1941-04-04 — Page 14

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

April 4. 1941.

'Captain Foster's" Racing Review

Three New Track Records At Extra Meeting

Peter Wei Registers Four Wins: Eric Moller Most Successful Owner: United Express Fails

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RACING AT HAPPY VALLEY last Saturday was excellent and so toring at the same time a “hat trick” on Vanity Fair, Volvetlight and Moon- light. The jockey had to exert pressure on the first two goo-gees, but the trip on Moonlight was an armchair ride.

was the riding of Mr Peter Wei, who piloted four ponies to victory, regis

A feature of the Second Extra Meeting was the failure of Distant View and United Express in the major'

handicap event, and there were three new track records Sapper Outruns

at the new scale of weights,

It must be 'atimitted that this will owners trom nominating prevent their pontes to rim out of distances. And we will certainly have some job to spot the winners at the Easter Meeting,

Great Disappointment

Six Events For Macao April Meeting

Basketball Charity Charity Games

Macao Teams To Play South China To-morrow

Special Dollar Sweep On

Lung Chen Handicap

A NICE PROGRAMME of six interesting events has been framed by the Macao Jockey Club for their April Meeting to be held at Areia Preta on Sunday.

A special dollar cash sweep of 50,000 tickets is being conducted on the Lung Chen Handicap confined to "Y" class China ponies, and the run is over the mile. ́ ́.

The curtain raiser will be the

Rest Of Field been carded for to-morrow afternoon in the open air gymnasium tion for "E" class Chint ponies

· TWO STARRY basketball games, in aid of charity, have Chinshan Handicap (first scc- at the Kowloon Chinese Y.M.C.A., Waterloo Road, when a visit-over six furlongs. On paper ing girl's and men's cage quintette from Macao will clash in Piet Hein with Mr "Pinky" THE BROKEN HILL Handicapexhibition encounters with the two champion South China A.A. Botelho in the saddle should win,

for "A" class Australian ponies was a grand race, but Sapper was good, and the chesinut by Farr con- tinned ta winning vein to register) his third success, earning for Mfrs

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teams.

Grasett an aggregate sum of $5,500 Tournament Tennis

since the beginning of the year, United Express let the public down very badly and the juckey tank tou nuch out of the pony in adopting the

The invincible Sapper carry- ing 159 lb. won the Broken Hi Handicap in easy fshion over a course from the two mile, post, once round and in, in one minute 53 seconds, and Mrs A. E. Gresett's pony. lowered Happy Returns' figurer us return to last Saturday's by nine two-fifths seconds.

racing. To the sad disappoint- Vanity Fair (159 lb.) annexed tent of 1,100 chances taken by those the Hobart Handicap (first section) in the know, Odeon (Needa) failed for "D", einss Australian panies to justify the conndence, and the athi-rumway strategy.

Looking over the various quarters f 10tion was badly beaten in the open-

ing event, Kongmun Plate, by Eve of the record time established by Sap- per, one cannot fall to see that United Express time from one mile beacon to six furlong post was 24 seconds and at that rate it was impossible for the Rooty-Hill Derby winner to he among the first three-the mare fin- Ished sixth..

over six furlongs in one view of Grandeur by two lengths,

seconds, cutting Distant lime by two two-fifths seconds.

Hind the writer known that Sir Velvetlight (159 b.) captured the victor's griffin was going to accept, Canton Handicap (Arst section) confined to "B" class China ponies would have tipped the chestnut to over six furlongs in one minute win. I said in my notes that he was both 2216 seconds, slicing Colong's re-chester-Guardian and Times cord at the Annual Carnival by one two-fifths seconds.

Luckily the above three fastest runs were performed prior to the tumbling down of heavy clouds, but the rain

did not in any way dampen the en- thusiasm of the followers of the turf.

Successful Owner

THE must successful owner was Mr Eric Moller of Shanghai who ran away with the rat Stewards' Cup

dangerous.

Starlight Carries Off Stewards' Cup Event

prezented by the Stewards of the COLOOMA HALF A LENGTH BEHIND

Hongkong Jockey Club, the Canton Handlenp (first section) and the Itobart Handicap fspend

section).

