The Archive · 1935

Heavy, Very Heavy

"That's Wiltshire," said someone, pointing to a spotted pony careering gown the Bund ina broker's trap. That was years ago, and ever since then Ihave heard: wonderful. stories of the famous "Tarzan" country, and the performance of the great Wiltshire, who won the last hunt thers prior to young Erie Moller's win on Saturday.

We were wrong on Friday night] when we told ourselves that it would be "good going to-morrow." and laughed at Tom Drakeford. when said it would be heavy, very neavy, for heavy it was, so" much. so that there was perhaps some justification for a loi of the nasty things we said during the hunt, but Ye Gods we had hunt, and we got a new pinke coat and a qualification for the Challenge Cup. What was better still was the introduction, for most of us, to this great jumping country with untold possibilities in the future of hunting Yesterday we cursed at the small jumps, and slid into the bigger ones, but what a country, and what a huni it would have been on a dry day!

Well, off the foxes went, Tom Drakeford with most of the knowledge, Arnold with the remainder, and Encaracao with the good Jumper 3 take the jumps. However, Arnold was ce busy catching -Enearnacao pony after most of the jumps. that {the old man of the Seas had to do a good deal more of the donkey work than he really intended, and throwing his heart over a number. of pretty stiff ones, he followed, himself, a best he could, and from all. report his little griffin acquitted himself mirably, so much 30 that his rider reliably' reported to have withdrawa his remark that he ought to be class

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