70 REMINISCENCES OF SONEPORE. 



Bettiah Cup, and grand fields turned out for the Countrybred 

 Tirhoot Stakes, and the Arab Derby. Bumph Freeman's Lur- 

 line beat nine beauties in the former, and Zillzillah won the 

 latter, after a hard tussle with the favourites Silvertail, and 

 Grey Warrior. On the second day, old Rocket got the best of 

 Longden, Miss Trelawney and Centurion in the Ticcaree Cup. 

 Aga Khan's beautiful Silvertail got home for the Durbhangah 

 Cup. Colonel Robarts' Bellona scooped the Planters' Purse, 

 Black Princess the Moorcroft, and then came the G. R. race, 

 which was won by that sporting young civilian Mr. Power on 

 Baronet, beating Gilbert Nicolay, Bob Hill and Ted Hickey. 

 On Saturday only Black Eagle, would face Favourite for the 

 Civilians' Cup, but the mare was off, and he won easily. Jimmy 

 matched Delphos for Rs. 500, to run half a mile, against the 

 English mare North Star, but got beaten ; Silvertail proved 

 good enough to score again over a Cup value eight hundred 

 rupees given by Colonel Robarts. Portia, with Jimmy up, 

 beat Mr. Power on Baronet, for the Hajeepore Stakes, and 

 Ned Urquhart won a pony race on Edward Beadon's Orion. 

 Favorite won the Doomraon Cup, and Jimmy scored another 

 win for Mr. Beadon, on his galloway Seagull. The last day 

 was uneventful, Black Eagle won the Hutwa Cup and Bellona 

 the Patna Stakes. Again the prizes were well divided and 

 the meeting passed pleasantly enough, though the native fair 

 had broken up. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



YEAR 1871. 



In 1871 Thoby Prinsep, Magistrate of Patna, was at 

 the helm, his henchmen being Fraser McDonell, Colonel Bray 

 in command of the g6th Regiment at Dinapore, and R. B. 

 Jenkins, Commissioner of Patna. Dick Jenkins was one of the 

 best of good fellows and it took a lot to make him lose his 

 temper. He had some very fine pointers, and one day was out 



