1941-09-05 — Page 22

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

September 5, 1941...

"Captain Foster's" Racing Review

Racing Season Rolls Around Again

Beas River Paddocks

Not Quite Ready Ponies Weather Summer Well At Happy Valley

ANOTHER SUMMER has come and gone, but mem- bers of the Hongkong Jockey Club have not been able to make use of their own grazing ground in Fanling, for owing to unsettled conditions the development of Fan- ling property has somewhat been delayed through lack of building materiale, but it is reliably learned that the buildings and stables will be completed before the end of the year.

This huge property of the club has been named "Beas River Paddocks"the future summer resort of our "dumb

friends" during the recess.

It would really interest one to know what is the actual acreage of Beas River Paddocks, because land in the New Territories is very cheap. I reported in my racing notes of June 9, 1939, that the Hongkong Jockey Club had started negotiations to pur- chase a big piece of land ponies to graze.

for

Bince then they have purchased additional lota and the cost of land alone, I understand, is over $98,009, Judging from the figures disclosed by the chairman, the Hon. Mr T. E. Pearce, at the half-yearly general meeting held in May, there is goo reason to believe that there will be) Accommodation for over five hundred) ponies.

A sum of over $200,000 hod al-

Australians' Autumn Plate

On September 27

Colossal Weight For United Express

A FINE PROGRAMME has been framed by the racing Stewards for the extra meeting to be held on September 27, and the Double Tenth Meeting's programme of two days has also been announced.

1942 Race Fixtures Annual Meeting Brought Forward One Month

A

The resumption of our fort nightly meetings will be marked by the introduction of three divisions in the Cantala Handi- cap for "B" class Australion ponics over six furlongs.coupled with the inaugural contest,

Cesarewitch Stakes, a handicap for all Australian ponies over a long distance of two and a quarter miles.

LIST of race fixtures for 1942 under the auspices of the

The innovation means another Hongkong Jockey Club has been circulated to members and it may forward move in the interest of interest the racing public to know owners and the, racing public, and that there are two additional extrait will undoubtedly, be much appre- meetings as against 13 of the pre-cinted by the punters.

Newcomers Prominent At Morning "Pows" Advice To Novices and

FOUR SUCCESSFUL POWS were held during the early morn- Ings without ralu to mar the un- official meetings.

I am not a Chinese scholar, but)

it has been represented to me on word good authority that the "pow" in Shanghat among the trainers and mafoos means a "trial test" between two or more ponies. The "dark horse" racket in Shang-

ready been expended and the amount hat originated from these pows and includes the purchase of additional Hongkong copied the line of business' lots, the cost of levelling, draining, from a different angle. turfing and fencing, and the planting

of trees and shrubs.

newcomers There are a few worth watching among the novice events and the best three are R. Bluestone, L. G. Perklas and T. I Тиепк..

The

sent season.

been The Annuni nival has

forward Imost a month, brought

the first itra meeting is on February scheduled to be held

21.

Annust Meeting

The following is a list of 1942's Axtures:

Saturday, January 31, Monday, February 2,

do Tuesday, Wednesday. do do Saturday, Saturday, February 21-First Extra. Saturday, March 7-Second Extra. Saturday, March 21-Third Extra. Saturday, April 4--Fourth Extra. Monday (Easter), April 6-Fourth Extra. Saturday, April 10-Fifth Extra. Saturday. May 2-Sixth Exirn, Saturday, May B-Seventh Extra. Monday (Whitsun). May 23 (Seventh Extra.

Saturday, June Elghth Extra. Saturday, September 20-Ninth Extra. Saturday, October Tenth Extra. Saturday, October 24-Eleventh Extra. Saturday, November Twelfth Extra, Saturday, November 21-Thirteenth Ex-

trn.

It is estimated that a further sum of three lakhs will be required for the full development of the property.

latter rode a smart race on A When completed it will undoubted-

the Good Time because his judgment of ly be the only racing club in

the Orient that will have an up-to-date pace was certainly good and there tra grazing ground for the sole use of was a perfect rhythm in members.

com-

inution.

The success of B. K. Yip on Odeon was a motorear ride, for his mount was far too good against the other ofumers.

The Jitters

Summered Well

TOWEVER, in the absence

grassland, all

Australian and China ponles

the (ex-

Il luxurious

cepting a few) did not leave the. I have nothing to gain, in saying that a few apprentices among Colony for their holidays, and there

doubt that all of them had spent the "also rans" appeared to have the the su:amer well at the stables, jitters and they were certainly afraid

to be up with the fleld, Village Rond,

is

no

It rppears all the racers were

L Winston Churchill of the Fourli: Prime Minister, now the

ghled to get back in harness, and said;

full

of course, training is now In swing with the work more or less confined to a collected pace.

We

are bound to sea come fast gallops during next week.

