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Anderson's native jockey, Jutton, next paraded before 

 me the thoroughbred Waler Speechless, who had run 

 well the year before in Australia. He was covered 

 all over with deep, suppurating ulcers, for he had, as I 

 before remarked, a bad attack of that Indian skin 

 ■disease, hursatee. Of course, I was not able to do any- 

 thing with him for the time being. The worst of it was, 

 that these horses were engaged all over the country, 

 ^vithout the slightest chance of paying their hay and 

 corn bill, let alone their forfeits. I placed Nadir Khan 

 imder the standard, and found him to be well over pony 

 height, so promptly sold him for Rs. 400 to pay ex- 

 penses ; as I did not want to spend time and trouble 

 in getting him " fit," and then to have him disqualified at 

 the first race-meeting I might take him to for being too 

 big, for I could not count on always meeting stewards as 

 lenient as those of Lucknow. The young Waler mare. 

 Czarina, was all right and in good condition, but her 

 body was so heavy compared to her lightness of bone 

 below the knee, w hile her " form " was only moderate, 

 that I could not expect she would do more than pay her 

 own \\ay. Although North Star was a "flyer" for half 

 a mile, his capabilities were thoroughly exposed. 



Besides my own horses, I had another to fall back on 



