Mr. Wickham, despite his fall in the Steeplechase, was the first to get away, Mr. Moore, Mr. Dunn, and Mr. Dallas being next in order to start. Some of the competitors never started at all, while one or two went round the wrong way. The umbrellas which were a terrible embarrassment on starting came in very useful in the race home as the rain came down in torrents just then. Mr. Wickham won easily, Mr. Dallas second, both arriving with their cigars in full blast and their umbrellas in good order. Mr. Winutle who was late in starting contrived somehow tocome in third; the others arri ing at intervals and being greeted with roars of laughter from the spectators, This concluded the program
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