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pumped-OLit condition, the distance and the big fences 

 having proved a somewhat severe tax on the horses. 



Mr. Rees is to be congratulated on thus winning the 

 Paperchase Cup for the second year in succession. The 

 resuh was somewhat a fluky one, as I fancy Grey Dawn 

 would have made them all lie down if he had not been 

 so unlucky as to get off the rails. Flatcatcher was going 

 strong when we ran out, but I fancy Grey Dawn's stride 

 would have smothered little Flatcatcher when it came to 

 a hammer and tongs finish. 



Mr. Lamond Walker deserves all praise for the way 

 in which he has ridden Blazes this season, and he received 

 many congratulations on winning the Heavy Weight 

 Cup. 



1893. 



•• In the van nf the battle, we heard the rails rattle, 

 Says he : 'though I don't care for shunning 

 My share of the raps, I shall look out for gaps, 

 AVhen the light weight's away with the running." 



The above lines themselves tell vou almost as much 

 as there is to know about the Cup Chase, thoug"h not quite 

 all, as the light weight, although he was well away with 

 the running, couldn't manage to stick there, for the last 

 Saturda^■'s fences it was a case of — 



" Oh the devil I a gap, she went into it slap, 

 And she and her jock took a header." 



Never I suppose has the Calcutta Paperchase Cup been 

 so brimful of surprises as was last Saturday's. Two 

 favourites down in the first half mile, and the outsider, 

 who was making the running and who looked to be able 

 to win in a common canter, went down when she was 

 within three or four fences of home. And what a luckv 

 thing it is for some of us that this event does not receive 

 the attention of the knights of the Pencil. Last year 

 calculation was a bit upset, and the third favourite got 

 home, both the first selections running off the paper when 

 only three fences from home, and this year the race is won 

 by a horse whose price with any intelligent ringman would 

 have been written at " twenties. ' Trulv was the '' glorious 

 uncertainty " verified. 



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