PAKURANGA HUNT CLUB.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 184, 4 August 1913, Page 7

PAKURANGA HUNT CLUB.

A DAY AT lUSTTAiIAKI. On Saturday last th(? Pnkurans-' Hr.nt (Tint) mfi at il!e Kast Vamaki Utiad Board's office. an/J at i Ue inviiation or ihi- <;inb abont twe.iHy visitors from Mutaman St"rrir.svlllc jr.iniil in the day's Uunting. The visitors moMly broitßht their osrn norspy. aji.l iaSen all round tbey vtvre j loag way above itn- averai? , , and it would hnvc heeu hanl li> pl<-k twenty hors.es oui of the PakTiranza Unlit Clnh In iKliia! ibrm. Tb.- visitors were nufortnnaie in so tnncJi a? It was a very wot day and the gnim: «rus bravy and fllrfippry. a.i>,l tlic s-Lyle of i-oiintrj lo I* negotiated si Kait Tamaki is altogether different to tli.ii at Matiunain, but taken ail round th* , visitors Quitr at hotue at the dlfffveni style of Ceoix , ?. Tne enuntry was very stiff, and several new saplings ba<l been erected sinrc rbe fannt wap )uf t in the tliM.rict. one fenre in. partic'nlar sioppinc about 140 followers out of, a fi.-lrt of alvout 155. This fpn<-e was on a slope, both np to tin- fence an.l on the >i<le of rbe bill, with a Sit drain about fcft in front of It. Slid a :tft ilit.lj on the landing .-.ide. Ii wns one of the. mo«t iri<~ky fences ptrc met wiih in the hn.ii(n.=r lielii. and of the 13 followers who gvi over Fij; of them actually fell over, wliile ihe rest, thouph all bad several tries, failed :o n.poiijjtr tlie oosracJe. Ar-in tbc c l!s ioin wht>D a Mi/T fencf has to be not over, the roll was called, and only one lady, Miss <"ii>rrie. and 14 .iFnUcmco--Uessrs. A. gplby rhnutjiTiia nt. Buehajian. Howie (Mataniata)", Boscawen. Condwin (Matamata). (Jlllles (Chrisrchtirch>. Qnartley, J. fioodwm (Matamata), Ooi-feerton, Baker. CorrifMn CMorrinsville). Millar (Maramata). Gsnley and Neal— were aiile to answer, and they went on and left the others standins. Tberp w<-ro several otber very stifT ones which further reUiiccd Uie rti-iil. and .-.pills wej-e. very plendfiil, one Rentletnan pertltis three before be had enouch. altlioaph no one was hart.'

Hounds moved off to Mr. Thompson's property .it noon and hnnted i nhih> nefore ii hare w:;.v oil foot, wbich was rliiprvd be forv ll rnuld pel away. Cornc on to Mr. Thorhurn s. nnother bare was pni iri». which went straight throngh Thompson's, over some wire fpncpg nnd across rhe m.-id intn Ross - , donbled back, and tnm-ed rl;rW-I«iKted into Ross' towards the V.oy;' Tamnki church From there pass came hack fhronjrh Rawson's over the. double fpnee, across the road to Thorrhnrn's. The «em ms very bri.i. hv.l mc boimris stnek to rb<-vr tnsK. The hare ran ln»> Thorbiirn's and cm over | n e dividing fence Inro White's, donhled hack Thorlram's. over :wo Eorse hedfret whi<-b brnn-eht three follower!* to pr!.«f the r,.«d into Preston's. H«re ITie h'oniids were .-niled off by tbe hnnJ.s-rnan. Hounds were then taken back thrnnsh Rise's into rnorburn 3 and on to Ijrishlan's fnrra. where they znt <;oinc an<l rrnnai! rrrv slow ly over mro wire fencc-s. Lbrohirh -Bcr-les'. ■where the harp got away, the scent Iwiii" too cold. Fresh ennntry was nejit tri-d~ somg ;hrou ? h r. p,fnard- s Tarm and on tn Pwaffleld's. wlmtp a bare was foimfl. rn5R ran np out. of tbe swamp and alons; over two more fences, and made straight up the bjll, wtih ttw hoonds going stronplv. OnW l> of (lie field were able to follow over th« next fence, and went on Tor some tlm- without much result, iho wind beins; trn. cold on thp top of th<- hill for -ood huatiaTTie houn<SS were again broilghi ilow-n to flic flat on Mrs Tom (iSHart-'s property over a rerj" irtl gato. ami tiw pwainp tra-wn. :cnd n stronj: bare was pnt np provided Che best rim of t.ned-ay and peThaj<fi of rbe season. l>nsv ratt over on to Knoflerfire'ii. a-nri on n> A. afjiurcrs, where another very Iris re.™-* srkm e •jf I he The bonnds xlmplv raced away, and wore fernr or five pntidwlwm from I of i he followers, n-ho were hy noiv very inwi etniiK ont. Puss -»!!..,) siraicht for Murphy's bush, over Tbm <?tns,rd's affain, a-nd into Murpihy - s. wfiere t3ie.rc were too mOTry tares, and the honnds were called off.

In the GvKriTVR the clnb en t«-talnea Ste visitors to a smoke concert in the Strand Cafe. There wne a very fiirge sttmdance, and a very pmgraiwme and toast list was pmie ImrfaiK tSe prening iinreHa] ftßins were renHcrM hy Messrs Onwther. RWiartfson. Ben. M-rej-s, OTiers»on. n«i«ipr. Bloorl. Wynn Gr-a-r " and F.olioni.