DUNEDIN HOUNDS.

Evening Star, Issue 8548, 22 June 1891, Page 2

DUNEDIN HOUNDS.

The meet of these hounds took place at “The Cliffs,” the residence of Mr E. B. Cargill. The weather was all that could be desired, and the show made by the hounds and the staff as they awaited on the lawn the advent of the somewhat late arriving field, wan much admired, and secured the notice of all the spectators. The fixture was evidently a popular one, judging from the array of carriages and horsemen who thronged the road and gained the hill top, all eager for the best place of vantage. I noticed that few of the well-known faces one meets on these occasions were absent, and it must be very gratifying to the management of the hunt to find their efforts for forwarding out-door amusement during the winter so ■ much appreciated. The throw-off was iu an enclosure at the rear of the stables, with a well-bound gorse-and-rail for a first effort. The field that followed the huntsman over the first fence was not large, though, judging from effect?, the right sort. I was sorry to see several well-known sports conspicuous by their absence. The hounds led the chase at a strong pace over the brow, down the bush gully, and up to a real stiff fonr-railer, quickly succeeded by a lacawijred fence of no mean proportion. From this point the St. Clair Park gave a stretch of galloping ground, which allowed some of those* who had to ask twice for the big fence time topnll themselves together; then away to the south, over into the stubble land with a cheek at the double, affording much needed breathing time; then across the road right into the midst of the carriages along a fine sweep of Mrs Mac!aren’s farm, over two gorse fences, to the kill on the Seaview property. Among those following and going very well I noticed Messrs Jowitt, M'Kenzie, Bntterworth, Wright, Dr Gloss and a few others whose names I don’t know, I cannot conclude without noticing the faultless performance of the huntsman and whip’s mount j—for both Pioneer and Trimolite, I think, oould live in any country. Onlooker.