Me. A.W. Burkill, Chairman of the Race Club, said that they had become so used to seeing Mr. Wilson atthe course that, at this meeting, when he was not present in his official capacity, it seemed as though familiar landmark had gone. Mr. Wilson had attended more rocs meetings than he (the Chairman) liked to think of. He very wisely had decided to retire whilst still in tha prime of life and the Stewards; felt that they were voicing the wish] of the members in asking him to accept some little memento of the) very excellent and tactful manner in which he had carried out his duties in their interest." 'The salver was inscribed:—"Presented by the Stewards and Members of the 'Shanghai Race Club to Inspector 'T.M. Wilson on his retirement from the Shanghai Municipal Police, as'
token of the excellent manner in which he conducted the Police services at Race Meetings during the!
it 25 years."
"In asking you to accept this, Mr, Wilson," the Chairman coneluded, "I hope you will have very many happy, and, as far as it is possible in China, peaceful years in your retirement." (Cheers)
Mr, Wilson suitably replied, expressing his thanks for the gift and, stating that, although it was a fact that ho was in charge of the poli at the Race Course for 25 years, actually he had done duty there for 41 or 42 years, and he did not think. any of those present except Mr. Brodie Clarke had been there as Jong.
There followed the usual presenta tion of cups, the Jockey Cup to Mr, S.AJudah, the Navy Cup to Mr. P.W.O. Liddell, and the Chinese Cup to Messrs, Beith and Lemarchand, with the accompanying jockey's cup to Mr. H. Maitland, In the course of these presentations, Capt, Ram-ey, M, Yead a telegram of good wishes "from the Commander-
Chief, who he described as "a rare good jockey, who recently won two] races in Gibraltar." The Chairman made feeling reference to the late Mr. Chu Pao-san, a frequent visitor fat these tiffins and one of the orial donors of the Chinese Cup, Mr. Burkill stating that they would all for long remember with kindly. feelings the perfect gentleman Mr, somewhere. Vanguard appeared to be going all right, but Trieker said afterwards that he had a lot of trouble with the pony.
At the Monument, Double Zero looked at least a possible winner but he made a poor jump and Old Bill, who had not been headed since the' fall of the flag, came on with only Copperming to chailengs, and the continued to run in regular 'A" Class fashion all the managed to beat Coppermine handily by a length, this making the old] fellow's fourth' consecutive win and his sixth in all, besides five seconds, There were wilder scenes than ever when the popular pony was led in, Messrs. Skinem and Fleecem, number of their leading clients and the former president of the Tiger Hunters Mess joining in the chorus} of "Old Soldiers Never Die."
Several ponies one would have ced to see running were non-starters for the Sub-Griffins Champions and it was not much of a race, though there was a rattling finish between The Warbler and Kilmory, the former getting the verdict by a head and of course the ubiquitous Howejeroft had to come in for the re~ maining place. This makes The Warbler much more than an average pony, for he won a six-furlong race on Tuesday and a mile on Wednesday, which is distinctly good work.
The Conquering Rosebery The Crossbred Champions was no more than a duel between Rosebery and Warrenfield, for Dago, the only] other entrant, could not be regarded Jas having a chance. We now know ex~ actly how Rosebery stands as regards local ponies and it is a certainty that under ordinary conditions none except Black Prince can touch him, and Black Prince most certainly is not the type of animal anyone had in mind when crossbreds were admitted to racing. here. Warrenficld never has been. so fit as at present and his past performances and recent training form gave careful observers every reason to believe that he would make it a very close race and quite possibly win, He does not mind a wet course—or at least he has won the mud—whereas Rosebery only likes water in a bucket, Crokam said that at 10 time in the race did Rosebery move his best and yet Warrenficld could not stop him. It was not such an easy win-as it looked, because Warren-field was eased when it was obvious that he could not win, but it] was a convincing performance. There ought not to be any difficulty in covering in Shanghai anything that] Tientsin likes to offer.
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