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on Red Knight," Mr. Henry on a bay, Mr, Helyar on a ditto, Mr. 

 Mercantile on Zil, Mr. Gough on Jim, The Greek on Apostle, Mr. Apcar 

 on Tambourine, Mr. C F. Barrow on Kilmore, Mr. Rivers on Magpie, 

 Dr. Morgan on Fairlie, Mr. Peel, Mr. and Mrs. Chapman, Mr. Macartie, 

 Mr. Campbell on Partition, etc., etc. 



At the word " go " Beryl began to back in the most approved 

 manner. The Mem Sahib sat tight for five bucks when her hat flew 

 off, and at the sixth buck she followed her topee, luckily escaping 

 without injury. Tambourine, black Pearl, The Apostle, and Ladybird 

 led over the first hurdle, and then on to another hurdle, with a drop, 

 in full view of the gallery. This obstacle proved very trying to many 

 of the riders, several of whom embraced their horses in the most loving 

 way, while Mr. Barrow reached mother earth, apparently somewhat 

 against his inclination. The paper was laid over a double, Tambourine, 

 Zil, Jinij and Ladybird leading them over a mud wall, and into the 

 open, where a hurdle caused Ladybird to run out, and ]\Irs. Mercantile 

 shortly after tried the hardness of the ground, without, however, we are 

 glad to say, sustaining any harm, as she was able to go the course 

 afterwards in her usual dashing style. We now cross the road and over 

 a mud wall, Zil, Red Knight, Jim and The Apostle composing the 

 foremost contingent. The pace now slackened down, owing to the 

 paper lying throu^'h a bit of jungle, and on emerging into the open, the 

 pace again quickened up, and we raced over a hurdle, a mud wall, 

 several ditches, and then another wall. Zil was now leading by about 

 fifty yards. The course now curved round to the left till we headed 

 on the Red Road when we found that we had a straight run in over two 

 hurdles. Mrs. Mercantile was now going very easily at the head of the 

 field, but Mr. dough's Irish blood was roused, and ramming his spurs 

 into Jim, he encouraged him with shouts of " Faugh-a-ballagh" and 

 " Erin-go-bragh," and the horse answering gamely, they rattled over the 

 two last hurdles at a grand pace, but could never quite reach Zil, who 

 won somewhat easily by a length, Red Knight third, Mr. Henry fourth. 

 The Apostle fifth, Tambourine sixth, Ladybird seventh. 



The tenth Paperchase came off on Saturday, and was undoubtedly 

 the fastest run we have had this season. The pace was a cracker from 

 start to finish. All the leading horses, however, jumped beautifully, 

 and those faint hearts who lay behind in the hopes of scrambling through' 

 <:»^aps must have been bitterly disappointed to find the fences almost 

 untouched. There is no doubt that these chases are capital schooling 

 for horses and riders, and we saw proof of this at the Sky Races on 

 the 9th instant, when Zulu, judiciously ridden by his young owner, beat 

 such horses as Lunatic, Gameboy, etc., although they were handled by 

 professionals. We trust Mr. Baron's success will induce other light 



