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Ballygunge Country, new to the horse, and she had never 

 ridden in a paperchase before in her life. Her perform- 

 ance was therefore a most creditable one, and the cheers 

 that went up as she came home first over the last fence, were 

 inspired by a genuine admiration for a plucky achievement. 

 There remains now no more to be said excepting to express 

 the hope that the recorder of these deeds has not opened 

 his mouth only to put his foot in it — and to publish the 

 record of the winners : — 



