29 The morning was spent with Hartmann & at the International Bank cabling to affirm my $600.00 from the Metropolitan Bank of Washington. Hartmann took me to the Races after having dinn[er] at the Carlton with Morgan Prince, an Australian in Anderson Myers Co. (Hartmann's agent) & Mr. Lewis a lawyer from Michigan. Prince has spent 13 years here & knows Shanghai well. The race track is well out of town in the fields. On our way there in Prince's car we passed thru fields of colton. The bales were small &