Maished Clubs Erected and Already in Use From now on for the next four Jmonths the Race Course is officially Jopened for summer sports, which in-elude tennis, cricket, lawn bowls, baseball, and polo. The Swimming Bath Club will not be open until the beginning of next month.
'The membership of the non-per-Jmanent clubs—the permanent clubs fare the Shanghai Cricket Club, the 'Shanghai Recreation Club, and the 'Swimming Bath Club—totals approximately 1,500 persons, 'Mr. 1. J Hughes told the "North-China Herald'.
This means that the Race Course during the summer months, including the members of the permanent clubs, provides recreation for approximate:
2,000 persons.
This year's allocation of the area, again Teaving out the permanent clubs, provides for sixteen tennis ubs, "three cricket grounds, two lawn bowls greens, one baseball field, and one polo ground. The nine hol golf course can still be used during the morning and early afternoon hours, and the numerous matshed Jclub " houses provide additional hazards to the puller or slicer.
Most of the matsheds are complete now. Building operations commenc~ Sunday morning, the day fatter the conclusion of the spring meeting, and by the evening, the bamboo skeletons of most were up, while in some instances, the segments of matting were already being bound secure.
"The summer season at the Race (Course will close on September 15, when all the various matsheds, which fave withstood the rain, heat, and probably the effects of more' than one typhoon, will fade away almost as quickly as they spring up at this time of the year.
Dr, Parsons said that Canada's attention at the moment was partlcularly focussed on Scotland, because her new Governor-General came from that great country, continuing a distinguished tine which had cluded four of Mr. Buchan's country. men. It had been said that this was the first time a commoner had been pointed to that high office, but actually it was the fourth such ocasian, and It was gratifying to know that yet once again the Royal choice had fallen on a Scottish commoner.
Pipes on the Bund Mr. A, W. Burkill, who was greeted with a burst of applause, apologised for being "somewhat of an outcast," but pleaded that "at least from my earliest days I have always had the greatest admiration for your Society," ud. therefore he felt specially hon-ured at being entertained by the St. Andrew's Society Committee. Mr. Burkill continued:—"For one thing, you gave a Ball once a year at times When we only had two dances in a season, and it was the greatest amble tion of all we youngsters to follow the. pipes. down the Bund on the morning after, I carried out that rite in 1893, but unfortunately T did of go on the Wheelock launch down-Fiver, as our then fathers did, in order to clear their heads before work!
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