At that time the old age of the pony was so apparent that its owner took the animal to the Club's vet for inspection as regards its age—buf no guiding line could be given by the marks on the teeth as they had all disappeared, and the only expert guidance which the vet. could give tò its new owner, was that it could be anywhere over fifteen years of age.
"The pony entered the Messrs. Winsome & Hasty Stable and won for them quite a number of Subscription Griffin Races. but at all times the transfer from the northern climate to Shanghai seemed to tell on its condi tion, as for very many years it was extremely thin and could not stand up against racing.
This Stable parted with old man "Tungstenlight" some three years afterwards and it went into the Stable of Mr. A. V. White as a "Selling Plater" with a ten pound allowance and condition of "Tungstenlight" gradually developed—and today, it is a stout robust looking pony of over twenty three years of age.
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