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but being beaten by two Arab dealers with 50 and 53, 

 he obtained only third choice. The first Arab merchant 

 took the grey, which he sold shortly afterwards for 

 Rs. 2000 ; the second chose the chesnut, who in his 

 •day was the invincible Shah-in-Shah ; while the bay 

 fell to Colonel Turnbull's lot. Either of the two last- 

 mentioned horses was worth more than the whole 

 amount Sheikh Ibrahim obtained for the three. Before 

 the raffle came off, the old dealer was accused in some 

 of the Calcutta daily papers of attempting, by its means, 

 to " palm " off a trio of worthless screws on the public. 

 The evident moral of this is, never abuse an Arab or 

 his horse until you have tried them. 



Dirk Hatterick, who won the Colonials in the good 

 time of 3 min. i8j4 sees., was bought by Colonel Turn- 

 bull from Jim Collins, the owner of Vanderdecken, and 

 was afterwards sold to go to Madras for the big race 

 at that meeting, which he won and got back his 

 purchase money. 



Maperoni, the Colonel's charger, was a very fair race- 

 horse. In one event, when ridden by Fendell Thomp- 

 son, of the Bengal Civil Service, the girth broke in the 

 middle of the race. Finding the saddle shifting back 

 towards the horse's tail, this fine horseman worked 



