RACING IN CEYLON 325 



has nothing to do with racing, except as 

 regards the very important part the greasy 

 notes of the old bank played on setding- 

 day. In spite of the bad times, racing 

 went on as before, if the added money did 

 decrease a bit and fields ruled smaller. In 

 those days there were two regular meetings 

 — that of the Colombo Turf Club and that 

 at the Sanatorium, Newera Elliya. To 

 these a third, at Kandy, was subsequently 

 added, but it was not a great success. In 

 addition to the regular meetings, there were 

 an uncertain number of district and minor 

 meetings, conducted in a more or less 

 scratch manner — generally more, but some- 

 times, as at Blackwater, carefully and 

 intelligendy managed. The Metropolitan 

 Meeting was, of course, the race meeting 

 of the year. The Colombo Turf Club 



