Exciting Finishes: Not Altogether Satisfactory 'The first of the Inter-Club' Race Meetings, on the Shanghai course, on Saturday, was not an altogether satisfactory affair, although some of the finishes were quite exciting. It opened with two falls in the steeple-nasty looking accident which fortunately had! not any serious result. Later in the afternoon there was another mishap of a worse nature, which is likely to put 'a good Chinese jockey out of action for some considerable time. This happened in the selling race, when Pan and Quincey both were thrown. The Stewards made an investigation afterwards, but did not seem able to rive at any definite finding, though in the jockey room one rider was heard fo assert that he actually saw Rapidity, Quincey's mount, cross its legs and so come down, thus upsetting Hapton, on which Pan was i Quincey was temporarily dazed by a blow on the head, but otherwise was unhurt. Pan way less fortunate and sustained a very: ugly injury to one eye, necessitating.
is. removal in the ambulance, Sunday it' was ascertained that the injury after all was not very serious and Pan is expected to be about again soon.
This affair led sireetly to. another misfortune, for which some official must be blamed—a very rare occurrence on the Shanghai course, where the management of racing has developed into a fine art and runs #0 smoothly. Pote-Hunt had weighed out for Fair Sport, and there could not have been any real doubt but that he would have won very easily. Fair Sport was the last pony to come from the stables and by that time the motor ambulance was held up in the gateway, preventing the pony roing through. After waiting some while, the mafoo took it round to another gate, but before, he could get con the course the "all present" signal had been inven and the starter quite rightly let the field go. As there were only four other runners and plenty of time to spare, whilst the Jockey's difficulty was obvious, and not his fault, it seemed a great pity he was not allowed a little latitude, The Results The results in detail follo Lm—The Inter-Club Handicap Round und in, mA. N. Dallas's ches, Theateeland, her, Macbeth, T.
S—allan's rey, Lord Cavendish, W.
MeCann, 146.
Won by many lengthes four, Vari-mutuel:—Win, $8.00. Places,
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