Kiangwan's proverbial bad Tuck in the matier of weather was not] operating on Saturday and the first day's card of the IRE'S 203rd, 'Meeting was run off in ideal racing] weather. "Tt was satisfactory to note, too, that, despite the racing of last week on' a course that was nothing belter than a sea of mud, the turf does not appear to have' suffered greatly, the grass there being much stronger and better established than ever can be the case on the town course. any real importance, and though Totigh none of the races was of very few ponies of real class were engaged, nevertheless it was quite interesting racing, and the majority fof the finishes were remarkably close. One such, when Kampoo I was brought up very cleverly to beat King's Mark by "a neck and a hot favourite in Shanghai T by another length, led to L. K. Woo once again returning to scale with a smile all over his face, for he dearly loves to Marshall, too, gave a typical example of his determined finishing when he rushed Good as Gold, a long shot, up to win the last race. It was his second winner of the afternoon, and Victor Halmovitch also was credited with a couple,
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