550 DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARGER OF RUNGEET SING. 
From the above it would appear that Australia has failed 
as a source for the supply of the Indian army with horses. 
A few years since the reverse of this was confidently antici- 
pated. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE FAVORITE CHARGER OF 
THE LATE MAHARAJAH RUNJEET SING. 
Camp, Puttecallah; June 19 , 1858 . 
Sirs, — Having lately seen the favourite charger of the late 
Maharajah Runjeet Sing, I send you a description of the 
horse, which perhaps may interest some of your readers. 
I have the honour to be. 
Yours faithfully, 
W. C. MacDougall, Lieut., 
H.E.I.C. Stud-Department. 
To the Editors of the ‘ Veterinarian .’ 
DESCRIPTION, &C. 
‘ Cabo ute rah , 5 grey stallion, fourteen hands one inch high, 
Dhunnee breed, supposed to be thirty- five years of age, for- 
merly the property of Maharajah Runjeet Sing, and now in the 
stables of the Maharajah of Puttecallah, is an active, well-pro- 
portioned horse, with a good wiry leg; short in the cannon 
bone; rather full in the hocks (but considering his great 
age, and that his powers for the last eighteen years have 
been overtaxed as a stallion, the wonder is how his hocks 
have remained so sound). Very broad under the hock, 
showing great power, well-loined, broad-chested, has a long 
neck and tremendous crest, sloping shoulders, but too thick 
for our ideas of symmetry, a Roman nose, large prominent 
eyes, very pricked ears, has a beautiful temper, is very im- 
petuous, but without any vice. 
Cabouterah, to a Sikh, is the very perfection of a horse, 
and derives his name from his carriage being supposed to 
resemble that of a Pigeon — “ Cabouter . 55 
The real “ Dhunnee breed 55 is now almost extinct. 
Formerly, this description of horse was much sought after by 
all the Punjaub chieftains, and some of the breed found their 
way into the ranks of our cavalry, but the breed has received 
no encouragement of late years, and I am fortunate in having 
inspected a horse supposed to be a first-rate specimen. 
