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Cossack. Unfortunately the two other entries, Mr. Martin's- 

 Consequence and Mr. Birkmyre's Drums, were unable to- 

 fulfil their engagements. After crossing a hurdle in the 

 starting field, the course took a sharp turn to the right 

 over a mud wall and back through the open jungle 

 over the " Old Man's Crossing.'' Mr. Mayne immediately 

 went to the front, followed by Mr. Walker, Mr.- 

 Wheeler, Captain Beatty, Mr. Russell, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Barrow bringing up the tail. This order was maintained 

 through the jungle and across the Molla Hat Road into 

 the Jodhpore country, and so on into the bund country. 

 Here Molly Rilev and Flatcatcher began to draw up, 

 and over the big mud walls passed Cossack and Reflector. 

 After jumping the bund country in magnificent style 

 Eau-de-Vie stumbled over some very rough ground on the 

 take-off side of a hurdle, and striking the hurdle turned 

 turtle and broke her neck. The greatest sympathy is felt 

 for her owner, Mr. \\^heeler, over the loss of a mare which 

 he had taken the greatest pains with to bring fit to the 

 post, and would have been there or thereabouts at the 

 finish but for this untimely accident. After this the 

 course again turned towards the Molla Hat Road, and 

 here Molly Riley got up to the leaders. Crossing the 

 Molla Hat Road the course lay through the jungle, and 

 then out alongside the railroad. Here the real racing- 

 began, and Mr. Mayne keeping up a strong steady pace 

 maintained the lead with Mr. Walker lying some four 

 lengths behind, the same distance separating the latter 

 from Mr. Barrow. Sweeping in a half circle to the 

 right over Sandy Lane Crossing, the course lay parallel 

 with the railroad towards the finish at the "Old Man's- 

 Crossing," through the broken bit of jungle and over 

 the intervening rough ground, Mr. Mayne kept his 

 mount w^ell together, and swinging over the last two 

 hurdles in fine style won from Mr. Barrow after a grand 

 finish by about a neck, half a length separating the 

 latter from Mr. Walker, whose heayy weight had told 

 on his mount considerably. After the first three there 

 came a gap, and then Captain Beatty on Reflector, who- 

 went through the last two fences in a most marvellous 

 fashion, appeared on the scene followed by Mrs. Barrow 

 and Mr. Russell. 



The course was an extra long one, being, we should 

 say, from our ride round after close on to fiye miles, and. 



