Hampton's chesnut Reindeer 10st 121 Henry's bay Climaz Ist 1b... Walker's spotted Apol/yon 10st 12it The hurdle race showed no symptoms of falling through from such cause as affected the Steeplechase of the previous day, and the ponies who ventured to run against Climax were on more even terms owing to the amount of flat which had to be covered. Seven ponies started, and Greenkorn showed the way, and made it too, for the field, by crashing through the frst hurdle, an accident which happened so frequently during the race as to make it comparatively easy for those in the rear. Half-way round Climaz took the race into his hands, hard followed however by Reindeer and accompanied by Greenhorn. The rin was uneventful till they came to the last bit of flat, up which a keen race was made. Arrived at the hurdle, the three leaders instead of jumping went round it, and Bintang, who was coming up fast, took the obstacle and was declared winner, the other late arrivals getting the places." An objection was taken on behalf of the ponies first in, but it was ruled in favour of Bintang. The first ponies claimed, we believe, that the race being over eight flights of hurdles and this particular one having been taken at starting, it should finish, not have been re-erected to be taken at the
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