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steeplechasing, for the course was flagged, and there 

 was no paper to disturb the galloping. Few ladies 

 took part in those functions, but I enjoyed my gallop 

 on Mr. McAndrew's pony, Suffolk Punch, which, after 

 floundering a bit at the double, came down at the last 

 fence, luckily without damaging either of us. The 

 great drawback to the paperchasing at the capital of 

 Oudh, was the blinding dust which was raised by the 

 leading animals, and which almost obscured the fences 

 In front of their followers. As I was only on a pony, 

 all 1 could see in front of me was flitting shadows in a 

 brown fog, so I left everything to my game little 

 mount, who was galloping his hardest. For the same 

 reason, dust thrown up by the leaders, is not un- 

 frequently the cause of accidents at steeplechasing in 

 India. 



Near Bombay and Mozufferpore, jackals are hunted 

 during the cold season by foxhounds sent out from 

 England. In 1889, Mr. Rowland Hudson, Master of 

 the Mozufferpore pack, had seventeen couple of fox- 

 hounds, nine of which w^ere supplied by himself, and 

 eight by subscription. These hounds were selected 

 by the late Tom Firr, from the Quorn, Cottesmore, 

 and Pytchley, and they accounted for fifteen brace of 

 jackals from November to March, hunting only two 

 days a week, and after having had several good runs. 

 Foxhounds stand the heat of India badly, and most 

 of them out there die of liver disease, despite the 

 precaution taken of sending them to the hills during 

 the hot months. 



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