Bengal, so named to associate him with Hindoo, whose record in the Tientsin. Champions stood for so many years, also owned by Fraser and Donald, won his first race in Pel the spring of 1924, capturing the Maidens, the Derby and the Nan Yuan Cup in a style that marked hin animal of unusual Jquality. He was then trained for the Nan Yuan St. Leger in the autumn and won the race in. fast time, beating the existing record by 12 seconds, Next day he must have been feeling the consequences of that severe race, for Invincible beat him in the Champions, the regain being substantially This is Bengal's only defeat so far. He then won the Champions in Peking in a canter im time only two-fifths of a second outside the record.
His next formances were unusually bri ut. Owing to the rail-Fast autumn, he left. Paomachang for the Inter-Club 1 hours in train. day, after the two o'clock race, he was cantered round the which he then saw for the first ti and saddled at three o'clock for the Inter-Clab St. Leger. In this race, carrying 8 Ib. penalty, he beat Mr. J. M. Dickingon's Lyric, who had two weeks before won the Tientsin St. Leger and the Champions. The following day Bengal met all the yeluding his previous con Invineible, and won the Champions easily in 2.392, lowering the record for the course by 14 seconds.
Another Doughty Rival Bengal, who is trained by Mr Fraser, and has been brilliantly ridden by Mr, Roy Davis throughout his career, is now the favourite for the Tientsin Champions, but has to meet a sterling performer in Mr. Dickinson's Rambler, who is report-fed te be in serent Form, Bengal also is well, for he has just wen two races in Peking, including the Champions, with ridiculous ease, and obviously could have lowered' the records for both distances. The Peking pony is the most placid, temperamental pony in North Chin; with as much appeal to a race crowd as Old Bill, and an uneunny knack of showing' his heels to any contender right from the starting post. Tientsin sportsmen who came up here for the spring meeting are of opinion that a great tussle is to be expected on the Tientsin race Jeourse between the two ponica creating quite a Tot of excitement in both communities, Rumours of unprecedented stakes al, several sportsmen in Tientsin being quite as keen fanciers of the chanees of Bengal his fellow townsman, The chances of Chang Tve-lin and Feng Vu-hsiang will have to take 'a back seat in the consideration of both Peknig and Tientsin until Bengal and Rambler have had it out, 'THat Teo Kun's property in Tientsin be confiscated to repay hi debt to the Li Feng factory is demanded by the Chamber of Come mere in Tientsin, which wired the Government thut some $800,000 is owed the Li Feng factory by the former President and it should paid from his real estate in Tientsin, says a Peking news agency. The Government has nvt yet made reply.
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