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•public Mr. Murray now gave Zil her head, and coming away at 

 •every stride, won very easily by several lengths. The Partition second, 

 Mr. Masher third, *' The Tougall" fourth, Ladybird was fifth, and, as she 

 jumped magnificently, it was quite apparent that her fall at the first 

 chase was entirely owing to other horses interfering with her. Captain 

 Harbord was sixth. 



The third chase came off yesterday morning, a day earlier than 

 ■had been anticipated. The gallery were in strong force, though we 

 were sorry to see so few of the fair sex present, as their presence always 

 -acts as a stimulant to the mashers of the field ; the weather was bright 

 and bitterly cold, and everyone was wrapped up to the eyes in warm 

 kupfa^ which was very much needed. The field was very small, owing 

 greatly to so many nags being laid up with coughs at this time of the 

 year ; a good many horses also have gone up-country for pigsticking 

 -during the Christmas week The course was very well selected, and 

 the jumps nicely placed, the going in parts was very heavy, but we can 

 expect nothing else after the dose of rain that has lately fallen. We 

 were glad to see that riders have now got some idea into their heads 

 of keeping their own line ; mishaps are, therefore, few and far between. 



The start took place at the Juggernauth Car, down the main road 

 to the left, over a hurdle and a mud wall and then across the road and 

 a hurdle into the jungle. 



The paper was laid by Mr. Pedestrian on Cinders and Captain 

 Muir on a rather restive bay. Amongst the starters we noticed the 

 Mem Sahib on Black Pearl, "The Tougall" on Zulu, Captain Rochfort 

 on a brown, Captain Harbord on a ditto, Mr. Beresford on Godfrey, The 

 Bummer on Red Rover, Mr. Murray on Zil, the Greek on The Villain, 

 Mr. O'Malley on Gipsy, Mr. Lawrie on Pilgrim, Mr. Cartwright on Lady- 

 bird, The Major on Cooper, Mr. Gough on Jim, Mr. Corrie on Stag- 

 beetle, Mr. Burn on a brown, Mr. Campobello on the Partition, Mr. 

 Boyd on Le Moke, Lord Alwyn on a bay, Mr. Helyar on Somethings 

 Mr. Learoyd on Handicap, Mr. Peel on his old friend The -Skipper, 

 Mr. Anderson and many others whose names are unknown to us. 



At the call of time we went off at a slow pace, which quickened up 

 a bit when we got to the first hurdle. The leaders were all close 

 together, consisting of Lord Alwyn, Zil, The Greek, The Mem Sahib, 

 and Gipsy, while the ruck were close behind. After crossing the road 

 we went over a hurdle and into the jungle, the pace being slow. The 

 Greek was now leading, but the paper taking a sharp turn he overshot 

 it and went into a big tree. We now left the jungle for a time, and 

 went into some heavy ground and over a bund, a hurdle and a wall. 

 Mr. Helyar was now leading with Pilgrim and Gipsy close up. The 

 course now wound close to a pile of bricks which most of the field 



