In the' afternoon the celebration took on the alr of a ypleal governs consisted boy and irl ment. meeting. The. boat" races
scouts, student soldiers. the regular army, the police and put to test the only sood crow of the day. soldiers stripped to the waist, and Using the chant of the earrlor coolles heap their strokes in rhythm, they won by 30 or 40 lengths.
The most modern sights at the afternoon races were the Ifequards in motor boats, Outboard motors were placed on three small "era which flew the Red Cross: lag. carried small crews of life guards clad in bathing sults. No casualties occurred, so the efficiency of this precaution could not be judged, Though the dragon boats did not have the traditional dragon. heads, the Idea of a coxswain beating drum in the bow of the boat was carried over en many forms, 'Two boats ad resurrected the ancient tums. A dozen more used a Kind of broom, which. the coxswain sitting in the bow waved up an down to direct the strokes, white the middle school students chose to use' flags, which the coxswain waved from side to side.
Beside the races, various group games were organized on the beach, which accommodated about 8,000 po ple" during the day. Only a Cow hundred made use of the swimming facilities, which are not yet popular Central China, All the women were dressed In new summer clothing, and they spent most of their time looking at the clothing on other women, On the Yangtze River, off the Hankow Bund, a few crows appeared In the traditional dragon boats, head, {ail and all. The men who rowed were labourers in Hankow. Several races were held on both the Hankow fand the Wuchang side of the river,
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