Lord Ulick Browne. 



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The Bombay scale, which was as follows, was a 

 peculiar one, for by it a 6-year old gave a 5 -year old 

 only I lb. less than a 4-ycar old gave a 3-year old, 

 over two miles, for instance ! 



3 years 



4 „ 



5 » 



6 ., 



Aged 



These scales being taken as a basis for calculation, 

 English horses (when different classes ran together) were 

 required to carry i st. extra, country-breds were allowed 

 7 lbs. or I St., and Arabs i st. or 21 lbs. ; while Walers 

 ran according to the scale. Finally, all classes of horses 

 took their age from ist May, which was a great hard- 

 ship to the Australians and Capes, whose time of 

 foaling is from August to November, inclusive. The 

 other classes always got the benefit of the doubt 

 even if there was good reason for believing that they 

 had been dropped between January and May. Incred- 

 ible as it may appear, it is a fact that no one in the 

 then Turf Club, nor any steward of a Race Meeting 

 in India, knew the meaning of the rule, that " horses 

 shall take their age from ist May" (or any other date). 



