More glorious weather for outdoor amusement could searcely be conceived than that of Saturday, when the Shanghai Paper Hunt Club had their third Hunt of the season. Mr. J. Bell-Irving, as the winner of last week's Hunt, had the pri-Tilego of laying the paper, but in his unavoidable absence, Dr. Daniel, who was Second in at the previous Hunt, acted as fox in his stead, being accompanied by Mr. Burkill, the Master of the Club, Mr. Macleod, one of the Stewards, and three Indies. The Hongkew country was selected for what was termed a little variety, and a regular rough-and-tumble Hunt was the result.
Taduced by the congenial weather and the attraction of the sport, a larve crowd of spectators assembled at the start, which was near to Wayside, down the Yangtero-poo Road; and a large field of over forty ponies put in an appearance. Punetwally at' the time ahmounced, 3.30 p.m, the ponies were sent away at a rattling pace, From the start the course skirted the Yangtsze-poo Rond down to the creek, then along the banks of the Creek for a couple of miles, turning back along a line of country which made the course a triangular oni, the return journey crossing the old paper about half'" mile from Home. The latter distance was in full view of the spectators who assembled at the finish, A Inryer concourse of foreigners here awaited the arrival of the ponies than we remember to have secon on any. previous occasion, a remark which applies more particularly to the ladies, several of whom Were mounted. Both sides of the road were well lined with carriages of all descriptions, and to convey an idea of what Shanghai can turn out on these ocean sion we counted eighty odd vehicles, while where the start took place there were about aurore others. The sunshiny weather was quite enjoyable, but the quick pace that vas maintained throughout the Hunt reduced the time of waiting to a minimum. A fow minutes after four o'clock a cluster of nearly a dozen horsemen made their appearnnice, and it was at once apparent there would be a close and exciting finish, Mr. Symons, who was riding Black Auster, belonging to Mr. Findlay, who came to grief on him at the fal jump at the last Hunt, and Mr. Bidwell, on White Rose, wore leading a few lengths in advance of the others, amlong the foremost of whom we noticed Messrs. Long, Wintle, Taumeyer, Latty, Sentance, and the plucky young rider Master Fabris, The lot came up well toyethor, as they invariably do on the Hongkew, side. Mr. Symons and MIN. Bidwell maintained the lead and took the Inst jump, which was x most formidable one, being & deep straight cut, with a raised foot-walk on the starting side, simultaneously. Both ponies took it splendidly, and Mr. Symons forged slightly ahead and won by Jess than a length. Mr. Wintle, on Conjuror, was third, and fully a dozen others, all taking the jump without a spill, finished in rapid succession. The remainder came tailing in at brief intervals. In the words of a plucky rider, "jolly it was, all through but the deep ridges, late baked clots of upturned earth, the difficalt jumpe with the tide sufi. ciently full fo make a good leap absolutely necessary, were very trying alike fo riders and' ponies, and though an experienced jock" never so so much tumbling before—and the wet, muddy and Austy appearance of the majority of the riders confirmed the remark, there were no casualties, the Hunt, as a rule, being spoken of as the best of the season as yet.
Since writing the above, we hear that one of the ponies during the Hunt 10 injured one of its legs that it had to be shot and was sent to the Ewo Kennels as food for the hounds,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.