I would imagine that one has in reading through the Dr. Nikola novels and then stumbles over concepts, that formed the background of the reader knows, of course, fine, but only just now somehow not really ready. Thus we meet as the narrator of "Expedition Doctor Nikola," the Shanghai stranded adventurer Wilfred Bruce, for the first time in the so-called paper chase.
more details about the Paper Hunt Club we learn about here. It is a kind of horse racing. It seems that Missing the British in Shanghai, her beloved fox hunting, and since there are times that no wild game was, was formed out of this social event. It is a combination of scavenger hunt and a final finish. First, follow a trail of paper, which puts the year winner in the pink jacket. From the end of this trail to the finish gives you then a cyclocross race.
This sketch ( Sketches in China ) from 1873 is a Paper Hunt Shanghai , and similar to here in this picture with the dropped riders I imagine the opening scene from the book also before.
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