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enlarge both ball and supper rooms. The proceeds of the 

 Fancy Fair of 1867 amounted to Rs. 3,500, but the sum wanted 

 was twelve thousand. The Maharajahs of Hutwa, Doomraon, 

 Durbangah, and Ticcaree, in addition to their Cups, gave a 

 thousand each, and Benares sent a donation of five hundred. 

 The result was the ball and supper rooms, as they were up to 

 1895, and well might Teddy Drummond, and his brother 

 Stewards, be congratulated on the fine line of buildings which 

 greeted the eyes of the visitors, as they drove into the favorite 

 tope of trees on Monday, the 2yth November 1868. The ball 

 room was now an exceedingly roomy and handsome one, and 

 the long corridor and supper room, all that could be desired, 

 the decorations, thanks to the fair, ladies who assisted the 

 Secretary, were tasteful ? Nearly a week before the races, 

 tents began to rise, stables to be erected, and horses to gallop ; 

 sure signs that a bumper meeting might be expected, and the 

 expectations were fully realised, as not an empty camping 

 ground was to be seen on Monday, the day before the races 

 began, whilst the demand for racing stable room, was greater 

 than had been known for years, nor was the quality of the 

 horses in any way inferior to the quantity. The beauty and 

 fashion that not only poured, but rolled in, to grace and enjoy 

 the "Goodwood of India" was worthy of Goodwood itself : 

 and the horses were the " cracks " of India. Those great 

 opponents in former years, Vanderdecken, Rocket, Nancy, 

 Favorite, Bellona and others all arrived, in due order, with a 

 host of minor celebrities ; the arrival of some English horses, 

 lately imported, who were now to run for the first time in 

 India, added a fresh interest to the racing. These were May 

 Bell and Adventuress brought out by Mr. Vincent, who returned 

 this year ; Sir Seymour Blane was now using Joseph's name 

 to run under. 



The first stable to enter an appearance was the Ghazee- 

 pore one under the charge of Joseph. The string consisted 



