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Black Eagle, Mr. Lethorn arrived with the black horse 

 Morialta, that good sportsman " Mr. John " came from 

 Chumparun with the country-bred mare Lurline and 

 the pale-faced Delphos, who ought to have won the 

 big chase at Calcutta, over which so much ink was 

 shed by Captain Phillips, of the 4th Hussars. Although 

 Brown Duchess, after the Umballa fiasco, had won a flat 

 race at Meerut, beating among others that excellent 

 miler Prince Alfred, who had been brought over under 

 the name of Coventry from Mauritius, along with 

 Partisan, by Mr. Bradshaw, the stable of the Gordon 

 Highlanders were not able to pay me my share of the 

 mare's winnings, so sent me Caliph to run at Cawnpore, 

 on the chance of his recouping me the money they owed 

 me. The gallant grey easily accomplished his task, for 

 he won the Arab and country-bred race and handicap, 

 without giving a chance to Lurline, who was the only 

 one that could get within hail of him. As all my time, 

 before the races, was occupied in getting the flat course 

 in order, I deputed a friend to look after the steeple- 

 chase one, which was on the Oude side of the river. 

 He was one of those big-minded heavy weights who 

 think that chasers ought to be able to get over at 

 racing pace, for three miles, any obstacle which a clever 



