” 29 Thursday Delhi Arrive 9 a.m. by special train.
” 2 Monday Delhi Leave 11 p.m. by special train.
” 5 Thursday Ulwar to Leave 10 a.m.; arrive 6 p.m. Ajmere by special train.
” 7 Saturday Ajmere Open College; leave 9 p.m. by special train to Nimbehera.
” 8 Sunday Oodeypore Arrive 6 p.m.; 6 miles by road.
” 11 Wednesday Oodeypore Leave 9 a.m. by road to Nimbehera.
” 12 Thursday Indore Arrive 9 a.m. by special train.
” 15 Sunday Jodhpore Arrive 6 p.m. by special train.
” 22 Sunday Jeypore to Leave 10 a.m.; arrive 4.30 Bhurtpore p.m.
” 23 Monday Bhurtpore Shoot; leave 3 p.m.
” 24 Tuesday Bhurtpore to Viceroy’s Camp. By special Agra train; arrive 5 p.m.
” 2 Wednesday Agra to Leave 9 a.m. Gwalior
Dec. 3 Thursday Gwalior to Arrive 4.30 p.m.; leave 11 Dholepore p.m.
” 7 Monday Lucknow to Arrive 1.30 p.m. Cawnpore
” 11 Friday Benares to Leave 11 p.m. Calcutta
MILITARY SECRETARY’S OFFICE, SIMLA. _September 14th, 1885._
All this time while Lord William was attending to his duties, his horses were running in different races, but he was not very lucky, the 1884-5 Calcutta Meeting was disastrous, one horse after another going wrong, and Prospero put his lordship’s shoulder out again by falling with him, in spite of which, swathed in bandages, he rode on the second day a very good race on the same animal, it being one of the best races he ever rode, though he did not win.
Calcutta now had a new grand stand, and the races were run in the afternoon instead of the morning, which was a popular innovation. At the Second Calcutta Meeting, Ryder, Lord William’s jockey, also had a nasty fall when riding Euphrates, the grand one-eyed Arab belonging to John Wheal, termed by Mr. Abbott the Father of Indian Trainers, who describing the race says: “Just opposite the Stand, on the other side of the course, Euphrates, being on his blind side and on the extreme inside, perhaps shying from the rush of heels behind him, ran bang into the rails, not only crushing and breaking Ryder’s leg but continuing to press inwards till the woodwork gave way and Ryder from sheer weakness fell off, and Euphrates continuing his mad career must have dashed against a post, for, when caught, it was found he had knocked his only remaining eye out.”