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There was a good turn-out of spectators at Ballygunge yesterday 

 morning to witness the sixth meet of the season. " After a storm comes 

 a calm " is an old adage, and a true one, for while we had no less than 

 four accidents to record last week, no one was hurt yesterday, althou^'h 

 there were several amusing spills. The going was very fair throuc^hout 

 while the number of starters must have gladdened the hearts of those who 

 arrange these popular meets. Among them we noticed :— Mrs. Sanders 

 on Footlights, Mrs. Murray on Peggy, Lord William Beresford 

 on a bay, Mr. Alston on Major, Mr. Flummery on Cocktail, Mr. Orrell 

 on Toby, Mr. Paget on a bay. Captain Rawlinson on a grey, Ballygunge 

 Jim on Beeswing, Mr. Acworth on a black, Mr. Gregory on Steiimg 

 Captain Turner on Trumpeter, Mr. Tom Anderson on Commissioner 

 Mr. Murray on Zil, Mr. Henry on a brown, Mr. Holmes on Jumbo 

 Captain Hunt on Ella, Captain Garland on Paleface, Mr. Sholto on 

 Pygmalion, Mr. Killian on a chestnut, Mr. Sniktaw on a bay, Mr. Mylne 

 on a bay, Mr. Dynamite on Paddy, Mr. John Anderson on Bedouin 

 Mr. Taylor on a black, Mr. Dusra on Othello, and a few others. 



The course, which was well laid, started to the left of the Gurriah 

 Hat Road opposite the sixth milestone, crossed the road and wound out 

 towards Tollygunge, through .some villages and gardens where mud 

 walls and hurdles were judiciously placed at convenient intervals, then 

 came back round by the open country outside the villages and into the 

 lane leading down to Jodhpore, where the last two jumps were placed 

 and where the gallery were arrayed in goodly numbers to witness the 

 unusually exciting finish. 



Shortly after half past seven o'clock Mr. Walker on Malta and " The 

 Tougall" on Diamond started off with the paper bags, both horses 

 fencing beautifully, and ten minutes later the impatient field o^ot the 

 word " go.'^ A rare scramble for the first hurdle ensued, but happily 

 all got over it safely, though a good many rapped it hard, not to speak 

 of the numbers who found a resting-place between their horses' ears. 

 Away they went across the road. Beeswing, The Major, Jumbo, and 

 Sterling showing the way, with Toby, Cocktail, and Zil following. 



After getting through the villages into the open the pace increased 

 visibly, Sterling making strong running with Beeswing and The Major 

 lying handy. An amusing incident occurred at the two mud walls in the 

 open. Mr. Taylor's horse took charge of him over the first of these 

 obstacles, and jumping high at the second, landed his rider on his neck 

 where he clung on most tenaciously, but could not get back into his 

 saddle, to the delight of a crowd of natives who held the high ground 

 and speculated as to the probable result of this feat of horsemanship, 

 and as we came by, shouts of " girta," " girta," " girta," were raised, 

 followed by a joyful shout of "girgya" as he landed on his back in the 

 vuctiee. 



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