Freetrader. 209 



Before I left Cawnpore poor old Caliph was raffled 

 for the second time, and went up to the Punjab — for 

 stud purposes, I hope. 



The Dehra Doon Meeting of October, 1875, was well 

 attended, and I had a great chance of winning a large 

 stake in the steeplechase, for which there were many 

 entries, including Ring, Daybreak, Clarion, Shanbally, 

 Red Eagle, Gaylad, and others. I had tried Freetrader 

 to be better than Jovial at even weights; although, 

 being a maiden, he would have to get a lot of weight 

 from Mr. Thomas's horse, who was good enough to win, 

 heavily penalized as he was. 



Some days before the steeplechase came off, Freetrader 

 broke away from my riding boy and hurt his bad leg. 

 He managed, however, to run a fair second to Mr. F. 

 Johnson's Ring, and would, I have no doubt, actually 

 have won, had not Mr. Short made too much use of 

 him up the hill immediately on starting. I was to 

 blame for this, as I had given him orders to make the 

 running, because the owner had told me that staying 

 was his /ortc\ I, foolishly, believed my sanguine friend 

 and never asked the horse the question, as I ought to 

 have done. The shifty and unschooled Clarion, late 

 Hunting Horn, admirably ridden by Lord William 



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