Spills yesterday were few and far between and the only rider who had to walk home was one who rode a chestnut pony that came in riderless and bridleless.
It is the rule that riders must follow paper and when riders miss a laid jump they must go back and take it. It was reported that several riders in last week's hunt missed the whole Monument Line and trotted down Monument Road. The Master is determined to put a stop to this and Stewards riding in a hunt have instructions to give the necessary dir-actions to anyone taking a short cut or missing any jumps laid.
Chester Fritz, a newly elected Steward of the Club, had every opportunity of winning the hunt when he led the field at "Zig Zag" only half a mile from home on his famous hunter Tempest, but he tired quickly a short distance from the flags to let the seven or eight riders pass him among whom were the six that finish on the Card.
The card read as follows:
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.