April Glories 



Moonraker and Grimaldi and other magnates of 

 olden times, and there found what they wanted. 



It is not my intention to trace the various 

 vicissitudes of Point to Point racing since its 

 re-introduction. This would demand a chapter 

 to itself. It is sufficient for my purpose to say 

 that it caught on in a way which was never 

 anticipated, and that it has proved a great 

 attraction to thousands of hunting men and their 

 friends all over the country. 



There are two great social functions in the 

 hunting year — functions to which the farmers' 

 families are always invited, and which they look 

 forward to with great pleasure. These are the 

 Puppy Show and the Point to Point Meeting, 

 and of these, the latter is the most popular. 

 For at the Point to Point Meeting there is 

 always a race for the farmers, and at the Point 

 to Point Meeting the farmers' wives and 

 daughters are always included in the invita- 

 tion. 



The great question of luncheon, for it is a 

 great question, comes in for solution. I have 

 known great mistakes made with the best of 



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