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The second Paperchase came off yesterday morning. The pubHc 

 turned out in great numbers, both as spectators and followers of the 

 chase. The weather was all that could be desired, but the going was 

 fearfully deep, and we think the distance was a little long, considering 

 that the season has only just commenced. We heard many complaints 

 of the sparing manner in which the paper was laid. We think it a 

 great mistake to be niggardly in this respect, as the field spread all over 

 the crops in the endeavours to recover the scent, and this naturally 

 prejudices the natives against the sport. The riding, as it generally is 

 in the first few chases, was decidedly loose. Courtesy is a thing we 

 always advocate, but we think it is carrying the matter a little too far 

 to see riders, after negotiating a fence, bowing politely to their horses' 

 necks. This attention must be very embarrassing to the horses, while 

 it is far from a pretty sight for the gallery. The start took place at the 

 Juggernauth Car, the paper being carried by Messrs. Latham and 

 Walker on Weaver and Cinders. 



We noticed at the start the Mem Sahib on a new one, the Chauringi 

 Mem Sahib on Nancy, Mr. Lawrence on Master McGrath, Mr. Burn 

 on a pony, Mr. Learoyd on Engineer, Captain Webb on Remorse, 

 Mr. Beresford on Boatman, Mr. Alston on Pilgrim, Mr. Graham on 

 Sappho, Lord William on Pigsticker, Mr. Drysdale on Warrigal, Captain 

 Haines on Ariel, Mr. Tom on Commissioner, Mr. Hamilton on a 

 chestnut, Mr. Apcar on Tambourine, Mr. Myers on King Arthur, 

 Mr. Petrie on a brown, Mr. Delphin on Credit, Mr. Agra on Sherry 

 Cobbler, Mr. Dunne on Gretchen, Mr. Maitland on a black, Mr. Murray 

 on Zil, Mr. Tunnicliffe on a chestnut, Mr. Gordon on a ditto, and a host 

 of other good men and horses, whose names unfortunately are unknown 

 to us. 



At the call of time we darted down the road and sharp to the left 

 over a hurdle and a mud wall in full view of the gallery. After the mud 

 wall we crossed the road, and then inclined to the left over a stiff hurdle. 

 The leaders were Gretchen, Ariel, Messrs. Hamilton and Petrie. The 

 pace was very fast. After going a short distance over some very heavy 

 ground, we jumped on and off the red lane over a hurdle and a couple 

 of mud walls, and then over a brushwood fence and another wall. 

 Messrs. Alston and the Greek now joined the leading division. The 

 course now lay through some jungle which proved disastrous to the 

 Greek. On emerging into the open we found two more obstacles, a drop 

 jump and a nasty looking hurdle. Gretchen, Ariel and Pilgrim were 

 now at the head of affairs, but the pace had slackened down consid- 

 erably. The paper now laid over a narrow wall and into a patch of 

 jungle where we found two fearful grave-like ditches, the second one of 

 which was cleared by Mr. Maitland in gallant style well ahead of his 

 horse. We now got our heads in the direction of home, and several of 



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