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I was not long in Meerut when we got up a small 

 meeting, which was chiefly patronized by stations near 

 at hand. Mr. Sandeman, of the Carabiniers, and Captain 

 Cook, of the 14th Sikhs, came to stay with me, and to 

 run a Galloway called Twin, who had the strange habit 

 ■of speedy-cutting himself behind, as well as before. As 

 Mr. Sandeman was very keen to ride, I gave him the 

 mounts on Vesper and Reformation. Some time pre- 

 vious to this, Mr. Thuillier had sent me the country-bred 

 Jowaki to prepare for this meeting. When I used to 

 send him and my pair gallops together, I always found 

 that both he and the mare could " lose " Reformation 

 at any weights and at any distance. I was so puzzled 

 at this utter reversal of all form — for the old horse was 

 fairly fit, although he " made a noise " — that I began to 

 suspect he had been changed during his voyage from 

 the Colonies to India, or that Mr. Elphick had made 

 some mistake and sold me the wrong animal. The 

 mischief, however, was done, as I had no time to get 

 another horse to run against the moderate Walers I 

 expected would oppose him. I was chagrined at 

 this disappointment, as I had looked forward to these 

 races as a small benefit for the brown horse, with whom 

 I had taken infinite trouble to get " fit." 



