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after the excitement of the first burst died out in them. This is not as it 

 should be, and it is comforting to know that a number of youthful aspirants 

 to glory in the pigskin have arranged to get up a sweep for first of their 

 number over the last fence next chase. 



The jumping was above the average yesterday, notably of 

 Gangwarily, who won, Nancy who goes kindly in no hands save 

 her owner's, Black Diamond and Mr. Hilldale's mount, while the funny 

 business was ably conducted single-handed by Mr. Sedgwick. It is 

 wonderful what a difference a very trifling anachronism at a fence 

 makes. There could not have been half a second between the funny 

 man and the old mare at the mud wall, up to which the human had 

 always a little bit (a nose or a solah topee say) the best of it ; but the 

 former putting on a spurt when he viewed the obstacle, beat the mare 

 by a nose ; the result — the mare goes home disgusted, riderless, and 

 her bereaved owner is left reclining on a dewy mud bank — an Indian 

 " Posilethivaite^'' sick of paperchasing, and thinking of the cock-tail he 

 is bound to miss I The course laid out was generally pronounced the 

 best of the season ; it was not a purely gallery one, nor did it like a 

 previous one end in the deepest jungle shade. It was more a huntino- 

 course than any of its predecessors, and was appreciated almost equally 

 bv the flyers and the lookers-on. Starting from *' Rosedale " the 

 first jump was discovered in the open, a turn to the left through a bit of 

 jungle disclosing a niud wall, after which the course curved round to 

 the right, and after crossing a variety of fences, muds, and naturals, 

 emerged on the Station Road by Smith's old paddocks, in the open 

 space by which stood two formidable walls, where the funny man 

 elected to enact his role. A sharp turn to the left and on through the 

 jungle brought the field with "The Capting" Mr. Mac and Mr. 

 Leatherhead in the van, past the brick kilns on the left, over the water 

 jump {sic it was only a puddle), and one more turn into the leafy to 

 bring the field into the open by the Red Road with their heads turned 

 homeward. Mr. Mac's grey mare was first recognisable as they 

 appeared from the jungles ; but a refusal at a wall had lost the mare a 

 lot of ground, and the steel had been taken out of her in making up 

 her leeway, a fact " The Capting " is too, good a horseman not to turn to 

 his own advantage, and it was soon evident that Gangwarily was 

 pulling over the mare who, however, saved her character by racing 

 home most gamely, only being beaten by a length, Mr. Padesian a 

 good third, and what has not been customary, a large proportion of the 

 field well up ; the learned judge leading and cheering on the ruck. 



The tenth meet took place yesterday morning at 7 o'clock, the 

 advertised fixture being the kennels, but the actual start, as last week, 

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