WAIKATO HOUNDS.

Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17787, 12 August 1929, Page 2

WAIKATO HOUNDS.

MEET AT PUKERORO. SEVERAL FINE RUNS. (By "Full Cry.’’) “Be gone,” say to trouble and cast . away care, And follow', oh, follow, the fleet-foot-ed hare. No physics so sovereign to purge away ills As hunting the hare on the grasscovered hills.

The picture on Saturday was Mr JM. Fisher’s property. Pukeroro. The country was waterlogged and cold, the raw westerly winds, with heavj rain squalls, did not improve matters. But all these were forgotten at the sight of the sixteen couple of hounds and the hunt uniform, backed by an appetising lunch provided by Mr and Mrs J. Fisher. The master (Mr Wynn Brown) again carried the horn, with his son, Ned Brown, as first whip. Before starting out the master addressed the field, pointing out that the ground was very sodden. The farmers were always ready to allow their property to be hunted over, but a great amount of damage could be done with the ground In its present state. Mr Brown asked huntsmen to use the roads as much as possible. Throwing off at the back of Mr Fisher's property, in a mangold patch, a hare was at once put up. Running down fo Bank’s Corner she swung to the right and back through Mr Butler’s property and then into Messrs King’s and Watts’. When pressed by the hounds, she ran straight ahead and crossed the Hamilton Road into Mr J. Russell’s property. When the hounds got up close again she swung back, finding her old haunt in Mr Fisher’s property. As this countryhad already been ridden over, the master called hounds off.

Another good hare was soon afoot, and with the scent improving, she gave the field a good chase, leading thorn into Gwynnelands, where the hounds had to be called off as the paddocks were full of sheep with laimbs. '

The best run of th.e day was from a hare put up in Mr Mervyn Wells’ property, the hounds being taken through the properties of Messrs. Watt, Fisher, Forrest, Banks, King, and then to Mr Butler’s, where hounds were again called off. , The country rode very heavy, and There were several empty saddles, but the falling was soft, and no one was hurt.

At the invitation of Mr and Mrs Jim Fisher the field returned to their residence, where they were entertained right royally to afternoon tea, which was greatly appreciated. There were hard riding men and women from Morrinsville, Mataimata, Te Awamulu and surrounding districts, besides the regular . following of local huntsmen.