2So Indian Racing Reminiscences. 



this bone by a fall in draught, or fronn a hick by a 

 companion, and actually doing work with a fractured 

 leg, but without evincing any sign of the mishap, until, 

 by some sudden jerk, undue weight is thrown on the limb, 

 which causes rupture of the periosteum and complete 

 displacement of the bone: an accident that admits 

 sometimes of successful treatment. 



Mr. Anderson made up for his disappointment with 

 Dwarroon by winning a couple of pony races with his 

 handsome little Arab, North Star, and another one with 

 the country-bred pony. Nadir Khan. 



About six weeks after my return to Meerut from 

 Lucknow, and a little before the Dehra races, Mr. 

 Anderson was ordered to join the Cabul expedition. 

 Not knowing how else to dispose of his horses, he put 

 them into the train and sent them off to me, with the 

 usual " Do the best you can for me, old fellow." There 

 was the superb fencer, Dwarroon, whom I \iewed with 

 more than suspicion, despite Mr. Anderson's assurance 

 that he could not lose the Dehra Grand Annual Steeple- 

 chase unless he had a fit, or fell down at least five 

 times. Then came Young Snowden, a magnificently 

 " topped " chesnut Waler, but as he had a much enlarged 

 suspensory ligament I put him aside as useless. Mr. 



