The Archive · 1887

SATURDAY'S PAPER HUNT

The "start" was at the usual hour from hear Trefancha, and fully the ordinary mount of paper hun dulged in before the definite track was struck, which Jeti to the little round; and by way of the corner jump to the Land, he yround was heavy, fact it was essentially " day for jumping panic as to stick in the mud once was fatal. From the [slond the scent lay in the Jessfield direction, where the three bridges caused the usual delay in the matter of selection, the one leading towards Fah being the one chosen on and immediately afterwards that wade demanded the full atten ti concerned; and happy were they who arrived there previous to the alway pery banks being made almost impracticable by the scrambling up of the leaders. From this point the paper led to the left and to the Sicawei Road, the inevitable gallop following The run home" from the Road to the Tidal Creek, a0 often given this eeagou, is short, but trying owing to the entire absence of jumps. On Saturday the race was a good onv between Mes Vogler, Macgregor, and Arbuthnot, who finished in the order named, Mr. Vogler was in one of the earlier hunts of the soanont a yuod second over the same finishing jump, and in the hunt of the preday hin name was i advertently 1 third place, De. Ward wuding us, made it lok exceedingly doubtful if unt could be given, but the now far advanced portunity la not to be mirs-d, The Handicap should by one of the fest events now to come off, and the ranting fon Saturday afforded some practical information to those who have to deal with it, The numerous excavations, which are the inoreage, on the home side of the creek mate by the natives, independently the fact that it has always been a matter of difficulty to make this event a steel chase, and not a gration for consideration of its being given in Hongkew.

Me. Renny, the winner of last week's hunt, with De. McLeod, the heavy weight, gave the run on this occasion, Gorrespondence,

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