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instead of you," which was exactly what happened. 

 Fred came up on the outside, and won again. I 

 was in the Stewards' stand, with the Hon. Mr. 

 Calder, and I suggested that they should have the 

 jockeys up, which they promptly did, and fined 

 them a fiver. I said I thought their sentence would 

 have been more severe, and that they would have 

 been put back for a bit, but Mr. Calder said they 

 would think nothing of being set back compared 

 with losing a fiver. 



The next day, through the kindness of Dr. 

 Pringle (now Sir John Pringle), we journeyed up 

 to his beautiful estate in the mountains ; and talk 

 of the climate ! it was absolutely perfect ! The 

 air was delightful. Dr. Pringle's bungalow was 

 beautifully fitted up with every possible comfort. 

 It was most interesting to see the vast extent of 

 the banana plantations. A gale one night blew 

 down miles of banana, which was a loss of £30,000 

 to the doctor. The fruits in Jamaica are various 

 and choice. 



The room which I occupied at Constant Springs 

 Hotel was demolished by the earthquake which 

 took place there some time afterwards. 



There was a good bit of polo playing by the 

 West Indian Regiment, in which Colonel Kitchener 

 took part, although he was seventy years of age. 



