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108 THE DURBAR
and across the space of ground set apart for the
Viceroy and officials, until he came within six
yards of them, and then snap his kodak in their
faces. He only wanted a pah of list slippers and
a dark lantern to complete his burglarious appear-
ance. Many people from the stands shouted out
that the clergyman blocked their line of vision,
and that he was to be taken away ; but he was not
hindered.
The last event of the day was almost the best
of all. When the Infantry had withdrawn, the
Cavalry and Artillery formed up a quarter of a
mile away in three separate divisions—three great
masses of men parallel with the stands. It was a
splendid force, one that would sweep all before
it and could not be checked. At a given signal
the whole mass advanced towards us at full gallop,
one plunging wall of horses and metal and wheels.
There was a great rumble and the cracking of
many whips. For a moment we held our breath :
it seemed as though that tearing mass could never
stop: it must sweep us away, stands and all. In
an instant, however, and with a precision beautiful
to see, the troops halted, turned about, and galloped
off the plain. It was perhaps one of the most
successful manoeuvres of the whole successful day.
and across the space of ground set apart for the
Viceroy and officials, until he came within six
yards of them, and then snap his kodak in their
faces. He only wanted a pah of list slippers and
a dark lantern to complete his burglarious appear-
ance. Many people from the stands shouted out
that the clergyman blocked their line of vision,
and that he was to be taken away ; but he was not
hindered.
The last event of the day was almost the best
of all. When the Infantry had withdrawn, the
Cavalry and Artillery formed up a quarter of a
mile away in three separate divisions—three great
masses of men parallel with the stands. It was a
splendid force, one that would sweep all before
it and could not be checked. At a given signal
the whole mass advanced towards us at full gallop,
one plunging wall of horses and metal and wheels.
There was a great rumble and the cracking of
many whips. For a moment we held our breath :
it seemed as though that tearing mass could never
stop: it must sweep us away, stands and all. In
an instant, however, and with a precision beautiful
to see, the troops halted, turned about, and galloped
off the plain. It was perhaps one of the most
successful manoeuvres of the whole successful day.