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Meanwhile, in Shanghai, China, a distinguished mingling of white and yellow folk took place at the opening of the greyhound racetrack at Luna Park. Lean Wazir, owned by A. W. Olsen and Y. F. Hung, won the Yangtszepoo Stakes. Col. R. W. Dockrill's Staff Captain took the Luna Park Opening Cup. Misses Margot and Tita Stephen's Merry Sinner took the Luna Park Hurdle Cup. But the dogs of Sir Ellice Victor Sassoon won no races until the second day's Hongkew Hurdles...
...white tigers, galloped across wild hills. The next morning, under a bright sun and a wind still swift, the storm's damage was revealed. Sweeping westward through England, it had demolished houses in Lancashire; in Ireland cables had been broken, trees torn up, the grandstand at the Tramore racetrack shattered; there had been a flood at Limerick. Over the west coast airplanes hunted for signs of wreckage or the bodies of the 50 fishermen of Killala, Cleggan Bay, Inishkea. The sea, as if offering an ironic apology, rolled up eight corpses on the sand...
Race-track johnnies recalled that Man o' War won a "walkover" (one-horse-race) at Belmont Park in his prime, that Exterminator captured the Saratoga Cup in 1921 without opposition. Walkovers are made possible by the racetrack rule that once a race is scheduled it must be run, weather permitting, unless each and every entry drops...
...life is sports. He would rather be the owner, breeder and driver of the fastest trotting horses than have the power and riches of a Croesus. As a sportsman, he is strictly an amateur. None of his horses have ever raced for money; in fact, at his own racetrack in Memphis he prohibits all betting. It cost him a million dollars to produce Lou Dillon and her record, but he was glad...
...late start of the M.I.T. cross country team should be a great handicap to it in the run with the University ten here this afternoon. The first meet for the Tech harriers last Saturday was lost to the University of New Hampshire 31 to 4, over the Durham obstacles racetrack, while the Crimson runners have kept a clean slates...