238 THE ESSEX FOXHOUNDS. 



and on coming to the water a second time, Conquest went 

 to the front, and thouL^h Hilda, gamely responding to the 

 gallant riding of Mr. F"oster, repeatedly challenged its 

 antagonist, Mr. Court brought Conquest in an easy winner 

 by five lengths. Zisca, which was soon out of the race, 

 did not pass the post. 



" The Welter Cup, value £"10, for horses, the property of gentlemen, 

 that have been regularly hunted with Mr. Arkwright's hounds since 

 January ist, 1876, and have never won a race value ^lo ; catch 

 weights over I3st. ; about 2k miles; one sovereign entrance to the 

 fund. 



Mr. Womersley's Wallflower (Owner) ... ... ... i 



Colonel Howard's Firefly (Mr. Wood) ... ... ... 2 



Captain Brace's Welcome (Owner).. ... ... ... o 



Colonel Howard's Shamrock (Mr. H. Foster) ... ... o 



"Shamrock jumped off with the lead, but at the third 

 fence Wallflower forged ahead, and going away at a 

 slashing pace, was several lengths in advance at the brook, 

 but, mistaking the course, Mr. Womersley had to return 

 from the bottom to the top of a field to get in the course, 

 which placed him several lengths in the rear of Welcome, 

 who, having come to grief at the water, was a long way 

 behind Shamrock and Firefly. At the second fence in the 

 second round Shamrock fell, and Wallflower, making up 

 its lost ground very quickly, soon passed Firefly, and went 



