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gratifyin}4 to see such a consistent paperchaser as Mr. Acworth to the 

 front, the more so as he has just got over the effect of a bad spill in a 

 former chase. The Cup Chase will very soon be on now and on paper 

 it looks any odds on Badminton who has been going so well in these 

 chases this season. At the same time the chances of horses like 

 Shamrock and Diamond cannot but add a great deal more interest to 

 the issue, wliile Red Rover, Blackstone, and Donegal will not be far 

 behind. Mrs. Murray has a speedy and clever fencer in Maud, and if 

 she starts, will have a very good chance indeed. Altogether it looks a 

 pretty open rare, and in any case the starters should not be less than a 

 dozen. The " Average Cup" will go to Badminton bar accidents, as 

 there are only two more chases before the Cup Day. 



The Calcutta Mounted Rifles Chase for two Cups — one for light 

 weights walking list. 7lbs. or under and the other for all who walk over 

 that weight — comes off on Wednesday, and should prove an interesting 

 and amusing race. The Cup presented by Mr. Ezra is to be given to 

 whoever comes in first, whether a light or heavy weight, and an equally 

 valuable Cup will go to the first in the light or heavy weights as the case 

 may be, that is, if a light weight comes in first, he receives Mr. Ezra's 

 Cup and the other Cup will go to the first heavy weight in, and vice 

 versa. The light weights will wear blue sashes to distinguish them from 

 the heavy weights, who are to wear red ones. 



Saturday morning being cool and crisp for this season a large num- 

 ber of people found their way to the starting point for the twelfth chase 

 of the season. As the Cup Day draws near, the interest seems to 

 increase, and the running of Blackstone, Diamond, and Shamrock lately 

 points to a very open race for the Cup ; it is to be hoped none of the 

 horses will go wrong in the short interval that has to run before this 

 sporting event is decided. 



The course on Saturday was, wi th some judicious alterations, a 

 familiar one to many old paperchasers. It ran from the Jodhpore 

 Station across the Gurriah Hat Road, keeping parallel with the road 

 through some in-and-out winding up to the Old Jump with the ditch in 

 front alongside the road close to the siixth milestone, from which point it 

 turned to the right out by the Tollygunge Gardens, returning over the 

 " Bund" country and crossing a bit of high land by the tank, finished on 

 the right hand side of the road, a little past Jodhpore Thannah. 



The hares of the day were Mr. Walker on Malta and " The Tougall " 

 on Jack, who started the usual ten minutes in advance of the field, who 

 were taken in hand by Ballygunge Jim and despatched with his usual 

 punctuality. The following comprise the majority of the field :— 



Mrs. Sanders on Footlights, Mrs. Hamilton on a chestnut, Mr. 

 Emerson on Duchess, Captain Burn on Nelly, Lord William Beresford 



