Entries for the Autumn Meeting Entries for the forthcoming Spring Meeting of the Shanghai Race Club closed at the Grand Stand on Wednesday evening and while those for the events open to old ponies are well up to the average, those for griffins' races show remarkable increases. Of the classic races, there are 67 entries for the Griffins' Plate as against 40 last year; for the Derby, 59 as compared with 40 last year; and in the Criterion Stakes 25 against 24 of last spring, and 41 of the last autumn meeting Comparative tables are as follows:—
FIRST DAY, MAY 7.
1922. 1923. Chefoo Cup 26 "33 Criterion Stakes 2 25 Griffins' Plate 40 "67 Cathay Cup Be 35 Pou-meting Cup 46 8 Hart Legacy Cup 2 8 Nanking Cup 47 4 Kiangsu Cup 26 Eclipse Stakes a
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