The Bank has for some months been contracting its paper issue, and indeed the dollar notes are being withdrawn altogether, as Mexicans are refused by the presiding genius of the Totalisutor. This has pub our modest gamblers in a fix, but the Stewards and Mr. Wu, the Bank' compradore, have come to the rescue with negotiable tokens. Thirty-three ponies from fifteen stables have been entered. Peking is represented by two stables, and Tongshan by four. There are nine aspirants for the honour of the Maiden Plate. The races exclusively for Chinese riders are the Celestial Plate, the Mongol Cup, and the Tongshan Cup these have respectively eight, eight and fourteen entries; this is fair evidence that the innovation has not been boycotted.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.