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.concern, and within four years of landing, purchased Buhrowlee, 

 which was his home and livelihood for twenty-three years of 

 his life, from 1867 to 1890. During his Chupra career he 

 brought many good hoses to the post, including that wonder- 

 ful country-bred Armadale, and the ponies Robin and Gold 

 Mohur. That game and good Australian horse B Sharp was 

 x>ne of his, and he bought him at auction for Rs. 6,300, a price 

 never before realised at any Indian public sale ; with him he 

 won several big prizes, notably the Calcutta Merchants' Cup. 

 Then followed the purchase of Gonzago, Nulquine, that ever- 

 green old horse Red Deer and many others of less note till 

 finding racing too expensive as his family grew up, he sold his 

 stable, as it stood, to that sporting Dacca nobleman, Nawab 

 Kajeh Ahsunoola, who, however, made it a. sine qua non that 

 Mr. Williams should train and manage all racing matters for 

 him. Indigo about this time began to have a bad succession 

 of seasons, and so in 1885, Mr. Williams accepted from his 

 friend the Maharajah of Durbangah, the management of the 

 Purneah Estates, but still looked after the Nawab's racing 

 interests, employing the services of that steady trainer Perrett, 

 who had been with him for several years at Buhrowlee. In 

 1888 rinding his work would not permit him to leave Purneah 

 much, he asked the Nawab to allow Mr. C. H. Moore to look 

 after the horses ; when the Nawab got tired of racing he 

 generously made Messrs. Moore and Williams a present of his 

 entire string. For a short time these gentlemen raced in 

 partnership with fair success, under the name of Mr. Cress- 

 more, and then Mr. Williams retired from the turf, deservedly 

 honored by all his compeers, for a truer or straighter sportsman 

 never existed. A born judge of a horse, he seldom made 

 mistakes in selecting, and as a trainer he was fully the equal 

 of the best professionals, as a horseman he was one of the 

 finest cross-country riders to be met anywhere, with perfect 

 hands and temper, he could make his horse do whatever he 



