On Saturday afternoon, July 6, one of largest gatherings assembled ness the Gymkhana, The weather wax fine and "not too hot in the shade of the afternoon, at the race course, One of the items, singularly unfortunate, Int, the rather severe accident that happened toorie of the riders, not. without its humorous side. The hurdle race deniunded that there should he four ponies, as one of the was intended to ran, fell out, it was to find another to make up amber, The pony which fill up the gap was not expected to win by any one. Yet strange to say this was what happened The three others ran, but in each case threw their riders. They evidently rexarded leaping hurdles as quite the wrong performance for a warm afternoon, and tried every movement, except that of taking the hurdles fair and square. One of the spills was a bad one, Mr. R. Master, who rede Beaufort ud who was expec ed to win, was thrown very heavily. Tt was fond that he was tinable to rise. and at once a large number of men rushed to his assistance. He was hurt, and rather budly. The pony which filled the yap of the missing om ultimately came in first.
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