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The Gymkhana was well run by Mr. King of the Manchester 

 and a very amusing afternoon was passed with Durban- 

 gah's band to enliven the show, and a capital programme 

 brought forth any amount of competition in spite of the 

 fact that the rain had driven away many of those who would 

 have had a try for the different events. Miss Green, who 

 is a household word in Behar Gymkhanas and is the " Mr. 

 Edward " among the riding ladies, won the trotting race in 

 a walk on Mr. " Bones " Wilson's buggy mare, and then that 

 hard-headed soldier Mr. Souter, who is, to the regiment's 

 sorrow, leaving the Manchester, won an in-and-out-of-posts 

 polo competition. For the ladies' jumping competition 

 several above the average riders put in an appearance, and 

 that plucky little cross country rider, Miss Evans, had no 

 hesitation in coming out on a pony of Mr. James' to do battle 

 with the big horses ridden by Mrs. Tweddle, Mrs. Ryves, 

 Miss Burroughs and Mrs. Barrow. Eventually Mrs. Tweddle 

 was adjudged winner, though Mrs. Barrow on Newmarket, 

 came in for a not-uncalled-for amount of applause when she 

 cleared a measured 25 feet with the obstacle in between. 

 She won the pony jumping prize easily with Gobbit, trained 

 by herself, and the Girton Stakes was won by Mr. F. 

 Macnamara and Mrs. J. A. M. Wilson. The native portion 

 of the fair was the smallest on record, the rajahs and zemin- 

 dars mustered freely owing to the chance of a durbar being 

 held by the Lieutenant-Governor. Sir W. B. Hudson was 

 present, but took no part in the festivities and seemed by no 

 means the staunch promoter of sport he was in his younger 

 days. He looked ill and broken down, and only a few of his 

 own clique knew he was in the Camp. Time was when Paddy, 

 if he had lifted his little finger, could have done what he liked 

 with the boys of Behar and he could have done just as much 

 as in days of yore, at the meeting of 1896, had he chosen, for 

 most of his oldest and warmest friends were at the Meeting, 



