Riding a good race on his own pony, Movement, G.GC. Harper showed winning qualities of former years to win the % mile Ewo Handicap Challenge Cup, the annual even: arranged for the staff of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Ca. on St Andrew's Day.
All the traditional hospitality and atmosphere was present at the Shanghai Race Club at noon, Scots and their friends of many nations enjoying themselves thoroughly, an unusual end thoroughly appreciated touch being the presence of the pipe band of the Ist Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, who generously lent their assistance 10 the function, The Irish pipes almost monopolized the early proceedings, the pipers in their blue-grey tunics and saffron kilts and the drummers in their "NaC, Herald" Photo. he Winner Movement being ted in ater Friday race. scarlet, making a brave show. On the grand stand verandah pipe music, of the large crowd who attended the event.
The Old Firm "The Old Firm" were present and! lamented after the race that they had been done down. The winner started at eights, just under the dividend paid by' the win pari, white Fra Diavolo, who came second, was at S-1 and Sweetwater, third, at 2-1.
'The start was in ranks, as usual, the only method by which' the handicapers could bring together the varying class of ponies and weights of jockeys. 'The winner received 5 yards' start, in company with four others, but there were two in front of this, Hohenfels and Alfonso, who received 15 yards.
There was little delay at the start, and the four rows of ponies went away with a rush. Alfonso went ahead of Hohenfels at the half mile, but at the Monument it was seen. that Movement was reducing the 25 yard gap in good style. The Winner came up at the turn, where Fra Diavolo and Sweetwater also came into the picture, Harper riding good finish to bring Movement in three-quarters of a length ahead of the second pony. Fra Diavolo was another three-quarters of a length ahead of Sweetwate Following is the detailed result of the race:
EWO HANDICAP CHALLENGE CUP, mile.
Movement' (G. ©. C. Marper) i74
(BG. Caizina) G82 "it.
Sweetwater Gi, al Harp (at, in), Fenland (A. A. White), True Pal North), Fiery Lid (i. Pote-Hunt), Subsequent to the race the cups for the first three jockeys were pre. sented at a tifin party given by Mr. and Mrs. B.D. F. Beith, to Messrs, Harper, Maitland, end Bologof, and the colossal wooden spoon to Mr. Goer, this latter, from an artistic point of view, it for nothing else, probably being as treasured a. trophy as any. Mr. James Macbeth made a brief reply to the toast of his wife, delighting the company by another of his examples of dry Scots humour
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