Sept. 28.
There is one thought which reconciles many Shanghailanders to shortening of the days, the ins of the disappearance from {the Recreation Ground of those /matting sheds designed to protect spectators from a sun which but fitfully shines. Autumn comes! and with it the privilege to plore the delights of Henli. men are gleefully thinking of this return to their most cherished sport. They care not for the evidence of superfluous weight' which the less vigorous days of swimmer have inflicted on them. They know that, whereas other sportsmen may find it difficult) leven by tackling the mettle of China. pony in the crisp hour after dawn, to make the scales sing a less'distressed tune, they themselves will. pon fine down when once they have got afloat] in the outrigger on the historic exeek, They will be kept up to! the mark by the spirit of teamwork which all rowing men know {a the essence of their sport.
Whether they row or scull, the {young men and the not so young, are not to be denied the balm which is generously bestowed at
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