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well-known faces were absent, evidently preferrincr a " Europe morning '^ 

 to the questionable delights of a seat in a slippery saddle over twenty or 

 thirty jumps. Dire grief, too, was the order of the day, and we have 

 seldom seen more spills during the course of one paperchase. Messrs. 

 Petersen, Drysdale, Butler, Thompson, Campbell and Captain Harbord 

 all managed to upset themselves at various stages of the journey, and 

 great was the horse-hunting in the jungles, for some hours after e\ery 

 one had gone home. 



The course was laid in an entirely new direction, starting at the 

 railway crossing at Old Ballygunge to the right in a line parallel to the 

 rail, which was again crossed at Jodhpore, with the finish on the high 

 ground to the left of the road. The field was a small one, and amongst 

 the riders we noticed Mrs. Murray, Mr. Myers on Zulu, Captain Harbord 

 on a grey, Captain Burn on his chestnut, Mr. Murray on Zil, Mr. Beresford 

 on Lord Donald, Mr. Dunne on Peggy, Mr. Petersen on Ca\anagh, 

 Mr. Ashton on Pilgrim, Mr. Johnstone on Master McGrath, Mr. Nairn 

 on a chestnut, Mr. Perman on the aged colt, Mr. Drysdale on Warrigal, 

 Mr. Dickson on Ladylove, Mr. Simpson and Mr. Anderson. 



After crossing the rails, a wall led us on to a close bit of going w ith 

 a series of ditches which proved rather disastrous to some of the riders, 

 A sweep to the left and a gallop down a lane then brought us out into 

 the open, hurdles and walls alternating across the fields. The field were 

 tailed off considerably, some of them finding the pace too good, and 

 others being obliged from the force of circumstances to continue the 

 chase on foot. 



About half a mile from the Jodhpore crossing, the 8 a.m. train was 

 seen coming up the line, and it looked long-odds on the train being up 

 in time to stop the whole business. The leading division, however,, 

 managed to get across, leaving the tail of the back disconsolately shut 

 out. Mr. Murray was first past the post, Mr. Currie second, Mr. Nairn 

 third, Mr. Mayne fourth, and the field at intervals. 



Thursday's course was very similar to one laid at the commencement 

 of the season. The start was from the Juggernauth Car, a short spin down 

 the road and a turn to the left into the fields taking us up to the first two 

 jumps, a hurdle and a wall. Across the road again, through a peafield,, 

 and we came to a couple of hurdles and a series of walls amongst the 

 close country to the left of the cross Red Road. Mr. Mylne's proceedings 

 came to an abrupt termination at this stage of the journey. 



A lane, some thick jungle, a series of ditches, and a scamper through 

 the guava garden, brought us out on the Tollygunge Lane. At the end 

 of this, and just past the Thannah, a double was placed in full view of 

 the gallery, a goodly crowd of spectators ha\ing taken up a position 

 on the top of a bank to see the fun, and a good deal of fun we 



