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and to the railway, over two drop jumps and a bank, 

 and round a bend to the left to the finish beside Jodhpur 

 Than n ah. 



Lord Suffolk on Jericho and Mr. Magor on Return 

 laid the paper, piloted by Mr. Wheeler on Hailstorm. The 

 supply of paper ran out about two hundred yards from 

 the finish, and to complete the course some of the paper 

 laid at the start had to be hastily gathered up after the field 

 had gone away. 



Lord wSuffoik officiated as starter, and despatched the 

 field on fairly level terms. Sligo and Ladybird were the 

 first to show in front, but after crossing the Gurriah Hat 

 Road for the first time, Mr. Stokes took the lead on 

 Matchlock, and showed them the w^ay over the "in and 

 out" jump. A number of the spectators had gone on ahead 

 and were waiting at this point to see the field take these 

 jumps, and a verv pretty sight it was, as the thirteen horses 

 negotiated the obstacles in fairly close order. The style 

 shown by None Nicer and his fair rider was greatly 

 admired, but on the other hand one or tw^o of the other 

 riders shewed a considerable amount of daylight between 

 them and their saddles at the second of the two walls. After 

 crossing the Molla Hat Road, Colebrook came down 

 heavily at a mud wall. Mr. Deakin escaped without any 

 ■damage, and w^as quickly in the saddle again, but Colebrook 

 appeared to be a bit winded by the fall, and thereafter 

 seemed unable to gallop in his usual style. Matchlock, 

 Sligo, Protection and Ladybird formed the leading division 

 until near the durzee's village Mr. Griffith went to the front 

 with Topsail. On reaching the open the first mud w^all 

 brought Topsail down a regular buster, but no bones were 

 broken. Mr. Griffith having dropped out of the chase, 

 Major Ferrar essayed the lead, but presently overran the 

 paper, and somewhere hereabouts Miss Hemingway also 

 got off the trail and had to give it up. Matchlock began to 

 shew signs of having had enough of it, and Mr. Gresson 

 on Sligo assumed the command, increasing the pace 

 consideraly, hotly pursued by Ladybird. Across the 

 Gurriah Hat Road, towards and parallel to the railway, 

 Mr. Pugh on Ladybird tried to get on terms, but in vain, 

 and Mr. Gresson went awav from him at the finish, passing 

 the post an easy winner. Ladvbird second, and then came 

 Major Ferrar on Protection third, giving a lot of weight to 

 the two in front of him. 



