The opening day of the Interna-anal Recreation Club's 25th annual Face meeting at Kiangwan was mark-Jed by several upsets, chief of which iwas "the defeat of Gold Vase, by Rockylight. Castle-ribbon and Opera Eve had no difficulty in winning their races, while Scramble Morn, although he had no really. serious competition, amazed by his easy victory in good time.
Gold Vase was a raging favourite in the nine furlong Merchants Plate, less than 1,084 of the 1,526 winning pari-mutuals being taken" on him. The pony, ridden by Need was shut in at the quarter-mile post: he was brought up on the outside but then bored in, whereupon the Jockey took him on ihe inside, coming. out again for the finishing challenge, which came Just too late. - Rockylight (L. H. Wade), with weight off, won by three-quariers of @ length.
Castle-ribbon's race was the one mile Red Rose Stakes, in a field of 21, and he had things his own way. YV. Halmovitch challenged on Merry Thoughts at the finish, but was beaten off half a length in 205 2/5, with NE, Herald" Photo.
The Champions Winner White Winter a further neck away. Opera Eve went out in a field of Ave, and as is often the case in a small eld, no-one was willing to make the pace, so that the Eve pony won comfortably, in 239 4/5.
One of the day's main attractions the Shanghai Race Club at 1% miles for grits of the meeting, saw a other big upset. Merry Hero, ridden by Victor Haimovitch, was almost as dig a favourite as Gold Vase in the latter's race, but was beaten half a length by the little-fancied Rhino, ridden by H. Huang. Merry Hero several other races, also, the favourites failed to get first past the post.
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