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In every way the meeting of 1881 was inferior to its 

 predecessor, camps were fewer and the only outsiders present 

 were Jaffir, Mr. Hopkins with two useless ones and Brewty 

 from Bombay with the Aga Saheb's Earl and Secunder. Mr. 

 Harvey after a short but brilliant career of two years had 

 retired from the turf and had sold Palmerston to Coomar 

 Indra Churn Singh of Paikparah, but his place in the Jaint- 

 pore Stable had been taken by the Messrs. Apcar, who had 

 sent Southall to Australia early in the year to get them horses, 

 and he returned with Rosine and Rebecca, two very fine 

 mares, and brought Perrett, then able to scale six stone, to 

 steer them. Caractacus and Queensland had also been 

 added to the string, and a fine looking countrybred of 

 General Parrott's named Sir Bevis. So, with Spider, Success, 

 Blue Bell and some more of the old lot, the stable numerically 

 was strong, but it was decidedly unfit when the meeting 

 opened. Jimmy had a big string as usual, Dunrobin, Torch- 

 light, Audrey, Geraldine, Stockport, Mercedes, Lantern Fly, 

 Thisbe and Doleful. Durbangah had Wentworth, Caspian, 

 Benham, Widow, Flash, Sonepore and Sir Peter. Jaffir had 

 Kingcraft, Rex and the countrybred Jung Bahadoor. Gwat- 

 kin Williams was again unrepresented. Poor lotteries the 

 first night, Wentworth favorite for Bettiah Cup, Jung Baha- 

 door a hot favorite for Tirhoot Stakes ; and Stockport 

 ditto in Behar Stakes ; Rebecca was entered for this race, 

 but scratched by Mr. Apcar. Wentworth beat both Queens- 

 land and Kingcraft easily in the Cup ; but that game mare 

 Geraldine beat Jung in the Tirhoot Stakes, Widow and Sir 

 Bevis behind them. Another upset in the Behar Stakes, 

 Dunrobin, who sold for forty rupees in the lotteries, winning 

 after a pretty race from Torchlight ; the favorite nowhere. 

 The Derby was an easy win for Durbangah's Sonepore. 

 Saturday's fields were poor. In the Welter, Jimmy on Mer- 

 cedes won a pretty race from Lantern Fly, " Apples" up, the 



