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for some months, so I sold her to Mr. Maitland, who 

 won a good race with her the succeeding spring. Sub- 

 stitute, who ought to have won the steeplechase — as he 

 was, had he kept right, certain to have run far better 

 •over the level ground at Meerut than over the hilly 

 Hzourse at Dehra — went lame in some unaccountable 

 manner, and also " dropped " our money. I sent him 

 back to his sporting owner, with sincere regret that I 

 had not been able to have won a good stake with him 

 for Mr. McDonnell. 



After that I went to the Allahabad Autumn Meeting, 

 but could not get a chance, as the handicappers overrated 

 the form of Czarina and North Star ; so I was at my 

 wits' end to think of some means to get back a part of 

 the money I had been out of pocket on account of Mr. 

 Anderson's horses, for the dangers and anxieties of the 

 campaign seemed to have prevented my friend " Joe " 

 answering my letters, let alone sending a cheque for 

 expenses. Luckily, I saw the advertisement of a week's 

 racing which was to be held at Rampore Beauleah, a 

 place far away in the silk districts on the other side of 

 the Ganges, where it was most unlikely that I would 

 find anything good to oppose us. I put the three horses 

 into the train and started off with them, Donaldson the 



