.

RUMJAHN COUSINS ENTER DOUBLES SEMI-FINAL

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INTER-UNIT BOXING

FINALS AT SHUMSHUIPO Royal Scots Defeat M'sex By One Point (By Len Collins)

SPORT ADVTS.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

THE

RACE EXTRA THIRD MEETING will be held weather [permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY on SATURDAY, Gth April, 1040, com- mencing at 2.00 p.m.

The First Bell will be rung at 1.30

p.m.

MEALERS' ENCLOSURE No One without a badge whit bo permitted to the Members' Enclosure. Such must be worn throughout the

Badges admitting Non-Members to

the Members Enclosure and Club

(A.B.A. Champion of London, 1933-36) GOOD BOXING was seen in the Inter-Unit Boxing duration of each Meeting in such a Finals at Shumshuipo last night, and though the Middlesexmanner as to be readily Identified. boys lost I think they showed better training and more

Rooms at $5.00 for Gentlemen and skill than the Royal Scots, who won by 23 points to 22.

$3.00 for Ladies (both including tax) Though the whole issue depended on it, which fact no are obtainable through the SECRET- application of રી Member, such Mem- doubt contributed to make it the most interesting fight of ARY upon the personal or writter the evening, the final bout between Sgt. Elliot (R. Scots) ber to be responsible for all visitors introduced by him, and for Payment Au began using drop shots from the IN STRAIGHT SETS. the Rum and D/Mjr. Holdford (M'sex) was the best on the pro-all Chits, etc. baseline with atmazing accuracy. Hetalia coualus, I.D. and 8.A., entered

It was a real slogging match from start to gramme. crept up to 8-10, and eventually led the semi-finals of the Hongkong Open 11-10. Those short drop shots caught doubles tennis tournament at the finish. Elliot won on points, but there could not have been Eardley almost every time. He only | Hongkong Cricket Club, beating Panga big margin of difference. inungd to collect one more point Ol-lam and Leung Ping-chlu by 6-4, before losing the game.

the fighting qualities of it forth a

of the Chinese. Eardley led 7-2 and then 9-3, when

6-4.

the

The Secretary's Office, 1st Floor, close at 12 o'clock NOON. Exchange Buliding, (Tel: 27784) will Tiffins are obtainable at the Club of the fastest House provided they are ordered in Pte. Bailey (Scots) and Pte. (M' sex) was enc

many a day. Both advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. Hope (M'scx), bantamweights, nye seen for BEST OF EVENING

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE Though the result was a foregone opened the programme, and in-managed to keep up the pace until 21020)., conclusion, the Chinese put up a good

The price of Admission to the THE BEST GAME of the evening, struggle which made the gune Indulged in real hard hitting in the the end. McGrady won on points,

The second knock-out was when Public Enclosure is $1.00 including

for

Including however, was the opening one

all Persons, Tax, botereating. They lost out in necuracy, first round. Hope, in the second tween Yong and Wong. Both used but held their own in several of the round, appeared tired, and Bailey L/Cpl. Moore (Scoto) beat Pie. Ladies, and is payable at the Gate.

in (M'sex) every shot in their repertoiro; and the sustained rallies that marked the stepped in and with a hefty blow Roberts

zecond Soldiers and Sailors In Uniform are extraordinary speed with which they game. 1.D. was particularly deadly to the solar plexus knocked-out round. Both were capable middle-admitted Half Price, moved about the court made one with bis volleying.

Roberts wag canvassed By Order,

C. D. BROWN, quite dizzy. Yong's great falling

twice in the first round, but gallantly The Rumpalins led 6-1 in the open-his oponent, who fell groaning. weigths. was his delayed pick-up off the base- line. On no less than ten occasions ng set, but stayed there while their First blood to the Scots.

The next hard fight was between rose though the blows were rather

Hongkong, 1st April, 1940, On he tried this shol. eight the opponents collected three more games

before losing at 0-4.

L/Cpl. Wiseman (Scots) and Pto hard. In the second round, he was shullle ended in the net; on one it

Gribble (M'sex), light-heavyweights. noored a further four times before. just managed to clear the net, and on In the second set, Fang and Leung The latter won on points. Middlesex Moore was able to knock him down the other an ensy smash was

for the count, pre last when they conceded the seventh sented to Wong. It is a shot

that and eighth gomes to give the cousing followed up this success with

The redoubtable

PIC.

Moran requires the utmost delicacy of touch a 6-3 lend. Up till then play had further win in the next bout Pto. Cavanagh (Scots) and L/Cpl. Wit-

the only boxer of the lams (M'sox), in both these bouts (M' nex), to just clear the net, and the most been very even. powerful of wrists to lick the "bird"

the boxers showed a good knowledge whole evening who really showed he had a knowledge of the game, secured back to baseline.

of lactics.

FASTEST SEEN

nother quick vietory when he beat The welterweight fight between Ple. Ple. Alexander (Scots) on a technical McGrady (Scots) and Pto. Gelat knock-out in the second round.

SECOND DOUBLES

Rallies were long and brought In the second doubles match, T. A. forth much applauso from the crowd- Pearce and B. C. Fay beat Marsland ed hall. From 4-all, Yong led 0-0, Ma and T. C. Chan 6-4, 3-0, 0-4.

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