CHRISTCUORCH HUNT CLUB.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12499, 9 May 1906, Page 2

CHRISTCUORCH HUNT CLUB.

OPrNIXG JkffiET.

The opening meet of the Christchurcft •■ Hounds was held yesterday at Rolketon. ; Twelve noon was tho appoint-ed hour, ! and about ten minutes beforehand Selby '_ arrived in charge of fourteen eouplo* : of hounds, Tvhoee condition did him the greatest credit. After light jefrwSt- '. menta had boon partaken. oT at tno Rolketon Hotel, and the toast of "A Sue- < cos>lrnl Season-' duly honoured, the I Master, Mr It. Acton-Adams, decided : to throw off in Mr Muirson's property, : ■■which lite about two miles from_ the; township. Chi the word be-ins given ! hoiinc'iri were jogged up the road. A | start being made hounds spread out well and work ad hard to find. It -was . mi mo time, however, before they met ■ with Riieeifta, no le-fi tlian four padclocks being "clrnwn blank. But some | ycun.2; oat.s proved tenanted. an:l got-; tins up right in the middle of the pack. ; p:7ss narrowly be,ing- chopped. I Takinc a line from Mr Grigg's property, | pu-s lock tho field over a road dour.k\ ' hut .sent heirs very cheeky houn.Ls J more than oi:ee. an<l in cr-.t— ins j tiie. iK'Xt two paddock** they hiiiiiod : slowly. At the n?xt oxmw.re pu.-i> j M|UHtted. but on being put up by I?ait- j tbm fihe mad:- back over tho road arrcss; Mr MuiiM.-Ufv and up to the iSprinsfiela j railway line. 'Hits she crowed, and , found "cover in a hluesmn plantation. B'ii:> was not allowed to rest lorn., hvr - ever, before lia-k;wv.iy biic-tled r.rr out. and (she then ran ri view back over the lias. Turin::-,; leit-hamied she made for a plantation nt the back of Mr Johnston** , * hoiiK , . i in which she was pulled down after a really "ood hunting run, wivch had lasted lor fully an hour. Tho season may tliu.s Iμ- said to have connneiuxMi in a i.m*t auspU.M<"Uf' ir.aimer, and tiv it is no doubt that fo'Iowon? ">' <hw? boiru's may look forward to ♦γ-ino sjio'rt. Shitv last pen-son the iio-so hue grown up considerably in tiie Roik'vton district, and the country hae thereby boon much improved. * Conspicuous amongst the utraig .t "oem were tho Mr.c>fer on Wild B II Sir J. 0. Tiond, cx-Martor, on Darko, the Huntsman on Tops, Mr G. Westonr.i on Fitzroy, and Mr Mutrson on a bay. Whilst going to the moot a nare pot up on the road, and after whipping h;i:idn off, F. Dekunore, who wan riding Spiteful, cot a nai-ty fall, jumping a <rorse fence with a wire on tho Fake-off fide. Though not seriously injured, lie got a sufficiently severe shaking to prevent him from fulfilling his duties during the afternoon. Tho hounds meet on Saturday at Yaklhurst at 2.30 p.m., and on Tuesday at Glenmore. ,