A new course was mapped out, for the occasion by Mr. Arbuthnot, starting over the old Handicap line at Sicaw: id it included two water jumps of a fair size, the others being chiefly dry ones throughout the run, The scont lay across the Sicawei Road, and_on to Black Auster's" finish, thence to the Big Grave and ending two dry cuts near the French Road to Si-ca wei. Although the ground was very soft, the pace was unquestionably fast and the entire distance of five miles was covered in about 25 minutes. On a fine dry course the handicapping woulddikely have brought the and were only just beaten at the finish by Mr, Perrott on Castigator, a No. 1 pony over the course given. Mr. T. C. Ramsay on Dandy was second, Mr. Schultz, 200 pounder, on Parcenn third, Mr. Heath fourth on Nigger Minstrel, "Mr. Callaway, Mr. Walker, and several others being not much later over the spot where the flags ought to have been placed. The points chosen for both start and finish were difficult of to spectators, and those wh Mr, Perrott on Custigutor 1 Ramsay Dandy 2 Schultz Parrenw In close attendance were Messrs. Cushny, Walker, Callaway, Nicholson, Heath, &c, The general verdict so far as we can gather is, that the run, though an excellent one in many respects, the absence of bridges being the most important feature in it its favour, was very deficient in the jumping line, "the long gallops making it almost impossible for the riders starting at scratch to yet om terms with those having long starts. It is to be hoped in future handicaps that the Stewards will endeavour to see that the hunt is not interfered with by thoughtless spectators as on this occasion." At Black Auster's jum your scribe with many others could not get a run at the jumps Without calling out to the lookers-on for room to. be given, and at the finish three or four equestrians deliberately rode over the last. jumps with the hunt at their heels; had any one of them fallen, as was more than likely, the result of the race would almost certainly have been changed.
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