PAKURANGA HUNT

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 733, 5 August 1929, Page 13

PAKURANGA HUNT

MEET AT RAMARAMA GOOD RUNS, AND “KILLS” The field at the meet of the Pakuranga Hunt, at the homestead of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Bradstreet. Ramarama. on Saturday, was increased by the large number of local riders who followed the pack in a number of very enjoyable runs. A sumptuous hunt breakfast awaited the arrival of the followers from Auckland. and the hostess. Mrs. Sharpe, had a dainty afternoon tea provided at the close of the meet. ™ Wh^. n the Dack was thrown off on Mr. Bradstreet’s property, scattered showers were falling. These increased to steady downpours at times, but before the middle of the afternoon the weather cleared. Although the ground was heavy, some sharp spins were indulged in. It was not long before the pack located a hare, in a clump of bush at the rear of the homestead, which led the field for a merry chase through Mr. Bentley’s, and continued through a number of holdings in the direction of Drury, where it turned and came right back, following a creek into barred country. The pack worked the quarry into open country, and reached the starting point, and after another good circle the hare again ran into barred country and was lost. A move was then made on to Mr. Dan Lynch’s farm, and after working through to the back of Mr. Watkins’s property, a strong hare was located. It took the field for a good spin through the farms of Mrs. Cole-Baker and Mr Reid, where it crossed the Great South Road, and circled round the quarry and over the hills. It was brought back along a gully and killed near the Great South Road. The final draw of the day was made on Mr. Watkins’s, where another good quarry was raised, which led the followers for a long hunt, which considerably thinned out the field. Making for the direction of Bombay, the hare led the followers over an abundance of obstacles, the majority of which were barbed-wire. After a good run. the hare took a line back through the best of the country on to Mr. Lynch’s property, where a good variety of jumps was encountered. At this stage the pack was called off owing to the lateness of the hour.