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cantered in virtually unchallenged, Othello being next 

 and Marquis third, the first heavy weight up. 

 The following was the official verdict : — 



Major Maxwell's win was a very popular one, and he 

 rode an excellent race all through. Both he and Captain 

 Keighley, the winner of the Heavy Weight Cup, belong 

 to the i8th Bengal Lancers, and this gallant corps has 

 every reason to be proud of the achievements of its 

 representatives. 



1905. 



This year's race nobly sustained the traditions of its 

 past : there was a good field, an exciting race and a 

 fine finish. The fences were big and numerous, and 

 the course excellent in all respects, save and except 

 that it would be better in future years to make the fences 

 much wider so as to give more room. The line selected 

 was from a point at the foot of what is known to the paper- 

 chasing community as "the Bund Country," and both 

 start and finish were close together. After jumping a 

 hurdle which faced back towards the Gurriah Hat Road 

 and Jodhpore, the line lay right-handed across the Gurriah 

 Hat and out again into the open, arriving at the Bund 

 Country via the old drop fence. Here there were five big- 

 walls in succession. The line then lay over the Tolly- 

 gunge Lane, and again recrossed it this side of the Molla 

 Hat Road, and came up the plough below that road over 

 a couple of very stiff walls round to the right over the 

 " Ladies' Wall," which was the second last fence on the 

 course, and home to a finish over a hurdle. The course 

 was an excellent one for the sight-seers, and there was 



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