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HIGH

Eve Stable Wins Most Stake Money

A- TOTAL sum of $22.100 had to be drawn from the - coffers of the Hongkong Jockey Club io,pay 10

owners for providing the grand sport at, the Whitsun holidays, andyan

pend below a list of the lucky síá-| btes:

Eve

Lan

Eu Tong-sen

$ 2,450

1,400

1.100

DOO

000

800

800

Marber 1

Zylch

Diamonds

T. K. L.

Ash

Numerals

J. F. Macgregor

S. W. Lee

000

Kin Ora

1100

Tighlight

000

Sunnyside

000

5. S.

G. Treverlon

100

Yan Man

600

Kong Bros.

000

Li Shlu-pung

600

Cocon ..

500

Li Po-chun

500

Fong...

400

Dr. Lee Shlu-keo

400

"Mrs. Pearce

E. S. K

300

Helenside

300

Mrs. B. 'Hall

300

Mrs. J. H. Taggart

300

Lucky..

300

Hung

300

300

200

200

H.

XW.K.

C.

Taxpayer

Hepe

Mrs. Stanton

Choice

Weetoo

V. M. Graybusa

S. L. K.

Mrs. A. E. Graseti

200

200

200

200

200

200

200

750

$22,100

Sir Victor

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPHE

May 17, 1940.

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"Captain Foster's

DIVIDENDS

Racing Review

WHITSUN

AT

Use Of Whips At

Whips At Happy Valley: Champion Jockeys Are Seldom Equipped With Canes

LUCKILY, the rain-kopt-away again on Whit Monday. There was undoubtedly a much bigger attendance of racing enthusiasts at Happy Valley on the second day, and the presence of "white drill ́uniform” of- ficers with gold braids on the shoulders and peak caps, coupled with those wearing khaki was very prominent on the lawns.

The Whitsun meeting of two days of racing was of very high standard and so were the dividends, the daily

double, on the second day paying $1,905 for the combina

tion of Smashing Through and the mighty Brutus.

Punter's Assertion

Before commencing my usual review I would like to mention that a letter has been addressed to me by a punter enquiring whether a few experienced Chinese riders have

Triumph For Soldier Of

Britain

MEET

Ful gaitze and

DISAPPOINTING TENNIS

ADIDA

Jockey Club Donates $51,500

To Charity

A

CHARITABLE DONATIONS

MAX)

EXHIBITIONS

Filipino Davis Cup Stars Impress

(By "Tinker").

THOUGH on the whole the tennis exhibitions at the by the Hongkong Jockey Club Hongkong Cricket Club last night were disappointing, the this year have amounted to

Philippines Davis Cup pair, Felicisimo Ampon and Amada by the Stewards of the Club,

$51,500, which sum was voted for Sanchez, were impressive in dealing with the opposition Highest gift is to the Hongkong provided by the Tsui brothers in singles matches. Sanchez Benevolent Society and amount beat Tsui Yun-pui 6-4, 6-2, in what was the better of the ed to $5,000.

two singles games, but Ampon was little extended by Tsui Together with their previous dona-

tion from the proceeds of the Hong-Wai-pui, winning 6-3, 6-1. kong Derby Sweepstake to the Bri- tish Red Cross Fund und the Fund

been forbidden by the Stewards to carry that flexible cane Britain, with the owner's son $100,000 HL amounting to

which is known in the racing circles as the jockey's whip. He claimed that if (the italics are mine) the jockey on Craigavad (a slug) had carried his usual whip, Mr. Tag- gart's candidate would have won the Whitsun Plate.

both

I do not propose to start alot carrying whip or using spur was debate on the subject in this denied to novice Jockeys in

sections of the Lead Mine Handicap column, but in reply to the letter over the Derby course, but the ap-

China,

davė

over

I WAS DELIGHTED to see for the Relief of Distress In the old stinker, Soldier of

Club the Hongkong! thuis made (Mr. F. F. Li) in the saddle.

Latest donations were; romping home first in the last Hongkong Benevolent Society $ 5,000 event, the Green Island Handi-Little Sisters of the Poor cap (third section), and believe War Memorial Nursing Home

Endowment Fund.... me his Temmy Alkins Just managed

Diocesan Schools & Orphan- to get over the barrier by a neck,

aste The combination received a great ovation when they were led to the dismounting paddock, for Soldier of Britain's last win was in the Auld

December

1037.

