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Mr. Foxhall P. Keene's "Masterful," standing in his 

 box, looked .pretty good to many of the crowd and was 

 quite a favorite in the betting, as was Mr. Strassburger's 

 "Wolferton 11" and Mr. Fenwick's "Margery Jaque." 

 Some of the Philadelphia contingent still pinned their 

 faith to Mr. Clothier's "Brosseau," despite his poor show- 

 ing at White Marsh a week ago; but many admiring eyes 

 were turned towards Mrs. Maddox's grey gelding, "Ora- 

 cle II," on which the odds were 10 to i. The fourteen, in- 

 cluding "Oracle II," "Jidgie," "Wolferton II," "Lake- 

 wood," "Masterful," "Margery Jaque,"" Flashy Jake," 

 "Hollander," "Jack Senhouse," " Manchu," " Mabo," 

 " Brosseau," " Bill Whaley," and "Ruskin," were gotten 

 away nicely. "Bill Whaley" hit the second fence pretty 

 hard and lost his rider, Mr. J. N. Ewing, but "Bill Wha- 

 ley" went on, leading the field, and, coming down the hill 

 into the valley, refused the brook, and, turning sharply to 

 the right, ran into "Margery Jaque," throwing her. Mr. 

 Thompson was up and on again in less time than it takes 

 to write it, but with "Masterful" now a good fifty lengths 

 in the lead and galloping easily up the hill. "Master- 

 ful" was still well in front when they came through the 

 Hampton farmyard, but stopped at the fence out of the 

 plough, causing quite a mix-up; then, when they came 

 round again to the in-and-out, they all jumped in, but all 

 also refused to jump out. Finally Major Arthur White 

 on "Oracle" gave them a lead, which he kept to the fin- 

 ish with "Wolferton," Mr. George Blakiston, Jr., up, a 

 close second, followed by "Margery Jaque" and "Lake- 

 wood," third and fourth respectively. 



Tea at Hampton after the race was most delightful, as 

 was the remark of the old greyhaired, colored butler, who 

 said to our hostess, as we were going to the dining-room, 



