no Indian Racing Reminiscences. 



was never seen before, and will, I hope, never be again. 

 Instead of a " double bank," they made a fortification, 

 which was high enough to effectually conceal the view 

 of the country in front from any approaching horseman. 

 It, of course, stopped all the field except Jack O'Connor, 

 who was mounted on the runaway Antelope. The 

 harebrained pair charged it at racing speed ; with one 

 mighty bound the mare sprang on the top, and was 

 off again with the quickness of thought. Seeming 

 to exult in her " deed of derring-do," she broke from 

 the lad's control. Poor Jack had been ill from fever 

 for some days previous to the chase, and was unable 

 to guide the mad mare. At last, being quite exhausted, 

 it appears that he tried to throw himself off, and came 

 in a sitting position on the ground. Some bystanders 

 helped him up. He said a word or two, tried to drink 

 some water, lay down and died. The poor fellow had 

 ruptured one of the blood-vessels in his brain. 



The only horse worth mentioning that Caliph, Hawke- 

 stone, and Cast Off had to meet in the Arab and 

 country-bred race at Aligurh was the grey Arab Fluck, 

 belonging to Captain Napier, of the 3rd Hussars, and 

 lent by him on racing terms to Mr. Robarts, an Aligurh 

 planter. This horse was a rank bad one, but was 



