The Race Course:
Closing Inexplicable "To the Bditor of the Nown-Cixs, Datty News"
Sn—The outspoken protest of Mr. Ledwidge in regard to the closing of the Race Course during last weekend should not fail to have the complete endorsement of Shanghai's sports~ loving public.
The thousands who eagerly swarmed to the Race Course for a pleasant afternoon's diversion on Saturday must have been both chagrined and surprised at the unaccountable action of the Grounds Committee. Unac-Countable because the grounds were opened on the previous Sunday under What appeared (0 be much worse con, ditions and because Kisochow Park open on both Saturday and Sun= day, Now that Mr. Ledwidge—a man with undoubted qualiflations for this subject—has dispelled any possible relentific motive for closing the te rounds, the action becomes inexplicable, Of course, it will remain an unsolved puzzle, but let us hope that in future, we have lio more mysteries of this nature, Cou" Cope. Shanghai, Feb. 7.
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