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leaders to go astray, but it is all over now, so the least said 

 about it the better, the more so I hear that a generous 

 sportsman is going to give the Calcuttaites an opportunity 

 of doing it all over again under similar conditions : 

 provided, of course, I suppose, there is rain to soften the 

 ofround withal. 



The morning was particularly hot by comparison, but 

 the going was, with the exception of about half a mile, 

 hard as brick-bats, and the dust something too awful ; 

 on the roads it was impossible to see one's horse's ears, 

 let alone one's next door neighbour, the only indication of 

 whose whereabouts was the bump and the jostle which 

 one received from all points of the compass. The dis- 

 tance was four miles, and the i'ences fully both large and 

 numerous, the bund walls and the big wall being enough 

 to tax the ingenuity of the most accomplished fencers. 



The country chosen was the line from the Gurriah 

 Hat Road across to the Tollygunge Lane, t'/c, the bund 

 country, then across the Alolla Hat Road right-handed, a 

 big ring in the railway country with a real big supply of 

 jumping on hand, and home to a finish across the Molla 

 Hat leading up to the Rifle Brigade /heel ! 



I was too full of dust and anxiety to remain to really 

 count how many fences I jumped, but I've a vague idea 

 that it was something inside of twentv, and they were 

 most of them — as high as one would wish to meet so early 

 in the morning. 



The following is a list of the starters : — 



Heavy JVeighis. 

 Capt. Grimston on Queen. 



Col. Hunt ,, I'ostboy. 



Maj. Lyle ,, Midnight. 



Mr A. J. Pugh ,, Sir Ga'reth. 



Mr. L. A. Smith ,, Woad. 



Light Weights. 



Miss King on School-girl. 



Mr. l^arrow ,, Flatcatcher. 



Mr C. Campbell ,, Miss Theo. 



Lord Fincastle ,, Freebooter. 



Mr. Lauder ,, Barmaid. 



Mr. Rawlinson ,, Snapshot. 



Mr. Rees ,, Caliban. 



Mr. Swanstf-n ,, Leila. 



Maj. Turner ,, Damages. 



Mr. R. Westmacoll ,, Maori. 



Mr. A. L. Butler ,, Unity. 



Capt. Agnew ., Carlton. 



Mr. Whitby Smith ,, Jericho. 



