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j i ; i i ; I , I I : j . I j ! r as *" Wo won . BRITISH ARAB ENDURANCE1 I * N Only Two of Eight Contestants Finish 300-Mile Journey. Jj i | a o Average Pace Eight Miles Per J Hour Under 182 Pounds, and ti Small Mare Wins. h h la the bite aatama la Eaglaad the Arab Horee ■ of " Society In-i.i an eadaraace icm aver the Sussex Downs, near Lewes. Tli Bleat waa Car fire daya, " aad araa roaflaed to Arab horaea, each rarrylag 182 poaads, the maximum distance each ■!:... beiag SO mile*. The around eoTcred waa of . ii.-i char acter, with B5B feet the grcatesi height Each barae bad ta be examined bj a reteriaary aargeoa i, fore and after eat-h days trial, alao at each of ■ the two . ii:. •.. • tlailj Baits oae beiag fat * tt Irtj atiautn and the other tea miaates. The awards were decided on .inio, mb i ta the barsea Iteiag lit to rontii ne the Joaraey the morning after I the completed teat of Sou i Exclusive of baits the average »f the Jonraey of :.•" BtUes approi BMted eight miles per hoar. rnere were ten entries and eoclii Btartera. and -at the conclnaion of the firsl day a autre named Reiki wa* leading. Excloaive of the forty mil I - ■ compulsory ball, sbe did the sixty miles in 5:22:041i, the three horsea nearesl her taking nearly twenty- I two mtnntes longer. Oa Ihe second daj all the haraea slowed dowa, bat Belka still lad with -13:05:22 ror 120 miles. SIX OF EIGHT STARTERS QUIT. On the conclusion of the foarth day eal tare competitors were lefl la, the riders ol the others . realutins the improbability of heating Ihe two lead era. The Loadoa Sportsman has the ■ •• - refei j ence to ihe final stages: "The beat tiaae of the day was pat np by L. | I ■,[,„. ,|. t ay stalBAB Bhahaada, a pure-bred Arab, niae years aid bj Uootrnb Rath Keala. weighing ■ 7",7 pou:, .I- and standing just fifteen haads Big !.!•• was ridden by Mr. Morgan D. Blair, and in~ tim , •even minnte better than his rival, the gray mare Belka, waa nerea hoars seven minnl -. Bnl the lH 1 1 ■ owned and ridden bj H. Vr. M. Plark, was -til! sixty-fire minutes ahead fot ■■ ■ • ■■ • -: .,.!.; i. y .-i ::i» mill •- ei I me b ::- 28 M 19 Bhi -, -. .: [,nr i •! ::,o. ain irs old wi isbing •,.- ; • ■ i-. ■- ■ ■ ■ Bdi ic i I ■• i h inds "The last to s - rallanl little I handl. i e iwoperty of Mrs. !. ,;. At! asoit anil ridden by U. s. Knmnicrluiys. H we ; is boat TOO pounds su«i Ktand* oniv i1 l liawls. at I -;:.. of his 182 pounds : . dead weight. He w»* II Ij desert bre s u n !!,,• ■-• . a fine «-ffon red I ■mi Woln sdaj uight. Iiavlng • comp slwsl -■ a es 1 m 23 53 22 S !■ • wore -i tirs am • ■ ■ ! even a liahl i-an Cn ry or undue dis m ar« Id 1 I, real the "bj. i-ts «l :■• est ■t: ,,! |j was I i ! . Itlfl IlK If as n. ad.- In :. mI thl mi- • . fa actii 9 Ij ■■ dole of t he .. ;■ Ri . h •!•-!■ Ished umIi cloudless -!... . ii . x :i It I e ;■,■: a i-«ni«ia nding bai there was .. - |: , ss the a*«ert»us little tain i Is - i till i ndays t-.o,., of M:22:t«4»4. Both 1 iwtrses ke I well toaether turongliout, and In the ■ , , ,; ], thjrks maie oasseil the pool with ■ total time, exclaalve ol eompalaory hal -. ■ ■: 87 BH I . ;;u-i.u-t Khshxailas time of 3S:4S:20." Lais year Bhahaada. which is a gray stallion. ■ in 31:39:30 for 230 mile*, Belka being lit 1 i 32:20:30.
