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Nawab of Patna's pretty pony Rose, and these were all 

 Calcutta sent. Mr. Jimmy King came from Gorakhpore with 

 the Rajah of Tumkoi's Royal Rose and Ekka, as well as the 

 Lall Saheb of Bansi's No Go, Mr. Wilson's Firefly and Mr. 

 Rahugraf's Petroleum. Mr. John had Evelyn II., Real Jam, 

 Cocab, Eve II. Skye, Malakand and Spider ; Mr. Francis had 

 Greenstone, Kapo, Greyling and Florida ; Mr. Loftus, Hobart, 

 Picallili and Fair Helen ; Mr. Quintin, Idalia, Mike, Shrimp 

 and Fanny Leah ; Mr. Hay-Webb had Pointsman and 

 Ghostie trained for Mr. Stanlake, Squib, Chester and Ful- 

 hatta ; Mr. Yorke had only Moohahil. These, with a few 

 others, constituted the competitors. The course was fair 

 going considering the year, and Mr. Longmuir had done all 

 that was possible in ploughing and manuring. Lotteries on 

 the first night were poor, only four filling, Stowaway was made 

 favorite for the Hutwa Cup and Squib for the Doomraon one ; 

 Wellington, a hot favorite in the two, filled in the Planters' 

 Gazette Cup. The improvements in the grand stand were 

 much appreciated and Sonepore now compares in that respect 

 favorably with any of the up-country meetings. There is 

 ample room for five or six hundred people, and Messrs. Mills 

 and Longmuir deserve the hearty thanks of all connected with 

 the meeting, the one for planning and the other for seeing 

 the work so well executed. At eight o'clock the Durbangah 

 band struck up a lively tune as the three competitors for the 

 Hutwa Cup, Alan, Stowaway and Pointsman, paraded. Alan 

 had the services of Mr. Edward, Stowaway had Young in the 

 saddle, Wiles steered Pointsman. Mr. C. Miller and his 

 brother Ted kindly started throughout the meeting and un- 

 commonly well they did it. Charley Miller has thrown his heart 

 and soul into polo, and ably piloted his team to victory at the 

 last Behar Polo Tournament. The Messrs. Miller proved 

 themselves most useful aids to the Stewards, ungrudgingly 

 depriving themselves of the sight of any single race solely to 



