DUNEDIN HOUNDS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2201, 7 May 1896, Page 35

DUNEDIN HOUNDS.

Wakari on Saturday afternoon, &t the meeb of the above p*ck, presented quite a gay appearance. Buntiog was flying from Mr Passmore'a house, and the jumps were also flagged off. Messrs Fassmore and Marshall must have gone to considerable koable in laying off the run, and they both like tofifie the bounds having a run over their Und. Although the fences were stiff and numerous, it was undoubtedly the best .run ever laid ont there. The, rain coming down heavily was the occasion of numerous spills, owing to the slippery nature of the ground. The attendance of sight seers and followers wts fully up to the average, comprising Mr M'Keich, on Miok; Mr Reid, Kelly ; Mr M/Meikan, Honesty ; Mr Baird, Dunblane; Mr M'Kay, Young Digby ; Mr O'Connell, Freemason ; Mr S. Gourley, Sancho ; Mr T. Godfrey, Dandy ; Mr Rutherford, Toprail ;Mr h. Hszlett, Dnckenfield ; Mr Boss, Romeo ; Mr Downes, Our Jack ; Mr Swanson, Dunterina ; Misg Forteecue, Koll- Call ; Miss Simpson, Fftnoy. Mr and Mrs Ellis were out with a buggy and pair, as were Mrs H. Gourley , jug,, and party. Mrs Silk, daughter, and friends. ha.d ft vragganette and a pair of bsyfl, and Mr Anderson and party A carriage and pair. The master's mount was Waitangi, the huntsman's (Frank Snaith) Dunraven, J. Bamber'a (whip) Duncombe, the hon. secretary's (Mr F. Laing) Wild Irishman. Th« master does not believe in delay, and a bla»t from, the huntimnn's horn and a whimpering ohjorqs from 10 couplet of hounds annowced- that sport hftd commenced. The iajfcial feneer-a stiff post and rail— was t erased by the huntsman's horse Dunrftten. Mb fii'Soiebi with Mick, came to tUo.Kflcae, ma

cleared it beautifully, five or six behind him surmounting it tn- great style. A red coat was observed to come to grief, and the popular eecretaryw«s seen trying to effect a capture of the riderless Wild Irishman. A district road then had to be crossed, protected on one sido by a stone wall and a sapling gateway on the other. Kelly, Mick, Freemason, and Waitangi were the leaders over this. Then followed half » dozen imall enclosures with fences in variety, Dnokenfield, with Mr L. Hazlott, here made a mistake and slid over, bub no damage wao done except to the fence, dossing another road over some rails the .huntsman, with Dunraven, had regained' his proper place close to the pack, who were going strongly. The last two jumps in the run — post and rails — were the htifiVst of all, but were taken in fine style by Dunraven, Kelly, Wanganui, Mick, Freemason, Dandy, and Dunblane. Duncombs, with the whip, slipped into the last fence, horse and rid«r being shaken a bit. After a spell sufficiently long to enable riders and steeds to recover lost wind and for a pull at flunks, a return run was laid, and, as is often the case, the horses eeemed to take to thoir work much bstter tlun in the first run, moßt oi the field getting through. Mr Swanson, on Danterina, managed to get through both rnns. Nimrod.