The Archive · 1924

Sheep and Goats on Race Course

Tiemtein Classifying All Ponies 'a8 Pure China or Half Breeds Picntein News Sei ice, Vientsin, Apr, 7.

Consternation, modified slightly by the leaven of inevitableness, and all that sort of thing, reigns in racing circles: here to-day result of the classification of old Face ponies this morning into the "sheep" and the ""goata"'; othervwiso, into China ponies and half-breeds, Fifteen lected by the ing" members of the (Tien athared carly this morning at the course and stood in solemn judgment on the tral lines of most of Tien-famous quadrupeds, Fourteen ponies, among them Champions,—¢x-Champions and many times winners, passed pro:

mally, into "B Class, and will remain there permanently unless very good _gencalogical proof is forthcoming within hours, to obtain vocation. They are The Ram bier, Champions winner last spring and second we Holts Royce in the autumn; Capella Eyes, Winner "of the" Inst Kiangwan Leger nnd third in the toat Kiangwan Champions: "Kismet, ner of three races Inst season Touchsand, Alvoko, Arab, Oklee orna, Silver" King, Sunbeam, Sunvct, Gobi Son," Kavoshinna, Btamim and Belladrix, Hereafter, these bult-breeds are condemned to participate in but Mee! and euch day of the hhawo ever their own. unpious event of A fw old ponies have not yet: boon brought. to judi pony in the north, and which was expected to break the all-China record this spring, (here are thos who think thig pony will also suffer exile to "BY Class, The string of 1024 "griffins" have yet to be judged, and from what ible to discover, there will excitement when docisideclared Kismet to be a. hate is' morning when the judges litle sirprine wan caused

breed and not the least surprised owner, who is an ardent advocate of the exile, stands on} what, a Chi wi winning, or aw nasty, Took in hi eye, Am een smalter pony, Arab, mieastring only. 1 and, was also declared of mixed aventage. Possibly the Mendel-finn theory was operative this ease,

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