The first hunt of the season took place on Saturday, starting at 3.30 p.m., and quite a large gathering of riders and their friends assembled at the meet at the first bridge on the Hungjao Road. The weather was bright and clear, and with the generous attendance of ladies and numbers of red costs of the hunters in evidence, the proceedings were quite picturesque.
The start was near the platform leading on to Perrott's Line, over which many of the Hunt galloped, this making an interesting check at the very beginning. From here the paper lay due south, over creek, and then turned west in long run, without jumps, as far as the Double Platform over Artery Creek, where a small check took many riders on to the Hungjao Road. But paper continued past the Black Pool into the Wilderness, and then led straight on to Marah—now, as ever, a formidable leap. The Slough of Despond followed and here ensued a check of unusual length, which left the Hunt at
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