Rounding the Bend, Happy Valley Racecourse, 1894
In a century ago, runners at the Happy Valley Racecourse were not thoroughbred, but ponies, which are from the withers shorter than 14.2 hands, or 147 cm. Ponies are excellent working animals because of their outstanding stamina, but offered less excitement in flat racing because of a slower pace. At the time, ponies travelled a long distance along the coast on their own hooves from Mongalia to Hong Kong.

Date | 1894 |
Place | Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/(Street)/Happy Valley Racecourse;Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/Wong Nai Chung |
people | racegoer | visitor | spectator |
object | grandstand | spectator stand | stand | track | infield | |
others | sports | sport | entertainment | racing | horse racing |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | The Hong Kong Jockey Club Archives |
Source | Hong Kong Museum of History |
Accession No. | hkjc_P19723 |
Rounding the Bend, Happy Valley Racecourse, 1894
In a century ago, runners at the Happy Valley Racecourse were not thoroughbred, but ponies, which are from the withers shorter than 14.2 hands, or 147 cm. Ponies are excellent working animals because of their outstanding stamina, but offered less excitement in flat racing because of a slower pace. At the time, ponies travelled a long distance along the coast on their own hooves from Mongalia to Hong Kong.
Date | 1894 |
Place | Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/(Street)/Happy Valley Racecourse;Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/Wong Nai Chung |
People | racegoer | visitor | spectator |
Object | grandstand | spectator stand | stand | track | infield | |
Others | sports | sport | entertainment | racing | horse racing |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | The Hong Kong Jockey Club Archives |
Source | Hong Kong Museum of History |
Accession No. | hkjc_P19723 |
Rounding the Bend, Happy Valley Racecourse, 1894
In a century ago, runners at the Happy Valley Racecourse were not thoroughbred, but ponies, which are from the withers shorter than 14.2 hands, or 147 cm. Ponies are excellent working animals because of their outstanding stamina, but offered less excitement in flat racing because of a slower pace. At the time, ponies travelled a long distance along the coast on their own hooves from Mongalia to Hong Kong.
Date | 1894 |
Place | Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/(Street)/Happy Valley Racecourse;Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/Wong Nai Chung |
People | racegoer | visitor | spectator |
Object | grandstand | spectator stand | stand | track | infield | |
Others | sports | sport | entertainment | racing | horse racing |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | The Hong Kong Jockey Club Archives |
Source | Hong Kong Museum of History |
Accession No. | hkjc_P19723 |
Rounding the Bend, Happy Valley Racecourse, 1894
In a century ago, runners at the Happy Valley Racecourse were not thoroughbred, but ponies, which are from the withers shorter than 14.2 hands, or 147 cm. Ponies are excellent working animals because of their outstanding stamina, but offered less excitement in flat racing because of a slower pace. At the time, ponies travelled a long distance along the coast on their own hooves from Mongalia to Hong Kong.
Date | 1894 |
Place | Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/(Street)/Happy Valley Racecourse;Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/Wong Nai Chung |
People | racegoer | visitor | spectator |
Object | grandstand | spectator stand | stand | track | infield | |
Others | sports | sport | entertainment | racing | horse racing |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | The Hong Kong Jockey Club Archives |
Source | Hong Kong Museum of History |
Accession No. | hkjc_P19723 |
Rounding the Bend, Happy Valley Racecourse, 1894
In a century ago, runners at the Happy Valley Racecourse were not thoroughbred, but ponies, which are from the withers shorter than 14.2 hands, or 147 cm. Ponies are excellent working animals because of their outstanding stamina, but offered less excitement in flat racing because of a slower pace. At the time, ponies travelled a long distance along the coast on their own hooves from Mongalia to Hong Kong.
Date | 1894 |
Sponsors | sports | sport | entertainment | racing | horse racing |
Venue | Wong Nai Chung |
People | racegoer | visitor | spectator |
Object | grandstand | spectator stand | stand | track | infield | |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | The Hong Kong Jockey Club Archives |
Source | Hong Kong Museum of History |
Accession No. | hkjc_P19723 |
Rounding the Bend, Happy Valley Racecourse, 1894
In a century ago, runners at the Happy Valley Racecourse were not thoroughbred, but ponies, which are from the withers shorter than 14.2 hands, or 147 cm. Ponies are excellent working animals because of their outstanding stamina, but offered less excitement in flat racing because of a slower pace. At the time, ponies travelled a long distance along the coast on their own hooves from Mongalia to Hong Kong.
