A Good Day for Haimovitch: Archer Wins Again: A Clever Novice Jockey Saturday was not a very exciting] day at Kiangwan, but this was to bbe expected, for the entries. for a meeting so close to a big meeting at [Shanghai invariably are somewhat mediocre. "Moreover, the card was designed to give the moderate! ponies and small owners a. chance of picking up a little stable keep, so very few of the crack ponies were! seen. However the stands, as usual, [were well filled and the conditions [were very pleasant, although for short while the weather - became decidedly threatening.
With Silver Spur remaining in his stall and Patsfield carrying an additional 10 Ib. on hard going, the steeplechase handicap assumed _an open character. Patsfield, Archer, Master Robert and Beckhampton quickly separated from the rest and, close bunched, went ahead by several lengths, maintaining the formation until rounding the last bend. Then Beckhampton, whose saddle apparently had been put on rather fearlessly, got into difficulties, the saddle-cloth working out and the saddle slipping, so that Botelho had to ease the pony and lost whatever Jchance he might have had. Master Robert and Archer then drew away fand for a time ran neck and neck, but Sandy Rea had timed his finish with fine judgment and when he Invited Archer to win the pony responded gamely and ran inven easy three lengths ahead, Patsfild finishing third. Ay to' the official time, there must have been. some mistake, either by the time-keeper, the surveyor of the course, oF the telegraph board clerk. A two mile steeplechase in 4 min. 10 8 ace.!
The novice jockeys" race was a disaster. Little Drummer stood out lauetion, the winner, entered to be sold for $600, eventually being, knocked down to Mr, Lemarchand for $1,000. Censorship was not overworked to beat Young Mongol' joy a length in the April Handicap over the Champions distance. The surprise was Easy Money, the [veteran, well handled by Bauld and Jwith the benefit of 20 Ib. under Jweight for inches, coming in third, two lengths behind the winner and eating several very good ponies with weight off. The time was only 11 see. over the Kiangwan record.
Another surprise came in the race! for the Citizens' Plate, nine furlongs—at least, so far as the general public were concerned, though in the club enclosure they knew all about it. Dramatic General showed terrific rush in the last furlong and finished four lengths ahead Fellowship, who in turn reversed the previous running with his stable Jcompanion, Horsemanship, and beat him by three lengths. Tt is interesting to be told that Horsemanship was lame when he won a fortnight ago and still lame on Saturday. One wonders what he will do Pine Apple struck one as not being harshly treated by the handi-leapper for the Langham Plat but evidently he was trus, with 11 1b. more, angth the better. Horn-Dill was a poor third. Haimoviteh ended up a highly successful day—[three firsts, three seconds and one third—by winning the Consolation Plate, 14 miles, on Comedy General, by a' head, in' a desperate finish with the disappointing First Venture, out of whom Heard got the very last ounce, whilst The Throstle was third, beaten another length,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.