At the very last fence "Joe" comes to grief, but is none the 

 worse for the encounter. Our " Special " was particularly struck 

 by our " Major's " finish. He reports the latter would certainly 

 have won the race, had the rest of the field not been in some five 

 or ten minutes before ! 



The Junior Division mustered very strong. Is this explained by 

 the following extract from the Pink 'un, January 25th, 1896? 



"They have a new Riding Master at Sandhurst, who 

 commenced operations by giving his class a couple of day's 

 'trotting out' without stirrups. Most of them say that they 

 would have preferred a little holiday on the rack." 



The second line from Westwood Farm to Langley Common 

 proved heavy, and there was a certain amount of grief. Our Sec. 

 " bumped " a little too heavily over a drop, and was in consequence 

 unable to finish the line. 



A gallant Major of the Junior Division parted company at the 

 same drop, and was seen running at top speed across the plough 

 after his mount, which considerately tied itself up to a gate and 

 allowed itself to be caught. 



The vision of a fashion-plate in motion was exhilarating, to say 

 the least of it. One or two minor casualties completed the list, and 

 added to the already large number of mud-covered backs and 

 crumpled hats. 



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