1941-04-04 — Page 6

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

April 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

RACING AT HAPPY VALLEY last Saturday was excellent and so was the riding of Mr Peter Woi, who piloted four ponies to victory, rogis- toring at the same time a “hat trick” on Vanity Fair, Velvetlight and Moon- fight. The jockey had to exort pressure on the first two geo-gees, but the trip on Moonlight was an armchair ride.

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

Rest Of Field

at the new scale of weights.

Meeting.

The invincible Sapper carry-¡ It must be admitted that this will ing 159 lb. won the Broken prevent owners from nominating Hill Handicap in easy fashion And we will certainly have some jub their ponies to run out of distances. over a course from the two to spot the winners at the Easter mile post, once round and in, in one minute 53 seconds, and

Great Disappointment Mrs A. E. Grasett's pony lowered Happy Returns' figure ET us return to Inst Saturday's į by nine two-fifths seconds.

racing. To the sad disappoint- Vanity Fair (159 ib) annexed ment of 1,108 chances taken by those the Hobart Handicap (first section) the know, Odeon (Needa) failed for "B" class Australian ponies to justify the car.idence, and the stal over, six furlongs in one minute 18ion was badly beaten in the open- seconds, cutting Distant, View'sing event, Kongmun Plate, by Eve tlone

of Grandeur by two lengths. by two two-fifths seconds.

Had the writer known that Sir Velvetlight (150 10.) captured the

Victor's griffin was going to accept, Canton Handicap (first section)

he would have tipped the chestnut to confined to "B" class China

ponies

Win. I sald In my notes that he was over six furlongs in one minute!

and Times both 22% zeconds, slicing Golong's re- chester Guardian curd at the Annual Carnival

dangerous. one iwo-fifths seconds. Lucky the above three fastest runs were performed prior to the tumbling down of heavy clouds, but the rain

by

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

Successful Owner

THE most successful owner was Mr

Erie Mulier of Shanghai who ran away with the first Stewards' Cup presented by the Stewards of the Hongkong Jockey Club, the Canton Handicap (Brst section) and the Hobart

The dicap (second section). didates gained a "mall fortune to plus the handsome silver

trophy, and this will. of course, be added to Mr Moller's already fine collection of silver cups.

Though there was no "three figure" dividends, one could hardly say that spotting the winners at last Saturday's racing was easy, and I think the difficulty was on account of the merging of the new and old

magnate's three can-

handicap events.

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THE BROKEN JULL Handicap

Six Events For Macao April Meeting

Basketball 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.

TWO STARRY basketball games, in aid of charity, have Chinshan Handicap (first sec- The curtain raiser will be the been carded for to-morrow afternoon in the open air gymnasium tion for "E" class China ponics at the Kowloon Chinese Y.M.C.A., Waterloo Road, when visit-over six furlongs. On paper ing girl's and men's cage quintette from Macao will clash in. Piet Hein with Mr "Pinky" exhibition encounters with the two champion South China A.A. Botelho in the saddle should win, teams.

but be careful with Dow-Jones who is a great fighter. National In the opening game at 3.30 p.m.. Success, if sound, is dangerous. the all-star girls team from Macao will take on Soulk China A.A's Handicap should provide

The second section of the Chinahan classy eagereltes.

for "A" class Australian pontes was A grand race, but Sapper was too good, and the chestnut by Farr con- | inued in winning veln to register his third success, earning for Mrs 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 jockey took too much out of the pony in adopting the runway strategy.

Looking over the various quarters of the record time established by Sup per, one cannot fail to see that United Express' time from one mile beacon to six furlong past was 24% seconds and at that rate it was impossible for the Rooty-Hill Derby winner to be among the first three-the mare in- ished sixth.

Starlight Carries Off Stewards' Cup

Cup Event

TSUI WAI-PUI BEATS K. H. YIP

IN STRAIGHT SETS

THOUGH

great things were expected of K. H. Yip in yesterday's Open Singles tennis match against Taui Wai-pui, the latter was the man on the court and dictat ed play.

good

The Caroline Hill girls have just finish. Though Rodlum Star has Open League Sports Ven the will, Am champlons and holders of the C. T. afraid of Venture with a pull Wang Cup, and are eager to defeat of 7 lb. und Gallant Marshal is also the girl starlets from Macao in their nicely weighted. first game since copping the title.

Pinin View must not be overlooked, fer the blackie ran a good race In Fanling on

Men's Match

D.I.

At 4.30

South China's brillant men's quintette clash with

on February 2, und paid $73.20 for a

win In the third section of the Chin- shan Handicap, Mac's Adventure the Macao stars in the featured looks a good thing, with National game:

Anthem and Cuban Love to follow The visiting stars will include into the rear..

The Best Event

players in the Portuguese Colony, and their lineup, the cream of basketball are considered to be a very strong Yip, Champion of South China gation, playing a fast, wide open THE best event of the meeting will

stylo of game. A.A., was the most promising of thei The champlon South China A.A. for "D" class China ponies over five be seen in the Lingnan Handlesp players this year, and though. rehoopsters have been in there prae- furlongs, and llable with his ground shots, his over- ticing hard for this important tilt and Lovely Star, Blue Field and Night my best, three are head work and his service are still in are slated to bring up three youthful Express. need of improvement.

players from their second team to hear that the last numed may augment the starry veterans.

not make the trip, and if the report gramme will be 20 and 30 cents.

Admission to this two-game pro-is true, Sylvandale. should fill the

third position in the frame.

Meadow Eve Favoured TAIRY OUSEL is at the head of

COLOOMA HALF A LENGTH BEHIND before going out 6-4 in each

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 fight finish.

racer.

Poenac, with Starlight, Gloaming. Prairie View and the rest follow- Inc in the rear.

casc.

