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THE

ORIENTAL SPORTING MAGAZINE.

No. 10. OCTOBER, 1830.

TROOPER.

The property of Major S., of the Nizam's Service.

Trooper was bought by his present owner, Major S., in 1813, and was sent from the Gulf by Captain Lindsey; he is believed to be one of those horses that he brought from the neighbourhood of the Caspian.

He was entered early as a hoghunter, and was always distinguished, though more for boldness, extraordinary strength, activity, and endurance, than for speed. He has carried his master up to

MR. EDITOR,

five first spears in one day, and has the remarkable merit of never having given him a fall. Sabring hog is not considered a snobbish thing, even by Nimrod in the East. Trooper was perhaps the surest horse to sabre from in India; he has been wounded in action, and ridden upwards of seventy miles without drawing rein.

He is now enjoying his otium cum dignitate in his twenty-fourth year, the sire of a hopeful progeny.

BURZAUTTEE.

Allow me to offer my thanks to your valuable correspondent O. K. for his very laudable endeavours to eradicate that pest of the stable, Burzauttee. I have unfortunately been under the necessity of racking my poor brains to find out something beneficial, and flatter myself not altogether uselessly; and, as every man who is fond of his nag must be aware of the value of any information on this head, I shall not waste your paper in offering an apology for the small space this letter will occupy in the next month's Magazine.

VOL. II.

O. K.'s first remedy for the disease was, as O. observes, a dram of aloes, and scruple doses of blue vitriol almost daily. This is the treatment I have in some measure adopted, upon O. K.'s recommendation, as well as upon a knowledge of the fact that blue vitriol at home is given in large doses for the cure of Farcy; and although I cannot discover any analogy between the two diseases (having in more than one instance tried the effect of inoculation unsuccessfully), still, as blue vitriol is supposed to be the most powerful tonic that can be given to the

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horse, common sense would, in my opinion, point out that method of treatment. I have, however, prepared matters a little beyond O. K.'s original prescription, having increased my dose of blue vitriol to an extent that I fear very many of your readers will scarcely give me credit for.

My present plan is this. I first give a scruple dose made into a full sized ball, with flour or ground rice, every twenty-four hours for two or three days, when I commence gradually to increase the quantity, always carefully watching for any loss of appetite, as a signal to afford a respite for two or three days; and, incredible as it may appear, I have increased the quantity to two ounces a day, which I have seen a horse take for a week together before he refused his food. About every fourth or fifth day it may be necessary to give a few drams of aloes (three or four), in order to keep the bowels in tune, as the vitriol will produce rather a constipating effect. Another point on which I have been particular is to divide my large doses into two or three balls, to be given at different times during the day, and when I had got as far as two ounces, had the precaution to give half in the morning and half in the evening, each in a full quart of thick gruel. During the whole of this treatment I have fed as liberally as the horse would take, and look upon this to be of the utmost consequence. Whenever he refuses his gram, stop the vitriol for a day or

two, and give a few drams of aloes, always remembering to commence again with small doses.

With regard to the external treatment, I have always applied the hot iron in the onset, which produces a slough, and generally brings the sore to a healthy surface, when nothing but cleanliness and a little tincture of myrrh is necessary.

I have by this plan, Mr. Editor, not only effected a cure of the wounds, but am in hopes have eradicated the disease from the system, as I know and see almost daily one or two horses who, until having undergone this treatment, were certain to be laid up as useless for a season, yearly, and have now gone two seasons without showing any symptoms of a return. Should any of your readers at this moment be taxed with a case of Burzauttee, and have no fear of adopting this bold treatment, I shall be thankful if he will favour the sporting world with the

result.

O. K.'s Muddar treatment shall not want a fair trial should an opportunity offer, either in my own or any of my friends' stables, for which purpose I have provided myself with a good stock of the powder. Should this be worth a place in your columns, I may be induced to loosen another knot of my little budget, for believe me I am a true friend to your Magazine, and a sincere

LOVER OF HIS HORSE. Hyderabad, Sept. 29th.

A JOCKEY CLUB, OR CLUB OF REFERENCE.

SIR,

It is with no intention to cast ill-natured reflections, nor with any design to impute blame to any person, or set of persons, that

I have taken up my pen to draw the attention of your readers to a subject of much importance-I mean as to the feasibility of establishing a Club of Reference, such

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