The General Meeting of the members of the S. P. H. C. was held last night at the Shanghai Club, Mr. Callaway presiding.
The Chairman remarking that the accounts had been in the hands of members for some time, and that they had had full opportunities of going through them, formally proposed their adoption.
Mr. A. Cushny, jr., seconded, The motion was then put tothe meeting and agreed to.
The election of gentlemen to serve as Stewards during the coming season was then proceeded with, resulting in Messrs, Callaway, Ayscougl:, Malherbe, Midwood, F. J. Maitland, Crawford, and Dudgeon an called attention to the new bye-laws which had been printed and cireulated for the information of members. There was one omission in the printed list and that wax '9, No member or pony shall be considered qualified to win more than one out of three consecutive hunts,"
Mr. Middleton said that a great deal of discredit had here brought upon the mom-bers of the Hunt by persons riding over the country out of season and doing great injury to the crops: The majority of the natives, and outside people imagined those to be members of ths Hunt, and he therefore proposed the following' addition to the bye-lowa:—That no member will be por-mitted to ride across country before' the season is opened by the Stewards or after it is closed, under a penalty of $10 or in default of payment expulsion from the Club."
Mr. Crawford seconded.
The Chairman before putting the resolution said he should like to point out that much ae th proved of riding across country out of season, they hi really no power to deal with offending members out of season, The members of cellent but it was not within the power of the Club, After some discussion, Mr. Middleton intimated his readiness to withdraw his proposal.
Mr. Read suggested that the proposition might be entered on the minutes of the meeting, saying that whilst the members entirely sympathised with its object they yet thought it impracticable.
'Mr. Brodie Clarke proposed that' the opening and closing of the Hunt season should be advertised in the Chinese news-
Peh Chairman seconded Mr, Read's propoanl and it was agreed to, On the proposition of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. A. Cushny, Jr., the pro: posed bye-laws were sanctioned.
Mr. Frank Maitland suggested that a piece
acquired for the purposes of the finishes, of land owned by a foreigner might be thus obviating a good deal of the present inconvenience. He also thought it would be s.good idea to have a point-to-poi steeplechase under similar conditions a home.
'Dr. Ward Hall entered a protest. against certain exhibitions of cruelty te ponies, both during the hunt and at the finish.' The abuse of whip and spur was disgracefally prominent at times. Within his knowledge ladies had interfered at exhibitions of cruelty at the finish; and he had heatd bad language used to the Stewards of the Hunt
that any person indulging in such' cruelty who tried to stop the'cruelty. He Fapaghe should be expelled.
"The Chairman said that with regard' to the "point-to-point" steeplechase' it: had
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