The crops are getting somewhat forward and cross-country riding is almost at an end, and with such a miserable day as Saturday, it was fortunate that the Foxes, Messrs. Callaway and Liddell, had selected Hongkew for the run, as no damage can be done there.
The start was from near the Stone Bridge, circling round a part of the country which contains some very excellent jumps, chiefly watercourses, requiring to be taken clean, otherwise pony and rider get into trouble; and doubtless chiefly owing to the heavy state of the ground, a number of the creeks were fathomed on Saturday, and out of the score of riders who presented a good appearance at the start, there were few who who looked equally well at the finish, and after the first half dozen had got through, or over, the deep cut made jump which formed the "Snish Young
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.