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amount of grief, one of the most dangerous horses to the 

 chances of English Lord, who was the popular favourite, 

 namely, Mr. Deakin's Blue Bell, falling four fences from 

 home, whilst Captain Rennie's accident with Rivalry 

 interfered with the chances of several of them as it occurred 

 quite close home, in fact at the third last fence. The 

 attendance of the spectators was not as big as usual, though 

 H. E. The Viceroy's Staff were hospitably " At Home" to 

 chota hazriy and amongst the distinguished onlookers was 

 Lord Kitchener, who rode, and Lady Eraser was also 

 present, having driven over from Belvedere. The course 

 started on the left of the Gurriah Hat Road and went 

 out as far as the Tollygunge Lane, and then came back 

 again across the Road to a finish hard by the start. 

 There was no delay in getting the twelve competitors 

 down to the post, and they jumped the first two fences 

 in full view of the gallery ; the last three were also in 

 view^ to those on foot, but the mounted division were 

 able to see almost the entire run. The following were 

 the starters : Light Weights— Mr. Hadow's Yarn, Mr. 

 Deakin's Blue Bell, Major Maxwell's English Lord, Mr. 

 Ralli's Othello, Mr. Mile's Bacchus, and Mr. Wheeler's 

 The judge. Heavy Weights — Mr. Dring's Douglas, 

 Captain Keighley's Marquis, Mr. Macpherson's Rufus, 

 Mr. Curtis-Hayward's Sylvia, Mr. wSheriff's Kinchin- 

 junga. Captain Rennie's Rivalry, and Captain Brooke's 

 Paleface. 



When the word was given, English Lord at once took 

 up the running and was followed by Blue Bell, Marquis, 

 Othello, Yarn, The Judge, Bacchus, Rivalry, Sylvia, 

 Kufus, Paleface, Kinchinjunga and Douglas, and they 

 went out of sight in to the lanein this order. There was very 

 little change as they went away beyond the road, English 

 Lord still cutting out the work, and nearest to him lay Blue 

 Bell, Yarn, Bacchus, Rivalry, The Judge and Othello. 

 At the last fence before the road, which was at rather an 

 awkward angle, Blue Bell came to grief, and The Judge 

 then worked up second, but English Lord had still a very 

 solid lead and was going very well. Three fences from 

 home Rivalry got down over a bushed wall and interfered 

 seriously with Svlvia, Yarn, Rufus also, Bacchus, Othello 

 and Marquis. The Judge made an effort to catch the 

 leader and came down heavily at the last fence and 

 Bacchus refused the second last one, so that English Lord' 



