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and his a sorrowful farewell and hearty God speed." This 

 was penned over nineteen years ago, and every word then 

 written can still be endorsed. If Dick Richardson had been 

 less hospitable, he would have retired a wealthier man than 

 he did; and doubtless when he reads the accounts of the 

 present Sonepore and Mozufferpore meetings, he can recall 

 many a happy episode at those fixtures during his Indian 

 career. Mr. Abercrombie was still Secretary. 



Although the entries showed a falling off on the part of 

 outside owners, yet Jodhpore was well represented by Rajah 

 Tej Singh, accompanied by John Wheal, who had with him 

 a lovely black Australian filly called Joan of Arc, Orlando, 

 and the Arabs Aleppo and Wicked. Captain Humphreys, the 

 celebrated cross-country rider, had Fair Nell, Exeter and the 

 mighty Nimrod. Kelly Maitland had that sweet mare Haidee, 

 Kushroo, Fleur-de-lys and the champion Kingcraft. Jaffir 

 had Thisbee and Merry Lass ; Couzens, the jockey, had the 

 crack Arab of the day Cardigan, and the C.B. Lady Aid ; 

 Ryder had Lord Bill Beresford's galloway Snake, Baboo 

 Mohiny Mohun Dass' Saracen, Telegram, Stanley and Lancer. 

 Jimmy McLeod, now quite recovered from his accident, had 

 Fieldfare, Shamrock, Isabel, Widow, Snowdrop, Skelbo, Dennis, 

 Red Gauntlet, Glengarry, Empress, Mercedes, Sultan and 

 Gameboy. Harry Abbott had the twenty-year-old screw 

 Echo, the broken-winded Spider, a big hot-headed Aus- 

 tralian filly called Talkaway, bought from Dr. Morgan 

 for the Behar Stakes, Fraulein, the last of Mr. Vincent's 

 Barh country-breds, Peeress, a handsome grey Australian, 

 pretty little North Star, and Black Diamond. The meeting 

 commenced miserably, it rained for the first twenty-four hours 

 unceasingly. The morning's races opened in drizzle. Joan 

 of Arc had an exercise canter to beat Sprite for the Leger, 

 and then a disgraceful pull of Cardigan in the Derby by 

 Couzens, allowed Saracen to win ; no notice being taken of it 



