By "Te Case"
Shanghai, Dee. 10, The record time for nine Yurlongs crumpled yesterday when the Moller crackerjack, Merrylight, regained his autumn form of last year to win the fecture event of the programme in 2.184, lowering the previous record of 2.193, established by Equity, by four-fifths of a second. This per formance by Merrylight was the climax of a magnideent race which at the last furlong might have gone to any one of the fifteen starters with the exception of King's Inspection, National City and Flyaway who were: hopelessly outclassed and could not keep up with the eld from the start It was only in the last few yards that the winner, afler two cracks from Chris Moller's whip, shot out {0 boat his stable companion, Frostylight, by half a length after an exciting neck-ton neck battle while Corps Cavalry put ina lust minute rush to snatch third place by beating Fleet-Ing Bow by a head, just losing second place by a head. The well-fancied Ca nival found his penalty of five pounds too much for him in a fast race an afler running prominently all the way, tired at the last quarter to tet hhalf'a dozen ponies pass him.
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