It was a most happy combination of the Two Kingdoms, 

 and rarely, if ever, have a pair been more devoted and 

 confidential friends than Miss Prophit and " Bunny." 

 Miss Prophit, as every one who has the honour of her 

 acquaintanceship knows, is a lady who never knew and 

 still does not know how to spell the word " fear," and her 

 exploits in the saddle out paperchasing in Calcutta and 

 also hunting at home are numerous. The Bun is only a pony 

 like many another first-rate paperchaser. She is a typical 

 little Irish hunter, compact, well-balanced and extremely 

 difficult to fault wherever you take her. In the company 

 of those who jump and who know all about it she could in 

 her day be classed A-i at Lloyds. To say that she was 

 as good and as clever as old Flatcatcher, is, we think, to 

 pay her the best compliment we can. She is still to the 

 fore and may be seen looking as well as ever carrying 

 her charming mistress about hacking. The picture which 

 we publish of her does not do her all the justice we could 

 desire. In 1901, Miss Pugh (Mrs. Patterson) won on 

 her brother's well-known mare Ladybird, who was then 

 a winner of the Paperchase Cup and many races. Mrs. 

 Patterson rode her beautifully and the mare made nothing 

 of her feather-weight. In 1905 and 1906, Mrs. J. C. C. 

 Perkins was absolutely invincible, and on her good horse 

 Peep o'Day gave the whole lot of them the " go-by" 

 in great style. Mrs. Perkins rode on both occasions most 

 admirably and with excellent judgment and courage. 

 Last on the whole list comes last year's winner. Lady 

 Violet Elliot, who rode Captain Holden's Lord Harry 

 who had never, prior to this race, had a lady on his 

 back. Lady Violet came to us with a reputation for being 

 a beautiful horse-woman and it scarcely needed this per- 

 formance to tell us that those who said so spoke no more 

 than the truth. She won easily it is true, and was on a 

 first-class performer, but her young ladyship was new to the 



