HUNTING.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 May 1910, Page 3

HUNTING.

CIiOSS-COIWTKY RUN AT MAXAKAI'. (By "Follower.") Hunting in the I[crowhenua commenced with :i drag limit at Mana',;iii on Saturday afternoon, over a ciar.se :iriaii L';e r l I«y .Messrs S. J. J ?i':! 11 ii>- Mini l*\ Binnell. Tho weal her nil day was very bad, hut huntsmen .are nut merely fair-wea-th• ir sportsmen. and a little more tir less rain should not seriously interfere with an afternoon's liuntin IC. Promptly at 2 p.m. .Mr 1). Bennett, the honorary linntsmaii. arrived at tin- appointed place A\itli live brace of hounds. The drag l).;i\'iitu; been laid l>y Mr A. Strawlu idge. a IW minutes aftenva.rd.s tils-' pack was loosed, ,and was soon racing in full cry towards the road. Him field of twenty followers coming un behind in a lone; strangling line. We started at the back oi' .Mr Burnell's residence, and wore led over some gun! fences; including a beautiful water jump, on to the North Manakan road. Crossing over, we were taken on towards the foot of the hifls, through Mr C. Noes' property, to .Mr Winge's, then through Messrs I). Xers and C. Old,field's, and finished up .at the back of the tewnship. At the end of the run the master, Mr Geo. Shannon, congratulated members on the enthusiastic. manner ill which the sport is being taken up in the distinct, and •i!«[).?d that the future meets would l)o favoured with better weather. A vote of thanks and three cheers for the property owners concluded i very successful run. Among the followers I nnticiedM.ssrs \V. 0. .Shannon (master), on "Chase" ; "I). Bennett (honorary huntsman), on "Merry CJirl";, J. O'Gradv (whip), 'Scotsm.a ■" ; A. Strawhrid'ie, "Silvershell"; W. M. Sinn-ox, "Bounder"; W. TTiggins, "o'rev Monins": J. C. Jainieson,

"Wild Oats" : S. .1. Beattie, "Pathfinder" ; R. Wright; "Wniitera" ; 11. 11. Bills, "Rapids"; A. Miller, "Silver King": A. Taylor, "Dick": P. Bennett, "Nellie"; E. Hodginan, I l '. Nicholson and others. NOTES ON .I i NIJXG. It is a mistaken idea, in some (jearters, that there is a. scparato {■'ib at iievin and another at Otaki ;■ 'd Manakau. This is not the : se. The wlude of the Horowhe- : 'a, District is a portion of the " 'inawatu Hunt, whose hendquar- ! rs are at Palmorston North with ! nnels at Awahuri. A sub-com-i 'ttee arrange the details of the i u'ts iu each locality. Some o! the followers confidently ; ~ert that it rained so ha>nl on f turday they could scarcely see I'cnccs .and suggest this as the < arse of some of the spills. Mr Shannon expressed d'e-eide-.l I ' asure at the number of followers \.':o were out on Saturday, consid- < ing the weather, and stated that 1 d the run been at Loughurn, I' ilmerston's favourite course, he v.is sure there would, not liaVe been •ray more followers than tliero wer'o rManakau.

ft has been arranged that the i x'fc meet bo nt Otaki, on 25th >i">-tnnt. .and tli" third one at Levin < • Saturday, 4th June.. ft was expected that tlio. steeple-c'-ns« meeting will he hold in Pali j rston somo time in August. T'-ose wishing to nominate horses r remind edtli at they will need to v'tend the roouisite number of runs t - I'niu qualification certificates. There wore to have been 'at leiawt f >r ladies among the followers on f 'urday, hut apnarentlv the rough \ "tlier prevented them coming out.