Mr. A. W. Burkill presided at the annual general meeting of the Shang-bai Paper Hunt Club held on the 13th instant in the reading room of the Shanghai Race Club. There was a very large attendance of members.
Mr. Barkill said:—Gentlemen—
As the Accounts have been in your hands for some time, I will, with your jeion, take them as read, The Season 1910/1911 was a succesafal one and bat for the bad weather at China New Year woold have been s record in the number of bants, You will notice that the Challeoge Cop was won by Mr. 0. R. Burkill's Chehalis, this is the third time the Challenge Onp has been won since it was instituted. Mr. C. R. Barkill has very kindly presented a new Challenge Cup to the Club (bear hear). I feel 0 that the members will appreciate his kindness in this matter, The accounts themselves call for very little comment, and oar financial position is satisfactory and our fande now amount to $3,195.26 as compared with $3,070.11 in 1909-1910. Oar Race Meeting was very successful, but as the weather was overcast we did not take so mach m the profits on the day's racing were some $ 160 as against about $ 315 the previous meeting.
You will notice we have spent a good deal of maney on the paddock. Wh this place in appreciated by the m bers I think that too much money wi spent it is a question for the incoming stewards to see whether some saving cannot be made here without curtailing the uretalness of the paddock.
We are indebted to the German Cross Country Riding Clab for donation of $85 towards the cost of the work in the country, I would like to take this opportunity of expressiog my appreciation of the very cordial re-Intions that exist between the two dabs.
Daring the past season the whole of the work in the country was done by the Paper Hunt Clab and cost $889 or $7 more than in 1909-1910.
As regards the work done, forty-eight jambs were cat out or repaired, reeds cut at sixty-seven jumps and twenty-seven platforms made, and arious ran-throughs attended to.
There was no trouble with the country people daring the past Season and s
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