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according to the English calculation for half-bred animals. 

 Of course it was not my place to set him right, for I had 

 only my own unprofessional opinion, and had not the 

 presumption to oppose it to his duly accredited one. 

 John Wheal, however, took down the stud marks which 

 were on the horse's back and telegraphed off to the 

 stud authorities to find out his date of foaling. Govern- 

 ment officials being somewhat tardy in their movements, 

 the answer was despatched by post. In the meantime 

 Hawkestone, carrying three-year-old weight, easily beat 

 Gipsy and the others. So that was first blood to us. 

 After it was all over, it turned out that the brown horse 

 should have run as a four-year-old, he having been 

 foaled in August. Moral. — In ageing a horse, look at 

 both sides of his mouth, and also at his back teeth, iri 

 case of doubt. 



Hawkestone followed up his success in the Lucknow 

 Derby by winning the Talukdar's Plate, a race for 

 all country-breds ; while Caliph secured the Dilkoosha 

 Stakes for Galloways, beating Abdool Rahman, Acrobat, 

 &c. Up to this time, my friend Captain Maxwell had 

 not arrived, as he could not get leave for the first two 

 days' racing. When he came, he was overjoyed to find 

 such a good amount to the credit side of our account,. 



