The largest field of riders during the Present season, numbering over forty, assembled at the back of Mr. A. R Burkill's residence, on the Bubbling Well Road, to take part in the Paper Hunt on Saturday, and a fair number of spectators also congregated to see them not so many, however, aa have present at some of the previ starts. Mr. A. McLeod, the winner of the last regular hunt, was the fox, and he was assisted in his duty of laying the track by Mr, E.G. Low, the master, and Mr, A.B, Burkill. The start was well chosen, for before the riders disappeared from view three jumps had to be uegofiated. The third waa a tolerably atiff one, and brought several riders to earth, but happily the tumbles only provoked merrie ment, and weren't attended by any casualty worth of particularising. The track then Well Road, which 's bungalow, and Blair's grave jump and on to the big Mound, proceeding almost far as the French Sicawei Koad, a comparatively new course and one contain-
Sicawei Road, close to the Hermitage, and over the tidal Creek, which had to the forded, to the handicap taking a few of the well-know jumps, and then forward to Fahwah 0 where the riders were pretty" well tog going at a rattling pace. The Sicawei Road was again crossed near the second Bridge, embracing the dry cut jump near the Road, which was formerly the first jump of the handicap line, The Sicawei Road was again crossed, and' then there was a good flat run for home of about three quarters of a mile, the finish being just over the tidal Creek, about midway between the first bridge and the four milo post on the Road. Altogether the distance traversed was between nine and ten miles, and the course was one of the best th could have been chosen for an exciting hunt; and the weather being mild and pleasant the paper lay well, and caused no inconvenience from dust. There were three checks during the run, all, however, of short duration, and the pace, on the whole, was decidedly fast.—A course of spectators assembled to the finish, and without the dissatisfaction iting, a cluster of five of the riders, all light-weights, have in view, and they contested hard for the honours of the day. The last three-quarters of a chances of wind pretty even. But tidal Creek—had to Hinckley, on Pow-teco, was first out and won the light-weight prize, and soon afterwards Mr. Pond, on Leapfrog, who cleared ti Greek admirably, was declared the wi of the heavy-weights. Everything appeared to pass off satisfactorily, and the Hunt was very successful and thoroughly enjoyed, the row would probably have been destroyed. The fire is supposed to have been occasioned through one of the occupants of the picture shop, who was known to be an opium-smoker, upsetting his lamp. There were five men in the house, all of whom decamped at the first alarm, and search for them has hitherto been unavailing.
Shortly afternoon, the same day, the fire-belle again rang an alarm, the locality on this occasion being Hongkew. It seems that a gentleman was passing the residence of Me, Nach, at 34, Broadway, when he noticed that the roof of the house, which of wood, was on fire, News of the dis covery was despatched to the Hongkew Police Station, and the alarm bell was eral gentlemen living urning house rendered and by the means of ed in subduing the flames before they made material progress, and, consequently, only little damage was do The various brigades turned out, but their services were not required. The fire was supposed to have been caused by parks from the chimney.
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