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old sportsman was beginning his toilet, a mad native 

 woman appeared at the door of his tent, brandishing one 

 of his Bengal spears round her head and going for him. 

 Discretion being the better part of valour, he made excellent 

 time round the field, with the demented lady in hot pursuit. 

 Eventually she speared and drew blood, but the wound 

 was not serious, and the sportsman's servants and others 

 coming to the rescue, the lady was secured and walked off 

 by the police. 



No doubt her instincts were sporting — especially as 

 we think her quarry is sometimes known as " Grey Boar " 

 — and so we hope her incarceration or punishment may 

 not be very long or heavy, as the case may be. 



The good old sportsman was, it need hardly be said, 

 much chaffed over the matter, and we fear the subject is 

 too good to miss being immortalised by the pencil of our 

 inimitable Bombay artist, who was present. The chaff, 

 however, was as good-humouredly taken as our congratula- 

 tions were sincere on his lucky escape from a serious wound 

 and a " bad business," as his faithful servant described it. 



The Records of the Guzerat Cup contain many 

 illustrations, beautifully done, mostly by Mr. F. C. 

 Macrae. 



I will conclude by making a few remarks which 

 may be of interest to any one coming from outside 

 to take part in the meeting for the first time. My 

 remarks elsewhere on the Ahmedabad Tent Club 

 as regards the country, charkuwalas, knee-caps 

 for men and horses, and gaiters (except as regards 

 the use of knee-caps for horses, which I do not 

 recommend should be worn for the first time in a 

 competition, as a horse needs to get accustomed to 

 them, and is liable to get rubbed when first wearing 

 them), all apply equally to the usual run of 

 country in Guzerat, of which Ahmedabad is a part, 

 but there are a few matters which apply only to 

 the competition. 