I heard that a few Chinese prentices carried whips it the Reekie Handicap prominent jockeys had to toe the Shatin Handtrap (second section). carpet after the running of the Shatin Handicap (first section) on Saturday, to explain the ex- cessive abuse of

the whip. CRAIGAVAD

Whatever transpired at the en- quiry, the decision was not made known to the racing public, but: it was no doubt one of those usual findings that generally find their way to the shelf Inbelled "For private information only."

Though it is not nice to add fuel to the flame by publishing a list of the culprits, I noticed that on Whit

Sassoon Heads Monday four Chinese jockeys Ineed

Owners' List

SIR VICTOR SASSOON has not headed the owner's list for quite a long while, but the wheel of fortune turned on his favour at the Whitsun Meeting and he! sccred three successes..

:

Gladiator annexed the Load "Mine Handicap (first section) over the

the barrier minus their usual whip. While on the subject I would like

to quote as to the use or abuse of

on

MIGHT

HAVE WON

Last Quarter Sprint Delayed Too Long

4,

CLEMBER, the winner of St. George's Plate, was the the whip, an extraction from a Lon-only absentee in the main event, and there were nine ponies don racing newspaper, which, I am sure, will be interesting.

saddled for the Whitsun Plate confined to China ponies Clember's refusal was due to over the champion course.

ust

"That Gordon Richards does not his whip with unnecessary severity is shown by the fact that his services are eagerly sought by owners and trainers, who are fully

alive to the rainous effect which the misuse of the whip may have on a horse's future,"

There is an old saying that good

a tendon trouble, but I understand the pony will be alright in a few days' time.

However, it was.n.grand race from start to finish. There is

Derby course, Eve of Reason captur- ponies make good jockeys, but believe no use crying over spilt milk, ing the Stonecutters Handicap over me more rates are lost than won by but I cannot help thinking that 14 miles, and Eve of Harvest won the

the whip a delay on the part of the jockey excessive use of

the main event, the Whitsun Plate. Those who allead the meetings of not taking up the running for China pontes over champion the Hongkong Jockey Club regular- course, beating the hot favourite in Monton Joy Church earlier was responsible for Crai- Craigavad by a length and a half in us D. Black, C. Encarnacao and V.gavad's failure.

Successful

to Seamen....

Allee Memorial & Amlisted

Hosplints Sailers Home and Missiorts The Salvation Army Hongkong Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

fung Wah Hospital

Scity of St. Vincent de

Paul

Hongkong Society for the

Protection of Children Poppy Day Fund

Sailors and Soldiers Home Children's Playgrounds Asso-

ciation

St. John Ambulance Assocla-

tion tion

Mission of Seventh Day Ad-

ventists

St. Louls Industrial School Society of St. Vincent de

Fai-Bilnd. Home.

Cheero Club

ciation

longkong Boy Scouts Asso- Canosslin Convent

3,000

4,080

3,000

3,500

2,000 2,500

The doubles game between Dr. Diy and C. Carmona (P.I.) and

CHAMPION FOR W. CHung and Paul Kong ended

A SPARRING PARTNER

·Armstrong Trying To Help Ken Overlin

with each side winning one, set. The second set of this game should never have been played. for not only was the tennie far below standard, but in taking the court second the light was get- ting poor by the time the match concluded, with the consequence

SUMMIT, N.J., May 16 (UP), that Ampon and Tsui Wai-pui -A champion served as a spar- began their game as late as 6.30 ring partner when Henry Arm- p.m. The scores in the doubles strong, welterweight champion of were 6-4, 4-6.. 1,500 the world, boxed two rounds with In fairness it must be said that neither of the Taul brothers were: In 2,500 Ken Overlin to-day.

form. Tsul Yun-pul was able to 2,000 Armstrong is trying to help Over-produce some measure of opposition i wrest the middleweight crown from for Sanchez, but Tsui Wal-put was 3,000 Ceferine Garcia on Thursday due to at sixes and sevens.. 3,000 the bitter fued that exists between Bolt

of forehand shots-a 2,000 the Garelu and Armstrong entourages sim Sanekez and ́Ampon have over the splitting of the purse follow- Bick-chop shot-which went over the 1,000 ing their match in Los Angeles on net at unusual speed. But the most

[ March 1.

spectacular shot was Sanchez's back- 2,000

Mead, Armstrong's manager, claims hand. Tsui Yun-pul, his opponent,. that he received less than Parnassus, is a player of the same calibre and

is also possessed of a 1,000 Garcia's manager, guaranteed.

very fine [backhand, but it could not work

yesterday.

