THE PAKURANGA HOUNDS AT CAMBRIDGE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1885, 5 August 1884, Page 3

THE PAKURANGA HOUNDS AT CAMBRIDGE.

Tiii, above hound? now on a visit to the \\ aikato di->tucts in ohaigc ot the wellknown huntsman Mr Tom Blown had a veiy successful meet at C'ambndgo oa Saturdaj'. The lacecoinse at Gwynnelands was iixccl for this Ihiow oil, and illicitly after one o'clock a large concouise of people nuinbcuiig about 130, Auckland being veil lepiesentcd. The gentlemen as a nile weie laiily well mounted, and scveial ladies turned out to take a. part in tlie day's excitement A luiinbci of lad lot, attended and watched the proceedings horn pi hate \ chicles. The gatheiing was eeitainly one of the most .successful we have ever had in Waikato, and the weather was in eveiy sense favouiable. Tlie liounds took tlie fecent in one of Mr Foil cat's paddock and a shoi t but exciting lun iiibued, Init the hare escaped by taking to covei. After an unsuccessful tin n thiongh the neignbouihood, the hounds were taken to the laceeouise giound and weie soon again on the scent. Tlie gates leading into the coiiiso were eaiefully locked, the lessee deeming it proper that whosoever should con tinue in thu hunt should at least undeigo the test of negotiating the steeplechase jump oiF the load. The leading hoises .soon made a gap, and m <i lew minutes fully 100 hoi semen ! jostled each othei toi piocedenee. Tiie hounds followed theii piey to the nvcr bank and a lather ludicrous scene was witnessed. The haic had inn in a encle, and as soon as the hounds had taken up the scent it had come up behind them and for sometime 1 , to the amusement of the speclatois, followed them o\ei the flat. Tlie liinsioi the most pait weie cut shoit by ..umoiotis viio fences. Towaids the close of the day tiic hunt moved in die direction of Mr Taylors land, w heic fi good urn was .nade, but no kill. Out attention was drawn to what seemed leasonable cau&c of complaint against many of those engaged in the hunt. People over who^e land the hounds passed complained of the unnecetsiry breaking down of fences by a few peisons v\ ho v\ lshed on every possible occasion to demonstrate the jumping cxpabihfios of their lespootive mounts. This is a pi active which makes hunts very unwelcome to settleis, and those who have bettet sense should exeit them selves by suppic-sing as far as possible ny such depai tine. Again, the huntsnan complains of peisonsover-iiding the h muds, and thus not only giving him trouble and annoyance but also disttubing the -5t ant and consequently the run He justly complains that the majority o f those whom good foi tune has put on the outside of a horse once in a decade while a hunt is on, think that the object of then misMon is to chase the haie and "lick 'the hounds if possible. Satuiday •a-iS"do\ei without an acudent, and a ltisfactoiy days' aport was affoided all who attended. The hat was sent aiound as usual and realised between i 4 and £5.