The Archive · 1938

PAPER HUNTS New Type of Pony Wanted

To the Editor of the font-Cutixa Dany News" required "in "Shanghai "for "ractog, might 1 plead that a special breed of pony. be encouraged at. once "for Paper Hunts on Sunday. 'This anbmet should have webbed feet ending in claws; it should most. certainly' be endowed with stamina; it. should have a special breathing' apparatus Jenabte it to suck in alr and blow out water; and its coat. should, prefer:

ye" water "resistant ike' the feathers on a duck's back. nce Yo sink into the' general scenery With such a mount, one would

tup to one's pony's tummy. ite tect would, with the help of claws, enable ito obtain a'purehase im the sludge when taking of and. landing Humps, "and" the special breathing facilities would be invaluable When the bewildered sider nds that (or she). has mistaken local bomb. thole for the surrounding soup.

"Again, if hats are deemed neces: sary, what about the ubiquitous variety, which one could take off and

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