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The General Officer Commanding granted- the Battery a holiday * unfortunately, 
owing to the had weather, it was necessary to postpone the sports which were 
fixed for the afternoon, but it was fine enough to allow the Battery to be photo¬ 
graphed in Be view Order. 
At 6 p.m. “ Dinner up 55 was sounded, and after dinner there was a Smoking 
Concert. . A. 
At 9.30 p.m. the Staff-Sergeants and Sergeants gave a Ball in the Sergeants* 
Mess; at supper Major J. A. Coxhead, commanding “ B ” Battery, B.H.A., 
asked all present to join in drinking long life, health, prosperity and many happy 
returns of the day To “ B” Battery, Boyal Horse Artillery. In the very happy 
speech with which he introduced this toast he was able to say he had received 
many congratulatory telegrams that day, and among them the following from 
H.E. Lord Boberts, Commander-in-Chief:—“ My heartiest congratulations to 
‘ B 5 Battery, Boyal Horse Artillery, on completing the 100th year of its life : 
may the coming century add to its glory. 55 
To commemorate the anniversary, a piece of plate is being purchased for the 
Officers 3 Mess, and any Officer who formerly served in the Battery and who naay 
by accident not have received the circular on this subject is invited to send his 
subscription to the “B 35 Battery, B.H.A. Centenary Fund, at Messrs. Cox & Co., 
16 Charing Cross. 
WdOILWICM. 
The B.A. Drag Point-to-Point Baces were held on 17th March, near Eltham. 
The course laid out was nearly four miles ; : starting in Mr. Godson’s field on 
Shooters’ Hill, it ran parallel to the Eltham road till opposite Well Hall Farm, it 
then turned to the right, crossed the new railway and ran towards Lee; after 
crossing the brook twice a flag was turned, and the course ran straight back, 
crossing the Eltham road at Well Hall, and finished in a long meadow occupied 
by Messrs. Low. 
The day, though fine, was very cold ; the attendance was good, and the shelter 
of the Mess tent was much appreciated ! by the ladies, who came not knowing- 
how bitter was the wind. The enclosure was not, as on the last two occa¬ 
sions, on the top of the Cemetery Hill, but was in a field at the back of the farm 
buildings close to tlie winning flag. 
Everyone was much pleased at Captain Simpson winning the Garrison Cup, as 
he had once before come in first in this race and lost by going the wrong side of 
the winning flag, and run second for it another year. 
The only Cup for which there was an exciting finish was the Heavy-Weight, and 
the result of it was in doubt from the time the first two entered the last field 
until the winning flag was passed, a distance of over 500 yards ; such a finish is 
rarely seen at a point-to-point meeting. 
First race, the Garrison Cup, presented by General A. H. W. Williams : — 
Captain G. G. Simpson’s Shopette.....Owner 1 
Captain H. Montgbmery-Campbell’s Wellesley.....Owner 2 
Mr. J. C. Wray’s Conamur ............Owner 0 
Mr. W. A. Boulnois’s Edith ..........Owner 0 
Major E. C. F. Holland’s Chop and Change...... .Owner 0 
Mr. W. C. Staveley’s Bacchus ... ...Owner 0 
Shopette won easily, Wellesley second. 
