Points to be Observed To the Editor of the "Nowrt-Ciiwa Dancy News"
Sim—In spite of the dearth of ponies form the North, the sport of Hiding continues to be one of the most" papular in Shanghai. At the end of November and during the succeeding three months the country {gs declared "open" by the officials of the Shanghai Paper Hunt Club, and riders are then morally free 10 scamper over the furrows to their hearts' content. For the presen! however, the country is still" and until the winter wheat is three fr four Inches high, and the roots have taken, the farming folk consider that the surface of the ground should not be disturbed. Tt is, of course, their land over which we gallop, and their only compensation lies in the disbursements made by the Shanghai Paper Hunt Club for crops damaged their course of a hunt.
"therefore "behoves "all riders very carefully to observe the follow= Ing' point Not to cross any ma vel wie country Ie declared "ope a). Never to go croxt-country when the ground ie Sdden with 1G), Never to, ride over any, but cane or cotton. uke winter "wheat, Many riders, especially in districts nearer In to the perimeter, seem to be disregarding the above elementary rules, and itis, therefore, of surprising that the' farmers "hate the Sight of a pony, and have already begun to lay traps of barbed wire, pits and stakes, lo catch any or all of us 14 Shanghai, Nov. 7. of post "Oni, of, the Womens stall ite found that sein a Soto ar Perform, the "restrictions. ofthe at ike Iccding lo my eto lo, Besta Morte ae Fats woe et Sit ''fiom fling te Fa Sie Sat he aleut The linea Baths PRR Sot ta dae wae. Shanghai, Nov. 7.
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