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animal, one that " stayed " so badly, and was so difficult 

 to train. Mr. Elphick, for some reason that I do not 

 know, promptly sold her to Captain Papillon, who could 

 do nothing with her. She never won a race after leaving 

 me. I do not know what became of her. 



The great event, in July, 1873, of the Lucknow Mon- 

 soon meeting, which has now become a regular fixture, 

 was the Constable Cup ; a steeplechase for all horses, 

 with a hundred sovereigns added, in a handsome purse 

 of native manufacture, and worth over three hundred 

 rupees. This substantial prize was given by Mr. 

 Constable, on the occasion of his winning about forty 

 thousand rupees in the Lucknow Derby sweep. Mr. 

 Constable's very sporting gift naturally attracted the 

 attention of owners and riders of steeplechase horses 

 from far and near. For it, poor Captain Grant of the 

 Horse Artillery rode his mare Sunbeam ; Captain 

 Papillon steered his uncertain Duchess ; Mr. Short 

 was on War Eagle ; Mr. Hartwell on Marquis ; Jack 

 O'Connor on Hildegarde, late Premier's Daughter; 

 Fred Welcome had been sent for all the way from 

 Calcutta to ride Mr. Bushman's unlucky Harkaway ; 

 Captain Franks piloted that mad horse Time, late 

 Gamester, who had a story attached to his name ; 



