PREFACE. 



After leaving India in 1880, I contributed to the 

 Calcutta EnglisJunan several articles under the title of 

 "Indian Racing Reminiscences." These papers were 

 so well received by the Indian Press and Public, that I 

 determined to produce them in book form. The pro- 

 prietor of the Calcutta journal, on the staff of which I 

 have been for some years, generously waived his part- 

 claim to their copyright. On rearranging the material 

 I had by me, I found so much to add and revise, 

 that more than two-thirds of the present book now 

 appears for the first time. 



After going to press, I received letters from the well- 

 known Indian jockeys, Oscar Dignum and poor Tom 

 Cozens, both grand horsemen, who enclosed accounts of 

 the chief incidents of their lives for this book. I regret 

 extremely that these communications came too late. 

 Dignum, who thoroughly deserves his good luck, still 



