At the west end of Nanking Road mounted police patrols galloped through the traffic and the crowds in a flurry of flying hooves and foam-flecked bits.

• 南京路西端，俗名泥城桥的一带，骑巡队的高头大马在车辆与行人中间奋蹄振鬣，有时嘴里还喷着白沫。