The advertisement in the morning News to thy effect that the start would be from the Rifly Butts brought a courteous, note from Captain Bright to the effect that No,2Company of Volunteers would becom. poting fora Cup about the hour of 3,30 pam, and that he could not guarantee that an accident might not happen; however, on the Secretary of the Shanghai Paper Hunt Club sending him a request to "conse firing" for about a quarter of an hour, he steed to do #2, and a couple of Captnin McKuen's myrmidons were d spatched to enforce the order, and this turned out to be quite necessary, Phe whizz of a bullet in the immediate neighbourhood of your corceapondeut's war, on. similar occasion last year, was decidedly unpleasant.
The wind was cold, still it was a fairly good luting day and the number of Starters amounted to, perhaps, thirty.
For short distance, the paper lay to th right of the old railway track, crys at the first bridge, a 8 Of, say, three miles was distributed on the other side, when the scent Iny in a—well, zig-zag way taking in some good jumps, others of an inferior kind, and afew bridges, previous to arriving at the fairly well-known line of Jumps near the road, all of which are of ize and clean cut. Lhe ground was ile heavy during the first part of the run, but became lighter further inland towards the end there was not much time to think about it, last two miles, Mesers. Milles, and McLeod were in the med immediately afterwards a ditch, leaving the others to fight it out; finally the last field was closely cou-tested by Messra, Renny and Walker, the former winning by a head, Ward Hull third, De. McLeod fourth, taking it prize.
Mr, Renny on this occasion was riding fine chestnut owned by Me. Reiss of "Treho" a recent arrival; this is the fourth first-class pony lent to Mr. Renny this seaton, Is it not about time that this p—p—paper hunting by proxy should cease?
Mr. Howie was the Fox, kindly assisted by Mr. Dunn, and agood hunt generally resulted. wise for her to Wo so. given hor has not been en ested, and she has learned feom experience that all the influences of foreign civilization are not useful to her, The arts of war she has never wanted, and feels them forced upon her to defend herself from foreign aggression, and she shows her good sense by turning' the rivalry of commercial agente of various nationali to her own pecuninry advantage, as illustrated by recent contracts for military and naval armaments the North, under the efficient: management of viceroy of Chibli, while hee real feel is exhibited in the celebrated missionaries for losses incurred during the recent turmoil.
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Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.