An Organized Club, but to Work in Ca-operation with the Men's Hunt Somewhat of a flutter amongst riding poople—who constitute very large section. of the foreign population nf Shanghai—was excused on Monday by the announcement that the ladies were to form a paper hunt club of their own. The suggestion is not new, for it has been discussed every) casson for several years, There always have been 0 fow daring young horse-women, admittedly} very accomplished in the saddle,
there is any valid reason gannet Te persuaded int they: should "not _be permitted to ride with tha men: they have passed thoft ease repeatedly, wud fu each successive occasion, when the men steadfastly have held cut agains idea, "one has heard. the reply, "Well then, we will form an independent, hunt club for ourselves." So, when it Was announced definitely that the ladies were to establish a paper hunt lub, most people presumed that they' were going to be as independent as the Women's Freedom League, "Fortunately, this is not the case, Just aw there are wise old hands: amongst the mao who know how to exercise & judicious mesure of eatin, upon the thrusters ind soto prolong their lives, 80 there, arg many' Indice, whose Keonness in the country does not rise them to overlook stern nots. They know that there are searcely—hnlf-tcdozen amongst them who could live through such hunt, for instance, as was laid! last Sutarday. They know that Sunday's little plensantry may bbe repeated ab any time and that fon mich occasions a few men are handy things to have in the neighbourhood, 'They appreciate that, "with two distinct clubs} niteady hunting the country reg, larly, there ig quite enough paper' about as ib is to make it Yory difficult to. put down a good hand that o third would the sport of all. Thos know also that it costs no small Amount of money to run a paper hunt chub.
'$0 there is no question of ladies. breaking avery and doing things for" thomselver. They are immensely grateful to the Stew finds and members of the Paper Hunt Club for all the, assistanc avn, thet and Whey are ime tines: but it is considered fared to continue along, the that the time has arrived when the Jadies? hunts should be put pon a regular basis and not gumply be. run og haphazard events subject practically to no ral nto have a re War organization, under their ely upon the Paper Hun
nding. hunt with the men and aay ile tin ena the is believed that in Chefoo. there 4s, oF was, ai separate hur for ladies, but there Bifforence."otseen con those Tittle places and it hai
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