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«eemed very long, and the word " go " must have been a relief to many. 

 Away we clattered down the road till ^e came to the comer, where we 

 turned to the right into a field where the first hurdle was placed, Jumbo, 

 Zil, Rona, Robin, and Snowstorm showing the way. A little close 

 country kept the field well together, but as we came in sight of the Red 

 Road the pace increased and the tailing process commenced. The 

 railway was crossed without accident, but between this and the Sandy 

 Lane at Jodlipore some part of the ground wis heavy, and those who 

 €ased their horses found it paid to do so. Mr. Shins came to grief in 

 these parts, and was left behind unhurt, his steed going on with the 

 other horses and taking the jumps as they came, up to the very last ; 

 coming into the Sandy Lane Rona was leadiuij with Snowstorm, Tom, 

 and Robin close by. and in this order they crossed the road at the 

 Thannah. Going round by the railway Mr Butler forced Tom to the 

 front, but at the second last hurdle the rice proved too fast to be safe. 

 The pony being unable to collect himself, made a mistake and rolled 

 over with his rider, who thouj^h stunned by the fdl, luckily escaped 

 unhurt. Rona now got her head, and shot over the last hurdle in front 

 of Snowstorm with Captain Wheeler on Robin a good third, Jumbo and 

 Zil fourth and fifih, respectively. Rob Roy, coming next, jumped too 

 hijjh for his rider over the last hurdle, and managed to unseat him. He 

 came down heavily and was considerably shaken. No bones were 

 broken, however, and we hope to see huii to the front agam next week. 

 Mr. Barrow was seventh, and the rest finished at intervals during the 

 next quarter of an hour. 



So ended a most enjoyable chase. I hear the Old Man is raising 

 the jumps at ToUygunge to so.nething like the jumps of former years, 

 and 1 sincerely trust the experiment will be a success. 



No doubt the performance of the " Mikado " and other late 

 festivities accounted for the rather poor turnout of people at fJallygunge 

 yesterday morning. The meet was at Jodhpore station, no less than 

 six jumps being in full view of the gallery, and it was much to be 

 regretted that the field was so small, for a better course could not well 

 be found. The going was good througnout, while the jumps were many 

 and varied, and were spread over about three miles of country Those 

 who stayed in bed certainly lost a most enjoyal)le ride, and we hope 

 they will not be so lazy again. Am.^ng the starters were Mrs Sanders 

 on Footlights, Mrs. Murray on Peggy, B.iHygunge Jim on Beeswing, 

 Mr Murray on Zil, Mr. Alston on the Major, Mr. Holmes on Jumbo, 

 Mr Johnstone on North Star, Mr. Sholio on Pygmalion, Mr. Petrie on 

 Bob, Mr. Verschoyle on a bay, Mr. Masher on Tom, Mr. Prevost on 

 a grey pony, the Apostle on Cocktail, Mr. Ackworih on a black, Captain 



