1940-05-31 — Page 18

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

May 31, 1940,

"Captain Foster's" Racing Review

FIRST HALF OF

Donald Black Secures Jockey

Yangtaze H'cap

1940

Honours

Lantao Handicap Sweepstake Adds Runaway To Success Of Saturday's Meet Win For Possible

SEASON ENDS

Great Bight H'cap

Jockeyship Gives Win To Derby Day...

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UNEQUIVOCALLY, the viclory of Derby Day in the Great Bight

pontes over six furlongs was due to

It was nine anisli. It was any

WITH GLORIOUS SUNSHINE bracketed with a nice breeze blow. Handicap for "B" class Australian ing towards the Stands, the Hongkong Jockey Club could not have had a the fine Jockeyship of Mr. Hearne, botter afternoon than last Saturday to close their first half racing season who rode a hard race on the winner. before a big crowd of all sorts of nationalities. It was certainly a grand body's race, but the judge was the success from every point of view and the terraces in both enclosures were and Mr. P. Tester awarded the ovent Yangisze llandicap for non-winning closely packed to it's full capacity.

AS PREDICTED, Posalble with the awner up simply ran away with the

griffins of this season over a mile in one minute 58 seconds to earn her first bracket in half a dozen attempts. -not

Though Sir Vieter Sassoon was

present to wliness, the conner- tions weighed out four youngsters, namely, Eve of Dancing (Mr. Wood), Eve of Folly (Mr. Black), Eve of Hunting (Mr. Poy) and Eve of Peace (Mr. Ho Pak-ming).

The best minion was piloted by Mr. Black, but the second string with Mr. Wood in the saddle proved to be a better pony, and Eve of

Folly secured the lowest position in

the semaphore.

Wallsend H'cap

Capt. Chattey Pilots Bredon

To The

Aided by a strong wind coming down from the gap, the grass track was exceptionally fast, in fact the thunder of the hoofs could be heard at a good distance as the run- nera came down the home stretch. There was, however, no new record established, but the running of Lancashire Chip owned by Mrs. J. H. Taggart in the Hervey Bay Handicap from the 111⁄2 mile post (about half mile 170. yards) was clocked 59.2/5 seconds; a fifth faster than his own time set up on December 3, 1938. The pony was carrying 7 lbs, under the scale weight, which could not be accepted officially, but a note should be kept for future racing.--

However

only minn in a poslilan to be certain

a short head.

Lantao H'cap

Excitement Of The Big Sweepstake

Eve Of Reason Wins From Field Of Nineteen

'AS ÀNTICIPATED there were 19 acceptors for the to Derby Duy, beating Vixen Tor by Lantao Handicap confined to "C" class China ponies, and the event was the longest distance run of the afternoon over a course from the two mile post, once round and in. I said in my notes that many-were going out to make the field and it proved to be so.

Facts And

!

Figures

Of Pari-Mutuel And Sweeps

Mr. D. Black was in great exceedingly good and there were" u

The growing popularity of the sport of kings has form to pilot three winners, few hard fought finishes.

I on should we race "donkeys" Derby in the first race, and he a good few ponies let the public.

opening his account with Brown I noticed that several racers were of reached such a stage that even sendance. Of course last followed up with another suc-down very badly. A good summer Saturday's throng was exceptional because many went cess on Avon, the last victory rest will, I am sure, do them a world there to see the drawing of the special dollar lottery con- being on Eve of Reason in the

ducted by the club on the last event, the Lantao Handicap, which sale of tickets amounted to 339,000.

Foreclosing event.

CAPT. T. W. CHATTEY, who is still a red-letter jockey, mode a smart race on Bredon to annex the Wall- send Handicap for "B" class Austra Ilan cobs, beating the much fancied Spring Shine by half a length.

Whether he wos - corrying out orders, I am not in a position to say, but the Jockey was not in a hurry with his mount up tlie hill, and the victory was

the back.

of good.

Mr. Peter Wel came into double Moreton Bay H'cap prominence by riding two good races on Lancashire Chips and Talkative the Brst and second legs of the daily double, and the combination paid $537.20 for an outlay of $5.

Piccadilly Jim

The last Jockey's 'achievement of! Gives Backers

the draw, must have received a well patronized by the public and somely, the latter returning $58.00.

numbering 1.205. There has darinir

won

League Tennis

C.R.C. "A" Beat Craigengower In "D" Division

C.R.C. "A" v. CRAIGENGOWER

C.R.C. "A" beat Craigehgower 6-3.

H. N. Chau and T. F. Lo boat E.

Hang and T. C. Yu 6-2; boat 5. Leonard and II. N. Au ̈ 0-0.

