The Archive · 1908

The Paper Hunt

Satorday's Hunt started about 1 mas responsible for the hunt, which was a rey good one, although very fast atter the stop at Brooklyn Bridge.

There was a fairly large field, tot as there was s good deal of grid one way or the other, a great uany did not finish. From' the start the paper went the usual way to the Brooklyn Bridge, over the Sicawei Creek, There was not much jumping the big water jumps there used to be in this part of the country are now scram-Yes. After crossing Brooklyn Bridge the riders went over two creeks; and then they had to stop in accordance With the instructions given oat at the star This stoppage, was to allow all-the riders to come together after croming the Sicaw 0 that the bunt be reali begun at this point. This French-side country is well known to " few and Dr. Pratt on Edmonton cut out the running all the way. From the Brooklyn Bridge the course lay towards the Arsenal Creek—good galloping country, but very little jumping. Before reaching this Creek, however, the per went right-handed round the tod of a big lagoon, and the hunt was tow going back to the Sicawei Creek. A left-handed turn was made close to the creek, and at this point there was a very slight check, but the paper was quickly picked up by those who were with Dr. Pratt and this lot got clean aay from the rest of the hunt. Now Joys little money spent on them came a line of jumps called "Jim's

those in charge of the cross country ding fund would turn a line of small traps into a really first class line. At the bottom of the line the paper went to the left round the Creek, close tothe old Chinese house, which is one of the checks of the stag-hounds when they go into this country. From this point to the finish there was not much jumping, but © good many scrambles followed. After doing all the work and leading the hunt Dr. Pratt was beaten in the ran home and had to be gutta with second place. "No heavy weight was placed, ax the pace was too {ust to enable any of them to keep up.

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