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sequently turned out, amounted to a like sum, so that 

 Mr. Crowdy and I, after paying all expenses, had 

 Rs. 1200 or Rs. 1300 to divide between us. 



The four days' racing was capital fun, although, 

 personally, I was too ill to take much interest in the 

 sport. The bulk of the animals were sturdy, 11 or 12 

 hand Munipuri ponies, who resemble closely those of 

 Burmah, and whose forte is "staying." Hence the 

 majority of the races were for a mile and over. It was 

 a treat to see these miniature weight carriers struggle 

 through from end to end, and answer every call of their 

 riders with unflinching gameness. Mr. Daly won four 

 races on Exile in good form ; while my old Tirhoot 

 friend, "Farmer" Pearce, son of "Idstone" of T/i£ Field, 

 gave the Cachar men a taste of his quality by pulling 

 off two events with his smart ponies, Rochester and 

 Templar. 



While at Cachar, I saw many cases of w^hat was 

 called Munipuri horse disease, w^hich in almost all cases 

 terminated fatally in from twelve to thirty-six hours. 

 Soon after being attacked by the malady, the animal's 

 head and neck begin to swell, great debility ensues, 

 and the breathing increases more and more in quickness, 

 until at last the animal dies from suffocation. In the 



