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credit ; he looked big and well, and his old lameness seemed 

 to have quite gone. Marque was, like all the horses under 

 G. Robinson's charge, as fit as hands could make him, and 

 though everyone knew that if Lord Harry chose to go, there 

 was nothing else in the race, yet the knowledge of his temper 

 made the other owners hope they might have some small 

 chance. Lord Harry played the garden ass going down 

 to the post, but Mr. Nicolay, after two attempts, let the 

 field go very level. How that English horse did streak 

 out ; before a furlong was accomplished, he had simply car- 

 ried the rest off their legs, and into the straight he led 

 five lengths in advance, but at the distance post he stuck 

 his toes in, enabling Underwood on Knightsbridge to creep 

 up, but Pugh bustled the Jodhpore horse along and got home 

 an easy winner. The Jaintpore stable's luck continued, and 

 Vedette romped in a winner in front of Padlock, but Jimmy, 

 under the terms of the race, claimed him for Rowland Hudson. 

 Messrs. Jessop's Cup brought out a fine field of ponies, and 

 a very pretty race resulted between Jessie and Tom Tit, 

 the former keeping well up to last year's form, proved 

 the best. So ended a very good day's sport, and every 

 one went home pleased. The Durban^ah Band, kindly lent by 

 the Maharajah, played in the enclosure ; polo and lawn tennis 

 whiled away the afternoon, and were followed by a dance 

 in the evening, capitally managed by Mr. Bourdillon, and at 

 second supper Jock Mclnnis' beautiful voice aided much to the 

 enjoyment of those present. 



The second night's lotteries were well attended, and it 

 was all the Secretary could do to take down tickets; thirteen 

 five hundred rupee forms filled up during the course of the 

 evening, a couple of young Civilians being fortunate enough 

 to draw Colonel Simpson's stable, which sold for Rs. 480 in 

 the Merchants' Cup lottery. Proceedings opened on Tues- 

 day morning with the Golightly Stakes, presented by that 



