FARMERS' RACE. 



For horses that have been for two months the property of 

 Farmers over whose land the Staff College Drag Hounds have 

 hunted. To be riden by them, their sons, or persons employed on 

 their farms (to be approved by the stewards), or by Officers at the 

 Staff College. 



CATCH WEIGHTS over 12 St. 



1. Mr. G. Auckland's b g The Baby, aged Capt. Wise 



2. Mr. J. R. Gould's b g Tommy, 5 years . . . . Mr. J. Gould, jun. 



3. Mr. H. Lane's b m Susan, aged Mr. Claude Garrard 



4. Mr. G. A. Pigg's Major, aged Capt. Perceval 



5. Mr. G. Bowyer's br g Victor, 4 years Mr. A. J. Collins 



6. Mrs. E. Lewis' ch m Eudora, 6 years Mr. D. Lewis 



7. Mr. J. Cox's roan g Sir Charles, 5 years Capt. Thompson 



All the entries started. Eudora led over the first fence, which 

 the Baby, unaccustomed to being ridden fast at his fences, refused 

 to jump more circumspectly. Down the headland, over the road, 

 into the water sodden meadow they come ; safely out of it and then 

 Tommy's mount falls. On they sweep over the rails and into the 

 second road. Here the Baby thinks it time to strike for home, but 

 is persuaded to change his mind. Ashridge Wood Farm is rounded, 

 Eudora still leading. Sir Charles now passes the Baby, engaged in 

 refusing a wet ditch. With the aid of a sapper he is got over, but the 

 sapper in restoring the rider's whip falls into the ditch and is nearly 

 drowned with water this time. Poor Miller ! Sir Charles takes 

 another toss and a little further on provides the dentist with a job. 

 Eudora, closely attended by Victor, leads at the last fence, goes the 

 wrong side of a flag and pays forfeit. Major second. Susan comes 

 down in the last road and Mr. Claude Garrard is unfortunately 

 kicked and badly hurt. Mr. Auckland, whose horse, Golden Drop, 

 was entered, and on which the rider of the Baby was to have had 

 the mount, has our sympathy, for the horse would in all probability 

 have won. 



We are glad to be able to add that our most sporting bookies, 

 the well-established firm of Earle, de Gruyther, were able to save 

 themselves by a small amount, though it hardly repaid them for their 

 great trouble. Our gratitude to them for providing interest and 

 amusement, and our appreciation of their magnificent odds and 

 their sportsmanlike conduct will, we hope, add, if only a little, to 

 their satisfaction. 



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