And the thoroughbreds which people craned their necks to see and laid crazy bets on were ships: the fast "clippers" --specially developed to carry China tea--which plied between the China Sea and the English Channel.
而當年人人引頸企盼、瘋狂下注的主角，其實是船﹘ ﹘一度往來於中國海與英吉利海峽間，專為載運中國茶而問世的「飛翦快船」。