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"hands," got her well and moderately quiet. I know no 

 one whom I would sooner trust with a horse than Mr. 

 Hartwell. At that time Dr. Deane of my regiment — 

 the 35th Native Infantry — owned a slashing Walcr 

 gelding, called Cynic. The first time I saw this animal 

 run was at Aligurh, where his rider did the wrong thing 

 with him. He was very fast, and would have made a 

 name for himself had he been properly managed, but 

 as it was, he never fulfilled the expectation one might 

 have formed on seeing his racing shape and fine action, 

 and knowing his thorough gamencss. 



Some time before this meeting, Mr. D'Arcy Thuillier 

 of "The Cameronians," and I bought between us the 

 speedy pony Primrose for Rs. 600. Ridden by Mr. 

 Thacker, she won for us the Tom Thumb Stakes, but 

 " dropped " all we had acquired by losing the handicap. 

 Cynic did remarkably well by winning the Selling 

 Stakes, for which I ran Colonel Bolton's Solitaire, and 

 defeated Delphos at even weights over hurdles. I may 

 mention that, in an evil moment, I allowed Primrose to 

 go without me to a couple of meetings, at which she was 

 mismanaged, and, consequently, lost her form for the 

 time being. I was so disgusted at my own foolishness 

 that I persuaded Mr. Thuillier to sell her to that grand 



