The Tientsin Spring Races took place on the Lith, 12th and 13th instant. 'The weather on the first two days was everything; that could be wished—warm, still an beautiful. But on the third the sky was clouded, and after the running for the 'Merchant Steamers' Cup, it blew a gale of wind, great dust clouds sweeping across the plain covering everything, animate and inanimate, with an earthy mantle, and the end of all was a fearful thunderstorm.
The course was a very fast one, being perfectly level and hard." The old measurements were found incorrect on being tested this year, and the distances have been consequently reduced from eighteen yards for half a mile up to seventy-seven for 2 miles, the new mile being exactly forty yards short of the old. toit: ©, Aitehs stable was in wonderfal fal meeting, with the exception of the Peking force, carrying off ey race of the
Cup, the Hack Stakes and the Consolation. The first of these, 2 mile and a half race, was won in three minutes and twenty-four (8.24) seconds-by a handsonie skewbald pony, -calléd Snort," the property of the former owner of Skelp and Skyte, but being in poor condition and altogether off feed he failed to distinguish himself subse~ quently.
Tsze-Cuvn-Lix Stages.—Value Tls. 75—Half-a-mile.
Mr. Aladdin'se.p. Willo'the Wis Bairleigh'e b, c. p. Star of Blengths 1
2 Sebrof's w. e. p.D. 1.
3 BB'sb.c. p. Slumberer Paton's skew e. p. Portrai Won easily. Time 1.04.
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