252 THE ESSEX FOXHOUNDS. 



For the Red Coat Race there were eight starters. The 

 course was about four and a half miles of fair hunting 

 country. A well-contested race was won by Mr. Robert 

 Lockwood's Bullseye, ridden by Mr. H. B. Yerburgh. Mr. 

 Roland Bevan's Knight o' the Pencil, ridden by the owner, 

 was a good second, and next came Mr. F"rank Bowlby, who, 

 in spile of two falls, one being over a gate, secured first 

 honours in the heavy weight division for his horse Kilkenny. 

 A Tenant Farmers' Point-to- Point Steeplechase fol- 

 lowed, prizes of ^30, ^10, and ^5 being offered for the 

 first, second, and third horses in each class (light weights 

 and heavy weights). Plight horses faced the starter, and 

 were shown the way from start to finish by the first whip, 

 Jem Cockayne, on Mr. Ephgrave's Midge. Mr. W. Mil- 

 bank's Union Jack (heavy weight) came in second. 

 After the race an objection was lodged against Mr. 

 Ephgrave's qualification to run a horse. Upon enquiry, 

 the objection proved to be well founded, and Union 

 Jack was adjudged the winner in the light weight as 

 well as the heavy weight class. At the conclusion of 

 the races the master and the members of the Essex 

 Hunt Club entertained a very large party at luncheon. 



The death of Mr. Hervey Foster on March 31st led to 

 the abandonment of the Rundells Race Meeting for the year 