The shipping magnate's three can-}

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THE INAUGURAL CLASSIC, Stewards' Cup, was the first handicap event for Australian pony griffins of this season over a middle distance; and there were ten acceptances out of 16 entries. I am sure the Stewards must have been quite satisfied with the response, and the contest provided a tight

a total of $2,900 plus the handsome sliver trophy, and this will, of course, be added to Mr Moller's already fine enflection of silver 'cups,

"three finish. though there

dividends, one could hardly say that spotting the winners at last Saturday's racing was easy, and

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think the difleally was on account

It

Starlight won by half length with ||

a neck separating Coloana and Moun-

but be careful with Dow-Jones who is a great fighter. National

good

In the opening ganse at 3.30 p.m.,Success, if sound, is dangerous. the all-star girls team from Maczo The second section of the Chinshan will take on South China A.A's Handicap should provide a classy cageretica. The Caroline Hill girls have just finish. Though Radium Star has

been

as the best, I um whispered been crowned Colony Open League champions and holders of the C. Tafraid of Sports Venture with a pull Wang Cup, and are enger to defeat of 716, and Gallant Marshal is also

nicely weighted. the girl starlets from Macao in thelr

Plain View must not be overlooked, rst game since copping the title.

fer the blackle ran a good race in Men's Match

Fanling on Fe

February 2, and pald $73.20 for a win.

In the third section of the Chin-

TSUI WAI-PUI BEATS K. H. YIP IN STRAIGHT SETS

things THOUGH great

AL 4.30 p.m. South China's were expected of K. H. Yip

brilliant men's quintette clash with shon Handicap, Mac's Adventure! in yesterday's Open Singles the Macao stars in the featured looks a good thing, with National}

Anthem and Cuban Love to follow game. tennis match against Taui

The visiting stars will include in in the rear. Wai-pui, the latter was their lineup, the cream of basketball man on the court and dictat- players in the Portuguese Colony, and

The Best Event ed play..

are considered to be a very strong aggregation, playing a fast, wide open THE best event of the meeting will Yip, Champlon of South China diyle of game,

be seen in the Lingnan Handicap The champlon South China A.A. for "D" class Chinn pontes over five A.A., was the most promising of the players this year, and though rehoopsters have been in there prac-furlongs, are my best three are, Hable with his ground shots, his over-ticing hard for this important lit and Lovely Star, Blue Field and Night head work and his service are still in are stated to bring up three youthful Express that the last named inay

need of improvement.

Tsui led in both sets 5-2, and in both permitted Yip to draw up to 4-5

before going out 6-4 in each

case.

players from their second team to augment the starry veterans.

not make the trip, and if the report Admission to this two-game pro-is true, Sylvandule should "the gramme will be 20 and 30 cents." third position In the frame.

Meadow Eve Favoured HAIRY OUSEL is at the head of

He seems to have tegained command of his shots and is a different player Cricket from he who was beaten by S. A Rumjahn in the final last year.

Volleying duels were brisk and in these Yip showed a steadiness on the backhand that was orie of his greatest assets. Both players drove deep and accurately, and their baseline rallies were spectacular to watch.

Poenae, with Starlight, Gloamilog.... Frairie View and the rest follow- ing in the rear.

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The Match

Taul took the first game, ind

D.B.S. Defeat

H.M.S. Tamar

By 94 Runs

the ladder with weight in the Lung Chen Handicap for "y" class China ponies, and this is surely a stiff proposition for Mr Jack Braga's candidate.

Mr Gellion's Fairy Auk has not been

running too well lately, but. with a pull of lead the grey should be able to put up a good fight on {Sunday,

Final Selections

CHINSHIAN HANDICAP (FIRST- SECTION) Dow-Jones

Piet Hein

Heddon

CHINSHAN HANDICAP (SECOND SECTION)

Sports

Venture

Radium Star

Plain View

CHINSHAN HANDICAP

(THIRD SECTION)

Mac's Adventuro

National Anthem Cuban Love

LINGNAN HANDICAP

Lovely Star

Blue Field

Night Express

LUNG CHEN HANDICAP

Meadow Eve Victory Life

Fairy Auk

SHEKKI PLATE The Mermaid Eagle

The Spirit of St Louis

Police XI To Meet

Club de Recreio

HOCKEY in aid of the Bomber. Fund will be played at the Police ground, Boundary Street, on Sun- day at 10.30 am. when the Police meet the Club de Recreio in a Hongkong

Association Hockey Tournament match.

