The Archive · 1936

SHANGHAI HUNTING

So popular es the Shanghai Paper Hunt Club and so advantageous are the amenities which membership. of offers that it is often charged with the important duty of introducing. novices to the fine sport which gives Its inspiration. There is, of course, 8 good stiffening of paper hunters who have Jearnt the game in England and America, to say nothing of Germany, but they are in the minority, They would be the first to admit that It is not easy for the budding paper hunter to negotiate all the obstacles which are likely to come in his or her way—obstacles "not so much provided by the territory over which the Hunt performs, but rather by the Ignorance of the time-honoured conventions to which huntsnen rightly attach rigid Importance. There is the question of manners in the field, to it may be added the canons of good horsemastership, and, not least of all, the sartorial dictates of sport. To meet hose diMeulties Mr.

Hayes and Mr. E. Toeg, in happy ce-ordination of their respective literary and artistic gifts, have Produced a pleasant brochure enued "Hunting in Shanghai: Its Origin, 'Traditions, "Conduct and Dress." With this' four-page document in their possession even the Tatest joined novices can satisfy them solve that they will know their oats.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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