28 Indian Racing Reminiscences. 



Jiorscs in India, from bad feet during the whole time he 

 was in training, I remember Raby, 8 st. 12 lbs., winning 

 the Forbes Stakes, two miles, at the Bombay Races, 

 February, 1866, in a canter in 3 min. 51 sec. 



Caliph had a long and successful racing career. He 

 first belonged to Sir Seymour Blane, who helped to 

 bring Jousiffe, who now trains at the Seven Barrows, 

 Lambournc, into prominence as a jockey. The Arab 

 Galloway then passed into the hands of Mr. Depuis, 

 who exchanged him for War Eagle (late Coventr)-) with 

 the Gordon Highlanders, the reason for doing so 

 being as follows : On one occasion, when Caliph was 

 suffering from indigestion, Mr. Depuis had him ex- 

 amined by a veterinary surgeon, who, finding that his 

 pulse did not beat regularly, pronounced that he had 

 heart disease, and advised his owner to get rid of him 

 as soon as possible. Mr. Depuis acted on this counsel, 

 and lost one of the best Galloways India has ever 

 known. This was a good instance of the proverbial 

 danger of a little knowledge. Thanks to the advance 

 of veterinary knowledge, all now know, as some did 

 then, that an intermittent pulse may be caused by some 

 trifling indisposition, and is not necessarily associated 

 with organic or functional derangement of the heart. 



