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Cripple, Mr. Beresford and Mr. O'Malley, the well-dressed men, on 

 Brian Boru and Kepler, Captain McCausland on St. Patrick, Mr. Peel 

 on Red Gauntlet, Mr. Lawrence on Lady Love, Mr. Sniktaw on Rona, 

 "The Tougall" on Black Water, Mr. Allthere on Pilgrim, Mr. Adjutant 

 on the Star, the Bummer on a Rum 'Un and a crowd of others, mounted 

 on howling country-breds. Hart's ticcas and other fearful mokes. We 

 were glad to see so much beauty abroad (not amongst the riders, but in 

 the Gallery), who must have been amply rewarded for their early rising 

 by the number of spills, loose horses and elegant language that was 

 flying about. 



The hares did not turn up till late ; the start was therefore delayed 

 till 7-30 A.M. At the call of time about thirty horsemen mixed them- 

 selves up at the first hurdle, and two or three nags proceeded on their 

 way riderless, the rider of Star getting a nasty black-eye during his 

 struggles. Then away we streamed towards the Sheep-pens, the running 

 being made by the Doctor, Brian Boru and Black Water, closely 

 followed by Cripple, Kepler, Lady Love, Red Gauntlet, St. Patrick, and 

 Lord Harry. The course now went through some very cramped jungle, 

 which proved disastrous to the chances of Brian Boru, Kepler, and 

 several others, who were unable to act round the corners. On we went 

 across the open the Gallery water-jump, at which we saw an eminent 

 banker qualifying for Wilson's Circus ; then over the road to a hurdle, 

 where Mr. Sniktaw stood on his head in a paddy field, and the Doctor 

 and his partner shortly afterwards went to grass, or rather to mud. 

 The guava-tope came next ; here the riders of St. Patrick and the 

 Cripple were adorning the trees with a stirrup leather and an ancient 

 topee. The red flags now appeared, and legs began to move, the two 

 last jumps being a big ditch with a wall on the further side and a 

 nullah, the first of which stuck up Kepler, whose rider was offering his 

 distinguished head gear to any one who would give him a lead over. 

 The field were pretty close together from the distance, but after 

 negotiating the last lep. Black Water forged ahead and just won from 

 Lady Love, who was followed by Red Gauntlet, Brian Boru, Lord 

 Harry, Cripple, St, Patrick and Kepler, and the usual tail of little ones. As 

 this was the first Chase of the season, we must give a few words of 

 advice to some of the riders who came out to enjoy a morning's sport. 

 This is, avoid standing crops. There is plenty of galloping room with- 

 out going through a field of uncut paddy, or any other crop, as we saw 

 several riders do this morning, and the result of such performances can 

 only be, that the owners of the crops will object, as some of them have 

 done already, to have their lands ridden over, and then comes the end 

 of the Paperchases. 



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