The Japan expedition. Japan and around the world: An account of three visits to the Japanese empire, with sketches of Madeira, St. Helena, cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, Ceylon, Singapore, China, and Loo-ChooSpalding, J. W. (J. Willett)
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The Japan expedition. Japan and around the world: An account of three visits to the Japanese empire, with sketches of Madeira, St. Helena, cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, Ceylon, Singapore, China, and Loo-Choo
Spalding, J. W. (J. Willett)
Japan -- Description and travel; Voyages and travels
1.—THE GRIFFIN’S HANDICAP.—For _China Ponies_ that have run in the
_Griffin’s Plate_, and whose owners have subscribed to this Handicap;
the winner of the _Griffin’s Plate_ excluded.—Heats once round from
the Willows.—Ponies to be handicapped after the _Griffin’s Plate_
is run for.—Subscribers may start two Ponies for one subscription.
Prizes from amount subscribed to be appropriated to 1st, 2d, and 3d
Ponies in six shares.—The winner of the race to receive 3 shares,
the second Pony 2, and the third 1 share.—The second and third
Ponies in the last heat to be the winners of the second and third
prizes.—Entrance $10, and half forfeit if declared on or before 8th
April.
2.—THE TSATLEE CUP,—Value $75, for all _Ponies_.—Entrance $3 each to
second Pony.—Weight for inches.—Winner of the _Manilla Cup_ to carry
14 lbs. extra and of _Chaa-sée Cup_ 7 lbs. extra.—Twice round.
3.—THE PANG-KING-PANG STAKES,—Of $2 each with $20 from the fund for
_China Ponies_.—Weight for inches.—Once round from the Willows.
4.—THE LADIES’ PURSE AND PLATE,—Value $50 for all _Ponies_.—Entrance
$3 each.—Weight for inches.—Twice round.
5.—THE PERSIAN CUP,—Value $50.—Second Pony $15.—For _China Ponies_
only.—Entrance $3 each.—Weight for Inches.—Once round from the
Willows.
6.—THE FORCED HANDICAP,—For all _Winning Ponies_ at this meeting to
be handicapped by the Stewards.—Entrance $3 each with $30 from the
fund.—Once round and a distance.
7.—THE CELESTIAL STAKES,—For all _Beaten China Ponies_ at this
meeting.—Entrance $3 with $30 from the fund. Weight for inches.—Once
round and a distance.
8.—THE NATIVE PURSE,—Value 15,000 cash, for all _Ponies_.—Indian and
Chinese riders.—Post entries to the clerk of the course. No entrance
fee.—Twice round.
The native horses are small, and the native saddles clumsy in the
extreme, with their large iron-lever stirrups; and when John Chinaman,
perched like a monkey on his shoulders, pushed his pony for the purse,
the scene was exceedingly ludicrous. Fourteen cash make one cent, so
the amount won in the last race was not so great as one would think.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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