249 



course now lay down to the right on the low land and round to the right 

 over two old mud walls built up. Turning down towards the Bally- 

 gunge station, Zil was at the head of affairs, with Rabbit in close 

 attendance. The latter assumed the lead as we crossed the road down 

 to the station, and must have come in first, had he not lost the paper 

 at the next turn, which was Zil's fate also. This let Crinolette and 

 Snark in, and the pair ran a ding-dong race to the end, Crinolette winning 

 by half a length, Zil third, Rabbit fourth, and after a long gap Merry- 

 thought, Footlights and Othello came in. The gallery mustered strong 

 at the last hurdle, and witnessed some amusing incidents as the 

 exhausted hounds came up to the last fence. There were very few 

 spills. 



We would remind those who intend to run for the Cup to see that 

 their horses are qualified, for there are only two or three chases more 

 before the Cup Day, and a careful record is being kept. It is not easy 

 to pick out the winner ; Copper will be dangerous in an open course, 

 while Rabbit, Zil, Beeswing, Crinolette, Zulu, Trump Card, Red Rover, 

 and Forester have claims to be considered. 



Captam Hayes' class took away a good few of our Paperchasers 

 this week, but notwithstanding this counter-attraction there was a good 

 show of spectators, and a large field of starters at the corner of the 

 Red Road yesterday morning. Some of the villagers had put up a 

 barrier in front of the first jump during the night, but it was very soon 

 disposed of by the mali in charge, and at 7-15 the course being signalled 

 clear, " The Tougall " on Red Rover and Major Davidson on a bay started 

 with the paper up the road, turned the lane up the left out of sight. 

 The starters mustered strong, a large proportion of them being quite new 

 faces. Amongst them were Mrs. Sanders on Footlights, Mrs. Murray 

 on a bay, Mr. Butler on Rabbit, Mr. Richardson on Crinolette, 

 Mr. Murray on Zil, Mr. Mylne on Merrythought, Mr. Dusra on Othello, 

 Mr. Atlay on a chestnut, Mr. Sholto on Galatea, Mr. Newall on 

 Trump Card, Mr. Killian on a chestnut, Mr. Ackworth on a black, 

 Mr. Orrell on a bay, Mr, Morgan on a brown, Mr. Barrow on a chestnut 

 and a lot more whose names we cannot recollect. 



Twelve minutes' grace having been allowed to paper carriers, 

 Mr. Petrie let the field go, Zil, Rabbit, Footlights, and Crinolette 

 showing in front over the first hurdle. Turning off the road to the left 

 we negotiated a second hurdle, and now we went up by the brick-kiln 

 over a nice fence with a good ditch on the off-side, where the first 

 ncident of the chase occurred, the victim being Crinolette's rider, who 

 was swept off by a low branch. The same greedy twig, not bemg 

 content with Mr. Richardson, carried away a portion of Mrs. Sanders' 



