SILK BROADSIDE. Shanghae Races. Spring Meeting 1865. Blue silk broadside with ornamental border and vignette of three horses in a race at the top. Measures 472 x 237 mm, (18 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches). Shanghae: A.H. De Carvalho, 1865.

Original deluxe printing of the Broadside announcing the horse races on the First Day, Wednesday 26th April 1865 for the Spring racing season in Shanghae, China. The Broadside is printed on blue silk with black ink; it clearly represents a deluxe issue of the day's races... most copies would have been printed on paper and posted throughout Shanghae and handed out to spectators on the day of the races.

The Broadside lists seven races for the opening day; the Tsatlee Cup, Arab Cup, Griffin's Plate, Derby Stakes, Ladies Purse, The Volunteer Plate and the Welter Cup. The first and third races were for Chinese Ponies only, the second for Arab ponies, the fourth for 3-year old Colonial horses, the fifth was a ladies race limited to horses under 14.1 hands, the sixth race was for Colonial and English horses, and the final race was open to all horses.

The names of each horse in each race is listed, including the owner's name, the horse's size and weight, its origins, the dress of the jockey, i.e. "Cherry jacket, White Sleeves and Cap", the cost to enter each race, and the distance of each race. Slight fraying of silk along edges.