Forme a Correspondent, Chiaotso, Honan, Jan. 4. dered in' the interior of Chine?
1d serious racing be consi
The. presentation of a cup, to be competed for in a cross-country was responsible for the jon ever being raised at all.
must talk about something! at the most interesting of dinner Busts" consist. of members avtien, but when one's fellow
small', community whose daily walk in lifo has. for Yours past brought them into close contact) with each other, some excute can found for the mos: absurd table conversational topica 'A' Race Club at Chiaoteo, miles from the "Nowhere" whic constitutes th most' centrally Situated station'on the Kin-Han Railway? A Race Club at a min ing camp, tnokeil away en the] conceal western border" of the} Province, on the foothills leading! up to the plateau of Shansi, with shifting population of foreigners—men,—women, ang ebildren—one half of whom had! never even. witnessed a coast race] meeting! It was a position! sufficient, one would think, to, for the most optimistic of the hal dozen or 30 enthusiasts,—embrytonic "Champions" owne ed by dreams of fabulous stake to be won, the offspring host's most excellent cock! more: excellent, dinner.
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