P. II. Chi and K. N. Lå`beat Zim- morn and Hung 0-2; lost to Hùng and Ye 4-0; bout Leonard and Âu 6-2.

National Pride ridden by Mr. Wood bolted twice round the course and thereafter the stallion! did not take part in the race. There were in reality half a dozen ponies, which had some chances of being placed, but Eve' of Reason was too forward and the mare won as she liked.

̈“D” División matoties in the Lawn After passing the distance, Sir Tennis League were played yester- Victor's candidate was running so dar. The Chinese B.C.

**A" team favourite's head was in the front, a CB.A. 8-1, and the Indian 1.0, 30- well that Eve of Reason was shouted scored is 6-8 victory over Craigerso as the As soon as the wer, the Filipino Club easily beat the with cant from the public stand counted for the Kowloon Indians-

a deafening echo, which rolled TC. 6-3. away to Kowloon. Of course all the The scores were excitement was on account of the! first prize in the special dollar cash į sweep,

As ploce-getters Jughber (second) Those, who were present at sweep on the preceding events was and Pinfarthings (third) paid hand-Zimmern and A. Hung 6-4; bat B, C. rude shock when the revolving race was worth $6,380.80 for a two- the first prize of the penultimate drum emptied out wooden baile doll

dollar ticket, which was the best the extra meetings.. The been

$7.316.40 always

some prejudice highest first prize was against the law number, but one by Bressay with Mr. Hearne in the saddle in the Taiping Handicap, the of them (No. 1.205) drew the last event of the Annual Carnival. winner, Eve of Reason, piloted Being the last meeting there was plenty of money sliding over the Wallsend Handicap, his maiden

THE CAST-IRON certainty, Pic-by the champion Mr. Bluck. The.

both counters in the parl-mutuel Discovery Bay was leading, at the win being on Palmer in the Happy endily Jim. ridden by Mr. "Billy" second prize number was 10.954 half mile bencon, but Violet Queen Valley Handicap'nt

department Poy, did not disappoint his supporters while the third was 138,827.

and Fanling

heaviest backed events was first to pass the last quarter December 26.

was the Lantno Mr. Needa

In the Marelon Ray Handleap for " had

INDIANAPOLIS, May 30 (UP) The lucky drawer of No. 1,200 re class Australian ponies over a mile,

Handicap when the serregale total The Indianapolis 500-mile motor rac- post-and-both of them-were-not-blanic card,

of the sale of tickets for win and ing clasio was rum in main to-day, and among the first three placed puntes.

Despite the fact that practically but the combination gave his host of celved the first prize of $144,270.40

place reached 13,045 involving a Wilbur Shaw gained a coasted vic, beat Gurevitch and Woolgar 6-1. Runaway tactics did not work. all the winners since January were friends a terrible fright in the last which was won by Mr. Ko Fook- shing whose brother is the owner barred, racing on

was hundred yards from home...

turnover of $68,225. This is cer-tory. The rain fell when the cira E. Banker ond Souza bent Dunne and the whole

He was in trouble on the rails of the Cocoa's stable, the string be tainly a new record, lowering the had travelled past the 375-mile mark, Ball 4-2, beat Lockhart and Bond 6-0, with -Income

Tax and Sea Urchin in ing Annabella Brown Derby, King amount of 13,955 backed in the and because of the slippery condition best Gurevitch and Woolgar 6-2 front, but what netunily happened, Kong and Violet Queen. Ridden by

Ichang Handicap on the fifth day of the track the yellow flag was hung

INDIANS Y. KOWLOON INDIANS really could not

Mr. D sec from the Mr. Black, the second named of the big meeting by 200 tickets, out, which meant that cars were to balcony. Somehow or other there pony (Brown Derby) annexed the

To win there were taken 8,458 positions until the flag was

slow down and hold their thien Indians beat Kowloon Indians 0-2. was on

the opening, and the jockey opening

Carpentaria tickets on event,

on 19 runners in the Lantas

with- B. R. Salleh and M. Ramzan lóg to brought his mount through

B. A. R. Bux and K. M. Rumjaha 2-0, with Handicap for Australian ponies, and Handicap for "C" class China ponles, drawn.

beat Moendarlo and M. Wahnb 6-3, lost great alacrity, beating Income Tax it must have been a happy day to the lill being on Eve of Reason with But the flag was hung out until the to A. Kitchell and M. I. Razack 38, by half length and the latter nosed Ko's family.

2,500 chances, and the lowest backed end of the race, and Shaw flashed D. M. Khad and M. 11. Hasan beat out Sea Urchin by a narrow margin: Apart from the interest shown in gee-gee for big money was National over the line-winner for the third Bax and Rumjahn 6-4, boat Moenderlo Mr. Pay deserved a pat on his back. the special lottery, the dollar rush Success with seven tickets, Another time, but was prevented from making and Wahab T-5, fort__to_Xitchell and

curious feature of this betting was a record run.”

