On Donday evening Inst the above S society ave its first public ur open meeting at the Temperance Hull, to which members were invited. was liberal! dred and fifty peraone present, The firet item on the programme w: overture for the p-ano for four hands, which waa most skilfully rendered by " Indy tour and BL. Vela, the musical conductor Of the Suciery. Lie former talented artiste played with great feeling and express i the ai i Anusic was entit choruses, and son; The former were exceedingly well rendered, with rent precision, and light and shade, more particularly "Hail smiling morn," and "In a woud." In the choruses from St. Paul the precision was not marked. It is well known what difficult music this is, and considering the obstacles that have been experienced frequent changes ut members attending the ued prosperity and Utat we may have the pleasure of attend many more "open" meetings during the present winter, SATURDAY'S PAPER HUNT, hunt of the by the Master; the atart being over Daly's cut jumba; thesy are invariably productive of brief, but naturally more 80 in the earlier hunts of the season, and especially when given as proliminery obstacles, as a large proportion of the ponies are fresh to the business. About thirty riders put in an appearance at the advertised time, 5.30 pam, and were dea watched by the senior Steward, Mr. Arbuth not; a fair number of ponies cleared "Cuts," in very good style, largo prop tion walked theough, while fully the ordi ary peroentag~ blundered and disposed of their riders one way of another, The scont lay over the flat ground, and one of two jumps to the right, crossing the back Bubbling Well Road, near Wynd-ide, over the usual oonrae to the Island; it wae scanty early on, still no dilticulty experienced in following the track.
the Cow Bridge" in necessity, owing to the wi the occupier of the Tarn put up in defence of his cows' food, a alight halt was made on the Jenstield Road, it was however of short duration owing to equeatriaus on the road, who, though gi sign, were sutticient to gi perienced eye an indication slight though it was, of whereabouts the paper lay a it was quickly picked up and followed the direction of Fah Wal, the Sicaw Road being crossed nose Blydenburgh's But at that point, ax well as at the Handicap and Red Joss House Bridgos there were distinct signs of " mafoo having "gone wrong," and the greater part of the hunt at the latter place got into " most wd state, while the fortunate, or cleverer, paper hunters obtained " long lead, irrecoverable by those behind a short distance from home. Re-ct the road, rather nearer the Well, a cle defined scunt Lay to the finish, which was over the tidal Creek, this was taken in excellent form by the leaders—Messre, Perrott on Custiyatur and Renny on Montezuma, followed by Mr. Meyerink on Presto and Mr. Gebhardt on Jevel, Mr. Bell Irving on Cruiser being fifth, and Mr. Arbuthnot on Dunottur, both heavy 8 The first of these two maiden win.
he first few hunts of the season give considerable didiculty to those in charge
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