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but to little purpose, Martaban winning in a canter." The 

 public seemingly contented themselves with grumbling. Mr. 

 Go ugh' s and Mar wood's story was that the mare was a bad- 

 tempered beast, and Irving being stronger than Marwood was 

 put up to try and keep her on the course, but failed. To 

 further prove this, a native was put on her in the Civilians' 

 Cup, and she appeared to be doing her best to go off at the 

 home turn, but being hit freely over the head kept straight,. 

 though she ran last ; and throughout the meeting her running 

 was so consistently shifty, that it was evident the stable was 

 right, and the public wrong. Dashwood was Mr. Gough's 

 facing name. Mr. Monghyr won the next two events with 

 Annette, and Rejected, thus collaring the whole of the day's 

 prizes, a performance he repeated on Saturday, two out of 

 the three races being credited to Rejected. In the third 

 Grace Lee made mincemeat of the English nags Valentine and 

 Diana, a great triumph for the local country -bred. On Tues- 

 day Mr. Monghyr walked over with Grace Lee for the Sonepore 

 Cup, and then four started for the R.-C. handicap for Rajah 

 Modenarain's Cup, three of whom were heavily backed. Mr. 

 Studd's Valentine won after a good race with the despised 

 Emperor, and Mr. Westport's (Lord Ulick) Madonna, owner up, 

 was adjudged winner of the hack race, but only because a cross 

 was claimed and allowed against Tasso, the favorite, whose 

 owner failed to hold him straight ; an Arab hack race won by- 

 Mr. Fraser McDonelPs Beppo, and the jade Diana walking over 

 for the Maiden Purse ended that day. On Wednesday night the 

 excitement at the lotteries was great, the forced handicap for 

 winners being considered an excell ent one, and ticket takers were 

 eager to toss, and owners wanted twenty tickets each if they could 

 get them; Babylonian was favourite at 33 gold mohurs, Valentine 

 going for 29, and Diana for 13, the result showed public esti- 

 mation to be sound, for they finished, Babylonian, Valentine r 

 Diana, Mr, Gough then had a turn of luck, appropriating the 



