Winning Ticket Sensation Shortly after the conclusion of the eighth race at Kiangwan on Saturday, a Japanese is alleged to have gone to the paying-out shroff at the cash sweep counter and presented ticket No. 35, winner of the third prize. A glance at the ticket suggested to the shroff that it was not altogether genuine. He asked when it had been purchased, and the Japanese replied that he had obtained it at the counter during the afternoon. Reference to the counter-foil showed that ticket No. 35 had been purchased by a foreigner as a through ticket, and closer scrutiny of the Japanese claimant's ticket showed that the third figure had been erased from the original number—351. It was no common erasure, and might have passed Jess careful scrutiny. The man was handed over to the Chinese police. and in the evening he was taken to Hongkew Police station, to await -appearance before the Japanese Consul.
Some time ago, it is reported, an order went forth that Japanese subjects in Shanghai were forbidden to gamble at race meetings, and we believe this order still obtains, though recently there has been a noticeable increase in the number of Japanese attending Kiangwan meetings.
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