4 
Shortly after the conclusion of the above race the Welters were despatched on 
their journey. Starting at a great pace they were led by Pilgrim, who fell at the 
first fence, but was quickly remounted, and a couple of fields further on resumed 
a strong lead; but, running a little wide at the second turn, he was passed by 
Cordite and Tom. About half-a-mile from home Pilgrim again resumed the lead, 
which he maintained to the end, winning comfortably by about ten lengths from 
Cordite. Royal and Nora Creina fell. Starters : — 
Capt. J. Dawkins’s Pilgrim....Owner 1 
Capt. J Keir’s Cordite....Owner 2 
Major F. Eustace’s Tom ..Owner 3 
Capt. G. E. Benson’s Repeater.....Owner 4 
Mr. W. Strong’s Grey Friars... ......Owner 0 
Capt. C. M. Barlow’s Robert the Devil.... .Owner 0 
Mr. Ii. L. Powell’s Royal .. ..."...Owner 0 
Capt. W. Macbean’s All Fours .....Owner 0 
Capt. R. Stuart’s Billy...... ...Owner 0 
Mr. R. Thomson’s Hungry Boy ....Owner 0 
Mr. Bowring’s Nora Creina ...Mr. O’Connor 0 
HALIFAX, W.l§ e 
On 25th March three service rounds of Palliser shot were fired from the 10-inch 
B.L. Mark I. 32-ton gun which was mounted at Fort McNab last summer. 
Although the firing was only for the purpose of testing the mountings and 
fittings and was not directed at a target, it was nevertheless an event of some 
importance as it is the first B.L. gun which has been fired in British North 
America, and perhaps this sentiment, coupled with a fine day, accounted for the 
distinguished party which crossed over to McNab’s Island in the steain launch 
that morning. Those present were General Sir John Ross, the Lieutenant 
Governor of Nova Scotia (Mr. Daly), Colonel Ryan, R.A., Colonel Hill, R.E., 
nearly all the R.A. and R.E. officers in the command, two officers of the Leices¬ 
tershire Regiment, and several ladies, not to mention children. The arrangements 
for .firing the gun were made by Lieut.-Colonel A. A. Saunders, R.A., who 
calculated the quadrant elevation with great exactitude, the shot striking the 
water just where it was intended to even at 10,000 yards range. Lieutenant 
Macgowan, R.A., acted as Group Officer, which was appropriate, as he did the 
bulk of the work last summer of landing the gun at Halifax, taking it across 
the harbour and landing it again on McNab’s Island. 
On the 26th March the hired transport “ Atlas ” arrived at Halifax from St. 
Lucia, and disembarked late No. 23 Battery Western Division R.A., under the 
command of Major Crookenden, the only other officer being Lieutenant Boger. 
They were played up to the Citadel from the Dockyard by the band of the 
Leicestershire Regiment. The Battery has been over seven years in the West 
Indies, and the men look as yellow as guineas, though otherwise fit. It is 
rather early in the year for troops to arrive in a climate like that of Nova Scotia 
from the tropics, and as a precaution the Canadian winter clothing of this 
Battery was sent down to St. Lucia in advance; unfortunately the vessel carry¬ 
ing it met with a disaster which necessitated part of the cargo being jettisoned, 
amongst it being the winter clothing; then a second supply was despatched 
from Halifax, and as it could not reach St. Lucia before the “ Atlas ” sailed it 
was sent to Bermuda “to be left till called for.” [When that, will be is not 
known, as the “Atlas” was not allowed to call therein consequence of having 
developed a suspected case of yellow fever on the voyage from St. Lucia, and so 
