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galloping his heat. If the boar gets up in view, 

 as he appears there is a flick of the wrist, down goes 

 the flag — " Ride," and away they go. The quick 

 man of the heat has perhaps gained a couple of 

 lengths. If the pig is put up out of sight, the umpire 

 may have to canter his heat till he can see. If the 

 heat close behind him cannot see, that is their fault. 

 To gallop a heat is a crime. A heat should never be 

 slipped towards the elephants. 



We have tried to make the Cup less of a race 

 and more of a hunt, to help the man with a quick 

 eye and brain, and hunting knowledge. 



An umpire now has power to disqualify a 

 competitor for a dangerous foul. There is no 

 appeal from his decision. The spirit of the meeting 

 is the spirit of hunting. Bumps and fouls occasion- 

 ally occur, but the riding is scrupulously fair. 



B. P., who won, waited in an important heat for 

 his solitary opponent, who had fallen. M., 2nd 

 Lancers, would not take a spear because he thought 

 he might have interfered with another. F., 17th 

 Lancers, shouted to me, " Right, right," when I 

 happened to be on the pig and did not see how 

 he had jinked. Other instances recall themselves, 

 but I have said enough to show the unselfish spirit 

 of it all. There is a good deal of chivalry about. 



I think the reason a novice often shows up well 

 is that, from his lack of experience and knowledge 

 of the sport, he takes chances that the older hands 

 do not. I have never known an old hand ride 

 foul, it is always the youngsters. Still, they make 

 us gallop, and they train on. More power to them. 



A drawback to the Kadir Cup is the luck of it 

 all — the inadequate test that has to be made to 

 find the winner. It is impossible to work on other 



