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had paid for her. The terms on which I had taken the 

 mare were, that Mr. Studd and I were to share all 

 expenses and divide all winnings in stakes, lotteries, and 

 bets. In fact, he provided the mare and I the training. 

 These were the terms on which I always took horses. 

 Mr. Studd seemed very much pleased at having got 

 such a good horse as Jovial out of Rebecca's winnings. 

 He wrote and told me that I was to enter Jovial for 

 the Allahabad and Umballa chases, and that I was to 

 ride her myself. As I had to get down a lot of weight, 

 I " put the muzzle on," and by long walks and starving 

 I found that I was light enough and very " fit," when I 

 arrived at Allahabad. But no Jovial turned up. I at 

 last learned, just before the races, that Mr. Studd had 

 exchanged Jovial for a useless and untried animal called 

 Prodigal, and that my wasting and trouble had been all 

 in vain. After this Rebecca won two chases, one at 

 Umballa and another at Lucknow. 



The next horse Mr. Studd sent me was a fine weight- 

 carrying hunter style of horse, called Caesar, who was far 

 too slow for any one in his senses to take the trouble of 

 wasting and getting fit. I put up a lad who rode him 

 very well at Allahabad, but fell off towards the end of 

 the run, on Caesar making a mistake and pecking badly. 



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