Warrenfield's Great Victory in the Champions: Monopoly of Wins for "Mr. Day"
The Shanghai Race Club's Spring Meeting, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, was productive of the best racing' seen on the Race Course for many years and extraordinarily fast times were made in many events. The racing, however, w: robbed of a great deal of interes: because of the uninterrupted success of the Day' stable. The "land' ponies went out for every race for old ponies, sometimes two at a time, with the result that Old Bill, Young Bill and Don Alphonso, the three who would have made the Champions running more interesting, were shut out and the only two old ponies to qualify for the event, apart from the Day and Alexander candidates, were Warrenfield and Chesterfield, the latter obviously only intended a pacemaker for his stable companion.
Warrenfield fully justified the: great opinion held of him. The Tour Day ponies were not allowd show their amazing sprinting powers at the end of a slow rac', for Chesterfield made the pace very. bhat, with the result that Warren-field's fine staying ability gave him an easy victory. From the last! quarter post he swept by the field and romped home by five lengths, without being extended. New Zes Tand was second and Saucy Dahli a griffin, thir The races detail follow:
Messrs. P.M, Lancaster 7 A.V. White's grey, Sarnia (Mr. Heard).158—3 Ale ran:—Caraetaccus" (Mr. O'Brien), Coppermine (Mr. Crokam), Dawiek (Mr. Heinzerling), Gay (Sir, Maitland] '(QMr, Moon), Killarney' (Mr. Dupree), MacNab (Mr: Pollock). Mumtaj-Mahal (Mr. Springfield), Pip Squeak (It-Cér. Thompeon), Tara (Mr. Edgar).
Three quarters. length; Time, 1 min. 802 sec.
Cur—One and a quarter miles Mr. Henry Morriss's bay,
Heard) sears. ++185—1 Warrenfield Day's grey, Borderland (lr, Dallas).......-168—2 Henry Morriss's grey, Altai late Bonne Affaire (Mr. Maitland) 158—3. Also ran:—Arabie, late Kettledrum, late Roman Victory (Mr. MeBain), Courtfield (Lt.-Cdr. Thompson), Dalmeny, late Del Monte (Mr. Knight), Patsfcld (Mr. Springfield), Tiplight (Mr. Newton).
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