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ligament, due to violent sprain, began to decrease. I 

 gave her gentle exercise, walking and trotting in a 

 light gig ; while as soon as I found she could stand 

 it, I used to send her two or three times a week a 

 couple of steady canters, a quarter or a third of a 

 mile each, on the racecourse. At last I ventured to let 

 her have a half-mile spin with Yanathon, to whom she 

 gave a lot of weight and a very easy beating. This 

 was so satisfactory that I entered her at Calcutta for 

 the Stand Plate, selling race, three-quarters of a mile, for 

 which Lord William Beresford's Hunter, Jaffir's Thisbe, 

 and a mare belonging to Weeks the dealer were running. 

 We had some brisk wagering on this event. 1 backed 

 Dolly with Weeks for Rs. 500 against Thisbe, and also 

 purchased her in the lottery. On the fall of the flag, 

 Hunter and our mare jumped off in front and raced 

 together to the distance, when Dolly drew clear and won 

 somewhat easily by a length. When she was put up to 

 auction, as Mr. Crowdy did not wish to buy her in, Jack 

 Wheal purchased her for Weeks to take down to the 

 Colonies to breed from, for which purpose, to judge by 

 her shape, racing form, and blood, she was worth a lot 

 of money even in England. Next day, when I came up 

 to see her before leaving Calcutta, I found Wheal show- 



