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To the Editor of the "Nonra-Caixa Dairy News 81n,—Endless and profitless criticism of the so-called "possibility" of some of the jambs laid in last Saturday' hunt prompts me to ask you to devote space in your colamas to the following Without in g called} upon to make an explanation, I nevertheless state what follows in order to set at rest the question of the fairness cof the obstacles over which the paper was laid.
A moderate amount of criticism is the
pl&asure of 89 many, bat when that 1 criticized involves the criticism is prompted wainly by disappointment caused by the inability or neglect of the party criticizing to accomplish what he knows he really should and what others, probably not well mounted, have done, then it assumes mach of the oatare of complaint and accordingly becomes " somewhat negligible quantity.
Referring to the account given of the previous Saturday's hont in your issue of the 4th instant, I notice your contributor remarks that "So much has been done in the home country to make the bunts easy and fast, that the younger generation of paper-hanters are spoiled,"
while in his account of the bunt under discussion given in your issue of the 9th instant, in which hoot an attempt was made to retarn to the old order of things, when the man of medium weight on a Lepper could beat the feather-weight on an ex-race-pony, he bitterly complains that "There were two so-called jambs in the bunt that should never have been laid, in fact the "chasm" by the Hongjso Creek has already been ded an a impossible amp aad not a sid before."
Now, of these two jumps the first was 'a dry-out after ' Here and There," with the knowledge and consent of the "Master who was not competing, while the second "chasm was carefully prepared and, having an excellent ron at it, was no more formidable than the fit.
Ido not know if your contributor went through the hunt himself, bat if he should have been aware of the fact, that there were jampe laid, other than the two "chasms" to which he objects, wore larger than the finishing jamp and wore apparently negotiated in comfort by the hunt, the competitors in which should, therefore, not have experienced difficalty with the last one.
Referring to his remarks to "The foxes on bold jambing ponies.
T may state that both the "foxes were mounted on griffins and all jambs laid werettaken clean, bank to bank.
To sum up the hant, it was laid with the object of giving the man on a temper an equally far show of winning slonent cer a veran four foot grips.
man on a galloper that is in his
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