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Liberty and was purchased by Mr. Pugh from Dr. R. 

 Spooner Hart at the beginning of the season. He must 

 be a rare good game bit of stuff to go as he has done half 

 fit, and Mr. Pugh will probably steer him to victory many 

 and many a time in the future. 



1906. 



This year the race was run over the Salt Lake country 

 for the first time on record, as all the rest of the Bally- 

 gunge country is, owing to the recent rain, practically 

 unrideable or at any rate far too deep to make it feasible to 

 go over the old " Bund Country," where so many a good 

 hunter has been floored and so many a good man has 

 sighed a sigh of relief when he finds himself landing 

 safely over the last of this formidable series of big 

 banks. It is a part of the world in which one may say 

 there have been a large number of " bank failures." The 

 venue chosen for this year's contest enabled an excellent 

 view of almost the entire course to be obtained and the 

 mounted spectators were able to gallop from point to point 

 and see the best of it. The distance must have been a 

 bit over four miles and there were about fifteen fences, 

 most of them big walls, also a water jump and the usual 

 complement of hurdles. The crowd was a large one and 

 H. E. the Viceroy's Staff were " At Home " after the race 

 to chota hazri^ the Paperchase Club also dispensing 

 hospitality to all and sundry. The road was crammed 

 with carriages and there were a couple of drags, the 

 Government House coach and the Bodyguard one, the for- 

 mer tooled by Captain Bulkeley and the latter by Captain 

 Holden. A party from Government House also came out, 

 but H. E. the A'^iceroy was unfortunately unable to be 

 present, much to the regret of everyone. The course was 

 planned and built by Mr. Pauntley, one of the Joint 

 Hon. Secretaries and he and Mr. Antram laid the paper. 

 Mr. J. H. Allen presided at the scales and the field of 

 twelve were weio^hed out in ofood time. The followinpf is 

 the list of starters : — 



Light JVeig/Us. 



Mr. Gresson's ... ch. anst. g. Nevermore, ii-o. 



Mr. Turner's ... b. ?ust £]; Fusilier, ii-o. 



Mr. Evers' ... b. anst. g. Cain, ii-o. 



Mr. Myers' ... bk. aust. g. Commercej i i-o. 



