Shanghai, May 29, The annual general meeting of the Shanghai Amateur Swimming Asso-lation took place yesterday evening at the Foreign YMCA, presided over by Mr. S. EH. Clarke who was lected the new president of this body for the forthcoming season, in place of John Huxley, the retiring president who will hot be in Shanghai during the summer and who will, therefore, be unable to serve.
John Huxley, the retiring president has served as chairman of the Swim. ing Association for the past five years and has always been a leading gute in swimming circles, He was accord.
The new arrangement whereby racing is started from the Admiral Jellicoe moored off the all installa~ ions in the Astrea Channel instead of starting from the crowded anchorage at Yangtseepoo is proving very popular.
Most of the skippers and their crews availed themselves of the Club's bus service from Shanghai to point opposite the Jellicoe on the Woosung Road, left' Shanghai on Saturday afternoon and slept aboard their Yachts and were up betimes for the early start from Admiral Jellicoe on Sunday morning, There was a fair turn out. It was a run down the Astrea Channel anda reach out to the Lismore and Quarantine buoys which were left to. starboard.
The order of finishing times were follows:
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