Date | 1894 |
Place | Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/(Street)/Happy Valley Racecourse;Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/Wong Nai Chung |
People | racegoer | visitor | spectator |
Object | grandstand | spectator stand | stand | track | infield | |
Others | sports | sport | entertainment | racing | horse racing |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | The Hong Kong Jockey Club Archives |
Source | Hong Kong Museum of History |
Accession No. | hkjc_P19723 |
Rounding the Bend, Happy Valley Racecourse, 1894
In a century ago, runners at the Happy Valley Racecourse were not thoroughbred, but ponies, which are from the withers shorter than 14.2 hands, or 147 cm. Ponies are excellent working animals because of their outstanding stamina, but offered less excitement in flat racing because of a slower pace. At the time, ponies travelled a long distance along the coast on their own hooves from Mongalia to Hong Kong.
Date | 1894 |
Place | Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/(Street)/Happy Valley Racecourse;Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/Wong Nai Chung |
People | racegoer | visitor | spectator |
Object | grandstand | spectator stand | stand | track | infield | |
Others | sports | sport | entertainment | racing | horse racing |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | The Hong Kong Jockey Club Archives |
Source | Hong Kong Museum of History |
Accession No. | hkjc_P19723 |
Rounding the Bend, Happy Valley Racecourse, 1894
In a century ago, runners at the Happy Valley Racecourse were not thoroughbred, but ponies, which are from the withers shorter than 14.2 hands, or 147 cm. Ponies are excellent working animals because of their outstanding stamina, but offered less excitement in flat racing because of a slower pace. At the time, ponies travelled a long distance along the coast on their own hooves from Mongalia to Hong Kong.
Date of Death | 1894 |
Place | Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/(Street)/Happy Valley Racecourse;Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/Wong Nai Chung |
People | racegoer | visitor | spectator |
Object | grandstand | spectator stand | stand | track | infield | |
Others | sports | sport | entertainment | racing | horse racing |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | The Hong Kong Jockey Club Archives |
Source | Hong Kong Museum of History |
Accession No. | hkjc_P19723 |
Rounding the Bend, Happy Valley Racecourse, 1894
In a century ago, runners at the Happy Valley Racecourse were not thoroughbred, but ponies, which are from the withers shorter than 14.2 hands, or 147 cm. Ponies are excellent working animals because of their outstanding stamina, but offered less excitement in flat racing because of a slower pace. At the time, ponies travelled a long distance along the coast on their own hooves from Mongalia to Hong Kong.
Date | 1894 |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | The Hong Kong Jockey Club Archives |
Source | Hong Kong Museum of History |
Accession No. | hkjc_P19723 |
Rounding the Bend, Happy Valley Racecourse, 1894
In a century ago, runners at the Happy Valley Racecourse were not thoroughbred, but ponies, which are from the withers shorter than 14.2 hands, or 147 cm. Ponies are excellent working animals because of their outstanding stamina, but offered less excitement in flat racing because of a slower pace. At the time, ponies travelled a long distance along the coast on their own hooves from Mongalia to Hong Kong.
Date | 1894 |
Material Type | Image |
Place | Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/(Street)/Happy Valley Racecourse;Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/Wong Nai Chung |
People | racegoer | visitor | spectator |
Object | grandstand | spectator stand | stand | track | infield | |
Others | sports | sport | entertainment | racing | horse racing |
Collection | The Hong Kong Jockey Club Archives |
Source | Hong Kong Museum of History |
Accession No. | hkjc_P19723 |
Rounding the Bend, Happy Valley Racecourse, 1894
In a century ago, runners at the Happy Valley Racecourse were not thoroughbred, but ponies, which are from the withers shorter than 14.2 hands, or 147 cm. Ponies are excellent working animals because of their outstanding stamina, but offered less excitement in flat racing because of a slower pace. At the time, ponies travelled a long distance along the coast on their own hooves from Mongalia to Hong Kong.
Date | 1894 |
Place | Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/(Street)/Happy Valley Racecourse;Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/Wong Nai Chung |
People | racegoer | visitor | spectator |
Object | grandstand | spectator stand | stand | track | infield | |
Others | sports | sport | entertainment | racing | horse racing |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | The Hong Kong Jockey Club Archives |
Source | Hong Kong Museum of History |
Accession No. | hkjc_P19723 |
Rounding the Bend, Happy Valley Racecourse, 1894
In a century ago, runners at the Happy Valley Racecourse were not thoroughbred, but ponies, which are from the withers shorter than 14.2 hands, or 147 cm. Ponies are excellent working animals because of their outstanding stamina, but offered less excitement in flat racing because of a slower pace. At the time, ponies travelled a long distance along the coast on their own hooves from Mongalia to Hong Kong.
Date | 1894 |
Place | Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/(Street)/Happy Valley Racecourse;Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/Wong Nai Chung |
People | racegoer | visitor | spectator |
Object | grandstand | spectator stand | stand | track | infield | |
Others | sports | sport | entertainment | racing | horse racing |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | The Hong Kong Jockey Club Archives |
Source | Hong Kong Museum of History |
Accession No. | hkjc_P19723 |
Rounding the Bend, Happy Valley Racecourse, 1894
In a century ago, runners at the Happy Valley Racecourse were not thoroughbred, but ponies, which are from the withers shorter than 14.2 hands, or 147 cm. Ponies are excellent working animals because of their outstanding stamina, but offered less excitement in flat racing because of a slower pace. At the time, ponies travelled a long distance along the coast on their own hooves from Mongalia to Hong Kong.
