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gallop is "once round at 8-a.," then the time the horse 

 should take would be 5 min. 30 sec. This I know is 

 slower than the accepted idea of what half speed should 

 be; but if a faster pace be required, it is just as easy, 

 and perhaps tends less to confuse the lad, to increase 

 the number of annas ordered. Here I take for granted 

 that the racecourse is level, like almost all our Indian 

 ones. At Poona, Bangalore, and Dehra Doon, for instance, 

 further directions would be requisite to teach the lad to 

 slightly vary the pace, as the nature of the ground might 

 require. 



