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arranged in the previous year, but this was abandoned owing to the tragic 

 death of the honorary secretary, Mr. J. C. Hill, who met with an accident 

 on the course a few days prior to the date of the proposed fixture. Mr. 

 J. G. Harvey then took over the secretarial duties. In 1890 there were 

 three events, and Mr. Archibald Walker won the first race for heavy weights 

 on Perchance, Major Andrew Coats being the winner of the light-weight 

 race on Nike, and the same sportsman secured the concluding event on 

 Orangeman — a really good horse. 



In the following year there were again three events, and history repeated 

 itself in the opening race with Mr. A Walker and Perchance. Mr. Andrew 

 Arthur won the light-weight race on Mr. James Arthur's Nigger, and Mr. 

 Hugh Neilson was the victor in the concluding event on his own horse, 

 Nike. There was one of the largest fields seen out up to that time in the 

 opening item for light weights in 1892, Mr. Bell being successful on Mr. 

 W. Taylor's Shamrock. Captain Young won a military race on Portia, 

 and Mr. A. Walker took the cup for heavy weights with Perhaps. Mr. 

 Walker was honorary secretary at this time. Some excellent racing was 

 also witnessed in 1893, Major Andrew Coats taking the opening race for 

 heavy weights with Dervish. In the light-weight class Mr. Kenneth 

 Connal won with Hallow, and Mr. R. G. Allan won the third event with 

 Dorcas. Good fields were also attracted in 1894, when Mr. W. Taylor 

 took the heavy-weight event with Clown, and Mr. J. L. G. Harvey rode 

 Mr. J. Hoggan's Mirth successfully in the light-weight race, the final event 

 going to Mr. A. Neilson on Monk. 



In the following year Mr. G. Barclay acted as honorary secretary, and 

 the races were again highly successful with a plentiful supply of runners. 

 Mr. R. M'Farlane took first honours in the race for heavy weights on 

 Samuel, Mr. T. L. Arnott's His Lordship, ridden by Mr. John Ferguson 

 (the present well-known trainer), being the winner among the light weights. 

 Mr. W. Taylor won the closing event on his own horse Clown. Each of the 

 three races of 1896 was keenly contested, Mr. Boyd Cuninghame being 

 first in the heavy weights on Grandee, and that good horse Fusee III., 

 owned and ridden by Mr. John Wallace, took the light-weight event. The 

 last race fell to Mr. G. L. M'Kenzie on Meta. In the next year Mr. Boyd 

 Cuninghame again won the heavy-weight race on Ironclad, and Mr. R. G. 

 Eaglesham beat a big field in the light weights on a little grey mare called 



