CHAPTER 11. 



INDIAN RACING — BREEDING HORSES IN INDIA — WALERS 

 AND ARABS — LOTTERIES — AN INDIAN RACE CARD. 



The system under which racing is carried on in India, 

 differs so materially from that which is followed in 

 England, that it may not be without interest if I here 

 briefly describe its more salient peculiarities. 



In India almost every one owns horses, as they cost 

 little to keep in that country, while the exigencies of 

 the climate render their employment all but imperative. 

 The bulk of the European population are men more or 

 less in the prime of life, who have a good deal of time 

 on their hands, and are fairly well off as regards money. 

 Hence, like all Englishmen under similar circumstances, 

 their thoughts naturally turn to racing. As there are 

 too few first, or even second class horses to admit of the 

 sport being pursued as in England, animals are divided 

 into various classes and grades, so as to ensure " fields '* 



