which we do not quote because we fear the writers did not sufficiently consider the probably effects of foreign interference in China, a very wide and deep question.
There isa let of subscriptions received in "1897, and a very meagre list it is, and the Report closes with the summary of the accounts, showing total receipts for the yenr $17,675.73, and total disbursements $16,387.05, the year closing with a balance in hand' of $6,409.35. We trust there will be a good muster of all who would see China progress at to-morrow's avaual meeting of the Society. crossed the road and made our way by the Jessfield lines for the well-known Red Joss house in the corner on the bank of the Fahwah creek, then the foxes shaped their course for the Fahwah line which was negotiated, and from the road the usual run was taken to the Tidal creek. This jamp at the finish of any hunt, and especially -the first one is, to say the least of it, "trying" for one reason that the approach is down hill and another that the jump is decidedly big. and also one that can be "waded." Ponies, especially when they are all out, do nor like it and to negotiate it successfully a rider should take a slight pull at his mount and steady him for his last great effort in the hope that he will land hind legs well on the other bank and so find it easier to ascend the opposite side and get between the flags.
The finish was a grand one. Before the one wide river was reached—the final jump—one did not hear the usual shouts bravo so-and-so. That could not be said, fora fearful struggle was being fought out inch by inch to the bitter end. It does a sportsman's heart ood to see such a finish as Saturday's. Mr. Renny won, all honour to him. He has been the hero of a hundred hunts and he has my heartiest congratulations. To the second on the card, Mr. Benecke, who made such 8 grand fight for the coveted position I take off my hat and wish him all success in the future. Mr. Courts, who won the heavy-weight prize, again showed what a marvellous little pony Lorclander is, The following is the official result of the
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