Harris Wins Open Outright on Last Year's Challenge Cup Winner Riding the winner of last year's Shanghai Paper Hunt Club Challenge Cup, R. Harris on Saturday won the first hunt of the season on The Silver Pheasant. It was an open hunt, well attended, and the winner Put up a tine performance, is in the heavyweight class. Mrs. Sack Liddell on Grand Slam was second, lenge Cup winner, Start—corner of Warren Road and? Mungluo Head at 330 p.m, up to the leaders on his good pony Mischief, but he had) made his effort too late.
Crossing Macleod Road paper led jover. Westward Ho platform, and Sharp right over one. jump and along the highland to the new plat form made last year for the Christ mas hunt. By this Ume Harris had taken the lead, and led over Pons Asinorum, swinging left for Warren Platform. The leaders all took Pons, but a few of the second batch galloped straight past. It was here that Hayes, on his new purchase, X Ray had' to turn back, id" by" the Master, the possible counter attraction of Despite dust, hard going and
Kiangwan races a huge field running well into three figures turned up to contest the first hunt held yesterday at half past three in the afternoon, when J. H. Liddell, the steward in charge of the hunt, gave the word to go, Everyone was surprised to find how well the country rode, except for odd patches it' was really.quite good, and the much feared dust did not lead as many to disaster as had been expected.
Starting at Double Artery Creek, paper, led to the platform near idge of Sighs, and although this is really nothing of a jump, com: ing so early in the hunt it held up acute a big proportion of a some-What faint hearted tail end to the field, Paper led on through The Wilderness to Craddock's Crash, and on to Sa Ka Dong. Unfor= tunately some over enthusiastic thrusters had overrun the scent, with.the result' that most of the field "missed Craddock's Crash, Which is a_well known trap to the unwary. Green paper had been Inid at the bridge beside Siccawei, Greek, near Hungjao Village, and 'a long wait was made here, giving Ponies and riders who had followed the correct course an opportunity to get their winds back.
Some Hard Riding, During the wait one of the hunt als was seen wending his way Through the field sitting the sheep from the goats, as it were, and requesting odd riders who had come out in soft hats, or no hats at all, {0 provide themselves with proper Ranting hats before next Satu day's hunt, There" were several Bombers of Hunt "Cla "who explo riding about who wore no
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Those spectators -who habitually enjoy watching hunts, it might be as well to mention here that the Paper Hunt Club have opened a special, "eross, country fund," the proceeds of which will be devoted Yo. the repairing of jump: other work in the count donations, however small, welcomed:
"After the check, the well known sun down 'Christmas, Line to Forth jaw some hard riding, and the who "eventually filled' the ca gradually worked their way into ood positions about, here, Amongst those T noticed "going well were Mars. Liddell, who had been well placed throughout, Dick and John Harris, Hayes, Eric Moller, KIN. and C0. Cumming, Mrs. Siemsset Yvonne Pollock (fully enjoying her first hunt) and- Middleton Smith, besides number of other thrusters, notably Captain Yang, who was right in the first flight as Macleod Road Bridge, where Pony hogan to tire and he fell back After crossing Hungjao Road paper led round the small creek And. over Skinners Splash, where Browne, who had been going well had an' argument with "his pon Looking back through the dust, plenty of empty saddles could be Seen, and as the field began to thin out,' and the distances began to Tengtiien between the leaders, it seemed that one of leaders over Hongjao Road must win, and. thrusters receive their due reward, despite dost and hard going. This and though he finished really well Ups he had. lost the ood position he'd eld ill thone 'The leaders had now put a fair sized" gap between themselves and the rest of the field, and lead! over Warren Platform, Harris, on 'The Silver Pheasant," had Tittle difficulty in holding' on to his lead to. win both light and heavyweight Pyle ws a remarkably fine show for me
a heavyweight to win an open hunt outright on class pony, specially "remembering "that Second place there was such a.com: bination as Mrs. Liddell and Grand Slam, Culbertson, third, was not far behind and he nas followed again by Hughes on another well known pony in Nidé. Another "Y," Dandy-Tight, was fifth, and Mrs. 'Siemssen was sixth on' that gallant old veteran, Sunrise Dahlia,
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