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Slim Jim was over and away before you could say 

 scissors, and Charity came next, pecking a little as she 

 landed. Favorite and Sonapet followed and the rest all 

 got over without any mishap. They then swung round 

 the corner to the right over another mud wall, and after 

 that went left-handed, leading back for the Gurriah Hat 

 Road. A hurdle and a ditch on the high ground, and the 

 road was crossed, the pace was beginning to mend a bit ; up 

 to this, owing to the heavy going, it had been the reverse 

 of fast. Slim Jim was still leading with Favorite and 

 Charity close at his heels. Another flight of hurdles and 

 a bank was thrown behind them in elegant style, and they 

 then swung round the corner near the railway line into 

 that straight run in by Jodhpur Thannah. The Oriental 

 Bank and a flight of hurdles were the only detrimentals 

 now remaining, and as they came in sight of these, Favorite 

 looked to have the best of it, but Charity came with no 

 «nd of a wet sail, and caught the grey mare over the last 

 flight of sticks and romped in a winner by about a length. 

 Mr. Butler lost a lot of ground by going round behind 

 •Charity, after they had jumped the hurdles. He was on 

 her off side, and instead of sticking there, he pulled back 

 and then went up on her near side. We must all con- 

 gratulate the winner and sympathise with the loser. 

 Mr. Butler deserves to win after his bad luck last year, but 

 let us hope he will pull it off next season ! Slim Jim came 

 in third, and thus won the Heavy Weight Cup, Banna- 

 ^her fourth, Sonapet fifth, and Trumps done to a turn sixth. 

 1 expect by this time you will all have got tired of reading 

 this long rigmarole, and so I think I will shut up and say 

 ^ood-bye, or rather au revoir until next season. 



1892. 



One of the most popular events of the Calcutta 

 Season is undoubtedly the race for the Paperchase Cup. 

 Every one in the place turns out to see it, and the crowd 

 of spectators that swarmed down in the vicinity of Jodh- 

 pore Thannah on Saturday last showed that the fixture 

 had lost none of its interest for the inhabitants of the City 

 of Palaces. 



From a comparatively early hour on Saturday morning 

 the Gurriah Hat Road was blocked with one continuous 



