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mare won as she liked, and her rider was deservedly congratulated on 

 his first win over a country. 



We understand from Mr- Latham that he intends to levy a double 

 subscription on spectators, and we hope to see this induce many after- 

 dinner riders to join the hunt and go through with it. Another hint 

 we would give the energetic Secretary, and that is, that any one not 

 going the course, but cutting all corners, utilising short cuts and then 

 nicking in for a share in the finish, as we have observed a man on a 

 bay (not a big bay) do, should have his subscription quadrupled and the 

 Maidan Tout told off to watch him in future. 



The Dum-Dum Races will of course be the great attraction next 

 Saturday, so we suppose the next Faperchase will take place on 

 Monday. 



The third meet of the season took place yesterday morning, the 

 meet being at the Kennels on the Gurriah Hat Road. The attendance 

 was unusually large, and, as the course began on the pucka, and ended 

 nowhere in particular among the deepest recesses of the jungle, the- 

 following was a good bit above the average, for to see anything at all, 

 you had to follow the paper. The hares on this occasion were Messrs. 

 Alipore and Latham, whose horses made very little bones about the 

 fences which were apparently rather smaller than usual. This may have 

 been fancy however. 



Starting from Khaguz Kul the course swept down the road towards 

 the railway, and after passing throu;.;h the compound of an empty 

 tenement, curved round and emerged on the main road, some half a 

 mile further on. After sticking to .Macadam for a little distance, it 

 again disappeared in the jungle on the opposite side of the road, skirted' 

 the " Sheep-pens" and hit off the well known Red Road, and for the 

 third and last time again entered the jungle through which it wended 

 its tortuous way, till, as lucidly described by an ardent chaser, 

 " it was brought up by a big wall behind which there was not 

 anything." , , 



The hares were accompanied on their journey by a "quiet cove' 

 on a likely looking bay "colt" of two years' experience which should 

 turn out a nice handy little horse when a year or two older. To do 

 The Young Un justice after one fall he fenced beautifully throughout, 

 his owner sitting back on him like an old gentleman playing his pet 

 instrument in his favourite arm-chair. After twelve minutes^ grace, the 

 field, and a goodly field it was at all events at first, got away in a crowd, 

 and hustled one another down the road. The first hurdle choked oft a 

 good many who had only come to see the fun, and when the chasers- 

 emercred on the road their numbers were reduced by nearly half,. 



