sinews. The going more particularly towards the check was very 

 heavy, and most of the horses showed signs of distress. Heaving 

 flanks and quivering caudal appendages bore eloquent testimony to 

 the holding nature of the Berkshire loam. Mrs. Sturgess, riding 

 " Candahar," showed us, as usual, a very neat back. 



A somewhat attenuated field started for the second line, which 

 ran over very heavy country from near the " Crown Inn.*' Dunt 

 Lane, to Ashridge Wood House. 



In this line there was some grief. Blair and Willoughby taking 

 the second fence, which looked rather harmless, at a too moderate 

 pace, found themselves in the ditch on the far side. Towards the 

 finish, where the small triangular copse runs alongside the road, a 

 wearer of " Trews " was dragged off his steed by the thick under- 

 growth, and now has a tartan pattern on his back. F. Walker, in 

 the last field, had the misfortune to lame his horse by an overreach, 

 but he found, let us hope, some solace in the excellent drink provided 

 by the hospitable owner of Ashridge Wood House. 



Tommy, riding a Najdian child of the desert, was beautifully 

 carried. The pony must have thought himself once again in 

 " Araby the blest." 



We congratulate our old friend " Joe " Anderson on his selection. 



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