Neither team has yet been beaten, and the outcome of the game will have a great bearing on the ultimate championship.

Diocesan Boys' School beat H.M.S.

My choice is Mr Linng's Mendow Tamar by 04 runs in a friendly game Eve with Victory Life to follow.

A. J. Hulse

Novices Race of the merging of the new and old tain View. What a juy it would have

At three furlongs from home, though Yip won the second and third, of cricket yesterday. runners for the first time in the been to the Stewards had Colocma

crossed the line first, for Sir Vah-could see that both Nomine-Tocna Tsur won four games in a row to lead was the outstanding player of the handicap events

Mr D. C. and Oracle were being hard pressed the first three placed runners in the Edmonston had joint interest in the with no response, and Storlight whe5-2. At this stage he led 40-15 and match, scoring 58 and taking 6 for 24. HE Shekki Piate for "A" class and will be as follows:

may be of interest to note that deleur Grayburn and

first coming round the bend chased by The public also took a great inter-Gloaming and Colcome. est in the event, and Oracle curried!

the money with 2829 chances for win, followed by Colooma (1434 chances) and Gloaming (1149).

the races

the

Canton Handicap (Brst section) for class Chitin ponies were youngsters of this year, while in the Hobart Handicap (second section) for Australian "B" raters the first twu belonged to the class of subscrip- tion panics of the current season,

Perfect Start

A Challenge

though with two ret points, lost the game in the face of excellent opposi- tion from Yip.

of

The Police team has been selected China ponies will be ridden by Gough (capt.): Hayward, Leslie; A. Ebrahim took 4 for 22,

G. A. Goodban, Headmaster, us- sisted in

the scoring of 140 with hard novices, and it is not a handicap Blackburn, Howlett, Pariter; Brown, event. The Mermald, Eagle and The Naranjan Singh, Man Singh, Jasbly knock of

32.

Spirit of St Louls should cross the Singh and Teja Singh. Scores were:

wire in the order I have namci. Reserves, Wall and Rothwell, D.B.S.-148 (A. J. Hulse 58, G. A. Goodban 32, J. Macauley 18. Douglas

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He took the 10th game and the set. The second set was similar to the THERE was a huge cry from the first in the trend of scoring. But, ir Public Enclosure when Mr Butel- this 10th one, you col 10-30 when ho began to push Mountain View, at he served his first double fault

14, H.M.S. Tamar,--34 (Hogan the entrance of the home stretch.the match.

Whiteside 12. Hulse @ for 24, More Easter Races

reached, The proceeds from the sale of tie- Ebrahim 4 for 22). Home port (S. W. Lee) Colooma and Mountain View drew kess to the stands are for the Bomber HOWEVER, the, start was perfect. Before the distance was PUNTERS will be glad to know

which. of level with Glooming, and at this point Fund. that there are 12 races (instead tried runaway tactics, of the usual 10 events) in each day course, went well until the bottom Mr Eu Tong-sen's candidate was a

deed at the Easter stasion, and it looks of the hill was renchied, but after that to me a compileated programme. the pony was losing ground, and the Poules that are entered for sprint brown faded out of the picture. events (confined to both classes of Australian ponies of this season) are barred from entering for distance runs and vice versa.

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Hesults:

Colony singles.-Tsul Wal-pul beat K X. Ip 0-4; 0-4.

Club handicap daubles.-F. W. Carter

and E N. Thursby beat R.E. Guest and B. C. Fay 6-2: 6-0. II. G. Armstrong and enter-Blyth bent D.S.B. Robb and

Blahop 6-2; 6-3.

Today's Matches

horse. Down the straight the jockey on Starlight thought that he had the race well in hand, but it did not take him long to realise that Coloema and

Club mixed doubles.-V. R. Gordon and the Mountain View were fighting hard for

Mes D. B. Sinclair beat Mir and Birs D. the premier place.

Prophet 6-3; 6-0.

It was rather unusual to sea Mr Needs taking his mount front, for at the half-mile beacon Oracle was running behind Nomine

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In the last hundred yards the three riders were hard at work and a largo measure of the success must be given to Mr Wel who pushe Starlight Just in time over the base line by half length in front ol Colonina.

The latter belt Mountain View by a neck and three lengths bebind came Gloaming.

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