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The first meet of the season took place yesterday at Juggernauth Car 

 on the Gurriah Hat Road, and there was a goodly muster of the sporting 

 fraternity of Calcutta. Most of the old and well-known faces were there 

 amongst the crowd of performers or onlookers, but we noticed here and 

 there a mournful gap. We missed poor Dr. Morgan on Fairlie and Dr. 

 Woolcott. Peace be to their ashes. It will be difficult to fill their places 

 in Calcutta as sportsmen, and in many other ways. The field of 

 starters was rather smaller than usual, some twenty or thirty all 

 told, but the talent amongst them more than made up for the 

 quantity. 



We noticed Mrs. Cook on Hector, The Major on a new one, Mr. 

 Agra on his bay, the Apostle on the Villain, Mr. Lawrence on Master 

 McGrath, Mr. Flummery on Lord Donald, Mr. Cartwright on George 

 Dashwood, Mr. Myers on a little one, Mr. Bintang on Zil, Mr. Nastrelep 

 on Gloom, Mr. Mylne on a grey, several Hallygunge chummeries on 

 horses of sorts, Mr. Learoyd on Handicap, Mr. Hamilton on Milkmaid, 

 Mr. Hadow on Thoms, and Mr. Collin on Fort. We apologise to any 

 gentleman we may not have mentioned, but we have not much space at 

 our disposal. The start was down the lane to the right, over a hurdle, 

 the going being very slippery, Mr. Lawrence, the Apostle, Mrs. Cook, 

 Mr. Cartwright, and Mr. Bintang got away first, and kept well together 

 for the major portion of the distance. Then we trended away to the 

 left, over the open by the sheep-pens with a hurdle or two and a wall and 

 a ditch, across the Red Road, with a Wind-looking ditch into a garden. 

 Mr. Lawrence here had a good lead with the Greek lying well up. Some 

 thick jungle then entailed rather careful riding, until we got to the brick 

 fields. A succession of walls and hurdles, with a scramble through the 

 guava tope, led us out into the Tollygunge lane. Here the leading 

 division sat down and began to ride, the Apostle having the legs of the 

 lot round the corner. The finish was a real gallery one, being placed in 

 a circle in the open to the right of the Red Road at the Gurriah Hat 

 Thannah. After crossing the road three of the leading division shot off 

 to the right of the paper, and lost their places. A warning shout, how- 

 ever, put the rest on the. right track, and a good race home ensued. 

 Mr. Lawrence landed first, Mr. Agra second, the Unknown third, Mrs. 

 Cook fourth, Mr. Cartwright fifth, the Greek sixth, then the Masher, and 

 a crowd of others. On the road home we noticed Mr. Flummery still 

 looking for the course, and others, we fancy, will be dropping in all 

 day. 



The paper was laid by;Mr. Latham and Mr.AValker. Mr. Simpson 

 accompanying them to see that the ryots behaved properly. The course 

 was a very good one. The pace moderate. There were no accidents, 

 and we must congratulate the Honorary Secretary on having given the 

 gallery such a good view of the finish. 