THIER

Transfers

UIERE have been a good few transfers of Australian and

once

a

"No hour of life is lost that la spent in the saddle. Young men have often been ruined through owning horses, or through buckling! horses, but never-through-riding them. Unless, of course, they break their necks, which, taken at gallop, is a very good death fo Everybody knows that it is against and all of them will, of course, run the rules of racing to cross, jostie, or under their new respective racing any act on the part of the jockey, colours at the coming meeting. but there can be no disqualification The most important change is Mrs to be up with the field provided, of Grasett's Supper going to the stable, course, the novice keeps a straight Tasma, Eelonging to Capt. Holmes. course without, interfering with other while Lady Northcote's Devonian runners. has been made a gift to Mrs. W. T. Stanton,

China racers to several new-homes,

The Incessant practice of keeping

too far back must be avoided at the

THE

Most Important

THERE is no space here to repro- duce the ten Interesting events of the September meeting, but the most important race on the card is. the Australlon Subscription Ponies' Autumn Plate confined to the Sub- :cription ponies of this season.

The weight to be carried by the candidates is 140 ib. with a pound penalty for every $200 or part there- of won in stakes and the jaunt Is a run over the champion course of one and a quarter miles. The winner is to receive $1,500 while the second will get $600 and the third prize is" S300.

this classle The conditions. of

will inhibit the, owner of event United Express from entering his champion sub on account of the preposterous. Imposition of avoir-

dupois. Haturday, December 6-Fourteenth Ex-

tr Saturday, December 18-Fifteenth Ex-

Cesarewitch Stakes

On October 10

THE CESAREWITCH STAKES will have its first running on Oc- tober 10, and the first prize is $1,500 to the winner. Being an open handleap for all comers, the contest will no doubt attract many nominations and the result of th clasilo will serve a good pointer for the two St. Legers confined to Australian subscription ponies and griffins of this season.

Army Inter-Unit Wrestling League

SEVEN TEAMS will contest the championship in the Indian Army Inter-Unit Wrestling League to 27-28 on September commence when three matches will be staged cach day.

There will be home and away

ber.

not be

So

ar-

The novice Jockey T. L. Tsent is beginning (never to be afraid of matches and th League, if the fix- row the owner of A Good Tine, mud bath" or bumping at the start)tures are adhered to, will Pigtail and Pumpernickel, and C. L. otherwise, one will never reach the completed till the middle of Novem- Gregory is going to have "o" at top of the ladder.

The fixtures have been- that sulky pony, Silver Spear.

ranged that cach team will be oc- Rivulet seems to like her new owners, Shiu Brothers, and Sunto- Dancing. Eve of Hunting, Eve of cupled twice during the week-end, Anita becomes the property of Li Folly. Just In Time, King Kong once at home and the other time

Sam's Choice and This Time, and away. has this young novice owner

Chuk-lai

As to quantity, S. W. Leo added to his long string. Eve

of over three dozen racers. "..

now has

LONDON DRY GIN

"TOWER

” · Brand

WE

Probables

E will have. the entries for the above classic after the closing on Thursday, September 18, but in the meanwhile I append below a list of porbable. nominations with their respective weights:

Crack Shot

Slaken Weighi won penalty

The 120 yards medley relay at the Lai Tsun-University gala last week-end. Kenneth Lo ready to take over for the breast-stroke, while Tsang Cheong-ming just diving off as Lau Yiu-ting touches-Ming Yuen.

Bumper Entries

Expected For

Colony Aquatic Championships

Chan Chun-nam in the process of breaking the 448 yards free-style re- cord of the Kaf Tsun-University gala.

Ming Yuen,

St Leger Call-Over

LONDON. Sept. 4

(Reuler)- Latest call-over for the St Leger

Chan Chun-nam Ready To Defend His Titles

(By "Tinker")

The

THERE'S NOTHING NEW from swimming circles. majority, are awaiting the climax of the season-the Colony Championships, which will be held on September 25 and 27, and October 2 and 4.

The closing day for entries, by a new threat in Tsul Haug has come the way, is to-morrow. Heats will into being.

be held between September 9 and

13, but the order of events has not

•

yet been decided. This will den the women, mest improved has

pend on entries.

But there promises to be a bumper Conversation In- entry

this year.

direction, furns in that variably while Ng Nin and one or two others have already nvalled themselves of the facilities of the V.R.C. for prac- tice.

been Celeste Guterres, Running 'a close second, however, is Ho Wal- king of the Chinese Bathing Club. They will offer a challenge, but should not be able to beat Vivienne Churn over the 50 and 100 yards. - Miss Guterres should liavo little diMculty in taking the women's 220 and 440 yards free-style events. The recent form of Chan Chun- nam, which happily shatters ali Added to this trio will be Ko Miu- rumour of unfitness, has raised an-ing, of Lai Tsun, and Sa Wal-ying latter the ticipations of yet further records of the same Club-the

back-stroke mermaid. Trang Fung- In the middle distances.

kwan, of Lal Tsun ond Li Po-luen, Twice within one week he bet-at South China, are the outstanding though swimmers, tered his Colony 440 time of last year, breast-stroke though it must be remembered that Vivienne Churn must be considered. on both occasions he was swimming for the 50 yards.

in the Chinese "Y" pool which is only

Jackle Anderson has been "down" 20 yards long.

