Champions Day, November 12, 1941 as photographed by the North China Daily News and published on the front page the next morning
A Day at the Races
Thirteen years before the last Champions Day, old Shanghai was at the height of its powers.
Here’s a two-minute film showing race day in Shanghai , 1928 (licensed from Critical Past)
Photo gallery
These images of the Shanghai races, which illustrate the pages of Champions Day, were originally published in the July 1939 edition of the Illustrated London News. (Licensed from Mary Evans Picture Library.)
Scenes from a day at the races, Shanghai 1928
