To the Editor of the "Norri-Cha Daiwy "News"
'Sin,—I have just received a speci form' from the International Re-erection Club, evidently as an invit tation to enter for the First. Natior ne al Championship. The announcement made last autumn that such race was to be held created a gre sat deal of interest in this part of China, and the universal view was that he Club was to be congratulated on its enterprise in putting up so big stake for such a sporting event, Our racing community in the north, if an individual may be permit ed to speak for it, will certainly hope that the race will be a great success from all points of view, and that it may be found possible to make the event an annual one, There is one condition of the ways sufficiently to give us the chance to get to the post.
In concluding this letter I would like to add that the conditions of} the class of pony we race in th north. "The Tientsin Race Club' definition of a China pony is be eligible to race a pony must be a Mongolian pony adhering strictly to the type known as China pony! and showing no trace of cross breeding with horses." That definition has in effect been adopted by alli the northern clubs, and as a result, all crossbreds have been thrown out} and we race only what are believed to be genuine Mongolian ponies of the recognized type. To guard inst error by Selection Commit-is provided (T.R.C. By-Laws) that "upon the written request of the owners any pony already declared eligible may, previous to the closure of the entries for the ensuing meeting, be submitted for re-ins-paction, when a majority of the com-race, however, which is difficult for a mittee shall be necessary to declare north China owlier to full. Our|® pony eligible."
That is to say, yaoing season here begins with the that any pony originally passed, Peking meeting early in May, and but which subsequently came to be ig followed by Tientsin, Nany! regarded as a crossbred, can be ch: and the Interelub at Tientsin, wi ith Jenged and may be thrown out. So two meetings to follow. far none of the ponies running in the north have been challenged and This succession of meetings ives reasonable assumption that} owners excellent opportunities of true Mongolian type. racing, nd_the Interelub Chamional Chi pionship on June 6 is the blue rib-in the declared crossbred. bon of the turf in the north.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.