Razack 1-0. the highest aggregate ever staked

A. R. Arean and M Singh lost to lux Rex Mays had been fighting a nip and Rumjahn 4-6, lost to Moundarie under the category of win and in the and tuck battle all the way and had and Wahab 2-6, lost to Kitchell and circumstance the new record there-

a good chance of overtaking Shaw Jack 3-0, fore eclipsed the last one of 7,328 when every driver was forced to slow MOK **** (No. VII) **** MOK tickets backed by punters in the down to an 85 miles an hour aver Charters Towers Handicap run on April 20, by 1,130 chances..

this sort was by Mr. Encarnacao on) June 9, just year, when he rode Some lope and Rose-Queen to vic- tory.

Capt. T. W. Chattey broke his

riding freshly due to his Breuck" at the Valley on Bredon in

Carpentaria H'cap

First Win To

The Champion Jockey

THE HIGH SPOT on Saturday was the comfortable win of Brown Derby with Mr. Black up in the *opening ovent, the Carpontaria Kandicap. when the mare beat Maple Star and the hot favourlie (Sea Jay) by two -and-three-lengths respectively.

West River H'cap

Success For Fanling Runners

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TALIATIVE made up his mind to run and he did so in the West River Handleap for "D" class China pontes, which event was the second leg of the dally double. Be paid $60.00 for awh which was. the highest dividend of the neet,

Mr. Williamson's candidato took the lead going up the black rock, but Another Fanling runner came to rounding Up bend for the home run the fore; Jack O'Lantern, second, she began to flag and Sen Jay re-paying $33.30 for a place. fused the lift affer passing the dis- Fanling residents must have made tance to Anish a poor third.

a fortune.

A Fright

Conquering Time's

Heavy Blow To Punters

In Shing Mun H'cap

PERHAPS the severest blow to backers was the defeat of Conquering Time in the Shing: Mun Handicap for "B" class China ponies over six furlongs. Almost half the money was . on the mare, but Conquering Time

|Hervey Bay H'cap

New York Outfits Win

COURTING EVE At Baseball

FAILS AFTER FINE START

NEW YORK, May 30 (UP),—Both New York outilis, iko Giants in the National League, and the Yankees in the American Lengue, were success-

found Sir Vandeleur Grayburn's Lancashire Chips Pays fulto-day's baseball programme.

QUANTITY OR QUALITY.. WHICH? too good and sho went

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Avon down on the post by half a length.

It was certainly amazing to see that

10-1 Dividend

LANCASHIRE CHIPS beat a

the six furlongs were covered in one very smart field of sprinters in minute 2216 seconds,

The former blanked the Badgers to win 7-0, and the latter blanked the Red Sox winning 4-0.

The scores were:

NATIONAL LEAGUE

New York

the Hervey Bay Handicap for However, at the turn, Conquering "A" Aussies from the 1 mile Brooklyn Time was in the front ranic, but to

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Boston

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little more,

my mind the pace set for the first post and he paid a juicy dividend half mile was too hot, and Avon, of $51.90 (10 to 1 odds) for a win. but the value

who was always within striking But what was wrong with Court Philadelphia distance, answered Mr. Black in a ing Eve? She was the first to breakThe St. Louis-Pittsburgh game was they give- most remarkable way for a final the tape, though the start could have

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ENTRIES FOR MACAO MEET ON JUNE 9

The following entries have been received by the Macau Jockey Club for their race, meeting to be held on Bunday, June 0:

Courting Eve was hard Cincinnati

She dropped out at the Chicago... band stand to finish fourth, and it seemed to me that the dead weight Philadelphia was in certain degree responsible Boston for her failure..

INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR CLASSIC RUN IN RAIN

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W. C. Choy and N. C. Tang lost to Zimmern and Hung 4-6; lost to Hung and Yu 2-0: bent Leonard and Au 6-4.

C.B.A. V. FILIPINOS

Filipinos beat Central British 8.1. Gonzales and Kwan beat Dunne and Bult-6-4. beat II. L. Lockhart and V. C. and 6-2, bent G. Gurevitch and C. D Woolger 6-0.

and Bull 6-3, lost to Lockhart and lond

-Ft.-L. - Hidofonso- and Sien-beal-Danne.

LEAGUE TABLE

Others in order were Mays, Rose, Horn, Thorne, Swanson, Wearne, chinese R.C. Hansen, Brisko and McQuinn.

Chinese R.C. Reuter adds--that Shaw was Filipino Club driving a Maserati and covered the Kowloon C.C. 500 miles in 4 hours 22 mins. 31.10 Indian

sees, at an average speed of 114.277 K.I.T.C.

milca an hour.

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