The past season, although through force majeure a short one, was unique in the annals of Shanghai "Hunting," for. owing to the amazing and indefatigable efforts of Major-General A.P.D. Telfer-Smollett, we were able to ride and "hunt" in the vicinity of, and sometimes ever, battlefields scarce cooled off and still littered with the debris of bloody war. For this, to Major-General Telfer-Smollett are the unstinted thanks of the entire riding community heartily due. To this also may be added a measure of admiration, too, for has he not, in the short space of one year, suffered two major accidents, one each at the two great games of polo and hunting. and popped into the saddle again ere yet the creak was out of hig rowly mended bones. To those decorations: he already bears it would Entries for the meeting closed last Monday, and as a whole are quite satisfactory, despite the two events for the best class of ponies receiving smal entries only. However, the quality is there, and if only five should weigh out for each of these events, races to be remembered and talked about may result.
The absence of 1938 sub griffins is noticeable, as last season 48 such ponies were. entered. This naturally reduces the quantity of ponies. available to be entered.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.