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others on animals of sorts. As Objection had not had 

 a gallop for a month he was fit to jump out of his skin, 

 so I thought it best to wait with him, for if he ran away 

 and hit his " game " leg, both of us would have been 

 slain to a certainty over the palisades which acted as 

 hurdles. " The Tiger " tried to cross me at the first 

 obstacle, but the big horse knocked him aside and 

 should have brought him down had the old mare been 

 less clever than she was. On coming to the next 

 hurdle, I heard the doctor shouting to Mr. Knox not 

 to let me pass, and as "Missy" endeavoured to obey 

 the warning by attempting to pull Gamecock across 

 my line, I raced Objection past the black and took 

 Gamecock along so fast that he had no time to rise, 

 so struck the hurdle and " turned turtle." Objection 

 now settled down into his stride and won as he liked. 

 Next day I won another hurdle-race and a flat race 

 on the old chaser. Quaker won his races, and so did 

 Grace Darling, except a handicap, in which she ran 

 second to Crazy Jane, admirably ridden by " the Tiger." 

 We won at this small meeting something over two 

 thousand rupees, and so pleased was Captain Maxwell, 

 that he made me a present of Objection to ride as a 

 charger, and sent me his horses to train. I bought 



