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sasemad sasond place. Up the back straight Orion, Tristan, and Pineapple were racing to gether, but Orion again bood to the ner third. Katering the straight Orion still Monument, Pineapple taing second with Sin maintained his lead with Pineapple second and Sinner on the Inside, Orion led home, and a Ane race ensued for second place, which fell to Eclipse, Pineapple third And Iroquoia Inst Time, 4 mins à pour
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Thiriqsa atarted. Hollyhock beaded the feld reasons stated, I think wo no wrong in took first place and kept it, winning by a length Jarming ourselves inordinately as to the confrom Jolni. Time,-1 min. I su sequences on the Tonicin trade of the free mari The RACING STAKES, a sweepstakes of Tls 10 gation of the Si-kiang. It would obviously aach second pony, The 50 for China ponies, fare been preferable. If Chinn kad delayed this that are not run before fal-Jeungry, 1896: concession to European civiliation until weight for inches as per scale griffins at railway inte annan had been running, but, I. repeat, it was bound to come sooner or later.
date of entry and non-winners allowed 5 lbs.; winners, 5 lbs, extra. One mile and a quarter Mr. Dapler's The Broker, 10st 7lbs.
(Mr. Benny) 1 Masers. Oswald's & Charley's Spartan,
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(Mr. Midwood) Mr. Fourneau's Sinbad, Ilet 3lbs.
(Mr. Reynel}) Ironsile jumped off with the lead, but dropped almost inacdiately, when Tagaw came up Sinbad rushed through, however, and ho atul Tagawa racol together to Longfel, where they TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DATGY PRESS", were joined by Irrawaddy, the three ponies Sir-While the Volunteers receive so much racing up the hack straight together, with attention and consideration from the Govern. Sinted a little behind. At Prohat's Corner ment at home, it may be interesting to your Siulad led with the field closing an on them, readers to know how they are treated in Hong Irrawadaly being second At the Buakes The kong. The steek of suitablo munition Broker rushed through and drawing away from having apparantly run out, they are now being the others won by three lengths from Spartan, supplied with carbine ammunition manufacture.hu had come up. Sirdad was third and Tilby in 1882 (not '92) for practice and competitions last. Time, mas, $5 sec Now, sir, is this not, rather audient. And to The LIGHT WEIGHT STATED, valde Tis. 50;
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be charged $4 per 100 rounds! Major-General Blask ut their recent nounal inspection som merted on thoro boing so few Volunteers here but if the present siual force cannot get supplied with modern ammunition and plenty of it at a reasonable price, why want the num borg ingrened. I am one who is not a
CRACK SHOT. Hongkong, 11th May, 1800.
SHANGHAI SPRING BACE
MEETING.
FIRST DAY.-Monday, 4th May, With such brilliant weather as was ex perienced this afternoon, the first day's racing of the Spring Meeting could hardly bare hean anything but a succoss, and such it proved to be Although the welcome sun came out just before: Siku with a govial warmth, thoscaras was too saturated for it to have any immediate effect, and at the color asperially the running troscherous, reigniting a good deal of care
egotiate them. Consulering the heavy state of the course, borover, the times were vory. creditablo. The day was remarkable, specially before titilu, for the largo tiekis that faced the starlor, great deal of troahte being ex porisaced in getting them away togelber, Tho SuimenPTION STAKES, a streepstakes of
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second pony, Ths. 25: for China ponies that have never won a race weight as per follow-
·ing scale: 9st for 1 hands, with an inorenzo, of 3 lbs. for every inch over; entrate, Tla. Our mile and a quarter PAR Mr Barey's Playanto, 11gt. 1b
Mr. Crawford) : „L: Mr. H. C Renny's Covenanter, 10st. lbs... (Mr. Renny) Mr. Oswald's Blinkborny, 10st. 3lbe
(Mr. Midwood Twelve started Big D. ut Dunloe can to the front at the fall of the flag, wita Latin third. Big D. and Duulos continued together to Probst's Corner, where Playmate and Blink- bonny were running together bohind the lenders At the Monument Playmate und Blinkbouxy overtook Big Band Dunloe and entered the straight together. Nearing the Post Playmate drew away from Blinkboany and was challenged by Governator, who failed, however, to catch him, corning in second lengths behind; Progression lat, Timo, mine, 45 secs. The GRAND STAND STAKES, & Sweepstakes of Tia. 5 each, with Tie. 50 added, for snoond pay, and Tis. 2b for third pony for Chine ponies, being bord fide grifins at dato of
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to second place. In the back staight Meneji, Asiatische." Sans Doute, and Prince drow up and the order
Sport approaching its usual spring
at Probst's Corner was: Numa, Frince, Vaquero, climax: the notual entries. I am glad to say. Meneji, and at the Monument Numa fell back belie my reecut prognostic about, tha seuroity of in favour of Vacnero, who entered the straight rifles this year. As a matter of fact, we are with a plear advantage and saving off a spirited promised record figures all through, and the challonge by Bans Doute in front of the Bushes,es scant to Tis. 1,900 odd, en greator won by two longths Tian, 3 min. 28 seas
than the previous record by more thau Tis.
