is one of the most popular and best patronised sports in Shanghai; boys of nineteen and men of fifty vie each other for first honours. Sportsmen who may be riding less than 9st. are challenged by the portly enthusiast weighing up to Jost. and the game is entered into with great keenness. All those standing under 12st. are considered light weights and those over that figure are considered heavy weights, two prizes being one for each class. No prize a heavy weight unless he finishes amongst but it is not an un mon circumstance to see a winning from the light weights. As a proof of the strength and endurance of the China pony I shall instance the present Master, whose weight is something like '1d8t. and he is carried through the most severe hunts of eight or nine miles in a way that is delightful to see, being generally there or thereabouts. History relates that the inauguration of this sport took place in 1863 the Grst hunt being won by Mr. Gus. Broom and the second by Mr. R. H. Gore-Booth who is still a resident here and still takes a great interest in all sports. I must not forget to mention that there is a private subscription pack of drag hounds, that affords considerable sport in the way of an occasional sharp burst for a couple of miles over a selected line of country where there is every facility for top speed.
A. L. Rosertson.
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