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The gallery iTiUstered very strong, and were rewarded by a good view of 

 ■the greater portion of the run. Falls were very numerous, chiefly the 

 fault of the riders, as nearly all the nags were jumping beautifully. The 

 start took place near the J uggernauth Car up a lane to the right, and 

 ■then down another lane to the left. The paper was laid by Mr. Carlisle 

 •on Master McGrath, who fenced magnificently, and Mr. Pedestrian on 

 Cinders, who hit the hurdles hard and eventually brought his rider 

 down. 



Amongst the followers of the paper we noticed the Mem Sahib on 

 The Laird, Mr. Lawrence on Ladylove, Mr. Lawrie on Pilgrim, Captain 

 ■Griffiths on Donald, Mr. Gough on the Old Ass, Mr. King on a cobby 

 brown, Mr. Beresford on Gipsy, Mr. Boyd on Le Moke, IMr. O'Malley 

 on Black Boy, ]\Ir. Butler on Bellows, Mr. Myers on Silver Fox, The 

 Bummer on Ullmann, Mr. Anderson on Commissioner, Mr. Decle on 

 Roderick Dhu, the Greek on The Villain, Mr. Learoyd on Handicap, 

 Captain Webb on Gazelle, Mr. Mercantile on a brown, Mr. Campo- 

 'bello on the Partition, Major Fitzgerald on a nice looking bay, Captain 

 Muir on Trooper, "The Tougall " on Blackwater, Dr. Dhurrumtollah on 

 Madman, 'Dr. Ditto, Junior, on Ladybird, Mr. Drydendale and Mr. 

 Praser on Warrigal and Banker, Mr. Stevenson on a chestnut, Mr. 

 'Orrell on a bay. 



At the call of time we dashed down the lane to the left and then 

 •over the first hurdle in the open to the right, the leading division being 

 Blackwater, Trooper, The Laird, Gazelle, Unknown, Silver Fox, Parti- 

 ■tion and a stranger, who charged the hurdle boldly after losing his hat 

 and both stirrups. He managed, however, to get back in the saddle 

 and then pulled up with a jerk among the carriages. This first obstacle 

 proved a stopper to Mr. Decle, whose horse here " stopped short, never 

 to go again "—at least in this chase. The field now swept on at a good 

 pace across the road over a mud wall and a couple of hurdles and again 

 into the jungle. Here a mud wall proved too much for Mr. Myers, 

 who resumed the journey on foot, and the Greek shortly afterwards 

 went to grass. We now came round to the left over a nice piece of 

 <:ountry, the pace beginning to increase, and Mr. Orrell taking the 

 opportunity of falling on a soft spot. We now got our heads in the 

 direction of home. Blackwater still leading with the Trooper, Gazelle, 

 Unknown, Gipsy and Black Boy lying handy. Here the leaders over- 

 shot the paper and landed in a swamp. The Bummer, Mr. Mercantile, 

 and Mr. Stevenson, landing at the bottom of it, while a little further up 

 Dr. Dhurrumtollah, Junior, and Mr. Campobello also came to grief, the 

 result terminating, we regret to say, fatally for Dr. Dhurrumtollah, 

 Junior,— better known as Dr. Woolcott of Messrs. Cook & Co.'s. The 

 •remainder of the field galloped on in the direction of the winning post, 

 "The Masher taking the opportunity to tumble off at a corner. He was 



