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upwards ; light weights, 12st. and upwards ; to be run in one race; the first 

 home in each class to take half the stake. To be ridden by members in 

 hunting costume. 



12sT. Class, in Black Coats. 



Mr. P. B. Mildmay's (Totnes, Devon) Discretion 1 



Mr. R. E. Hennon Hodge's (Accrington) Lady Evelyn 2 



Mr. R. Yerburgh's (Chester) Haphazard 3 



Mr. Bromley-Davenport's (Macclesfield) Dynamite 



Sir Savile Crossley's (Lowestoft) Chaff 



Mr. A. S. Leon's (North Bucks) Tell Tale 



14sT. Class, in Red Coats. 



Mr. W. H. Long's (East Wilts) Crusader 1 



Mr. J. W. Logan's (Market Harborough) Signal 2 



Mr. P. A. Muutz's (North Warwickshire) Duchess 3 



Mr. V. Cavendish's (West Derbyshire) Etwall 



Mr. A. W. Jarvis's (King's Lynn) Bullace 



Betting — 12st. Class: 3 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn, 4 to 1 agst Discretion, 

 and 7 to 1 agst Haphazard. 14st. Class : 2 to 1 agst Crusader, 3 to 1 agst 

 Duchess, and 5 to 1 agst any other. Mr. E. W. Beckett's Pecksniff, Lord 

 Henry Bentinck's Bugler, Mr. G. Wyndram's Daffodil, and Mr. R. 

 Yerburgh's Derby were also entered in the 14st. class, and Mr. R. 

 Yerburgh's Chartreuse in the 12st. class, but neither ran. In the light 

 division, all the horses carried 12st., with the exception of Chaff, and Sir 

 Savile Crossley's gelding carried 12st. 31b. Mr. Muntz weighed out at 

 16st. 41b. in the hea^7• division, and the other riders at 14st. The eleven 

 horses got away to a very even start. Signal going straight for a stiff post and 

 rails, was first over ; but, before he had landed. Crusader came over higher 

 rails on the right, and Discretion popped neatly over a gate, and then the 

 other eight shot through the blackthorn. Racing down they had to negotiate 

 a thicker bullfinch, behind wliich the grovmd sloped steeply. Crusader 

 landed a neck in front of Signal ; Dynamite and Bullace overjumping them- 

 selves, rolled together down the slope. Mr. Jarvis was quickly up and away, 

 but at the next fence Bullace fell again, and then went on without a rider in 

 pursuit of the leading division. Over a stake-and-bound fence into a hard 

 road. Tell Tale came down, and Mr. Leon's face was badly cut, but, fortu- 

 nately, he escaped more serious injury. Meanwhile Crusader and Signal were 

 making the nxnning, closely followed hj Discretion and Duchess as they 

 roimded the first flag. Then across ridge and furrow the eight raced well 

 together. Crusader cut out the work, and Discretion charged the brook almost 

 at the same moment, and of the eight only one horse refused. Disappeai'ing 

 from view for a minute, those who were still in the chase went on in a cluster, 

 and presently emerged on the far side of Crab Castle, where they turned for 

 home. Signal having gone the wrong side of a flag with Haphazard, turned back 

 to correct this mistake, and lost his position, but was soon seen to be making up 

 ground again. Mr. Long still held a lead, but close, and nearly in lino with 

 him, came Mr. Mildmay, holding Discretion hard. Through the last bullfinch 

 of blackthorn they crashed side by side, topped a flight of hiirdles together, 

 and entered the straight for home. Then Mr. Long urged Crusader to a final 

 effort, but Discretion was at his quarters, and, with one bound, she shot out 