Valley Summer

1,080

1,000

1,000 Golf

1,000

500

750

Hongkong Refugee and Social

Social Service Centre of the

Churches ***

260

500

Welfare Council

*500

Diocesan Girls' School Build-

ing Fund

2,500

Po Leung Kul

1,000

The Boys and Girls' Club

Association Ministering Children's League

Jockeys' List Fanling

Starting Times

P. Y. T. Wei Fails To Ride A Winner

MIR. DONALD BLACK heads the Jockey at with four wins, three

OLD COURSE

Foursomes

sort

Sanchez commanded amazing pace of the court with this-shot, and scored repeatedly with very fine accuracy.

The outstanding feature of the

doubles game was Dr. Diy's service, He stut the ball over with great accuracy and a great amount | twist. · "Otherwise, however, the

tennis

was very poor.

Youthful Ampon proved extremely fast about the court. The light was none too

but, occasionally,.. good, brilliant -shots -were executed. Ampon was able to find the back Following is the draw for the

corners of the court with his deep Happy Valley summer foursomes, fast drivnig, but Tsul was unable to

$51,600 first round of which will be played before June 9, the second by

2.10, which was faster than the Needa, have not much use of the Mrs. Taggart's candidate was not present record of 2.20% set up by whip, and their successes were due within striking distance when the Burford at the Spring meeting. | to hard driving coupled with good pack came round the bend and the

Judgment of Sir Victor's candidate was carry- the public for Mr. Leco C. Frost Best to catch my eyes was Eve of

idol,

G. Frost, Harvest followed by Dupont. Bay, ing a pound less than a stone below who holds the record of riding 57 Gretber, Johnber, U-Lan and the the weight for Indies as per scale winners in 1932, carried a whip to other straight Craigavad came on seconds and a third, and then comes and in the circumstance the fast run complete his paraphernalia.

In the 'could not be necepled as a new trackį Another incident, which came under the outside with a terrible burst of Mr. Hearne with a rat's of 2-3-1 igure.

my observation, was that the privilege speed, which I expected fe as Eve of the Whiisun Meeting was the failure crack mounts. An interesting feature of miler, but it was too inte as Harvest had too much of a lead. of Mr. Peter Wel to ride a winner, may be of interest to know that but Mr. Proulx registered a win with the official last

2748 last quarter was

three thinks out of four starts. seconds, and though am no matbe- Mr. H. S. Chang, who came from

Craigavad must

have Hankow, made his debut as a jockey the home run of longs in the vicinity of two fur with two wins and two thirds, while 19.20 Capt. Bringe, Major Mack koson

26 seconds. Mr. H. M. Botelho If the pony was only together with success on Brutus scored his first 0.20 I, 1. Pearson, 2. A. Peters. graduating to 38 Mrs. Farrar, Miss Walker.

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the crowd rounding the corner. Crai- the "black-letters ches. gavad, in my estimation, would live led the procession Best lo-the-dis mounting enclosure outside the weighing room.

There were 22 Jockeys placed during the two-days-of-racing-and-j. the list is made as follows:

Sydney Lad Beaten By Brutus

܀

boy

IT WAS NO DISGRACE to, Syd- ney Lad losing to Bruips by a neck, in the Maily. Ifandicap for "B" class raters, because the Australian had-to-concede-15-lbs. of load to the Irish owner'à' candidate.

Here again

was another which Sydney Lad was lying too far back after passing the black rock on the second round.

"D" Division League Matches

run in

Matches in the D' division of the tennis league yesterday resulted:

KITE. V. C.C.C.

