To the Editor of the "snowden-Citina Dairy News"
Siy—T was rigged to read today that the Stewards of the Shang-hal Race Club, as-a concession, ate permitting the Loong-Fel entrance the Recreation Ground to be open-fed this afternoon, and. thos. slow those husky brates who like to play trugger and soccer and. hockey, and! the misfortunates who. go to watch and applaud them, to pass away an afternoon in. their. own depraved way. Iam sure that everybody leoncemed or interested must. feel feratefut to the Stewards for their But next Saturday, apparently, the 'Stewards. are putting' on the crew and exercising whatever legal moral or other right gives them Sich "absolute power over. these wonderful plots of ground. around which Mid-Victorian Shanghai built Tea racecourse. Ax the Stewards this, Ihave no. doubt. they have [the right to do it, and that from a legal. it not an ethical point of view they ave established on a rock. Bound foundation. "Anyway, Tet Admit auch to be the ca ple who govern rugger and soccer Jand hockey have to ask, as concerns to-day, for a, concession jeerns next Saturday, Jdown altogether.
Tt appears that the Grand Na-willing to help tional "Steeplechase" is the reason whatsoever, in the work of Hor next Saturday's ban. Always i! admitting the right of the Stewards to do so they please, is this race {for a few China ponies, this ridicu ous parody on the world's umping, event, suficlently import fant to deprive so many. you! and women) of an afternoon' cise, and so many hundreds be thousands) of others of Moon's healthful diversion? I trow not; but' apparently the Stewards, their absolute monarchy, trow otherwise.
Inia matter like thi tone naturally Yooks for something in the nature of a compromise." I consider compromise is possible. The races start at one o'clock, and the Grand "National "Steeplechase" is the fourth or fifth event on the card. Why not make it, the first Jor the second event, get it over by 1130 or 2.00, and then Tet the ball-playing fens and fans trickle into he" round between subsequent aces" "Whatever they may. be to and among themselves, they on quite harmless to the Shanghai Race Club, the ponies. run the vaces, nd the people wat the races" "But the thing ie ple that I feel sure the bigger in-Hellects than mine, inside the Race Club and outside of it, must have thought, of it. Then" where, where, isthe snag? It would be Interesting to know. "Ole custom," Probably.
The Shanghai Race Club gives Ikenerously "to. charities from. the surplus from ite sweeps and other forces, of income. Covld not the Stewards. be even a little more atitable, sup a. little deeper on the. milk of human kindness, send Oto custom" to blazes, bring" the Grand National "Steeplechase" forward an hour or $0, and thus give free rein to. those "who desire to Fug. and see and hoe?
Te it be that the Stewards think that in doing this they would be perpetrating a crime in the eyes their following, 1 feel safe the assumption that while they might possibly "be condemned by a. very Fey, they would most, certainly be Pet me admit, in falmmess, that raised by a very many.
it the Recreation Ground is closed next Saturday afternoon, I shall 2 couple of dollars to go to wale the races, and in Going ce provably
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.