Inter-Section Ride: The "Admiral" a Successful Leader in the Saddle 5
One of the most popular of the end-of-the-season military croascountry competitions, the Light Horse Inter-Section Ride, with the Nugent Challenge Cup as the winner's reward, was run off on Sunday. Tt was a great success in every wa} but one. For some curious reason as yet undiscovered almost every section on this occasion. showed undue excitement and accordingly rode as for a Hunt Handicap, straggling in as individuals, whereas the great idea is to ride as sections. Practically the only one to finish in proper order was Lieut, Trenchard Davis's, but it was understood that they missed some of the day's geography.
The full entry of ten sections started, the handicaps ranging, according to experience and weight, from scratch up to 23 min, start. 'The previous evening the market was all excitement over the presumed certainty of a win for Cpl. Lyon, Tprs. Johns, J. K. Brand and D, Brand, who had to be counted truly' formidable, for, even though starting from scratch, they averaged only 145 1b, each and carried between them a' wealth of cross-country experience. However, Cpl. Baker (leading Tprs. Greig, Cumming and Tricker, "at average weight of 155 Ib. and with min, start), copying the example of the greatest sailor of the day, afforded another proof that heaving decks are good training the hunting field, and his section wan fairly comfortably from Cpl, Lyon's favourites. The time was 20 min, Casualties were few and not a man was left in the country, The course was Warren Line, where Christmas Hunt started, Suez, right-handed taking three jumps to Jump by the Reeds, left-handed to Drop and Crawl, right-handed teking two jumps to Westward Ho Platform, bridge by Family Tree Platform, round "Clear Water, Dallas' Grave, usual course to Hungjao Rond at the Octopus Tree, Marah, any route to Westward Ho Platform. Suez, Warren Line. (About five mil Following the ride the Squadron accepted the hospitality of Capt. Spence and the cup was presented by Mrs. Spence,
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