Itor two weeks with 'Ru, and though other quarter-mlier to she returns to training to-day it is The only

which is being run on September approach within these times has been a matter of opinion how much of her Yau Sai-kwan, youthful understudy old form she can recover in the short of Chan who has also been doing time left.

Ainulet Star

$1,500 148 1.

Araxy II

1,000 245

A Surprising Time

4.100

151

Rendigo

1,300

147

Black Seal

2.500

133

Bona Vacantin

1,000

150

Bugle

2,000

145

Comalt

1,000 150

1200 140

Dashing Deny

143

Dutch Treat

2,000

150

26, was as follows:

-

Endeavour

6,574

163

0-1 (0) Owen "Tudor, 13-2 (1)

Happy Returns

$700

104

0-2 it& o) Chatenti La Rose,

Hole In One

1,000 143

17-2 2 0 Buncastle.

1,000 143

0-1 (0) Devonian.

Jus Gentium

3,237

100-9 (10) Royalist..

King's Flight

3,300

137

100-s (0) Makhtawar,

--Lex--Fork-

14,000

150.

Maisall

3.200

160

Manhattan Maple Leaf

1000

140

25-1 (0) Dancing Tune.

20-1101-Orthodox and Ptolemy..

1,000

148

23-1 (&) Felous,

Moonlight

3,300 157

25-1 (0) Feroze Din.

Never-Never

1,500

14

Optima Fide

1,500

143

50-1 (of Feites,

33-1 (0) Royal Academy.

Royal Sovereign

1,000 140

Santa Anita

3,000 153

Sydney Lady Tien Tien

United Express Vitamin B Wayworth

1,500

148 1.000 140.

10,000 193

B00

144

1,000 145

I will be seen from the above that Unlied Express (if entered) has to shoulder 195 lb. over a middle distance run of 14 miles and it is interesting that the weight over the new scale for luches is a penalty of 43 lb.

It is without any question a terrific

pensity, but one must not overlook good innings and has gained $10,909 the fact that the pony hes hind a 1 do not expect that Following are the fixtures for the for the owner. first week-end:

United Express will be entered, for Saturday, September 27-5th A.A., it would be wasting the nomination R.A. v. Hongkong Mule Corps; 12th fee $5. R.A. v. HK.S.R.A;; 2nd/14th Punjabs v. 8th Reg., R.A.

Other Heavies

10

WITH

the

Championships, the

extremely well throughout the year. Ng Nin was the great threat most titles year, but he found W V.n.c. will conclude a success-

Jast himself pressed by the crowded proful season, one whieli has been above

gramme. This year different condi.

100-0 (0) Lambert Bimnel and Starwort.ions exist. The heats and finals are the average in ambition, Their best

100-1 (0) Ranger.

U.S. Tennis

Kovacs Enters

Singles Semi-finals

3

HILLS, Sept. FOREST (Remer),Frankle Kovacs, indoor champlon, who is fancied to suc

the U.S. ered McNeill, entered National Tennis semi-finals by beating Jack Kramer, 6-4, 7-5, 7-5. The women's semi-finalists include Murgavet Osborne and Pauline letz Mias Osborne, though not ranked in the first ten American tennis players, is enjoying a brilliant season and is

for

the

Sunday, September 28--Rajput NDEAVOUR has also a heavy capable of upsetting anybody. Miss Regi v. 3th A., R.A.; H.K. Mule burden of 168 lb, to carry and Betz is now hot favourite Corps v. 12th R:A HKSRA. the next In order comes Happy Re-itte the winning of which would v. 2nd/14th Punjabs.

U. S. Charity Football

turns with 104 ih on her back. A confirm Surprising Time has to tip the scale several

the impression existing for months thot she is the player at present In American women's tennis.-Reuter.

at 101 lb, while Mainsall has to draw outstanding 100

It is useless to discuss the pros- pects ut this juncture, for the

New York, Sept. 4. In professional football to-day the

have over fortnight to ties and it is not necessary to say Giants defented the Eastern Collegians trainers last night 23-3 in the sixth annual trim their candidates. But the race that one may look forward to a big charity game-United Press.

will be full of interesting possibill-fight.

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The Club may be suffering from a

of lack of awimmers, but there's no-

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