The Thirteenth [unt Alternations of hope and despair had been agitating the Pack for the whole week as to whether any hunting event could be held on' Saturday, and the Clerk of the Weather took good care to leave the matter in doubt till the last moment. The final decision of the Stewards was that the Annual Handicap would have to be postponed, but a Hunt was held instead, at which riders rejoiced greatly. It was of course obvious that the going would be heavy but the drying wind which followed the gale on Friday night, together with the bright sunshine of Saturday morning, had © done much to improve matters, with the result that the hunt proved quite an enjoyable outing.
The trail was laid by Mr. C. Blix, the heavyweight winner of last week's event, assisted by Mr. E. S. Benbow Rowe, and began at Marah, off the Hungjao Road, just beyond Municipal Gardens. The meet was at 3 p.m. and a large number of riders turned out in pink, giving the proceedings the usual picturesque touch characteristic of hunt meetings. Owing to the recent rains, the paper lay very distinctly on the dark coloured earth and the going was not nearly so heavy as was expected. From Marah the trail proceeded to the Slough of Despond and then swung left-handed towards the Family Tree creek which was passed by the well known Wad Riders then swung to the left over the Hungjao Road, beyond Octopus Tree, and after traversing a small section of the Hungjao country, waded Rubicon Creek and found themselves on Miss Johnstone's Line. Now' came shivery expectation on the part of some that the great big water jump on the Johnstone Flats was to come next, till it was realized with relief that the trail lay well to the left over the high ground, leaving the still waters of this formidable jump untouched. The rather big dry cut in the middle of the line however claimed a couple of casualties, and several riders carried well up the line beyond the point at which the hunt usually leaves it and bought the inevitable grip at the top.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.