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Cups to be run for as usual, the Light-weight Cup for mert' 

 walking under iist. ylbs. and the Welter Cup for men. 

 w^alking over that weight, the latter being presented by^ 

 last year's winner, Mr. Euler, who, I am sorry to say, has 

 not been out at all this season owing to his having been 

 broken into double harness ! The list is as follows : — 



The point of departure selected was the high ground 

 to the left front of Jodhpore Thannah, and after our 

 M. F. H. on good old Malta, and the Tougall on Bad- 

 minton had gone round with the scent the field got into 

 line, and after the " Old Man" had just looked them over 

 to see that all was right, he let them go to a nice even 

 start. The first obstacle to be negotiated was a flight of 

 hurdles, and these they all jumped without any trouble. 

 Mr. Alston now took Beacon to the head of affairs with 

 Charity, Job Trotter and a few more lying handy. Laddie 

 being about sixth. The course now went on to right over 

 the Gurriah Hat Road and skirting the raised field on the 

 right led over a wall. After jumping this they swung to- 

 the left down the lane and jumped the wall and drop on 

 their way. Charity hit this rather hard and landed on her 

 nose and finally rolled over. Mr. Rees escaped with a few^ 

 scratches and was soon up again. Keeping to the lane and 

 following it to the right, the Bund country steeplechase 

 course came into view, and the following fences could be 

 seen in almost a bee line — a natural bund, a built up 

 bank, a mud wall, a bund built up into a biggish wall and 

 a flight of sticks. 



As may be imagined with such a nice line of leps 

 in front of them, it was only natural the field quickened 

 up and raced over them ; the pace proving too hot for 

 old Job, he clouted one of the banks, and as the beastly 

 thing would not give sufficiently, tumbled head over heels. 

 I do not know which Mep ' it was and Mr. Go-ard could 



