Exciting Race in Bitter Cold A Game in a Gale: Wind Mili-
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Others Close Up Many Missed Chances 'The Field Artillery Battery, S.C, chose the coldest day of the year for their individual point-to-Point on Sunday, Nevertheless the Face was sri extraordinarily keen tone, and the finish, in which the' first "five men came. in within seconds of each other only, proved highly complimentary to the handicappers.
The race was won by Sergeant Payne, of "A" Sub-section, who was closely followed by Lee-Bdr. Amo-_ vick of "B" Sub-section and Recruit Noblston. Other men in their erder on the card were Gunner Horniblow ("B" Sub.), Lieutenant] Ward (Right Section Officer) and Sergeant Hill ("B" Sub.).
The pointsman started off at 9.45 am. when slight snow was falling. The field, numbering roughly 40 riders, started from the Warren Line to the platform across rut and furrow, and thence to Westward Ho. The platform at this point. was rather badly broken and accounted {for a couple of casualties, bringing. the handicaps fairly even. Thence across the new road to the Family Tree Wade, where Sergeant Hill was:
the lead, closely followed by Gri. Horniblow' with Lieutenant Ward and Bar. Arnoviek not far behind.
The course then led to the Hungjao Road, where these five men, now reinforced by Noblston, had a "good Tead from the rest of the field, which strung out in a long line Dehind. On Hungjao Road Lieuten-_ fant Ward took the lead and was Tt ig a not unnatural assump tion that the team to represent Shanghai in' the Interport soccer, match against, Hongkong on Fee ruary 13. is 8 be chosen almost entirely from the players who took part in Saturday's trial game. Any, selection committee for any sporting fevont has n thankless and une pleasant task; but those on whose Judgment rests the final choice of Shanghai's representative eleven to play against Hongkong have.ows deepest sympathy, for the progress fand result' of Saturday's match must have given them ponder, and to ponder again. matter' of fact, it is a moot ques tion whether Saturday's match wi prove of much assistance, for it was a game in which some of our consistently best players were not fat their best, and in which some fathers known' to be good but sene= rally considered to be not of the ome of the men of reputation and very best, undoubtedly" outshone
achievement. And the furrows on the brows of the selectors must be getting deeper and deeper.
As has been the custom with Interport trial teams. since the revival' of Interport football, the was a radical change-over in the teams originally selected, The teams that actually played on Saturday. were:
Koing strongly, followed by Bde. Arnovick, and Gunners Noblston Sergeant scene past the Widow's Monument where. he took the lead and kept well ahead for the rest of the way to the Slough of Despond, back over the Warren Platform, over the Warren Line to the finishing flags. From the road to the Warren Platform a fierce! ace was run between Arnovick, It, Ward, and Noblston, with Horni-Blow close behind. This order was maintained till the finishing jump, Where Lieutenant Ward's "pony baulked, allowing Gunner Horniblow to take fourth place on the last lap. Altogether an excellent run with comparatively few casualties. Ser-yue's time was 16 min, 45
Following the race the men _ad-Journed to the house of Major Mac-_ naghten where they were entertained. to light refreshments Major and Mrs, Macnaghten. Here also the cups were presented, The pointsman who were kind enough to act were Major H, Brian Bates, Major R. W. Davis (formerly 0. C.'Battery), Sergt-Major Kemp end Gunner Andrews.
The finish was particularly good and caused a ood deal of excitement for the visitors, who included several lad
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