To the Editor of the "Nosts-Cuma Dany News."
S1r,—Your readers have lately read of an extraordinary yelting incident occurring in Shanghai and to-day in the "N,-C, Daily News" of the 13th instant, we read of another marvellous tale, this time from the water. Now, Sir, if you have space in your valuable paper perhaps the following Hunting Fact" may interest some of your meny sportsmen readers.
Tt occurred a few seasons ago in the Blackmore Vale country. Hounds were running hard, and a certain well-known hard-riding Sporting parson in galloping through a muddy gap came to dire grief by his horse crossing his legs. He was picked up insensible and taken to the nearest farm house, where he ''came to" and at once discovered that he had lost a valuable gold watch. Search was immediately made for the watch, but as the whole field had followed his lead through the gap, recovering from the deep mud proved an impossi-Next season a fox, as is often the case, took the self-same line and once again our well placed friend squirted through the gap, and this time in safety, but unfortunatel no sooner was he in the next field than his horse went dead lame, he jumped off to see what was wrong—lifted up the lame foot and lo, and behold there, firmly embedded inside his horse's shoe, was the long-lost watch.
Tam, ete., 18th Apri
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