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carried 12 st. 7 lbs., and the distance was two miles. 

 The race resulted thus : — 



Capt. Smith's (R. A.) "Muster 



Roll" Major Yelverton, R. A. i 



„ Prentis's (S. G.) " The Mar- 

 quis " Capt. Ford, 46th . . 2 



„ Slade's " Ennis Planet " . Major Hunt, Ennis . . 3 

 Mr. King's (nth H.) "Prince 



Rupert" Sir \V. Gordon, 17th L. o 



Brig.-Gen. Laurenson's "Signal " Owner o 



Mr. Wilkinson's (nth H.) 



"Charlie" , o 



„ Williams's(R. H. A.)"The 



Half Pint" „ o 



„ G. P. Price's (nth H.) 



"Old Tom" Capt. Connel, R. A. . o 



Lieut. -Col. Campbell's (46th) 



" Sir James Mason " . . Owner o 



Signal led over the first fence, where Sir James 

 Mason and The Half Pint came to Qrrief and were not 

 persevered with. At the next fence The Marquis came 

 down heavily, but all cleared the brook except Charlie, 

 who gave his rider an ugly fall. The next three fences 

 were cleared without a mistake, Signal, pulling hard, lead- 

 ing up to the last hurdle, where he fell and rolled over 

 his rider, who, though too late, speedily remounted. 

 The Marquis now came up and, with Muster Roll, 

 raced home. 



The next race was the renewal of the Alliance Cup, 

 a sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, with 40 added, for all 

 horses (the winner of the first race excluded) ; the 

 second received 10 sovs.; 11 st. each; two miles; won 

 by Major Biddulph's (R. A.) Viking, owner up. 



The Traktyr cup of 20 sovs., for horses the property 

 of and to be ridden by officers of the French and 

 Sardinian armies, was won easily by Captain Jouve's 

 Francais, beating ten others. 



The Sebastopol handicap, a sweepstakes of 2 sovs. 



