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the best, though now and then a Waler may be found 

 good enough to run in these classes, but a country-bred 

 never. The multum in parvo style, which is here 

 wanted, is the very thing that is found almost impossible 

 to breed in India. The chesnut 13-2 Kattywar Robin 

 was the best country-bred pony or galloway I have seen, 

 but even he was never within a stone of his stable com- 

 panion King David, the Arab pony, though they were 

 exactly the same height. Robin looked quite three- 

 quarters Arab, as did that little wonder Orion. 



Though there are many instances of 13-2 ponies 

 running successfully among galloways (14 hands and 

 under) at the usual allowances of 4 tbs. the half inch, it 

 is rare indeed to meet with a pony lower than that 

 which can do so. 



At most meetings, the following classes are those for 

 which races are generally made, with the distances 

 usually run : 



1 All horses ... ... 1 to 2 miles. 



2 Arabs ... ... 1 to 2 



3 Arabs and country-breds ... 1 to 2 



4 Country-breds ... ... to 1 mile. 



6 Galloways (14 hands and under) ... \ to 1 



6 Ponies (13-2 and under) ... ... ,, 



7 Ponies (13 hands and under) ... \ to \ ., 



8 Selling Eace horses ... ,.. \ to 1 



In discussing the "form" of horses, I have been obliged 

 to bring in the subject of timing, as it is so universally 

 used and regarded out here. I am quite aware how 

 fallible a test it is, and how much it varies according to 

 the state of the course and the way in which a race is 

 run. The great majority of Indian courses are so level, 



