Few of our retired Shanghai residents now at home seem to be assailed with homesickness for this port if all accounts indicate genuine feeling, as one supposes they do. The many friends of Mr. W. N. Scott, for many years secretary of the Shanghai Race Club, and a very popular figure here, will be glad to know that he is having a wonderful time in the old country. He is living in the very heart of the country im Herefordshire, and his headquarters at present are at a country hostel which suits him admirably, he says. He is thoroughly enjoying the quiet life, which seems to be interspersed with many a trip round the country.
The loss of his mother, also well known here, has upset his plans, and he will not now buy a house and go into housekeeping as he had intended. He was so unfortunate as to break his leg while in Scotland—slipped while visiting the Zoo in Glasgow—but is recovering well. Our old friend had a grand day at Epsom for the Grand National went by one of the motor coaches and had an excellent view of the race from the top. He adds: "It would have pleased me better if Harry Morriss had won." There he saw the True-j|mans and
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