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off, and Sir Colin a length off, fourth. Blazes cooked to 

 ribend fifth, and Flatcatcher sixth, Mrs. Barrow receiv- 

 ing a well-earned round of applause as she passed the 

 flags. 



In my opinion. Ratafia could have won, done as 

 he was, but Lord William very sportingly contented 

 himself with the Heavy Weight Cup. 



Air. Dring rode a plucky and well-ridden race 

 throughout, and thoroughly deserves the Cup which he 

 and his clever little nag have won. 



Had the others not fallen, 1 should have expected to 

 see the order as follows : — Dinah home by the skin of 

 her teeth from either Lady Flo or Ratafia, the latter for 

 choice. 



Below is the record : — 



Mr. W. A. Dring's 



* Lord William l^eresford's 



* Capt. Jenkin's 



* Dr. Forsyth's 



* Mr. E. Ezra's 

 Mrs. Barrow's 

 Mr. H. D. Cartvvright's 



* Mr. Wilkinson's 

 Mr. A. L. Butler's 

 Mr. L. Walker's 

 Mr. Rees' 

 Mr. Von Schmidt's 

 Mr. L. King's 



1894. 



The Blue Riband of Amateur cross-country sport 

 in Calcutta was run off last Saturday, and certainly may 

 claim to have resulted in one of the best contested races 

 of its kind that have occurred. 



The Cup is always a popular fixture, and as it is one 

 of those sporting events which is totally devoid of the 

 allurements of ''filthy lucre," and is purely an honour- 

 and-glory competition, the attraction to the hunting 

 section of the community is always greater. It is true 

 that to-day a horse that aspires to win the Paperchase 

 ■Cup must be a considerably better class animal than even 

 so short a time ago as seven years he had to be, and as 



