(Condensid from Sport aid Gossip.)
Hongkew and, high-tide,: to the man on -the.-sidewalk, does ".not..mean very much, but to 2 member of the S.P.H.C. the -words mean: " Whathave I in the stable that is clever over rut and furrow and can jump lit to ten feet of water?" The question takes obit of: answering and unless fickle fortune has been specially' kind it takes a long purse to provide the article. The stanton Saturday.was fromthe second bridge on the old railway, the course then leading into the country, santil near. 's jump, then..to the right' over some. nice jumps. towards the third bridge on the railway in the direction of Kiangwan, after this-to the right on the high land towards the Waterworks.
he following: was. the result of the Me. Midwood's win wasa most popular one, not only-amongst onlookers but with those who took part in the hunt, for.in the. most sportsmanlike manner be assisted a friend who had been thrown to recapture his pony and-saw him: mounted before he continued his journey. "Actions such as these are none too common in' nen hunting field. Alter the run. 8—right. royal welcome was.-received. from. and Mrs. A. P.. Wood of the works to all those connected with the S.P.H.C., to adjourn to their residence hard by, where creature comforts were at once attended to. Natur-such a meeting could not pes without was. equal. to. the occasion. Some-words" et og and Mfr, Midwood what further up: the Rialto Mr. Duncan Glass. entertained a crowd of S.P.H.C. members and their friends and on the way home the general opinion seemed to be that though the rutland furrow. was bad, the. tide: igh, and the jumps big, Hongkew was All Right.
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