Date | 1894 |
Place | Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/(Street)/Happy Valley Racecourse;Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/Wong Nai Chung |
People | racegoer | visitor | spectator |
Object | grandstand | spectator stand | stand | track | infield | |
Others | sports | sport | entertainment | racing | horse racing |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | The Hong Kong Jockey Club Archives |
Source | Hong Kong Museum of History |
Accession No. | hkjc_P19723 |
Rounding the Bend, Happy Valley Racecourse, 1894
In a century ago, runners at the Happy Valley Racecourse were not thoroughbred, but ponies, which are from the withers shorter than 14.2 hands, or 147 cm. Ponies are excellent working animals because of their outstanding stamina, but offered less excitement in flat racing because of a slower pace. At the time, ponies travelled a long distance along the coast on their own hooves from Mongalia to Hong Kong.
Date | 1894 |
Place | Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/(Street)/Happy Valley Racecourse;Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/Wong Nai Chung |
People | racegoer | visitor | spectator |
Object | grandstand | spectator stand | stand | track | infield | |
Others | sports | sport | entertainment | racing | horse racing |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | The Hong Kong Jockey Club Archives |
Source | Hong Kong Museum of History |
Accession No. | hkjc_P19723 |
Rounding the Bend, Happy Valley Racecourse, 1894
In a century ago, runners at the Happy Valley Racecourse were not thoroughbred, but ponies, which are from the withers shorter than 14.2 hands, or 147 cm. Ponies are excellent working animals because of their outstanding stamina, but offered less excitement in flat racing because of a slower pace. At the time, ponies travelled a long distance along the coast on their own hooves from Mongalia to Hong Kong.
Date | 1894 |
Place | Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/(Street)/Happy Valley Racecourse;Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/Wong Nai Chung |
People | racegoer | visitor | spectator |
Object | grandstand | spectator stand | stand | track | infield | |
Others | sports | sport | entertainment | racing | horse racing |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | The Hong Kong Jockey Club Archives |
Source | Hong Kong Museum of History |
Accession No. | hkjc_P19723 |
Rounding the Bend, Happy Valley Racecourse, 1894
In a century ago, runners at the Happy Valley Racecourse were not thoroughbred, but ponies, which are from the withers shorter than 14.2 hands, or 147 cm. Ponies are excellent working animals because of their outstanding stamina, but offered less excitement in flat racing because of a slower pace. At the time, ponies travelled a long distance along the coast on their own hooves from Mongalia to Hong Kong.
Date | 1894 |
Place | Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/(Street)/Happy Valley Racecourse;Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/Wong Nai Chung |
People | racegoer | visitor | spectator |
Object | grandstand | spectator stand | stand | track | infield | |
Others | sports | sport | entertainment | racing | horse racing |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | The Hong Kong Jockey Club Archives |
Source | Hong Kong Museum of History |
Accession No. | hkjc_P19723 |
Rounding the Bend, Happy Valley Racecourse, 1894
In a century ago, runners at the Happy Valley Racecourse were not thoroughbred, but ponies, which are from the withers shorter than 14.2 hands, or 147 cm. Ponies are excellent working animals because of their outstanding stamina, but offered less excitement in flat racing because of a slower pace. At the time, ponies travelled a long distance along the coast on their own hooves from Mongalia to Hong Kong.
Date | 1894 |
Place | Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/(Street)/Happy Valley Racecourse;Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/Wong Nai Chung |
People | racegoer | visitor | spectator |
Object | grandstand | spectator stand | stand | track | infield | |
Others | sports | sport | entertainment | racing | horse racing |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | The Hong Kong Jockey Club Archives |
Source | Hong Kong Museum of History |
Accession No. | hkjc_P19723 |
Rounding the Bend, Happy Valley Racecourse, 1894
In a century ago, runners at the Happy Valley Racecourse were not thoroughbred, but ponies, which are from the withers shorter than 14.2 hands, or 147 cm. Ponies are excellent working animals because of their outstanding stamina, but offered less excitement in flat racing because of a slower pace. At the time, ponies travelled a long distance along the coast on their own hooves from Mongalia to Hong Kong.
Date | 1894 |
Place | Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/(Street)/Happy Valley Racecourse;Hong Kong Island/Wan Chai District/Happy Valley/Wong Nai Chung |
People | racegoer | visitor | spectator |
Object | grandstand | spectator stand | stand | track | infield | |
Others | sports | sport | entertainment | racing | horse racing |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | The Hong Kong Jockey Club Archives |
Source | Hong Kong Museum of History |
Accession No. | hkjc_P19723 |
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