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Avenger from Mr. Namreh, and with a few more had a re- 

 spectable string. In addition to Nawab Kajeh Ahsanoola's lot, 

 Gwatkin had now got Rhesus and First Water in training at 

 Burowley for Mr. C. H. Moore, Jack Perrett training ^for him. 

 In June at Meerut died from the effects of a fall, poor John 

 Irving, the jockey, who had ridden many a race at Sonepore, 

 and whose last employ had been with Durbangah. In Novem- 

 ber, the Government fiat went forth to do away with Segow- 

 lie as a military station and Behar bade a sorrowful farewell 

 to the officers- of the sporting 6th B.C., who had made them- 

 selves so thoroughly popular. Not only were the men good 

 fellows, but the ladies of the regiment, Mrs. Wheeler and Mrs. 

 Charley Gordon, were bad to beat in any game which the sex 

 is allowed to indulge in. Mrs. Wheeler was a most cool and 

 accomplished horsewoman ; once when riding Jimmy's 

 Lantern Fly at Lall Serryah, she cleared thirty-three feet 

 with a four foot bank in the middle, and the horse never 

 put toe on the obstacle. At tennis Mrs. Gordon was a cham- 

 pion, and in a bolstering match could give her husband 

 pounds. No entries being received, save a few from Jaint- 

 pore, the Stewards once more resolved on throwing up the 

 sponge, but the Chupra boys came forward and voted for a 

 Gymkhana. Mr. Gasper had taken his nags up to the Ndrth- 

 West meetings, where Paragraph, Avenger and Chloe carried 

 everything before them. Chloe had turned out a clinker, Alec. 

 Clarke was training and Vinall riding for the stable, Caracta- 

 : cus had broken down, and been rebought by Harry Abbott 

 for the Jaintpore breeding stud. Jimmy McLeod had also 

 been going in for breeding and had two fillies fit now to 

 gallop, by Kingcraft out of Finette, and Talkaway ; he also 

 had Lincoln, who proved most successful as a pony sire. In 

 August Bertie Short threw up the North-West and joined the 

 Indigo and Tea Planters' Gazette, now under the kind 

 advice of Paddy Hudson changed to the Indian Planters' 



