In offices in Shanghai there were left al few fortunate people who, tied to their desks by the thin pretext of work, were spared the Tigers and dangers which the braver section of the community were boldly facing in another part of the Settlement. It understood that the heroes and her: celebrating a racing fe to the elect as Champions Day. It is whispeed—and the columns of this issue bear witness to the truth the whisper—that the speed of} certain China ponies was in high Getste. In honour of the event the mest beautiful frocks, the most inmacilate suitings—cmplete with headgear male and fernale—were displayed, This panorama bravery and finery failed to win the sympathies of the heavens Down came the rain, down and down. So the wicked men and_ we. men in the offices hugged their chains of servitude and prayed for] the tempers and the health of the
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