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Light, and Camaltha was served up a very hot favorite for 

 the Doomraon Cup, while Petroleum, Singar and Chester 

 fluctuated as favorites in the lotteries on the Merchants' Cup, 

 the reason for the two latter being fancied was, that it leaked 

 out professionals were to steer them ; at the final lottery 

 Singar held pride of place. For the Polo Scurry Norman and 

 Lobster were elected as the pick. The racing was decidedly 

 good, though the favorites got home in every event. Messrs. 

 Framjee's pretty cup was a W. O. for Mr. Boileau's Pirate 

 Queen and everybody was pleased to see the obliging Clerk 

 of the Course carry off a souvenir of the last meeting he could 

 be present at as D.S.P. of the district. Harbour Light 

 squandered the field for the Durbangah Cup, the popular and 

 generous donor arriving just too late to see it run for. Every- 

 one was glad to see His Highness for he is always ready 

 to assist the Behar meetings with cups and the loan of his 

 band. The cup of another good friend to Sonepore, the Maha- 

 rajah of Doomraon, was won easily by Mr. Rowland's Camal- 

 tha, piloted by that strong horseman Trahan. The Merchants' 

 Cup was won by Messrs. Darley and Daunt's Singar, who had 

 Pughe up ; Petroleum, much fancied by his stable followers, 

 finished nowhere. Greyling, a good little pony just too small for 

 Behar, ran very gamely ; Old Referee won the cup presented 

 by Messrs. Oldemeyer and Hadenfeldt and his owner pledged 

 himself to stand by Beck's Pelsener for the rest of his 

 existence. The Polo Scurry was appropriated by Jimmy's 

 Norman, a very stout handsome little Arab. Altogether the 

 day's racing was good, for although some of the horse events 

 were not as exciting as could be wished, the pony racing was 

 above the average and events very evenly distributed. Very 

 neat programmes of each day's racing, printed by Messrs. 

 Thacker, Spink and Co., were very welcome to the ladies. 

 On Wednesday afternoon that stalwart young planter Mr. 

 Johnny Webb got up a bumblepuppy which gave no end of fun, 



