The death occurred at the General Hospital on January 25 of Mr. Leonard Midwood, better 1 host of friends as "Tiny age of 66, after an illness of a few days. Actually he had been in bad health for many years, as the result of the cumulative effects of a riding accident which damaged the muscles of his shoulder and neck.
'The Into Mr. Midwood was born in Manchester' in December, 1863, and arrived in Shanghai on March 9, 1889 to join the firm of Probst, Hanbury & Ca., with whom worked until 1919, when he resigned Decause of ill-health. His family Jwere all in the cotton trade, and his brothers, who pre-deceased him, were dyers in Manchester.
He took an active part in sport! from his arrival in China, being principally interested in racing and paper-hunting, He won many races and paper-hunts with his ponies, and rode many winners, including' those of the Champions in the spring meeting of 1804 and the! autumn meeting of 1900, "Sans. Pareil" and "The Trader." He rode s|his own pony "Auctioneer" to three consecutive victories in the Grand National Steeplechase in 1895 and 1896, and in 1807 and 1898 scored Eel two consecutive wi in the same [race with another pony, "Spartan." He also won this race for other 'M13. J. owners in 1894 and twice in 1904, on ymptown" and "Jock Scott," and also rode many winners on the flat, both with the ponies of others and -with his own, racing under_the stable-name of "Charley." From 10911 until October, 1915, Mfr. Midwood was a Steward of the Shang-_ hai Race Club.
Mr. Biidwood's unfortunate accid-cent, which was to handicap him so badly later on in life, occurred on May 4, 1897, on the second day of the spring race meeting. Riding "Black and White" in the first race of the day, the half-mile sprint for the Chu-Ka-Za Cup, he was thrown against, the rails when his pony, slipped "on a treacherous piece of turf near the Widow's Monument, and from the rails bounced off into the creek. Fortunately -Ghinese police constables: were on duty on the inside course then as now, and one-of them pulled him out or else he would have been drowned.
'He was unconscious for several'
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