42 Indian Racing Reminiscences. 



took them to the Gordon Highlanders' stables to be put 

 up for the night. Captain Papillon and his friends, of 

 course, made a careful inspection of the new arrivals, 

 their attention being particularly attracted to a great 

 slashing chestnut. " What's that horse, Ouajjoo ? " they 

 asked. "That's Captain Joy's new maiden," replied the 

 ready-witted Mahommedan. The answer did little to 

 calm their alarm, for they could not help asking them- 

 selves what chance Ranelagh, who was then the best in 

 the Punjab, could have against such a galloping-look- 

 ing customer as the chestnut ? Not long after Ouajjoo- 

 had left with his string for the North, the Highlanders, 

 received a letter from the 7th Hussars, inviting them up 

 to their meeting at Sealkote, where they and Ranelagh 

 were promised a " good time of it." They accepted the 

 hospitable offer, and appeared in due course on the 

 scene, eager for the fra)' and ready to carry off the 

 collected gold back with them to Jullundur. When,, 

 however, the entries appeared for the big race of the 

 meeting, in October, 1869, they were thunderstruck to 

 see the name of the great horse CcEur-de-lion, who had 

 run so well at Secunderabad, and had proved himself 

 not much inferior to the mighty Vanderdecken, the 

 Australian Kingcraft of that time. They rushed off to 



