Only three other foreigners wert Aiscovered—fortunately friend: During the next hour or more several hundred Chinese arrived and perhaps a dozen foreigners, but! not one of the latter anyone understood to be anything to do with the new race club, nor even anyone of standing in the racing world. Then someone said there was to be some racing though this had not been stated on the programme or!
the advertisements. Seven ponies were led out and mounted by V. V. MacDonnell and six Chinese. One promptly bolted back to its stable and when again brought out went twice round the course and took no part in the race, The other six were sent over six furlongs and MacDonnell won from start to finish by 15 lengths. After a half-hour six more ponies ame out and a Chinese jockey won in a mile race. Another cold wait, then another one mile race, with MacDonnell again winning by a distance. None of the Chinese jockeys were recognized as Kiangwan riders, Ki though they might have been, and there was only the one foreign rider. Not only the same jockeys but the same owners seemed to be eoncerned each time.
While this racing was going on lot of people apps red to be gathering on a platform for no other purpose than to be photo: graphed, and countless rockets were fired indiscriminately about the place, even into the grand stand and amongst the ponies. Shortly before 4 pin, our representative was! told by @ Chinese friend that the latter understood the affair was nothing to do with the new race! club, but was the concern of some inner organization which also has! rights to the property, So he hurried into the nearest available ear and came home.
Tt certainly had been the gene impression amongst racing men that this was the formal opening of the "race club" and such a muddled affair can only prove to be a poor advertisement for a concern that needs all the friends it can get, Whether anything happened after 4 pam, is not known,
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