HUNTING.

Otago Witness, Issue 2258, 10 June 1897, Page 34

HUNTING.

- DUNEDIN HOUNDS. Fine weather, good hunting country, and a bumper attendance were the elements in constituting a most successful meet on Saturday at Seaview. The ran was mostly all over new gfonnd, 'good level going, and the fences were not of formidable height. A noticeable incident was the number of new horses schooling and qualifying with the view of picking up some of the plums at the forthcoming Hunt meetiDg. The run was over the properties of Me«sr« Macgregor, Sidey, and Sprotfc, and Mesdames Faterson and Sinclair, and to these ladies and gentlemen the hunt are under a debt of gratitude. Amongst those present were Mr Orbell on Nancy Lee ; Mr C. Newman, Silvettail ;Mr Leedham, Honesty ; Mr Bsird, Border Lad ; Mr G. Smifch. Rebel, Mr S. Gourlev, Punri ; MrM'Keach, Mick: Mr OP- ClnMrav. Unh ; Mr

T. M'Kay, Obaron ; Mr Fraser, Erebus ; Mr J. M'Guinesß, Motor ; Mr J. G. Reid (Southland), Comeway ; Mr H. Jackson, Nat ; Mr Flockton, Rosslyn ; Mr Malcolm, Sladen Bey ; Mr H. Gourley, Dunraven ; Mr Bs.jfg, Blush Rose ; Mrs Walcot, Fairy ; Mrs Jeffcoat (Mataura), Kelly ; Mrs Bell, Countess ; Mrs Myers, Normandy ; Mrs Taylor, Fancy ; Mies Clarke, Star ; Miss Staughton, Bellerine. Driving were Mr E. H. Reid (deputy-master, who was hors de combat, his horse having recently fallen on him, badly bruising his ankle) ; a party of ladies in a carriage and pair ; Mr Thomas Heffernan and the Misses Heffernan, howe and double buggy ; Mr Rutherford and friend, horse and gig ; Mr J. Sidey, horse and phaeton ; Mr A. Sidev and Mrs Sidey, horse and dogcart. The huntsman had his usual mount, bub J. Bamber, the whip, had Simpleton, a new purchase by the owner of Goldspur, and a capital fencer. The first two or three paddocks were crossed without any mishaps, but in jumping into the plough Nancy Lee came down a cropper, giving Mr Orbell a shaking, and at the next fence Rosslyn followed the bid example. A couple of strangers also seemed to be looking for their mounts. In the meantime the first flight were sailing unconcernedly over the obstacles that separated the various enclosures, consisting for the most pact of past and rails -and gorse hedges. Over the final fence into the paddock where the hounds ran into the drag were the Huntsman on Bugler, the Whip on Simpleton, the Master on Dunraven, Mr Baird on Border Lad, Mr Malcolm on Sladen Bey, Mr Leedham on Honesty, Mr M'Keach on Mick, Mr C. Newman on Silvertail, Mr Begg en Blush Rose, Mr Orbell on Nancy Lee,' Me T. Godfrey on Rob, Mr T. M'Kay on Oberon, Mr S. Gourley on Pariri, Mr Macdonald on Masterpiece, and Mr G. Smith on Rebel — a good steeplechaser over long distances waited. A return run over the tame ground was held, which produced some good sport, the only Mishap being Mr Begg on Blush Rose, who came down over a gorae fence, but neither suffered any injury. The whole of the runs could be seen easily from the road. The next rua will probably be at Pino Hill. Nimrod.