“The annual point-to-point meeting in connection with the Mid-Antrim Hunt Club takes place this afternoon at Galgorm. The course, which is almost entirely under grass has been very considerably improved, and with good weather prevailing this annual fixture is certain to bring together a good crowd” writes Belfast Newsletter on the 29th of March 1930.

As it turns out good weather didn’t prevail, but periodic showers of rain and hail didn’t spoil the success of the races. The exciting scenes from the build-up to the point-to-point race are captured in this short clip. Scrabo Tower is fleetingly visible in the background.

The film was probably shot by John Dermot Campbell and it is part of the Campbell Family Collection.  

Point-to-point was run during the non-hunting season from February to May by horses regularly ridden at fox hunts. These races originated in England in the second half of the 19th century as a way to keep hunters fit and were initially called hunt races. All riders were amateurs.