The Archive · 1923

The Paper Hunt

A Big Field and Big Jumps A very large field put in an appear. ance at the meet of the Paper Hunt Club on Saturday afternoon. The bunt was laid by Mr. M. 0. Springfield, winner of the previous event, and, beginning at the Long Village, it traversed the best part, of both the Rubicon and Home countries and ended at the further end of Barrier Creek, not far from where it began. The result was that there were many big jump: and the pace was hot, for, the country being well known, hounds dashed off at a great pace and, if some did over-run the trail now and then, there were always others carry on at full pace.

From the start, riders proceeded up the few jumps of Pinkerton's line and then passed over two platforms, till they entered on the route towards the Hunt Memorial, vie Moleskin Wade. Then came the Yellow Joss House line and two more platforms, and riders came back again to the Rubicon Creek and waded it. The most formidable obstacle of the day followed, in Potter's Pride, which held up several riders. The rest passed by Dallas's Grave and Family Tree Wade to the Slough of Despond and through Panama to Pons Platform, and round the end of the Barrier Creek line of jumps Mr. B. D. F. Beith, on Liability, came in first, and Mr. T. G. Drakeford, on Seabird, was the heayyweight winner. The card reads as follows

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

Your account