The Archive · 1941

Annual Race Meeting In Hongkong

New Record for 134 Miles — Set Up in Opening Event

Hongkong, Feb. 17. A new record was established at the annual race meeting of the Hongkong Jockey Club run off at Happy Valley today, when TKL-s O-lan (Needa up) cut the former record for the 1% miles (China ponies) by 64/5 sec. in the first race, the Challenge Cup, completing the run in 3 min. 26-1/5 sec.

The previous record, held by Liberty Bay, was 3 min.

324/5 sec The complete results of the fi st day of the Hongkong annual ra meeting follow:

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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