224 Indian Racing Reminiscences. 



engaged in helping Dr. Tippetts, the honorarj'- secretary 

 in looking after the course, and in getting the horses fit. 

 I had a pleasant ride on Jovial in the steeplechase, and 

 had little difficulty in winning from Da}'break, with 

 Dignum up. As the Lucknow meeting came off shortly 

 afterwards, I sent Jovial over to the capital of Oudh 

 without removing the light shoes I had run him in. 

 The jockey in whose charge I had despatched him, gave 

 him a severe gallop on the course, which that )-car was 

 as hard as a turnpike road, with the result that both 

 fore feet were badly bruised ; in fact, he had "corns'* 

 all round, underneath the " bearing " of the fore shoes, 

 so I could not run him. Seeing the nature of the 

 ground, I should of course have at once put on him 

 comparatively stout shoes. 



Raven won for us the one mile handicap, in which 

 he was top weight, beating Jessie, Necromancer, and 

 Yanathon ; but, being crushed with lo st. 7 lbs., he 

 was defeated b}' Thisbe, to whom he was giving 23 lbs. 



Those good sportsmen and fine indigo planters, the 

 Crowdys, had at this meeting the great country-bred 

 marc Deception, the Waler pony Maori, and the steeple- 

 chasers The Sweep and Vicero\'. Mr. Ruxton rode the 

 Sweep in the first chase. As it came on to rain just 



