Army Commander had no difficulty in winning the Sub-Derby Cup at Kiangwan on Saturday: he went out the favourite, led all the way and won in a canter by many lengths, Boeing Plane running second and Wedding Gift third. Probably the fastest race of the day was fe Henglin Handicap, which High Power won 203 2/5, by two lengths from Vivid Morn, despite a strong head wind from the end of the back straight to the home turn. An outsider in Remount won one of the sellers to pay $48.80 in the win pari: he was well Faden by a novice jockey, S. Wong. who brought the pony up on the Outside to take the verdict by a head.
Hard going and plenty of dust were features of the racing, while an innovation that day was the parading to the start of the ponies past the stand and through the gate by the judges' box on to the course.
Showing himself to be the finest performer of this year's Shanghai griffins, Silas Wegg, who ran third {in the Shanghai Champions, won the Kiangwan Derby Cup on Sunday, with Radiant Morn second and Henry Lee third, With the course fairly sticky and rain falling, the time of the race, 216 1/5, was good, and L. H. Wade rode an' excellent race on the winner-
The field got off to a bad start, Henry Lee being left at the post, with Racing-ribbon in the lead and Silas Wegg right behind. At the 1% mile Silas Weeg had taken the ead, which he was to keep until the finish, followed by Racing-ribbon and "Jubilee Morn. In the back straight Silas Wegg drew ahead to a lead of three lengths. Coming into the straight the field was closing up, and it seemed to spectators that the Header had been caught although this was not 80.
Radiant Morn was next to last in the back straight, and did not attempt to move up, on the outside, Until the %4 mile post was reached, and it was in this vicinity that The 'Adjutant showed himself for a short distance. In the straight Radiant Morn came up on the outside and Droved the only challenge to the winner but, having made up so. much distance' in the last half mile, he was luuable to catch the latter, Henry good third, after being left Jat the start, Solferino Aghting out a nel with him to run fourth
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