To the Editor of the "Nonmi-Cimxa Dany News"
'Simz—In the establishing of record time for any distance ina fat race there are two essential factors. The first is that the pony must carry not ess than weight for inches' and the second that the time of the race must be faster than the previous course "As the pony Siboar, when winning his only me furlong' race, fused Inelther of these conditions, he is [definitely not the record holder, View of the extraordinary informa-Yien in your footnote to my letter yesterday ('Enquiry at the Shanghai Race Club elicits the information that Siboar won the nine furlong fat race in faster than record time at Kiangwan Race Course in 196. 'The pony was, however, disqualified owing to the fact that it' was less than the required weight for Z class ponies at the time when the race was run. It true to say therefore that Siboar does old the record for the nine furlong flat race), 1 can do no better than hand you " the oficial Racing Record? from which you may verity that on February 18, 1928, Apollo, carrying 157 Ib,, won a nine furlong race in two minutes fifteen and three ths seconds, The pony eared pounds overweight.
Siboar's time, over the same distance (1996 Racing Record) was nearly three seconds slower and he carried seventeen pounds under~ Weight, T think T am right, therefore, Ju saying that iboer holds no record.
Shanghai, Feb, 11,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.