A CURIOUS STAG HUNT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1987, 11 May 1885, Page 2

A CURIOUS STAG HUNT.

A novejty is given in the line arena dpyoted 'td'circiis performances under the I't'Snfesmejiifc fjf'Mr Hengler, and situate to Argj'U-streßf, of (^ffii^.SpPiPi:. i,! ' ffi tho words of tlio thii k !( ti istag hunt, introducing a veritable st-ag and it pack of' hounds.". Various incidents toniiected witli; a'stag lain tit e depicted jiicluding the road'to tlie iiieet, tlle 'meM P|fW%ll)>j|M'4k ' The'rfe hre.'sonirdteoii'' 'oi 'w Wi^'iirtd wieu* "iu pmk,'°pfile. &r t\V6''6Kv^ioni' l i!fe iilotintdd on' lioite ndt unlike'can^iirg' liglit-wMght well" aci<obs :, coiintry tei\ Mjjfljk of-liouiids', ahuntsmte; a'numbe'r Pf 4»blv oil foot At'the'm6'ep, : gre'eHngs M etfclianged") if character ive' take to'be mtenmii' ari m§uc old gqjjire—a caricature of 'whAij ilfw® ifii |eenat''tlirepgcrfreyears afjd very pmj'ng}] j;' as he was in the hunt later pji'. Tjiep tli'p eoene ifl changed; 'tlie'hoimd? and hunters retire, certain of the oountvymeu remain, fences aro ereoted, stonewalls and hedges -the lattor without the fatal wiro-and thon a deer bounds into the ring, runs swiftly across, and out at the other end; then follow the hounds, a few of Hyhiclx JiftVP ,%iv noses to the ground, and rightmUhelin^ftjiejii!}4- fjioy dis. appeared only to j)P followed liy ioi'ij huntsman,' who, • riding tfull, hud at ft great-pace, went much faster than the animals which had preceedcd. him. The ■M(\» •folliiw at proper distances, the TOSioians in <ji';3rhea : d playt Tlio deer is then seen ftii-' a 1 's'scbhd : time; the performance is repeated, the'hounds go slower, and a fow of the hunters appeal' time te'|| .ftfji 'oiily 'gpnjjj ji|f [fi?on pt nioro are ' up, including yranafat|ier ?po)Jge, whoactsas'jthe'comicmiiii in't'hl IjjMjej' ' Q)}(jc niore' across," tjie "deer:h6sifesS S| gjo Jagf; fyhgS) )}4f( jier pyep; a fgyy fcjip' jag a MP, tlie ImntsiTjmi Sti)l Jcepps );is jigjitWejght fresj), anfl !§ evidently wejj up when "Princess Gli(fflitiii«," or whatpve'r may be the name of the deer, is taken — which occurence, of course, happens out of sight of the audience. Amid a medley of music she is now brought into the ring, standing erect and contented beside the huntsman, and borne on the shouldors of ,f !s;§?■ fam l^ourprg, $ 'fe> a" iimcesaful tprminatioii is brought to Sir Heiiglbr's-staghounds. : " - 1 ' As a spectacle tjii'sligni: is a, success in fiVOpy Wi (ignfcriyed H!W e F' difticiilt ponc[it;pnp. S]'}j|t' your fllUfl to the ..orchestra an| tlje general surroundingSj Ipqlc at tlie deer 'as she goes through the arena, the hounds and horsemen following, and you have on a amall scale what may be seon with Her Majesty's and Baron Rotchscliild's every meet. Only the music of the hounds is inissing, and perhaps this is why the pnd pji}yg, There js no cruelty, there HI? HO spills, flip OQ'niie flletpiji jg perhaps overdone, yet throughout it is a performance likely to become more popular even than it already lias. The pack, composed of a very fat, somewhat scratch lot of foxhounds or staghounds, Sre gomfortably kennelled behind, and in R tad j)«x •sjfij|!j|]g afe r couple of doer hibliling at their hay; and hi do way perturbed at the amusement thoy had a few moments before afforded a wellfilled house.— Field'.