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consequei'itly an enormous crowd the stiffest part of the 

 -course, the Bund Country being lined on both sides by a 

 strong cavalry force, ^vhilst the high ground on both sides 

 was positively black with spectators of the Aryan per- 

 suasion. Our friends out Ballygunge-way, despite the 

 heavy hiicksheesh in which they inulct the Paperchase Fund 

 for damages to crops, are sportsmen to the backbone and 

 keenly interested in all that goes forward or backward, * 

 or end over end, as the case may be ! The paper was 

 laid by Mr. J. H. Allen, the Honorary Secretary, and 

 Mr. J. M. Turner, and shortly after the advertised hour 

 the field were sent on their journey by Mr. "Squire" 

 Walker, who had also seen them all weighed out. There 

 were fifteen runners, ten light and five heavy weights, and 

 the following is the correct card : — 



Light Weights. 



1. Mr. E. A. Watson's Snowdon. 



2. Mr. G. B. Deakin's Blue Bell II. 



3. Mr. D. B. Myers' Commerce. 



4. Mr T. H. Wheeler's Jacinth. 



5. Capt. H. N. Kolden's Lord Harry. 



6. Mr. E W. Antrani's Myrene. 



7. Mr. T. G Evers' Forlorn Plope. 



8. Mr. J. G. Ballantyne's Fairy. 



9. Mr. A. L. Butler's Lady Marjorie. 

 10. Mr. R. A. C. Pugh's Mistletoe. 



Heavy Weights, 



11. Mr. C. B. Bailey's Monsoon. 



12. Dr. Forsyth's Corydon. 



13. Capt. Rennie's Rivalry. 



14. Mr. A. G. H. Macpherson's Rufus. 



15. Capt. Lambert's Wandering Willie. 



There was no time cut to waste in starting them, and 

 when they got off, Myrene led the field over the first 

 obstacle. Jacinth lying second, Rivalry, Forlorn Hope, 

 Lady Marjorie, Mistletoe, Corydon, Fairy, Wandering 

 Willie, Blue Bell II, Lord Harry, Commerce, Manson, 

 Rufus, Snowdon next. Forlorn Hope went up to the front 

 at the second fence and Jacinth was steadied. Lady 

 Marjorie and Myrene lying next. Fairy, Corydon, 

 Rivalry, Blue Bell II, Mistletoe, Lord Harry, Wandering 

 Willie, Rufus, Commerce, etc., next, and there was little 

 •or no alteration till they began to get to the Bund Country, 

 when Lady Marjorie Vvcnt through the field and got first 

 into the lane, holding a slight lead from Forlorn Hope, 

 Myrene and Fairy. At the first wall in the Bund Country 



