The Archive · 1926

PAPER HUNTING

The China New Year and Other Hunts Saturday's paper hunting event took place in th Minghong Country beyond Burnham Wood, The hunt was laid by Mr. B.S. Benbowe Rowe assisted by Mr, J. K. Brand. 'As. the route was in country entirely unknown and unmapped, it fs not easy to describe. The start was at Grayrigge's Bridge just Beyond the jumps known as Billy Courts' Line and the Master, Dr N. Davis, assembled the' hunt just beyond the platform. Mr, D. Burdick fe into the first jump. The hunt then swung away to the right and at once split into" two parts. One section led by Mr, H.

Robinson was immediately car-tried on over the Ladies' Hunt laid ast, Sunday. The other and larger section spent some time in trying to effect their recall but eventually carried on without them. The trait Ted them straight down to the Huangpu River and followed its danks for some distance, returning. westward on the line of a wide creek, where several excellent jumps were encountered. After a short halt at a stone bridge, yiders struck the fresh trail left by the first party into entirely new country, where there were many jumps and a few -wades, most of the latter very good, But one of them very bad, until the Inunt found itself quite unexpectedly close to the flags, situated where they had never been before, at the end of a series of little jumps Known as the Cocktails On arrival it was found that the first batch of riders had already passed through the flags where they were promptly disqualified for "not having gone the correct course. Messrs. D. Stewart and B, C. Allan were the light and heavy weight winners respectively.

The eard read as follows:

3, Mr. D. Stewart on Eastern Dragon 2 Mr. J. V, 'Botelho on Orion 3; Mr. J. 11; Teoadale on Micawber Ar W. 0, Johns on' Uattus California, 6; Mr. G. A. Pollock'

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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