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monster gallery that assembled in the depths of Ballygunge 

 yesterday morning to witness the usual contest for 

 decidedly the most sporting event of the season, the Paper- 

 chase Cup Race. The field this year was known to be 

 not only numerous but strong, and the entries being made 

 public, and the general lie of the course indicated, guaran- 

 teed those who took the trouble to go so far from town 

 against the possibility of disappointment. The Cup chase 

 is always more or less a gallery one, and this year it was 

 more than usually so, the onlookers with very little 

 trouble being able to see the followers at a number of 

 points on the journey. The road to the course presented 

 a very gay and animated appearance and the amount of 

 dust was a caution, yet everybody appeared determined 

 to make the best of things as they were, and I felt sure 

 I may say that no one who went out came back disappoin- 

 ted. The weather can no long^er be called cold, scarcelv 

 cuol even in the morning, and it was greatly to the credit 

 of the gentleman who wore Belatee Cuppra, a Terai hat, 

 and a stuck-up collar that he was able to put as pleasant a 

 face on it as he did. Talking of hats, there is a great 

 opening for all enterprising hatters at Ballygunge on 

 paperchase mornings. It seems to be de rigueitr now^ to 

 lose your hat and come home with your head done up in 

 a handkerchief. 



Competitors for the Cup are of course the elite of 

 paperchasers, hence the funny business is necessarily elim- 

 inated from the Cup Day performance. This was the 

 case yesterday in an unusual degree, all the competing 

 men and horses being tried performers at the game and 

 past masters in the art of horsemanship. I w^as sorry 

 to see some good men standing down who would, had 

 circumstances permitted, have been only too eager to try 

 conclusions with the best horse and most finished horse- 

 man among the lot. I was glad to see Mr. Fred Buckland 

 again in the pigskin, and hope to see him ride a winner or 

 two on the 12th. There is not a " lep " race on the card 

 at present, but I should say that a Handicap Hurdle 

 Race for paperchase horses who have never won an 

 open race would elicit a large entry and result in a fine 

 race. The hurdles are all ready, and the only thing neces- 

 sary would be to pick up the landing sides of the fences* 

 I devote the idea as my subscription to the coming Sky 

 Races, and trust the Stewards thereof will see the propriety 



