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Ginger on Alice, and i^iownie on Robin. The start took place at half 

 past seven punctually across the Artillery I^idin^*^ School jumps, past the 

 elephant lines, and along a bye road across the railway ; the pace was 

 tremendous not to say dangerous. Brownie, who had laid the paper on 

 ■the previous evening, led the way, closely followed by the Nightinjiale, 

 John D., Chawbs, and the Serampore Masher. Turning off to the right 

 the paper lay over several awkward jumps in a close cultivated country 

 where few followed correctly, owing to the natives having taken up the 

 paper. Across some rough open ground nearly the same order was 

 maintamed, the Begum apparently taking Chawbs for a gallop according 

 ■to her own fancy, jumps of all sorts were manipulated, as also were 

 falls and scrambles. A broad water jump put the Silent One Jiors de 

 combat^ while a bank and ditch proved fatal to the Calcutta visitor who 

 trudged home the remainder of the way. A long gallop down a grassy 

 lane then followed, Brownie, Chawbs, John U. and the Serampore 

 Masher heading the string. A slope proved too much for the Begum, 

 who crossed her forelegs, bringing Chawbs a tremendous cropper. 

 The paper then led over two small jumps across the railway and along 

 the Station Road, through a Bazaar, and finished over a couple of 

 • ditches near the Cricket Ground, Robin and Serampore Masher close 

 together, John D. well up third. A chota haz ri was provided on the 

 Cricket Ground by David and Jonathan, where several ladies were 

 assembled anxiously awaiting the safe arrival of the sportsmen. 



The time taken from start to finish was r8 min. 5^2 sec. by Benson's 

 chronometer. Two ladies deserve special praise for riding from start to 

 finish without a check, and it is to be hoped that on the next occasion 

 still more will find their way to the meet. 



The fifth chase of the season met at Jodhpore Thannah yesterday 

 morning. There was a large turn-out of spectators and a goodly 

 number of starters, indeed condsiderably more "starters" than "finishers." 

 The second mud bank seems to have been too much for some of the 

 horses, and the number of refusals was a caution. Only twotleared it 

 at the first go-off, and I am told some twenty horses were hung up for a 

 considerable time, causing endless amusement to the onlookers. 1 

 -noticed a paragraph in Monday's paper in which a correspondent com- 

 ments on my criticism of the accident in last chase. I have read over 

 my remarks carefully, and cannot find any allusion to " foul riding, ' or 

 even " reckless riding.'' The former term is quite foreign to Calcutta 

 paperchasers, and its mtroduction quite unnecessary. I am quite sure 

 Mr. Dangerfield never thought anything beyond a friendly caution was 

 meant by my remarks ; and if he will look over accounts of former 

 chases, he will find that a good many of us came in for equally severe 

 criticism in our day. 



