THE RANGIAOHIA PAPER HUNT,

Waikato Times, Issue 641, 29 June 1876, Page 2

THE RANGIAOHIA PAPER HUNT ,

I One of those re-unicas which, doj sa much to promote good feeling .amongjtheiuhabitunts of a district Tike W?M Wo tool? place at ,Te Awarautu oil ,<$ fejjnesday' last. O n that day fully 150, i% fitters 'met as JRangiaohia to a'.tead a "pi| per liunt. '• The affair originated with' thqj people of, Te Awamutu aud thesu-rroundiii q district." By- the active exertions r o£ Mci , >rs Smitii, Roche, 1 Taylqr, Rutherford', fluid, otlieb load sportsmen, matters woroi got in a state of complete pieparatioa. TUepajer was laid over a fair hunting coil ltvy for a distance of four miles. It was i understood the first three miles bhoni 1 bo gone over with several checks, and l! lej&aklnile decide the honor of places. M \'^j^pia appointed for the meet, 2.3lJH ; ev«tfon9 intending to take a part in too chaie waa on tke ground. There was agi )6d*Bprinlili>igof the fair sex present, an! ,many of them mounted pa aUtle^ia'l; did infinite . crerlit to the Waikato.', A I tie' Wore 3 o'clock the' hounds threw>off,, Mp Smith acting as master. Ttris, g£ntl«us dueled His hoands over the first fence ?ind making" an excellsnt cast, struck the 1 rice*: t within' a short distance of- the throw jff. "Proia this time to the finish, the spo.- 1 was maintained with- the greatest spir it. 4 ]^lessrs W Hijrginson, J Hig-^inson, an i Roche Be- (- strode respectively the well-kn own horses Tommy Dod.l, Larry and B; ney. The master was mounted on thai prince «f high jumpers— Higljfiyer. •" Mi my of tho&o also who got rouud had ratt ing cattle. The double ditch and bank was negotiated in exoellent stylo, an-. • no meiin jump was it. As it stood when cleared by the fiv«t horse, 4ft 6in wi is its clear hight with an awkward gaping 1 ditcli on either side. In the last field a sheet would have covered most of the horn ids, Larry shot over the last fence judb ahead of Tommy Dodd, who was seco-i d ; Pilingwas third on B inker. J 1 aylor and Roche were close- together for f >urth pkca. After the hunt about twenty gantlenj»4sat down to -dinner at , Lewis;' hotel, Tb Awamnta, where an excellent! spi-ead sup- - plfed the waste of body and "mind iueurrod in the spoi't of the afternoon. Daring tha oonvival proceedings of the evening a gentleman suggested to those' present thafc * a few couple of baagle hounds should )be importedinto Waibatoand kept at Te A.wamulufor the purpose of running a drag. It was stated that many sportsmen do ?ra country would willingly contribute towards the support of the dogs. It iis sincere! y to be hoped the suggestion will be oarried oat, and from the well-known energy of many of the 1 sportsmen of the Te Awamatu district there can be very little doubt of the complete success of the venture.