Hare and Hounds.

The first hare and hounds run of the season was held yesterday afternoon. Messrs. Austin, '87. and Dana, '88 were the hares, and Mr. Webster, '87, acted as Master of the hounds. The two hares started from the usual meeting place in front of Matthews Hall at 3.45 p.m. The pack followed three minutes later. The course lay first in the direction of Brattle St., via various back yards and apple orchards. Then the scraps of paper led the hounds out near the reservoir to the brick yards not far from Fresh Pond, where it was wholly lost. After a search of some six or seven minutes, the trail again found, led across the railroad to Porter's Station. Here it was lost again, and for a long time the whole pack was entirely at fault. The main part of the hounds, including the Master, started in the direction of Somerville and the suburbs, but about fourteen hounds wandered down Washington St. and crossing to Columbia St., found the trail. After waiting several minutes and shouting "Tally.Ho" repeatedly and finding that the rest of the pack were not to be found, followed the paper down to Norton's Woods, where it was again lost. After a long search, it was discovered, and passing through Hovey's nursery, the trace ended at Cambridge St. The bags were not found, however, as darkness had closed in. The pack then called in the stragglers, and after cheering the H. A. A. made a regular break for the gymnasium. Messrs. R. T. Paine, Jr., '88, and A. T. Perkins, '87, were respectively first and second. They reached the gymnasium steps at 5.40 p. m. The hares arrived within fifty-seven minutes after starting. The rest of the hounds with the master, unable to find the scent, made a break at Porter's Station for home. The first man in was Mr. T. C. Craig, '87. He arrived about twenty minutes after the hares. The weather was perfect, and the run was most enjoyable, as most slow hunts are. It was a pity that the scent was scattered, but the fault is not wholly to be laid to the hares, for several times the paper was gathered up by interested "muckers" and scattered ahead by them in order to mislead the hounds.