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in 2 m. 45 s., and that the order for the training gallop 

 is " once round at eight annas ; " then the time the 

 horse should take would be 5 m. 30 s. This I know 

 is slower than the accepted idea of what half speed 

 should be ; but if a faster pace be required, it is just as 

 easy, and perhaps tends less to confuse the lad, to 

 increase the number of annas ordered. Here I take 

 for granted that the race-course is level, like almost all 

 our Indian ones. At Poona, Bangalore, and Dehra 

 Doon, for instance, further directions would be requisite 

 to teach the lad to slightly vary the pace, as the nature 

 of the ground might require. 



