The start was near the railway crossing on the Minghong Road, about half-a-mile beyond the tollgate, The first big jump, the Baffle Greek Water Jump, was soon encountered and caused quite a lot of refusals and spills.
Clouds of dust soon enveloped the leaders, and the rest went as warily gs they could, to windward, in q straggling line. There were a good many falls, and a few loose ponies from time to time, but no serious casualties, 'The course lay by way of the Gonerete Bridge but avoided the notorious Crawford's Curse, that being rather dangerously beset ith mulberry, trees 'Over Tiefenbacher's Water Jump, or Cox's Bath, and the Coffin Jump, over Crescent' Creek, across the Minghong Road where green paper called a halt to allow the hunt to pass along a narrow path round Jagoon, From here past the chet Lagoon a cheek was taken beyond the Cocktails, Paper was found through the wade at the village near the Flower Pot tree, past Burnham Beeches and on to the Minghong Road again, Crossing the Otter Creek Bridge the hunt swung left-handed into the Country and over the railway towards Damnation Wade, Brown paper was found however, through the Mulberry Wade nearby, and the excited leaders carried on' towards the Three Witchos and the Frigate, Paper lay hard to the right past the Ancient Oak, and a very fast run home down Orcas Creek and through Eureka Passage was led by Mr. Hughes, hotly pursued by the Master and Mr. Sparke.
As the figs came insight round the corner, however, Mr. Quincey Jet out his pony, which "had been pulling like a" train, and by a Tength or two, won the hunt over the Zigzas Jump.
Mr, Sparke who has never failed to win a hunt every xcason he has ridden for more than twenty years, won the Heavy Weight Cup.
Mr, Quincey, whose grandfather was the trusted friend! of the great General Gordon was very warm congratulated on winning his "pit."
He' is, we believe, the third among Chinese riders' to win the The card read as follows:—
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