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closeup to her, and Captain Turner, Mr. Glasgow and Mr. 

 King- and Mr. Gresson all well in it, they went over this bit 

 of country in great form. Over the two walls in the hollow 

 The Cat and Ellerslie held a slight lead of everything else,. 

 Miss Theo lying clear of them with a line of her own on 

 the inside, and at the corner Mr. Campbell came to the 

 front hands down, Ellerslie and Damages being sent along, 

 and The Cat done with — all the rest dead to the world. 



The three came on, Miss Theo waiting on them and 

 many were the yells to Mr. Campbell to " go on." Damages 

 came every time he was asked, but he had done at the last 

 hurdle, where for a moment it looked as if the ominous 

 rattle was going to spell a r-o-1-1 as Miss Theo made the 

 top rail sing, but she quickly recovered herself, and though 

 Mr. Barnettand Captain Turner persevered to the end, and 

 rode every ounce out of their horses, Miss Theo won three- 

 quarters extended bv a short head ; a length off Damages. 



The Official order was : — ■ 



Mr. Campbell en Miss Theo ... ... i 



Mr. Barnelt .. KUerslie ... ... 2 



Capt. Turner .. Damat;;es ... ... 3 



Mr. Glasgow .. Blink bonny ... •••4 



Mr. H. O. Kini,' ., Storm ... ... 5 



Mr, Butler ., The Cat ... ... 6 



.Mr. Gresson ., Asthore ... ... 7 



Capt. Agnew .. Carlton ... ... 8 



Capt. Fuller .. Queen ... ... 9* 



* Heavy Weight Cup. 



1896. 



That an unfortunate contretemps should have marred 

 what would undoubtedly have been a very hardly contested 

 finish for the Calcutta Paperchase Cup of 1896 will ever 

 be a matter of regret. Yet so it^ was, all the leaders miss- 

 ing the second last fence and one of the heavies, Colonel 

 Hunt to wit, who had quietly been cantering behind 

 in company with Postboy and a bad attack of the '' floo " 

 got home without so much as having to extend his 

 hunter. The various reasons assigned for the leaders 

 missing the paper are now stale news ; but for the sake of 

 making the records complete, I may put my private 

 opinion down, and it was, 1 think, a combination of dust, 

 impetuosity and scantiness of paper which caused the 



