The Archive · 1927

THE THIRD LADIES' PAPER HUNT

'The Ladies' Paper Hunt Club held its third hunt of the season on Sunday, January 80. There was a good tim-out, numbering about 30 fall The hont wae. laid by Mi, nature. A riderless pony was seen every once in a while galloping! Ulithely on with the hunt, but was} sooner or later returned to his rider. Miss Marsh had a bad fall and received a nasty out on her face so that she presented a most alarming! appearance when she came in at] "the finish. Miss Cohen's pony barged into a bamboo water wheel]

Rodger, the winner of the previous|Sbelier, causing, lis, rider some hunt, and Mra.

Ellig, the side-Fowler had a tumble] saddle winner, assisted by Mr. in a sprained wrist. Drakeford, nest on the ard with) is Meet on Hystrung 'The start was from the south! AlcGlosuey 'n clone' accom.

The side of the Hungjao Road over) jolter's pony caught his foot just jumps to the Artery Creek platfrori and then a check toward Sakacong, was somewhere in this section that Miss Perrin came to grief and her pony deserted her. However, he was eventually retrieved by out! the gentlemen from the cortege following, and restored to his Paper went between Sakadong and the Cross Jump and then on to Forth, There were @ few refusals here but eventually "all were over and proceedsd on towards the! Rubicon Creek. This was forded and from thence the trail Ied over tae jumps in Miss Johnstone's Line, on {0 Old Crow Bridge and then a cheek laid toward Monument Line. However, the jumps in the Monument Line were not laid, but inetznd No, 6 Tree Line was next taken, The Rubicon Creek war ersaced again, this time at Br. Wade near Clearwater, the joing good, with considerable dust in pots. The Indies lost paper sovesrl times and had a hunt for it, and, although there was considerable:

ow route, nothing of a serious tle on the last jump—otherwise it would probably have resulted a dead heat. To those who saw] ills McCloskey ride in to the finish minus her bowler, it might be interesting to know that she eventually recovered it from a Chinese at the same rate prevailing for recovering!

Tost pony. Mrs. Stangland [Carrot was third on the card, Phillips on Little Pet fourth and Ast side-saddle winner. Miss MeBaia jon the Rabbit was fifth and Fitzgerald sixth.

Dallas Grave, which is a very large jump this year, proved rather formidable to some of the ponies is Graham and Miss Peppercorn leach performed a somersault for the benefit of the bystanders. The latter's pony came down' on his forelegs and Miss Graham had accident to her reins and martingale whicl prevented _her pony freedom in jumping. There were a few refusals and a. number of the ponies seemed to catch their thind feet on the jump.

This is the last official hunt. of] the season and whether the ladies will be able to have any extras! remains to be seen.

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