D. Black

H. J. A, Hearne

H. C. Ph

H, S. Chang

Chao

L. Berda

S. L. S

Sung

S. W. Pan B. A. Proulx W. G. Poy R. M. Wood

Wing-kwal Young

M. Botelho F. F. LI

H.,

P. Y. Wel

S. C. Liang

A. D,

Coppin

K. F. Chiu

G. Treverton.

J. Barrow you

H. A. de Botelho S. L. Xuen

0.15 M. Pollock, J. W. Anderson. 20 J. Linaker, J. B. Harrisort. 9.24 1. R. Andrewes, I. H. Gears. 9.28 A. R. 5. Major, F. C. Young, 1.33 A D. Humphreys, F. A. Redmond. 9.30 D. 8. Newbigging, F. 9. Gibbings, 0.40 C. C. Worrall, A. K. Mackenzie. 9.44. A. H. 2. Q. A. A. Macfadyen. 7.48 A, 8. Allson, Capt. Farrar, 9.32 J. C Taylor, E. O. Price. 19.12. C. Gairdner, M. G. Carruthers 10.10 Major Pentold. Major Temple.

NEW COURSE

1st 2nd 3rd

1

1

Baseball Matches

20

Jahan Dad and 8, 8. Kumain lost to Flamson and Elimmern. T-8;, beat Cas- sumbhoy and Yua 0-3; beat Leonarda 63. KOWLOON V. CHINESE R.C. Howinon, Jost to Chinese D 6-4..

0. Gilled and E. Eymard beat H. M. Wong and C. Y. Two 6-4; beat Y. Y. Inu and W. Chung 0-1: lost to Y. Chau

8. W. Ballsh and M. Hamzan, best- A.- 29, and. C. Y. Two 26 4 Hamson and, Z Immern 0-3: heat. 6. A |_ 3. Jack and N. Turpin lost to Wong and Comurubhag, and P. C. Yue 8-3), beat IV. The B*7: 3041 10 Lau and Chung 1-6; beat

Hamson and Limmern 4-01;-best. Cams and The 33; lost to lau and Chung wed; Kumbhoy and Yua 6-3; beat Leonarda 6a, lost to Chau and Tw¤°2-4.

Washed Out

v.

NEW YORK, May 16 (UP)-Rain played havoc with the Major Baso- ball League programme to-day. Tho following games were postponed:

National League-Pittsburgh New York; St. Louis v. Philadelphia, American League-Washington V. Cleveland; New York Chicago; Philadelphia v. Detroit,

-Only one game was completed; the Cincinnati-Brooklyn, game was called at the end of the fourth innings owning to rain.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Boxion

St. Louis

June produce anything like

fortni good

23, the third by July 7, the semi- enough to extend his opponent. final by July 21, and the final by J. E. Dovey (13) and 1.

Trevor (17) August 4:

J: W. Rovio (2) and A. V. Trent, ill Bye into second round-G. M. Park (6) v. A, J. Dennis (8) and W. 8. Hillier (8); and M. Pollock (10) v. A. J. MasFaydın C, C, Btark (0) and C. M. Stark (6), v. | (18) and N. J. Bebbington (12),

E. T. McMullen (6) and R. G. Parker First round.-F. Buckle (12) and E. (8); II, Smith (8) and E. Greenwood (10). Tuck (14) v. J. Linaker (13) and . H. v. A. C. I, Bowker (?) and R. K. Valentine Puckle (15); W. V. Ahern (D), and F. C. 171 FA. Redmond (9) end 1. P. Tum- Barry (0) V. 11. C. Watson (12) and 3 worth (8) v. S. F. Chubb (15) and W. H

T

1. Thummon (3); G-ED. (0) Jowl 1): Lula (13) and W. I (D) v. D. Humphroys (0) Tutin (19) v. T. B. Zow (11) and W. I. and D. Humphreys (7); W. W. C. Shewan Hillyer (5); F. Groves (3) and W. Cdr. (6) and K. 8, Robertson (5) V. Q. W. Stecte-Perkins (12) v. J. E. Richardson Reeve (13) and F. J. da Nome (0); J. W. (6) and R. M. Wood (12), Macdonald (7) and G. Davies (10), v. 11. Bye into second round-13. K. Mundy F. Phillips (8) am L. M. B. Lloyd (12); and W. Stoker (13) v. Major Harvey. (8). W. A. Stewart (9) and T. Low (8) Vand Alafor Bowla (12).

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