176 TRAINING AND RACING. 



At Calcutta, December, 1877, g. a. h. Saracen, 9 st, won 

 the Little Albert Cup, 1 mile, in 1 m. 50J s. 



The chesnut Cape horse Echo, 9 st., at Calcutta, De- 

 cember, 1871, won the Stand Plate, 1 mile, in 1 m. 48 s. 



The b. c. b. g. Shamrock, 8 st. 13 Ibs., at Calcutta, 1870, 

 ran a mile in 1 m. 52 s., which is the same time that we 

 have seen Gypsy do that distance with 8 st. 8 Ibs. up. 



Both Lurline at Sonepore, and M. T. at Mozufferpore, 

 have done f mile in 1 m. 24 s. with 10 st. 7 Ibs. up. 



At Meerut, November, 1877, the c. c. b. m. Clemence, 

 9 st. 1 lb., won the Haupper Stakes, f miles, in 1 m. 21 s. 



At Sonepore, 1871, the 13-2 King David, 8 st. 9 Ibs., 

 did J mile in 54 s. 



The 13-2 Arab Abdool Ray man (Little Hercules), 

 8 st. 10 Ibs., won the 1| mile Handicap, in 1871, up the 

 trying Poonah hill, in 2 m. 55 s. In the same year he 

 won the Maiden Galloway Plate, 1J mile, at Bombay, 

 with 8 st. 6 Ibs. up, in 2 m. 23 s. 



The 13-hand c. b. p. Orion, with a feather, was able to 

 do in his best days J mile in 55 s. 



In giving these times, I have, as much as possible, 

 considered only the performances of aged platers, in 

 order to simplify comparison between the different 

 classes ; and for the same reason have given even dis- 

 tances. 



It is hard to define what second class form is, as it 

 principally depends on where one is racing; for, of course, 

 what would be second class at first class meetings, would 

 become first class at minor ones. At the large fixtures, 

 second class time, for Walers at weight for age for a 

 mile, would be about 1 m. 50 s. ; for 1 J mile, 2 m. 20 s. A 



