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get on terms with them again till they reached the 

 double on the far side of the course. In jumping- 

 this I touched Huo;hes Onslow's mount on the 

 quarters, with the result that she fell. The chief 

 danger was out of the way, as I thought, but 

 Chivalry, Captain Bald up, was still four or five 

 lengths to the good. As we came to the wall his 

 horse may have hesitated for a second, as we jumped 

 it side by side ; but from then on it was plain sailing, 

 and I won by three lengths. 



I weighed out all right, but my troubles were not 

 yet over. Wellington had won a point-to-point 

 race in County Kildare, and regulations then in 

 force were that a certificate by the Master of 

 Hounds, Major St Leger Moore, should be lodged 

 to the effect that the races had taken place. This 

 by some inadvertence had not been clone, so an 

 objection was lodged, but was fortunately over- 

 ruled. The result was satisfactory to all who had 

 supported my mount, but perhaps what gratified 

 me more than anything was that shortly after 

 the race I happened to meet the late Mr John 

 Watson, who said : " I never heard a louder cheer 

 at Punchestown." 



As I consider this Punchestown successful ride 

 the red-letter day in a long association with steeple- 

 chasing, I may be excused from here inserting the 

 official return of that Irish Military. 



