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■well wrote and asked me to have the grey Galloway- 

 raffled. I did so, and the lot fell to a lady in my 

 regiment. She, at first, was delighted with her new 

 horse, but as he got wofully out of condition and was, 

 ■metaphorically, eating his head off, she offered him to 

 me on racing terms. As Caliph was getting fit. Colonel 

 Harris, of the 45th Sikhs, after the Constable Cup was 

 run, begged me to send him to run at Moradabad, where 

 he was organizing a meeting, and where he and Mr. 

 Maitland had some enormous gambles together. The 

 result to me was that I got the horse back. 



On my way to Naini Tal on two months' leave, after 

 the Lucknow Monsoon meeting, I stayed a day at 

 Bareilly with Mr, Elphick, the Artillery veterinary 

 ■surgeon, who showed me a very smart-looking country- 

 bred colt, which looked a galloper all over, and offered 

 to "trade" for Brown Duchess, whom he was confident 

 he could make all right again. As I held a different 

 opinion, we struck the following odd bargain. He got 

 the mare and Rs. 32, while I took in exchange the 

 c.b. colt, a country-bred pony, which I afterwards sold 

 for Rs. 200, a brindle terrier which was never promoted 

 beyond the name of " Pup," and a steeplechase saddle. 

 I called the colt Fairy Mount, and had him quietly 



