'This competition took place on Sunday at 11 o'clock, and a good field competed. The' start was at Lincoln Avenue on the flats to the. left of the road, and across the fields to the platform, Here and 'There, over the creek' wade, and away over Warren Line, From the last platform, the course led to the left to Pons, Panama, over the road, to the Stone Bridge, Double Artery platforms, continuing the usual route to the road again, with two jumps on high ground, 'Westward Ho platform, Drop and Crawl, Barrier platform,' out to the new road and along it for some distance until opposite Warren platform, where the course led into the country again, toward home by the low ground to the left of Warren Line, and over the same line as at the start, up to the small grips off Lincoln Avenue, where the finish led aver the old Highland Grips to the lags.
The handicap was won by Lieut. Rodger, on The Wren, in the fast time of 23 minutes for the distance, which is about seven miles. The card rea '(ate Straight Flush).
Sehlobohm, 181 Th, Napotieoper Burden tt the Dec, GxSergt. Allman, 152 1b, Hywind.
Capt. Eisler, Lieut. Baldwin and other keen members of the American made the course easy to fol-and the yellow paper laid by Corp. Haimovitch was easy to fi although the sportive natives relaid it in several places, including Big Schultz, which Sergts. Allman. and Schlobohm, and Tpr. Darrer took, in their conscientious determination to keep to the course, coupled with the face that their ponies were a bit on the wild side, and hard to hold.
Lieut. Rodger took a neat tumble in the approved acrobatic. manner, just after Barrier Platform, but with proper spirit and a fitting address to his careless mount, again carried on at a pace which soon made up the lost ground, and put him into a comfortable lead of several lengths, which he maintained to the finish. Sergt. Allman also took a header for no apparent reason, but this delay did not give those behind the wished-for opportunity to close up.
The cause was laid out by. the officers with a view of provi iding and Jumping within the reach of there ponies and riders who are perhaps not as enthusiastic and well mounted as the favoured few, and:|the comments of all competitors after the run proved that this con. sideration was justified and appreciated by all. Trooper Dabelstein was a likely contender for first
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