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with a wet sail, collared them both, and won the 

 cup and ;^20 by a length from Countess, Rad- 

 winter being a good third, the three remaining 

 horses passing the post not far behind. Both 

 victories were most popular. Mr. Carnegie has 

 no keener follower, and few ride straighter to 

 hounds than Miss Tawke, and it was a really 

 good performance of the little mare to carry 

 3 stone 7 lbs. in excess of the weight she was 

 accustomed, and win in such company. Mr. 

 Richardson, too, is a pillar of strength to the 

 Hunt in the Woodham country, where the cup 

 he won will doubtless be the medium of wishing 

 success to for hunters for some time to come. 



" CONSPIRACY." 



The mare. Conspiracy, was not what you 

 would describe as the pleasantest of hunters. 

 At times she was a briUiant performer, and you 

 could depend on her to carry you well in front 

 in the fastest of runs. She could gallop, but 

 unfortunately Conspiracy had her bad days. 

 Perhaps when you least expected she would 

 land on her head at the easiest of places, and if 

 she started like that you might be pretty sure 

 she would go on making mistakes all day ; and 

 so it was a tremendous surprise when she won 

 the cup which has stood on the middle of my 

 dining room table ever since. 



Training Conspiracy was an occupation 

 which entirely met with my approval. 



