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This left Cathal in front. Wild Man from Borneo 

 taking second place, behind them f^ein^- Leybourne, 

 Manifesto and Lady Pat. 



From this point the race was confined to the three 

 leaders, v.'ho came right away from the held, and 

 Van der Berg being done with two fences from 

 home the issue was reduced to a match between 

 Wild Man from Borneo and Cathal, the latter of 

 whom held a slight advantage until landing o\-erthe 

 last fence, when Wild Man drew level and gradually 

 drawing away, won amidst a scene of great excite- 

 ment by a length and a-half. 



Van der Berg was a bad third. Manifesto fourth. 

 Why Not fifth, Leybourne sixth, Father O'Flynn 

 seventh. Lady Pat eighth, Dalkeith ninth, Fin i\Ia 

 Coul IL tenth, and Molly Maguire eleventh. Llori- 

 zon, who came down at tlie water in front of the stand, 

 went the rest of the course without a rider, galloping 

 in at the finish between Cathal and Van der Berg. 



Time : lo minutes 32 seconds. 



Value of stakes, /, 1,975. 



The following effusion appeared in the SporiiiiQ- 

 Life on the morning of the race. 



It is to be hoped for his own sake that the gifted 

 author didn't take too optimistic a view of his own 



