SENSATIONAL HIDING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1306, 17 February 1883, Page 4

SENSATIONAL HIDING.

The following acoountof some extraordinarily sensational tiding on the part of.the best gentleman jockey of the day is given in a Calcutta journal, It reads more like an equine exhibition in a hippodrome than part of the programme in a legitimate turf gathering :—" At the Amandule Racecourse, Lord William Beresford, brother to the well-known Lord Charles, has astonished the public with some wondrous feats of horsemanship. Several sensational events were introduced to make the meeting a success, and all oi them won by Lord William. The Postillion Race, wherein he had to rid» one pony and lead one at each side o! him he carried off in a canter, the three ponies flying the finishing hnrdh abreast. A Tandem Hurdle lux, ii. which a horse was ridden and another driven in front, was an easy victory for him, as well as a Four-in-hand Raoo. Lord William, after his success at Amandale, backed Irmself to manage a team of six, and run them against four each driven by Lore! ('ompton and Captain Rochfmt. Hi put Lis team in two rows of three, ano rods. 1 the centre ' wheeler.' Fasteninp the reins of the near and off animah round his legs, he had the six in perfect control, and galloped them round the course, beating his opponents hollow. This done, for the edification of Lady Ripon and the rank and fashion of iiimla, his Lordship galloped eight horses round the course without other harness than reins. The track was narrow and had many turns, but the horses were kept well together, 1 and turned without difficulty."