PART II 



TRAINING AND RACING 



CHAPTER I 



RACING IN INDIA 



Racing men and horses — Ou forming a useful stable — The style of 

 race-horse suited to India— The different classes and their 

 respective form — Timing — Records of fast times. 



In England, racing is almost entirely confined to pro- 

 fessionals, and to a few moneyed men, who can afford to 

 run horses for amusement, just as others go in for yacht- 

 ing, hunting, or shooting, caring little for the cost, as long 

 as they get sufficient excitement out of the particular 

 sport they pursue. There, racing is such a complete 

 business, and its attendant expenses are so heavy, that a 

 man of moderate means cannot, with any safety, follow 

 it, unless he adopts it as his profession. In India, the 

 small amount of public money and limited speculation 

 render the turf, as a rule, too precarious a means of living, 

 except in the case of jockeys and trainers. Few of the 

 latter find training pays, unless they be light enough to 

 earn their winning and losing mounts on the horses of 

 which they have charge. 



There are not many representatives of the moneyed 



