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by the Stewards, though Mr. McGrath, the plucky little Civi- 

 lian, denounced it in no unmeasured words. A good race for 

 the Tirhoot Stakes, resulted in Ryder on Widow beating Jaffir 

 on Merry Lass, a length ; and then came the Bettiah Cup, 

 supposed to be a moral for Kingcraft, but in a villainous start 

 he got left and failed to catch Fieldfare, who won comfort- 

 ably, a lucky win for Jimmy. Then came the Behar Stakes, 

 only three starters, Shamrock, Talkaway and Skelbo. Tin- 

 gey, who was riding for the stable, asked Mr. Abbott to put 

 up Ryder, as he was afraid of not being able to hold Talk- 

 away. Opposite the stand, she, while leading, bored off the 

 course, but Ryder got her back again, then the other two 

 joined her ; undoubtedly a bump occurred, but from this the 

 mare came away, and, never headed again, won easily. An 

 objection was lodged, and on hearing the evidence of Messrs. 

 McLeod and Hudson, the Stewards held, much to everyone's 

 astonishment, that the jostle had interfered with the result 

 of the race, and so they disqualified Talkaway. The rain 

 cleared up towards evening, but the day's proceedings had 

 given plenty of topics for gossip, and so the time did not 

 hang heavily, as it otherwise might have done. Saturday 

 was not a Jubilee day for the Lall Serryah stable, as they did 

 not pull off a single event. Jimmy did not expect Fieldfare 

 to repeat her performance and beat Kingcraft at evens in the 

 Hajeepore Stakes, so he sensibly refrained from backing her. 

 The champion won easily. Mr. Maitland followed this up 

 by piloting Fleur-de-lys home in front of Snake, Black Dia- 

 mond and Bramah-Koond for the Galloway Stakes. Then 

 Spider easily disposed of Denis and Widow in the Moorcroft 

 Stakes. Now came a terrible upset, Glengarry was made a 

 hot favourite for the Selling Race, but the winner turned up 

 in the ancient Echo, who, unbacked by his owner and finding 

 the soft going suited his unsound pins, won easily by two 

 lengths. More unpleasantness at the lotteries on Monday. 



