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together ? " — Deerfoot, needless to say, 

 having- won in a common canter. 



But I must not suppose that all our little 

 coicps and mystifications will interest the 

 reader. The Galloway races (14 hands 

 and under) were inferior in interest to the 

 pony races (13.2 limit). For some time my 

 old Indian pony, Fuzee, who came from 

 the 1 2th Lancers, ruled the roast in the 

 latter class ; but his nose was put completely 

 out of joint by specially imported Australians, 

 and subsequently English ponies. 



The finale of the Colombo meeting was 

 always a so-called "Arab race," in which 

 the competitors were really Cabulee horse- 

 dealers. This race, barebacked, was run in 

 heats, and the " leo^s and wintrs " finishings 

 of the riders were indeed a sight. To this 

 succeeded a three-furlongs race for native 



