Saturday's Meet, The rainy weather in the earlier part of the week gave rise to anticipation of very wet country on Saturday, which happily were not fulfilled as, except for the heavy ploughs, the going could have been better. The paper was laid by Messrs. E. 8. B. Rowe and 'M. Demets, winners of the previous events, and they laid an excellent hunt over @ course which began in the Hungjao district, traversed a lot of the Pagoda country and finished up in the Home country. A great number of riders assembled at the meet at 3 p.m. at the first bridge on the Hungjao Road, and not a@ few sported the pink coat which is the right and privilege of those who are winners. Promptly at 3 p.m. the Master gave the word and the hunt went away with a cheery yell, making straight for the old run to Hungjao. They lost Paper at on check so near the start was quite out of the reckoning, and in sight of the friends and spectators assembled to see them off ti. came galloping back and soon found that the foxes had doubled down Perrott's line the reverse of the usual way. At the bottom of this line of jumps, the trail led off south over jump and wade and over a long stretch of flats to Brooklyn Bridge.
The hunt was now in the district where the last two hunts have been held, and entering on the Via Media, took the Mulberry jump and Arsenal Creek platform to the Serpentine, a fine water jump. Riders now made for Jim's Joys and leaping the long succession of little j that so pleased old "Jim,"
"Chasm" jump on the right and speeding west and ever west, over jump that looked like the roof of house until it was found to be not 80, at length arrived at the township of Hungj In Hungjao is s lofty wooden bridge which all crossed to get back into the Home country, and the number being large and the bridge dificult, crossing took some fifteen Paper now led through Bole Tree Creek and north the village of Kookum by Corinth to the ever-formidable Firth of Forth, where one unfortunate soul was compelled to linger. The bunt went on hot and strong and leaped the creek at Middling Tree where the water is full and wide and where two rider enjoyed immersion, each blaming the other for his misfortune. obstacle is indeed @ very fine water jump and obviates the platform at Middling Tree. The hunt proceeded past the Broken Monument to Marah, another redoubtable which was soon full of _men ponies, and then the Slough of Despond, Panama, and Pons Asinorum, the latter, however, possessing to-day but few of the terrors of days gone by. From here all sped down Schulz' Line, seven fine big jumps, and then over W: ren Road and Here and The: Kraw and the water jumps by the North West Passage, Drummond's Water, the Plum Tree and the One Wide River to the finish at the big dry cut on the Old Handicap Creek. Endeavouring to get home by the shor the first batch of rid and were disqualified, and Mr. R. Lemarchand on Minstrel, followed the correct route was awarded the hunt. Mr. Lemarchand being a heavy weight, no additional prize for this class was awarded. The card reads as follows:—
1—Mr. W. R. Lemarchand on Minstrel.
George Dallas on Sir Enger.
3—Mr. A. W. Burkill on Secretary Bird.
4—Mr. W. B. 0, Middleton Pioneer.
S—Mr. A. E. Lockyer on Ripon.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.