With two packs out, fast and slavs, totalling' over 50 yunners, the Shanghai Athletic Club athletes had an excellent training ran over country inthe Kiangwan listriet, one Mavch 17. The fast men covered about seven miles, the Slow" pack making wu easy run over about three ies keeping. well bunched together until the Inst half mile home when spurt was put up by the men who fare nowy showing: good form for the Cross-country championship, Among the army men the Norfolk appear {o have a really class teams Uhele fast mon move and show form equal to, if not better, than that shown by the Northamptonshives who ap. Gared the army: cross-country chama pionship here last year, The U.S, Marines had a team out among whom it was noted that Hazeltino moved splendidly, being the first nan home, The TR, A. S.C, and A.M. C, have several dark runners who ming springe a site prise in the big championship race; both these units will furnish teams which will give a good ace ement of thems OF the local harriers J. Remedios, Bonham, who had charge of the fast pack,'
GR. Hunt ave shaping: well, Varndell will go better in the marathon race than the cross-country championship, Neugebauer looked well atter' the slow men and runs hetter each time he turns out, Craz, Gotfried Tajime and Veir are getting: ft and though this year's novices ought to be among the first flight in the next Inter-Schoo! Shield Competition The chess matches fur the Inter= school Chess Shield Cor have now commenced and the American School team beat the Thomas Hanbury School for Boys by five to two, The scares follow:—
Antenicax ScHtoot Haxweny Sevt6ot, Yakovlev johnston
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