The winner led from start to fi beating Thunderbolt by length.
Time 2m. Ths.
The Hongkong Club Cup, 1} miles, was another match, the result being Mr. Buxey's Home Guard, 11.1, Mr. Reynell 1 John Peel's Talisman, 1i.i, Mr. Hough 2 Home Guard won a quiet race, hands down, by fully six lengths." Time 3m. 16s.
For the lust race of the day, the Com: pradores' Cup, 1 mile, the largest field, 13 Ponies, faced the starter, who was a long time getting them off. "The first three at the finish were 'Mr. Darius' Porpoise, 10.12, Mr. Reynell... 1 John Peel's Solace, i1.i, Mr. Hough 2 G. H. Potts' Rialto, 10.9, Mr. Maclean 3
P.rpoise seems to have won with comparative ease by two lengths; the sume distance between second and third. Time not given.
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