Hampering Restrictions Discriminate Against Him to the Harm of Racing in Shanghai By J.
A. Hayes aaa Asia is acknowledged to have been the habitat of many animals now known to man in shape and conformation much changed from that which they assumed in their original environment, the equine species indigenous to the northern portions of this continent, commonly referred to as the Mongolian pony, is not admitted to be the progenitor of the race termed "horses" to-day.
Nevertheless, it cannot be gain said that this branch of the family has provided the ancestors of the stock from which the colloquially known "China" pony has descended. It likewise cannot be refuted that the "China" pony is still so far behind in the evolution of his race, that his existing development leaves much to be desired to advance it from its present rudimentary condition to one of greater stature, finer conformation and higher character.
Throughout the history of racing in Shanghai there always have peen, from time to time, outstanding ponies which beat their slower rivals repeatedly until weight or age put an end to their successful careers. Sometimes a "stable" was fortunate enough to acquire several of this type and more or less swept the board until something went wrong, or the ponies were distributed by sale to other owners and so met each other in subsequent events, and evened up the racing results once more, The outcome was an impression created in the minds of the racing public that these prominent ponies and their prodigious performances constituted but a passing phase, and that sooner ör later each in turn would experience equal good fortune and become the possessor of an animal of equal merit, and possibly one capable of still greater speed.
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