{At the Paper Hunt Club dinner on Saturday evening It was natural that Iributes. to equestrianism should freely forthcoming, Yet special note might be made of the observations which Major R. F. H. Massey-West-Tapp let fall regarding the place of riding In the training of the military emeer. Reinforcing " General Mac naghten's account of the way in which hunting and polo are pressed upon the subaltern as the proper means of Improving his value to the army, Major Massey-Westropp explained that the army authorities encouraged those forms of exorcise: because they trained the mind in. rapid thinking and in coming to quick decisions in emergency, besides being bonefleiat to physique and general bodily, fit ness, The Lancashire Fusiliers keep Ju their Mess records of the hunts in whatever stations they have found themselves in the course of their service, So the Shanghai Paper Hunt Club's history has been appropriately presented to the collection by. the Muster and it is expected that, unless trooping orders intervene, the XXth will take a prominent part in. the Hunt next season. The seme reasons which make riding so admirable a [raining for the military officer are certainly operative in Shanghai for Tiding as a sport and form of mental ud physical relaxation is of only popular but it is to be highly commended to the business and professional man alike. That 1s the reason why the Paper Hunt holds his own well and attracts the hearty ea-operation of Chinese and foreigners, Even the dreaded divagations of [feminine members—to which Mr. TH. 4M, Spence made such feeling allusion not discourage this enthusiasm, in tact the civilian here is very much of the same mind as the army an: thorities whom the soldiers Saturday quoted with effect,
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