The bitterly cold wind sind the evident menace of snow apparently were little of a check to the enthusiasm of-racing people, for they flocked to Kiangwan this week in thousands, even though most of them knew. beforehand that they would see racing which for the greater part was without any prev. fous form for guidance. Such martyrdom deserved better racing than was seen, though the latter, of course, was not the fault of the committee or officials, The starter had a terrible time. He faced exceptionally big fields, with " majority of very young riders on most of the runners, and these Ponies, fresh to racing, were made still more excitable by the cold wind, In only two of the nine races was the start anything like level and orte of those was the last, with five run ners. The starter suffered just as much as some of the jockeys, possibly, but he conveniently could have saved them and himself much discomfort had he been only a trifle less conscientious. On such a day, with raw ponies and many raw! Jockeys, it is utterly impossible to get fields away in a dead true line, Even Mr. Hickling—quite the best starter of recent years—could not have done it. 'The novices' race was a fiasco and by the time the unruly mob were released most of the jockeys were too cold to ride.
The results in detail follo
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