The hunt of January 2, which was laid by Mr. E. 8. Benbow Rowe for Mr. ©. C. Boyd, began in the home country on Perrott's Line. This is an excellent line of old cut jumps, which has not been laid during recent years, but they were found in excellent condition and made quite good jumping. The funt was despatched at 3 p.m. by Mr. H. Martin Little, Acting Master, and riders straightway made off on is-ithe well remembered run, Mr. Springfield begem the proceediz by leading a five-foot wall to the terror of the—bystanders who thought he was bent on suicide. Mr Martin Little next gave a performance by leaping z|the old corner jump of Perrotts, which is now rather a ghastly looking place: the rest of the hunt went round the lagoon where the paper. trail lay. On Perrott's Line, after the leaders had passed, the fun became fast and furious, and when Mr. David Brand came to grief and left his pony with its legs waving vainly in the thin air, many riders, recognizing the 8.0.8. signal, stay: ed io make kind inquiries, and, incidentally, to craw] through ' the jump.
Meanwhile Mr, Martin Little led his gallant band around the well known route to Brooklyn Bridge, where, as there was no green paper, they tarried not, but carried on to
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