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hope that he will soon be amongst the starters. Bummer's voyage back 

 did not a^^ree with him, for we hear he has lost vveij^ht. Amonyst the 

 starters we noticed Mr Sanders on Footlights, Tlie Masher on his o\yn 

 Bunny, Captain Harbord on a grey, Mr. Rawlinson on Forester, 

 Calcutta's Own, under an exquisite cap, on Copper, Mr Richardson on 

 a ^rey. Ally Sloper on Saunterer, Mr. Grej^ory on the Padre's mare, 

 Ballygunge Jim on his new bay, Chota Dunne on a grey, Captain 

 Muir on a brown, Mr. Nolan on Sunbeam, and a few others. 



Punctually at 7-30 Mr. Latham on Weaver and " The Touyall " on 

 Trump Card started with the paper, both horses fencing beautifully, and 

 fifteen minutes later the word "go"' was given to the eaj^er field of 

 starters. The course lay down by the railway where the first obstacle, in 

 the shape of a mud wall, was negotiated by the leaders without a mistake, 

 The Rabbit, Copper, Mr. Richardson, and Footlights, showing the way. 

 A turn to the right brought us on to a hurdle and mud wall which 

 stopped no one, although a little later on Captain Harbord came to 

 mother earth gracefully and took no further part in the chase. The 

 going was a little heavy after this, until we came into a pucca lane, 

 which was the signal for the leaders to increase the pace, and a merry 

 rattle soon brought us into the open again where a hurdle and a mud 

 wall had to be got over. Mrs. S mders and Footlights parted company 

 at the latter owing to a riderless horse knot king the grey out of his 

 stride, and she was obliged to finish the chase on foot. Crossing a 

 field with a hurdle across the centre brought us into the last turn 

 for home, but not before Mr. Butler had tried the experiment of 

 tumbling off and running alongside his handsome galloway for a little. 

 The result was not successful ; he got on again, but failed to make up 

 what he had lost, anH Mr. Richardson, taking advantage of these little 

 ecceniricities, raced over the last fence an easy winner. Copper and 

 Captain Harbord's riderless horse making a close finish f(»r second 

 place, Rabbit third. Forester fourth, Ballygunge Jim fifih, Mr. Gregory 

 sixth, and Ally Sloper a good seventh. 



Owing to the crops not being cut, a gallery course coutd not be 

 arranged, but this difficulty will soon vanish, and we promise the 

 spectators something good on an early date. 



It was no doubt the promise of a "gallery course" that attracted 

 so large a number of onlookers to .Ballygunge on Saturday morning 

 to see the third chase of the season. Ihe field, however, was small, 

 and we should have liked to see more of the old faces. The starters 

 were Mrs. Harvey on a magnificent bay, Lord William on an English 

 horse, Lord Clandeboye on a bay. Mr. Alston on Pilgrim, Calcutta's 

 Own on Copper, The Masher on ked Rover, Ballygunge Jim on 



