In our correspondence columns last week appeared a letter suggesting the establishment of a club for motor cyclists in Shanghai. It satisfactory that this excellent idea has not been allowed to rest, but that within another week the club will be an established institution.
There are admirable reasons for a club of this sort locally. The Defence Commissioner of Shanghai has shown what can be done by troops in the way of building roads, and if any disbandment scheme comes to a head, as is now mooted, it is beyond doubt that the present country paths will before long be replaced or supplemented by roads. Tu such a case the motor cycle will come into its own here.
Motor cycling has another phase which is worth noting. We understand that in matters of speed motor cycles beat anything locally, excluding aeroplanes, of course, The establishment of this club will probably introduce a new and: thrilling element into the sport of Shanghai, namely motor cycle racing. In view of this, the club has taken the matter zo well in hand that the course at Kiangwan has already been secured for racing, Already some 200 motor cyclists of Shanghai have signified their intention of belonging to the club. This forms an excellent nucleus around which to build a very large organization. One of the men who is taking a special interest in it is Mr. Max Friedman of the Star Garage, who is a member of the Federation of American Motor Oylists. He is giving a room above the Star Garage in Bubbling Well Road for the meeting of members. Here the inaugural meeting of the club will take place on Sunday, March 7. Mr. Gordon Nazer has agreed to be temporary chairman of the club.
It is an enterprise w should appeal to the motor cyclists of Shang hai, and with the prospects of jour-noys throughout the country, when the inevitable construction of roads takes place, it should receive a very large measure of support.
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