CHAPTER XII. 



I.URLINE — THE CONSTABLE CUP — GAMESTER — WAR 

 EAGLE — CAWNPORE RACES, 1 874 — DAYBREAK AND 

 BOW^LVN. 



I SPENT the hot weather of 1873 in getting Lurline 

 quiet and " fit," and in preparing Brown Duchess for 

 the Constable Cup Steeplechase. Knowing what a 

 Avondcr Lurline was for half a mile, and being aware 

 that the public would have none of this cast-off of the 

 •clever Chumparun stable, I determined to " slip " the 

 speedy daughter of Eastern Maid for the six furlong 

 -selling race. A day or two before it came off, Dr. 

 Deane and myself tried Cynic with Mr. Hartwell up 

 and Jaffir on Lurline. My orders were that they were 

 to start at the mile post, finish at the quarter, and that 

 the winner was to pull up and leave the loser to lead 

 past the winning post. Lurline won very easily, and 

 Cynic romped in past the stand in front of her, and in 



