HUNTING.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9444, 16 June 1896, Page 3

HUNTING.

■Ci The second Oxford meet of the Bracken* field Hounds took pl*ce at Mr Dudy's farm at View Hill. The field were, generously' entertained by Mr and Mrs Dudy, and a capital day's sport was indulged in—three good runs and one kill. The mounts with ' few exceptions were the same as'the ' previous Wednesday. - The riding was remarkably good, and fence repairs will be ' a very small item to the .Club this year.' Such a long spell of fine weather.- has seldom been experienced by follower* 6t the Christchurch Hounds as hue been'the case eiuce the oeaeon opened.' There was,a> good master at the Bush Inn on Saturday. The' Master trotted' > the drag hounds to. •, Sockburn railway station, and throwing off - in the broom hard by, a line, was" taken through the paddocks of Mr Beay, behind Messrs Sherwin'fl, Stratford, Chokebdre, and Middle Park, and , through * Messrs Baines', J. Lowe's, and Higgott's, where (he first run terminated.' The second-one ..-'- - was longer, starting from,the Bush Inn, through Messrs Goodwin's," T." Lowe's, .the Mercautile paddocks, Bowman's, and but on to the 'Went Coast road from Middle Park, then .trough' the. pro. perlies of Mr Willis, M;b* .M.oCon- r;' nell, Professor . Haslaoi, , finishing up at ■. ~ the church. During the runs there were a ', \ few empty saddles, Mr R. Allen in the,/ first. Mr 0. Turrell and Mr Bsed when \ V half-way through • the- second;- 'and- T. Stewart aud G. Murr-y-Aynsi'»y respeclively at the first and second of the doubles ; at Mr Haslam's, just at the finish (pf; the/ run, two ploughed fields taking a good, deal out of the horses. Twenty huntsmen finished in the first run and sirteen in the last, aod some of the fences were trying , ones. It was a treat to see old Blackbird carrying the master, Mr A. Lycn, so well, Messrs MoClure on Booneen, D. Kimball OB Nanakia, T. Stewart on Pastime, Archer on a bay, Matthias on a chestnut, Reed on Eliesmere, R. Allen on Disturbance, Cotterill on Donnybrook,pAlairet,on aohe»fcnut,Cooney f Thomas, Clarkson on a black cob, BaHejr, Lucelles, J. D. Hall, Dr. Palmer, Neave, -' Newton, P. 1 CimpbeH on Wildfire, W; B. Cowlishaw oh'< Walrus in the.first ran. ' B> . ■ - Turrell on Grampus,'-?. Ford on Major, W. , B. Clarkson, and R. J. Mason, H. Piper, c Mrs Locgden on Ruby and Miss Heforaore. . were riding, and on wheels Misses 80-tld*. ' Cotterill, and Nedwill '(2). , f - , Beeves, Mesdame* P. CampbeH, J. D. H»ll , ■■ . and others were out.' ,_ ."