HOUNDS, AND HORN

NZ Truth, Issue 1108, 24 February 1927, Page 6

HOUNDS, AND HORN

THOUGH Jorrocks is no more—is, m fact, unknown to most of the present petrol generation--there is still a pack of hounds to be found here and there, that of Auckland being the Pakuranga Hunt, which Ygives those who still straddle the pigskin an opportunity to emulate to the best of their, 'ability the cross-country exploits of their forefathers. As master of the hounds, H. Bullock Webster; it goes without saying, is one of the most enthusiastic members of the hunt, and a man-'- who knows more about the power and points .of a horse than the horse-power of a'car. Round about' Auckland ' his lean, well-groomed figure is '. very familiar, ft :is such men who are, a, link with a braver, breezier and more full-blooded past; a past which had about it something more honest, less cynical; something which seemed to go with the gay coats, of the huntsmen, the " mellowsound of the horn, the , baying of hounds picking i,up a fi-esh scent, and the flask which had something m it to warm u-p'i'he cockles of the heart on the road home after the..kili. .-v- "..-"■■. . These links with the B.C. .(Before Car) period grow fewer as the, years go by, but the longer they remain with us the ;better for all. - ■'•_".' ' , ..