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Water Lakes with mud walls and hurdles placed at judicious intervals. 

 A new thing in jumps was a tree raised on two bamboo trestles about 

 three feet three inches from the ground, which stopped a good many. 

 Turning homewards there was a very nice double which seemed to 

 have taken the fancy of the Ballygunge peasant, for they collected 

 alongside in hundreds waiting for some " fun." The course from this 

 point lay across the fields to the road, then across a series of ditches? 

 finally finishing with two hurdles close to the railway line at Jodhpore 

 station. 



The paper was carried by Mr. Walker on Malta, and •' The Tougall" 

 on Red Rover, who started a little before 7-30, twelve minutes in advance 

 of the field, who followed The Beau, Sterling and Othello over the first 

 hurdle ; going up the lane to the station all the leaders overshot the 

 paper, which resulted in grief to Othello, who came down over the 

 corner of the small ditch, and gave his rider a nasty fall, which, how- 

 ever, is not so serious as it looked, and we hope to see him to the front 

 again on the Cup Day. Before turning down to the Salt Water Lakes, 

 Mr. Holmes came to grief over a hurdle, but fortunately escaped 

 unhurt, although Shamrock tried him as a carpet before passing him. 

 The leaders all negotiated the log jump without a stoppage, but Grane 

 refused, and several others following his example, some confusion took 

 place. Sterling and Shamrock led alternately for the rest of the way, 

 Shamrock getting the verdict by half a length, Mr. Acworth a good 

 bit off was third, followed after a long interval by Commissioner fourth, 

 Grane fifth, and Footlights sixth. We congratulate Mr. Euler on his 

 first win, which he thoroughly deserves, having worked up to it with 

 undoubted pluck for the last five years. We saw an unpardonable 

 offence on the part of some of the spectators a short distance from 

 home, where several took up a position on the top of a bank where the 

 horses had to come over. This was quite enough to stop any horses, 

 and we trust it will not be repeated. Favouritism for the Cup seems 

 pretty evenly divided between Beeswing or Sterling, Shamrock and Toby. 

 The last-named has all the advantage of a light weight, which is" also 

 in favour of Sterling and, while either are good enough to win, we 

 should not be surprised to see a resolute finish brmg Beeswing in. 

 Shamrock and Othello have also great claims as well as Captain 

 Muir's selected. 



1887—88. 



Judging by the large number of people who found their way to 

 Jodhpore Thannah yesterday morning, it is clear the paperchases are 

 going to be as popular as ever ; and indeed more so, for the interest 

 has no doubt been considerably enhanced by the offer of a Cup to be 

 given by a sporting paperchaser on terms which appeared in Thursday's 



