HUNTING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2223, 22 June 1908, Page 3

HUNTING.

A good day’s hunting was enjoyed on Saturday at Kaitaratahi. Tlie very wintry and wet morning doubtless deterred many from coming out', .but all who went were well rewarded.

As soon as Walsh put his bounds into tlie manuka at the back of AVhihmi’s house a bare slipped away 011 the upper side, and. rising the Kaitaratalii bill, made one ring and then crossed the road and railway, making for the bad scenting ground <lll the river silt, v, here bounds pushed her hard. However, we changed bares, iml following bounds back over the railway and road, found ourselves on the bill again. Shortly after this we picked up a good hare on tlie river flatp. She took us a rmatt' riii" on the bills, - turned sharp round New*

man’s house, and fan straight across tho lints to tho N gait iron road, where she turned to the right and crossed the railway and Ormond roads. /She then turned to the left at the river, .running town rdf* Ormond, and hounds .must soon have broken her up. hut they had to he whipped olf as wo were gating among some stud owes. Ibis was rather a disappointment to the field as well as to the hounds. However, wo tried hick on tlie hill, anil soun had Imres Hying in every direction .and hounds scattered all over the country. After getting hounds together again., we picked up a hare on the flat, which took us very fast hack past Newman's house, over the hill, down to tho 'KaiLaralalii swam]), skirting the north side of it, anil straight on to n clump oh high manuka, where our usual trouble, an excessive quantity of Imres, spoilt the I'uii. This was « very nice gallop, with lots of fencing, and no mountains to climb. The hare which wo limited ii]i alter this circled round near the Knituratahi hotel and came hick on the hills, where Walsh got a very nasty fall on some fresh-cut manuka through, his horse putting his foot in a holo. Ax hounds and homes hud been going hard all day, wo knocked off early, and thoroughly enjoyed tho nice afternoon tea Mr, Newman had provided for us. Among those who were out .were the Misses Shcrratt (4), Messrs Randall Shcrratt, Drummond, Newman (2), Gaddum, and Walter Scott.