282 Indian Racing Reminiscences. 



in Substitute, a grey Waler gelding belonging to Mr. 

 McDonnell, of the Horse Artillery. He was a fine up- 

 standing horse, with weak hocks, and an unfortunate 

 habit of brushing and speedy-cutting himself on both 

 fore-legs when he got tired in his gallop. As ordinary 

 boots were not sufficient to prevent him hurting himself, 

 I devised the expedient of placing on the inside of each 

 fore-leg, from knee to fetlock, a strip of thick felt, 

 covered with a bandage to keep it in position. To- 

 prevent the felt working loose, I had it made long,. 

 so that the part which reached six or seven inches above 

 the knee might be folded down and kept secure b}- a 

 few extra turns of the bandage. Substitute had, at the 

 previous Meerut Sky Meeting, run against Reformation,, 

 but made no show against the brown Waler. He had,, 

 however, well ridden by his owner, won the IMecrut Tent 

 Club Steeplechase, in which I rode a mare belonging to 

 Colonel Couper. When I arrived at Dehra, I gave 

 Dwarroon and Substitute a gallop together, and found 

 that the former, after going a mile, roared so badh' that 

 he was quite useless. Strange to sa\', he did not exhibit 

 this musical tendency until he had gone about that 

 distance at a fast pace. Substitute was defeated in the 

 Maiden Steeplechase by Hector, steered b}- his owner,. 



