PAKURANGA HUNT

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 407, 16 July 1928, Page 7

PAKURANGA HUNT

MEET AT KELLY’S CORNER HARES TOO GOOD FOR HOUNDS Thera was a bis field at the meet of the Fakuranga Hunt at Kelly’s Corner on Saturday. The going throughout was fairly good, but several heavy patches were encountered at times and were the cause of several empty saddles. Although there were spills in plenty, no casualties Avert* • reported. air. H. Bullock-Webstcr. master, j was in charge. The hounds were J thrown off on one of aiessrs. Stonex i Bros.’ farms, and after an unsuccessful j draAV a visit was paid to another of i their properties, where a strong quarry | was soon raised. Leading the chase j in a straight line across the farms of j Messrs. Baker and Lou Gillard. ' puss” I crossed th© road into Mr. Matthews’s property, and through to Mr. Thomas’s, where it circled on its old scent and returned to Messrs. Stonex property, over practically the same course, where it found shelter in some scrub Another quarry was soon raised on Messrs. Stonex farm, and the chase resulted in a run of over eight miles, in which a good variety of obstacles * were encountered. The liarc led the\ wai thro us h Stonex. YY:s

man’s and Clapliam’s farms. It then took to the road and travelling: along Tamaki Road for some distance turned into Mr. C. Preston’s property and ran through Messrs. Stubbing’s, Watson’s. It circled back to Messrs. Stonex’ | farm, and again took to the road on j Redoubt Road, where it was lost in a • thick overgrown hedge. The last run of the day started in Mr. Gordon Gillard’s, and after a fast i run through the properties of Messrs, j Stubbings, Watts and Stonex Bros.. ! the hare found shelter on Mr. Baker’s'; farm. All tho hares encountered on Saturday were in good form and managed to elude the pack in each instance.