The sportsman's book for India . wholly or principally uponlocal support. Of these there were some thirtyduring 1902-3, as detailed in the list class of animals catered for, and the valueof the stakes offered vary from year to yearon every course, and many of the meet-ings themselves cannot be regarded as annualfixtures. (3) The official racing year extends from istApril to 31st March, but the racing seasonproper from September to February only. Theattraction of valuable stakes has overcome thedifficulties of distance, and the racing armytravels from Poona in September to Calcutta in
The sportsman's book for India . wholly or principally uponlocal support. Of these there were some thirtyduring 1902-3, as detailed in the list class of animals catered for, and the valueof the stakes offered vary from year to yearon every course, and many of the meet-ings themselves cannot be regarded as annualfixtures. (3) The official racing year extends from istApril to 31st March, but the racing seasonproper from September to February only. Theattraction of valuable stakes has overcome thedifficulties of distance, and the racing armytravels from Poona in September to Calcutta inDecember, and westward again to Bombay inFebruary. Detachments halt by the way for theDecember and February meets in Lucknow,while the stewards at Bangalore in July and atMeerut in March endeavour with indifferentsuccess to extend the limits of the , value (/loo) and over, areoffered on these six courses alone, the steeple-chases at Tollygunge being considered as anitem in the January programme in RACING AND STEEPLE-CHASING 427 With the exception of Bangalore and Poona, Courses,where some attempt can be made to imitate theelasticity of English turf, Indian race-courses aremostly level and very hard. The absence ofstraight courses is very noticeable. Noneof the larger courses can boast even a straightfive furlongs, and on the Bombay and Calcuttatracks the run in does not exceed three training purposes special tan or litter tracksare provided at all the principal centres, but cannever be more than a makeshift, and few fore-legs can stand more than two or three seasonsof racing. Approximate Lengths of Indian Courses. M. F. M. F. M. F. Bangalore. i 2 Karachi i 3 Rawalpindi i 3 Berhampore i 3 Lucknow i 6 Simla .03 Bombay . i 4 Madras i 4 Umballa . 2 i Calcutta . I 5 Meerut i 4 Wellington o 5 Dacca . i 3 Poona . i 4 The classification of horses, with its accom-panying and intricate scale of weights, needssome explanation. Rule No. 34 of th
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