The third day's racing took place under most favourable conditions of weather, as} the day was fine, but a slightly hazy sky prevented any disagreeable degree of heat, nnd there was besides a pleasantly cool breeze, 80 that a holiday spent in the open airwasa pure delight. There was larzeattendance in the Race Club enclosure, which included a more than average number of ladies, and owing no doubt to the imp-eved state of the weather, there was more auimation and interest shown in the races of the Again there were large fields, as there were 18 starters for both the Great Northern Plate, and the Race Club Chall-ngo Cup, 16 for the Shantung Stakes, 28 fur the Manchu Stakes, and 19 for the Nil Desperandum Cup. The ponies were dispatched by the starter promptly as a rule, but there was tedious delay in the Manchu Cup race through Slam bolting twice round the course in the wrong direction. nother delay occurred in the Nil Desperandum Cup through Loch Slapin, ridden by Mr. Midwood, bolting the wrong way from the Seven Farlongs start to the Widow's Monument, but this delay was more than compensated for by the splendid race that took place. The start was a bad one, as Loch Slapia had not joined his ponies' when they were sent away, and had to race after them very many lengths astern, and yet his rider; caught up and passed the others and won easily by four lengths. No wonder that the spectators were enthusiastic and applauded heartily this splendid? sporting feat.
The race of the day was, of course, the Champion Sweepstakes for which 15 cracks faced the starter, and the victory of the Dealer, an unbeaten pony this meeting, was very popular, his jock, Mr Cumming, receiving pronounced applause from the on-
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