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looking field, there was nothing to recall the old 

 " Emperor" days. 



So as not to interfere with the followers of such 

 packs as the Meynell, the Pytchley, The Quorn, and 

 the Warwickshire, the meeting this year was held 

 on a Monday, and though this somewhat limited the 

 attendance from far-off places like London, the local 

 sportsmen mustered in strong force, the Duke of Port- 

 land, the Duke of Montrose, Lord Berkeley Paget, 

 Lord Harrington, Lord Queensberry, Sir John Astley, 

 Mr. Chandos Pole, Mr. Rolleston, Mr. Behrens, and 

 Captain Middleton being amongst the spectators. 



The experts held that the Derby cross country 

 course was the best to be found out of Ireland, for the 

 fences had to be jumped and not galloped through. 

 In lamenting the small field it was again averred that 

 the men of standing and social position, whose colours 

 were familiar on the steeplechase course ten or twenty 

 years before, had retired from the scene, and with 

 them the horses of which L'Africaine, Chamade, The 

 Lamb, and The Colonel were types. Farmers did not 

 care to breed them, and the younger generation of 

 sportsmen were not eager to possess them. 



The result was : — 



Mr. W. H. P. Jenkins's " Llantar- 



nam," 4 yrs., 10 st. 10 lb. . Mr. E. P. Wilson . i 

 „ Phillips's " Dry Bread," aged, 



12 St. 10 lb ,, C.J.Cunningham 2 



Betting : — 3 to i Llantarnam ; 8 to i Dry Bread. 



Laddie made play, but the field was soon reduced 

 to four ; Fortune had in the meantime taken the 

 lead, but fell a mile from home, Frigate doing the 

 same at the last fence. Two only finished, and after a 

 sharp struggle Llantarnam won the race, beating Dry 

 Bread by three-quarters of a length. 



