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I got Mr. Bob Crowdy to come up with me. We had 

 good sport together, although we did not do much more 

 than pay our expenses. Vesper won the Arab and 

 Country-bred Steeplechase, on which, however, there was 

 no speculation, as it was deemed to be a certainty for 

 her. Lord William Beresford, who was staying at 

 Dehra, won the Maiden Steeplechase in brilliant form 

 on his chesnut Waler Telegram, and the Grand Annual 

 Steeplechase on that accomplished fencer, Stanley. 

 Lord William is a fine horseman, and no pace is too 

 hot, and no country too big for him. He has won, on 

 different occasions, all the big chases and hurdle races 

 on the Bengal side of Lidia ; namely, at Calcutta (the 

 Grand Annual hurdle race on Palmerston), Ballygunge, 

 Dum Dum, Umballa, Meerut, and Dehra. At the last- 

 mentioned meeting, he won in October, 1882, the maiden 

 chase on Mr. Macleod's Doleful, and was beaten by half 

 a length in the Grand Annual by Grey Friar. In this 

 race, poor Jack Irving had a terrible fall at the stone 

 wall, and remained insensible for a week after. Lord 

 William is one of the best and most enthusiastic sports- 

 men we have ever had in India. 



We had a big gamble over a half-mile match between 

 Dr. Thorburn's Ooloo and Mr. Shearburn's Griff, two 



