90 

 The official order at the finish was as follows : — 



Mr. Gresson, tlierefore, wins the Light Weight and 

 Major Ferrar the Heavy Weight Cup. 



Mr. Wheeler officiated as judge at the finish, and in 

 the absence of writing paper was obliged to borrow the 

 nearest white topee on whicli to officially record the names 

 of the placed riders as they came past the post. 



1902. 



The Final Meet of the Season was held last Saturday 

 morning, and the record " gallery," which assembled to 

 watch the finish of the Cup chase, must have gladdened the 

 hearts of all paperchasing enthusiasts. The surest signs of 

 the condition of any sport is the amount of popular support 

 which it receives, and judging from the big turn-out at 

 Jodhpore on Saturday paperchasing would seem to be in a 

 very flourishing state. 



Sir John Woodburn rode out to see the chase, and 

 the Viceroy's Staff being " At Home" for c/ioia /lazri 

 afterwards the company included nearly all the social 

 stars who the exigencies of the public service and other 

 attractions have left in Calcutta, so late in the year. 



The first thing I noticed on arriving at the Meet was 

 the beam scale at which the competitors were being 

 industriously weighed out; the operation did not appear, 

 however, to be so difficult or tedious, as some supposed it 

 would be, and the result of the race showed the wisdom of 

 the new rules, which have been established this season 

 regarding the Cup weights. The field was brought together 

 in a remarkable way and the eleventh horse passed the 

 post within a very respectable distance of the winner ; in 

 past years there has often been a quarter of a mile between 

 the first and last horses with those intervening strung out 

 into an almost ridiculous line. 



I rode round the course, which was not nearly so long 

 as last year, and could have been very little more thar^ 