Tsul led in both gets 5-2, and in both permitted Yip to draw up to 4-5 He seems to have regained command of his shots and is a different player Cricket from he who was beaten by S. A. Rumlahn in the final last year.

Volleying duels were brisk and in these Yip showed a steadiness on the and that was one of his greatest assota. Both players drove deep and faccurately, and their baseline rallies

were spectacular to watch,

Tsui

tion-from-Yip

7

D.B.S. Defeat

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

candidate. H.M.S. Tamar Mr Gellion's Fairy Auk has not

By 94 Runs

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

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Final Selections

· CHINSHAN HANDICAP (FIRST SECTION) Dow-Jones

Piet Hein

Heddon

CHINSHIAN HANDICAP (SECOND SECTION)

Sports Venture Radium Star

Plata View

CHINSHAN HANDICAP (THIRD SECTION) Mac's Adventure National Anthem Cuban Love

LINGNAN HANDICAP

ine ar

Field

Night Express LUNG CHEN HANDICAP

Meadow Eve

Victory Life

Fairy Auk

SHEKKI PLATE

The Merinald Eaglo

The Spirit of 81 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 Hockey Association Tournament match.

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

The Police team has been selected

Starlight won by half length with neck separating Colooma and Moun-

The Match

Diocesan Boys' School beat H.M.S. in View. What a joy it would have

My choice is Mr Linne's Mendow runners for the first time in the crossed the line first, for Sir Van-codaci were being hard pressed To Won foja stage he led 40-18 and match, scoring 58 and taking 6 for 24. THE Shekki Plate for "A" class and will be as follows:

been to the Stewards had Colouma At three furlongs from home, though Yip won the second and third, of cricket yesterdny.

took the first gume, and Tamar by 94 runs la a friendly game Eve with Victory Life to follow,

A; J. Hulse: deleur Grayburn and Mr. D. may be of interest to note that Edmonston had joint interest in the with no response, and Starlight was though with two set points, lost the A. Ebrahim took 4 for 22.

C. Oracle

542. At this

Novices Race. was the outstanding player of the the first three placed runners in the Canton Handleup (Brst section) for

first coming round the bend chased by game in the face of excellent opposi sisted in the scoring of 148 with hard event. The Mermaid, Eagle and The Naranjan Singh, Man Singh, Jasbir class China ponies were

The public niso took a great Inter-Gloaming and Colcoma.

G. A. Goodban, Headmaster, as-novices, and--is-not-a-handicap Blackburn, Howlett, Parker, Brown,

China ponies will be ridden, by the

Gough (capt.); Hayward, Leslie; youngsters of this year, whille in the est in the event, and Oracle carried

A Challenge Hobart Handicap (second section) all the money with 2029 chances for

knock of

of 32. for Australian, "g" raters the first win, followed by Column (1434 HERE was a huge cry from the first in the trend of scoring. But in He took the 10th game and the set. The second set was similar to the two belonged to the class of subscrip- chances) and Gloaining, (1140). tlon ponies of the current season.

Publle Enclosure when Mr Botel- this 10th game, Ylp led 40-30 when ho began to push Mountain View at he served his first double fault of the entrance of the home stretch. the match. Before the distance was reached,

The proceeds from the sale of tic- Culooma and Mountain View drew kets to the stands are for the Domber level with Gloaming, and at this point Fund. of

Mr Eu Tong-sen's candidate was a dead horse.

More Easter Races

PUNT

Perfect Start

HR HOWEVER, the start was perfect. Numine Poenae (5. W. Lee)

runaway tactics. which,

UNTERS will be glad to know

that there are 12 races (Instead tried of the usual 10 events) in each day course, went well until the bottom at the Easter session, and it looks of the hill was reached, but after that

to me a compleated programme. the pony was losing ground, and the Poules that are entered for sprhut brown faded out of the picture, events (confined to both classes of Australian ponies of this season) ure barred from entering for distance runs and vice versa.

It was rather unusual to see Mr Needa taking his mount to the front, for at the half-mile bercan Oracle was running behind Nomine

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Results:

Colony singles-Taul Wal-pul beat Down the straight the jockey on 11, Tp 6-4; 6-4. Starlight

thought that he hnd the race and E, N. Thursby beat R.F. Guest and Club handicap doubles.-F. W. Carter well ser hand,

but it did not take him B. C. Fay 6-2: 80. If, G. Armstrong and long to realise that Colnoma and P. Wynter-Blyth beat DSB, Robb and Mountain View were fighting hard for CWE. Bishop G-2: G-3. the premier place,

In the last hundred yards the three riders were hard at work and measure of the success musi

be given to Mr Wel who pushed Starlight just in time over the base line by half length in front of Colooma.

The latter bent Mountain View by a neck and three

lengths behind

come Glooming.

Championship Badminton Games To-night

The following are the Badminton Championship matches at the Club

de Recreio to-night:

0 p.m. P. A. Yvanovich

v. T. S.

8,30 p.m. A. L. Fisher v. J. L

Young (Junior Singles).

0 p.m. C. Y. Yung and F. Kol v.

Anderson (Junior Singles).

P. K. Hool and H, F. Chew (Senior Doubles).

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Club mixed doubles.-V. R. Gordon and Mr D. B. Sinclair beat Mr and Sira D. L. Prophet 6-3; 6-0.

Reserves, Wall and Rothwell,

Goodban 32, J. Macauley 18, Douging

Scores were:

Spirit St Louls should cross the Singh and Teja Singh. D.B.S.-148 (A. J. Hulse 58, G. A wire hi the order I have named. 2 for 18).

H.M.S. Tamar.-94 (Hogan 14, Whiteside 12. Hulse 3 for 24, Ebrahim 4 for 22).

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Tsui Yan-pul v. Paul Kọng (Stand

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