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she rode gingerly down to the start. They got well away at 

 the start, Jemima inside, going neck and neck with Sarah 

 Ann, the pace being a clinker, poor Jane swaying about and 

 seemingly quite out of it. Round the corner both leading 

 ladies were seen to be at work, and such a ding dong race 

 ensued as has seldom been seen, first one, then the other in 

 front, skirts ballooning beautifully in the air. " Jemima wins, 

 no, Sarah Ann," was the cry and it looked cither's race till 

 that cute old lady Jemima, riding close to the gaudily attired 

 Sarah Ann, prevented that damsel using her whip, but, alas 

 for her, the race was not over, for by this time Jane, who 

 had got used to the saddle, came up with a rush, caught and 

 passed the pair, holding on like grim death to the lady mayor- 

 ess's feather, and winning by a short moustache. 



The lotteries on Thursday were better than any. For the 

 Doomraon Cup, Speechless yst, Fieldfare 8st. gibs., Palmerston 

 gst. i2lbs. and Rouble 8st. gib., were declared to start ; favor- 

 itism being divided betw.een Fieldfare and Palmerston, who each 

 sold for Rs. 310. Electric, now called Flash, was the tip for the 

 Hajeepore Stakes ; Thisbe and Mercedes were equally fancied 

 for the Champagne Stakes, and Widow was served up hot for 

 the Chupra Cup. On the course nothing would go down with 

 the public but Palmerston ; but at one time it looked as if Mr. 

 Harvey's bad luck was going to stick to him, for Speechless 

 ran a great horse, and Southall had to use the whip freely to 

 save the race. Salisbury upset the apple cart in the Hajee- 

 pore Stakes, just beating Geraldine ; Merry Lass, with a 

 feather on her back, third. Harry Abbott, who had bought 

 her two years previously from Jaffir for Rs. 4,000, and had 

 never won a race with her, on her coming into the paddock 

 took off her saddle, and putting the reins into Jafifir's 

 hands said, " Here take the brute away, you may have her 

 back for nothing !" Jaffir jumped up barebacked and went 

 off straight to the stables, Thisbe, Tingey up, won the Cham- 



