CHAPTER VII. 



THE 77TH REGIMENT— THE 3STH NATIVE INFANTRY— 

 THE ADJUTANT'S HORSE— OUR COLONEL— OBJEC- 

 TION — MY FIRST ATTEMPTS AT RACING AND 

 TRAINING — THE TIME TEST — JACK TOBIN— SIR 

 JOHN ASTLEY — SEALKOTE RACES, 187O. 



I ARRIVED along with my battery, in course of relief, at 

 Agra towards the end of 1869, after a six weeks' march 

 from Meean Meer, to which burnt-up station I had 

 shortly to return, as I was appointed a probationer to 

 the Bengal Staff Corps, to do duty with the 35th Native 

 Infantry, which was stationed there. I enjoyed my four 

 or five weeks at the city of the Taj, as we had an 

 excellent club at the place, and were honorary members 

 of that " smart " and most hospitable regiment, the 77th, 

 which was then commanded by Colonel Kent. They 

 treated their guests in fine old style. Whatever a man 

 craved to drink was set before him in a full bottle, not 

 passed round by mess waiters, as is the degenerate 



