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course was so arranged that they were able to see the start 

 half a mile of the course about half wcLj round and the finish, 

 without any trouble. Quite a feature of the day was the 

 number of old hands who went out to tell the present 

 o^eneration how it oug^htto be done. It was worth groine to 

 see alone, without the additional attraction of the 

 chase, such a gathering of the lights of other days as 

 ■\lr. C. C. McLeod, Mr. *' Jock" Mclnnes, Mr. Anderson, 

 Mr. West, Mr. Butler, Mr. Justice Henderson, Mr. Lamond 

 Walker, Mr. " Squire" Walker, Mr. Apostolides and 

 Mr. Reg. Murray. 



Though the air was quite clear in Calcutta, beyond 

 the Red Road there was a slight fog, not thick enough to 

 delay the start, but sufficient to make it far from easy to 

 pick up the paper and to make the jumps look even more 

 formidable than they were. Thanks to the showers of the 

 past few days, the going was very good, and better than^ 

 has been the case for the Cup run for some rears. 



The entries this year were fewer than usual, and w^ith 

 three of the entrants not starting, the field was reduced to 

 a dozen, of whom six entered as light weights and six 

 as heavy weights. Beeswing started favourite for the 

 Challenge Cup and Sylvia for the Heavy Weight Cup, and 

 for once the Prophets were right, and Mr. Pugh on Bees- 

 wing and Mr. Curtis-Hay ward on Sylvia are to be congrat- 

 ulated on their victories. Mr. Pugh especially has done 

 well with Beeswing who, under his management, has been 

 converted from a flighty cross-grained and currish performer 

 on a race course and over a regulation steeplechase country 

 into as nice a paperchaser as one could wish to ride. Her 

 first appearance at a Paperchase, when she put Mr. Pugrh 

 down twice in one morning, was not promising, but since 

 then skill and patience have worked wonders. On Thursday 

 she jumped perfectly, and carried list, over five miles of 

 difficult country in as bold a manner as could be wished. 

 The winner of the Heavy Weight Cup, Mr. Curtis- 

 Hay ward's Sylvia, is a small thouoh well bred mare, and 

 the way in w^hich she has cairied i3st. all through the 

 season is one more proof of the old adage that blood will 

 tell. She jumps in rather lisky fashion at times, but 

 is all heart and as bold as the}^ make them. Mr. Curtis- 

 Hayward is fortunate to own such a mare, and also 

 deserves great credit for the way in which he rode her on 

 Thursday. 



