Shanghai were even more unfortunate with their first meeting of the year than were the Internationfal Recreation Club the week before.
On Saturday, the weather was bit~ terly cold, which kept many people from making the trip to the course, whilst the track, though not exactly heavy, was very slippery. The rain during the night and on Sunday morning turned the place into a quagmire and it was most uncom-Sortable both in the paddocks and fon the course, In the circumstances, good racing was not to be expected, and there were & great many surprises, outstanding performance was that of Great Triumph in the half-mile race on Sunday. He went out with penalty of 9 1b. and was late away from the flag, but thereafter he made light of the heavy and tore through his field, to win very easily in a fraction over one minute, which must be accepted as something really wonderful, even for so sterling pony.
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