Bright, genial weather on Saturday afternoon induced a large company of ladies and gentlemen to attend the meet for the Paper Hunt at Overweg's Bunga low, where, at about three o'clock, x field of some forty horsemen assembled for the start. The country selected for the run was over the Pagoda side, leading from the bungalow towards Sicawei, crossing the creek of that name, and several others, and so round by the Hermitnge to the finish at the Lawn, a opin of about nine nulles, covered in little over fifty minutes, Phe foxes were merciful us regarded none of those tv be negotiated midable, and the paper was judiciously Jaid, that although two or three checks occurred, only one was of any ation, affording excellent breathing time, and enabling the ponies so far to keep pretty well together. But a worse enemy even than creeks and ditches presented itself in the course of the run, The continuance of dry weather had converted the surface-mud of previous days into a dry and almost impalpable dust, which rose in clouds as the leading'ponies gallopped onwards, enveloping those behind in just such a cloud as might be supposed to have concealed Ixion during his interview with Juno, and so bewildering the ponies that they stumbled and fell in all directions, in several instances cantering at' their own sweet will over the plain for along distance before suffering themselves to be caught and_remounted. One of the amiable quadrupeds indeed got so far away, that his whilom rider, a Naval tyro, gave up the hunt altogether, both for pony and paper, accepting the opportune offer of a seat in friendly trap, and adopt doctri of chances as to the pony finding home. The Lawn, at the finish, pr a pleasant and animated scene, Many ladies were there, and a large concourse of the sterner sex, while outside, waiting in the road, was such an assemblage of traps, broughams, &e., as reminded one strongly of the suburban meets at Eyham or Hampton, The last jump was easy enough to look at, and in fact, several bipeds cleared it easily during the afternoon, but when the quadrupeds came to look at it, more than three-fourths of them refused, anid it was only by dint of whip and spur that the recalcitrants were got over at all. Perhaps the large crowd of spectators just in front of them at the time operated as a deterrent, But "all's well that ends well," and this afternoon's sport ended pleasantly. For the light weights, Mr. Walker and Mr_E. H. Gure-Booth, whose ponies each took a flying leap over the final obstacle, in first so near together that it was question of a dead heat. Mr. Walker was less than a length in front, and was thus first of the light weights, Mr.
Limby won the honours for the s, Mr. Paynter being second, but Both these were some distance behind several of the light weights.
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