i62 RIDING, DRIVING AND KINDRED SPORTS 



On the whole, considering all things, I should 

 mount myself, if I were on a visit in India, on 

 country-breds, and for this reason : Four Arabs 

 such as you would require would average at 

 least Rs. 1,500, i.e., Rs. 6,000 = between ^^300 

 and ^400, whereas the country-breds should 

 cost not more than half that sum. You would 

 want two more, and then your outlay, taking 

 them at Rs. 750 apiece, which is high, would 

 be Rs. 4,700, or about ^250. The cheapest 

 and by no means the worst pig-stickers I have 

 known were Waler casters, and these might 

 cost anything down to Rs. 23, or about £\ 5s., 

 for which I once bought an excellent mare. If 

 you are a rich man a good stud would be a 

 Waler at Rs. 2,000 for open country, a couple 

 of Arabs at Rs. 2,500, and a couple of country- 

 breds or Kathiawar or Cabuli horses — though 

 I don't care for the last, they are deficient 

 in heart — and a pony or two. But people 

 must " cut their coat according to their 

 cloth," and if economy is to be considered, 

 I prefer country-breds. They are often very 

 good, and quantity is better than quality, and 

 it is astonishing what you can do if you must. 

 Quality you may have as much as you can 

 get, but quantity you must have if you are to 

 see sport for any length of time. 



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