Certain points in today's correspondence on "The Day of the Young Man" call for an answer. As regards the cost of certain sports the fact that the men who lead in yachting now are much the sxme as the leaders 15 years ago, when presumably they were among the small salary class, is surely some answer to the question ut expense. However, we will accept the objection that yachting and polo are too expensive now for the younger men, Against this racin is not necessarily costly. Some of the best known jockeys now also owners. But it is quite possible uv be a good jockey on a very small salary: that has frequently been proved. Lastly, on the expense *ccount, it is nob necessary to own er hire a car in order to go to Kiangwan. There is a good train service which keen but not rich golfers may and do use. The argument that young men now are backward at sport because they went to the war is, we think, fallacy, at least when judged experience at Home. For the firs' summer and even the second after the war (1919-20) it was true, and the failure of the English cricketers before the Australian XT was undoubtedly due to it—though curiously enough as one correspondent recalls to-day, the onl) team that beat the Australians young one, showing that "01 young men managed to remember their cricket in spite of the war. But the effects of the war on sport have disappeared at Home and there appears no reason why they should not do so in Shanghai Let one thing be understood if the young men of Shanghai were uraduced in Wednesday's leader, we shall be only too pleased to acknowledge it. We received an interesting query from a correspondent who adduced certain names in support: reflexion added some more and the whole was passed on to the public. The real question is whether the younger generation are training On to take the place of seniors who have maintained an almost undisputed lead, in some cases for many years.
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