LEAPING EXTRAORDINARY.

Otago Witness, Issue 2325, 22 September 1898, Page 36

LEAPING EXTRAORDINARY.

The Argus reports a remarkable teat oy vie , hunter Handy Andy during a^ run of, the ] iWarrnambool hounds last month. When ap- , proaching a stiff four-rail fence in Grasmere, | -Dr Macknight's Mitten stopped .witfnn a te^ feet of the obstacle, and ran down the fence, getting in the way of Handy Andy jumped the horse, rider, and fence, just tap Sl)r Macknight with his hoofs. Handy S stumbled on landing, unseated his , jider. An incident of the same kind once happened in New Zealand. It was at the RanSiora meeting 10 years ago last i montn. S'Ginness wasSiding^MrStarkey's Fireworks \n the Consolation Steeplechase. During «*b race another rider tried to get up mode of him so as to be protected against running : ofi '. feeing that the other horse was faster than , 'Jfder to slow down also. While these horses Sere thus manoeuvring a bystander >**"*£ •in the success of the unnamed one threw Jus Wcintosh at the horse to try and stop him. fin his excitement the .bystander made a, bad «iot and the macintosh alighted, .open, m> fJFireworks's head. This happened just as he &eto a fence, and, being blinded, Fireworks E" " wed round and began to run across the track, this moment Daddy Longlegs was making run, and, Fireworks being right m )ns lUrack, Mr Cox had no option, but had to Send Daddy Longlegs right at the double obifetaole. Daddy was a fine bold jumper, and he leaped clean over Fireworks and his. rider and &the fence, alighted safely, and, luplaer, than jllandy Andy, he went on for an easy. win.