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tricky in the extreme, there being one or two places in 

 which going at a pace the straightest riders must have 

 taken an extra grip. The course was made by Mr. 

 T. Anderson, whose thorough knowledge of the country 

 enabled him to select a course which passed through a lot 

 of country hitherto unknown to the riders. The paper was 

 laid by Lord Suffolk and Mr. Gresson, and there was 

 nothing to complain of in the way in which the paper was 

 evenly scattered. At the finish Mr. Mayne, whose success 

 was quite unanticipated, was overwhelmed with congratula- 

 tions, and we can only say that Mr. Mayne has proved 

 iiimself a cross-country rider of exceptional merits ; the 

 way in which he nursed his horse and brought him 

 along at the right time would have done credit to any 

 iprofessional. 



1900. 



The great event of the season is now a thing of the 

 past, though the ride for the Cup must still bring many 

 pleasant recollections to those whose good fortune it was 

 to take part in what was admittedly one of the nicest rides 

 for the year. The paucity of entries was, however, a great 

 disappointment to the executive. The start was immediately 

 to the left of Jodhpore Thannah, and after a hurdle and mud 

 wall turned to the right and ran parallel with the railway 

 tfence. Turning to the right the course led over a 

 hurdle across the Gurriah Hat Road, over a mud wall, 

 and round to the left through the lane straight to the bund 

 country, but here, instead of going down the line of mud 

 walls, the course continued on the lane over a small drop 

 jump into another lane over a big drop of about five feet 

 -with a three-foot wall on the near side. Then an entirely 

 new bit of country was opened up, in which was a nice 

 double and another hurdle, then through a path cut 

 straight through the jungle behind the Durzi's busti, and so 

 on across the Tollygunge Lane, on the far side of which 

 was a hurdle, and bending to the right a mud wall ; then 

 •back over the lane through the new tank chota gully and 

 a straight run home over a water jump of lo feet with 

 a nice bushed wall on the take off side, the finish being 

 close up to the bund lane parallel with the Molla Hat 

 Koad. 



