The start was from the back of Mr. Seaman's house, by over reaching which intending riders in the Hunt had an opportunity in several places of looking at the ominously rising tide. The scent lay over a few of the jumps on the Bubbling Well line, then bore away to the left and over "Brownies," this cannot now be called a jump, its sloping sides being only balking to the ponies and not an incentive to jumping. The line of paper thence lay in the direction of the "Dig grave," and on to " Blydenburgh's turn," and a sample of it way found over the Bridge and for some distance along the footpath, by whom laid there is no evidence to show. After some time had been spent in the neighbourhood of the Handicap Lagoon a recall was sounded and paper shortly afterwards found near the Shanghai side of the "Turn" and over the wooden bridge and on to Fah Wah, where the hunt was again for some time at fault. After a delay of several nuinutes the line of scarlet was again sighted lo towards **Jessfield," the false line being chosen to the Tidal Greek; leaving that on the right a few of the jumps alongside the Island were taken in, and almost immediately afterwards the riders were also "taken in" by the then swimmable Creek; this exercise may be refreshing to the tired ponies, but is not to the riders. The "Little round" was given next and then came the final half mile to a dry cut at the back of Alpha Farm," and that was about the worst part of the run perhaps. as the natives in the wonderfully short space of time after the rain of Friday had turned up a quantity of the ground, making the furrows well defined and' the surface delightfully soft, but not easy to gallop over for a lot of tired ponies.
Mr. Meyerink to all appearance had the race all his own way, but was misled by the innumerable flags " strewed about, and went the wrong side of the graves, as did several others; Mr. Renny rarely errs and for the second time this season was the winmer on Fitelah: Dr. Ward Hall second on Pilgrim, Mr. Hart Buck on Juno third, Mr. Shaw (heavy weight) fourth, followed by Messrs. Perrott, Walker, Arbuthnot, The turn-out of riders was a respectable one—thirty-five including a visitor toShanghai, who decidedly grasped the subject, being constantly amongst the leaders; but at the finish pace tells terribly and ponies only moderately endowed in this respect are out of it.
Mr. Cushny was the Fox, aided by the Master; the paper it is presumed was pitched out by the boys, and badly done too, especially towards the finish, where thoro ought never to be any difficulty.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.