A
69, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL -PHADWICK KEW. (LATE OF POATE & NOBLE). Hongkong, Church, 1826. HONGKONG
known inconvenieness of these old remedies, it. 48 hours.
Dr. POSNER says: "The purity of Onl Santal, is of the greatest importance the best- inem we have and is the French preparation known as Suatul-Midly sold in small capsules easy to swallow, and readily supported by the
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THE WEATHER.
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STATION.
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Tokyo
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Nagasaki.......
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Shangha
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20.05
£2,180,058 Hong 222,000,000 Canton
293
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· 29.34
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858
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stomach-Deutsche Medicinal Zeitung, July, RUINAET PERE & FILS RFIMS Shanghat. 30.15
[93" 1886.**
SANTAL-MIDY is sold in hotties of 401 splazical capsules, each of which contains à drops of the par ribancoloured Sandal-wood- oil distilled by Midy's process.
Established 1719. CHAMPAGNE GROWERS, AND
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Hongkong. 17th May, 1895.
All Cases bear the name Midy printer WATERBURY
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pony, Tle, 25 for China ponies that have qualitatively good, there are twenty-one entries nevo wou a race; to be ridden by jockeye the Maiden Stakes, and for the Criterion who have not had more than two winning Stakes, a forced satry for ponics which have mounts; non-wizinors allowed, 5 ibs.; winners
never raped, bofore, there arò no lose than
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Mr. Toog's Clyde, 11st. 1lb. (Mr. W, W. Cox) 1 Mr. Oswald's Hercules, 10st. 12b
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Mr. Freddy's Magnificant, 1st. 7lbe.....
(Mr. Cumming) 3
Nine started. The first to show in front was Eans Reserve, who made the rasing to the Loongtel Cato, where he was passed by Clyde.
tables, disappear, notably those of Mesure. Dairing, Montgomery, and Von Tanner, yet new owners hays come forward in greater umbers to take their places. C. Daily. Netos correspondent,
ACHEEN ATFAIRS.
A SERIES OF BLUNDERS.
Going along the back straight it waa dificult The prosent misis in Anhoon calls to mind to distinguish the ponies, they bring in close that, almost axantly twenty thires years ago, in order and the changes being but momentary. April, 1873, the first blander happened which At the Monument Magnificent was leading, but turned the tide of Dutch stocoss the Achsen be fell back in favour of Hercules, who was War. The war had begun a few weeks pre loading as they come into the straight. At the viously, and a field foros, under General Kohler, Bushes Clyde challenged Herculemand catching bad landed to attack the capital of Achesu him in front of the rails won by a head, neck now called Kotta Raja The force had between coil and third, Time, 2 mins, gaitsed severil advantages, and had just stormed 47 sers.
the
The KIANO-BU PLATE, valus Tis. 150 second poay, The 50; for China pontasz woight for
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14th April when General Kohler was killed by
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mile and three-quarters.
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Rzio
Previous
day 4 p.m.; at.10 ■,mu.
20.01
the Jete at 4p.xm
28.01
4603
het open air temperature on the Juth.... Exwest open air temperature on the 20thiye na 21.
F. G. FIGG, First Anshetani. Hongkong Observatory, 13th May, 1890,
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HONGKONG TIDE-TABLE.
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Man Fire Helght.
21, in
19
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Thar ti
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• The hoirit of MARI HAR-TOVg) hiss boen determined, from the Mial clourations of 1987 and 1835, na 5.87 (es; shove zapo në the tido-gauge at the Kuwloon Thilak, Osservatory; and the Lower-water Onlinary Sprog-Tides, to which daten the Yulguta ia thaws Tables mem roścized, as 3.87 fest shore nero,
The haight ta on Tables marked wită a zolana algo (—) nas kulow bows-WaterOrdinary Spring-Aidm, mai nhưnad be
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