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English cavalry, and almost to destroy the Empire 

 owing to the ruin of its horse-flesh ? The Legisla- 

 ture has stopped a great deal of gambling, but has 

 not stopped the worst of all — worst because it has 

 that result as well as to undermine the basis of 

 Society. When things have got so bad as Mr. 

 William Day, Governor Sir George Clarke, and the 

 Rev. Mr. Howard show them to be, the Legislature 

 might consider whether it would not be worth its 

 while to go one step further than it has already 

 gone. It will have to grapple with the nettle one 

 of these days if the Empire is to continue a world- 

 power. 



If Governors, Judges, and senators, partly out of 

 tenderness towards fair forms and fair faces, do not 

 interpose to check the evil, there is a new great 

 political party coming to the fore in Australia which 

 perchance may by-and-by think it worth while to 

 look into the matter. With the influence of the 

 Churches, that party could cure the evil in a session 

 or two if it chose — if the Churches will really 

 help. If it do, it will remove from Australia 

 the opportunity for such reproaches as that of 

 Mr. Tom Mann or of Governor Sir George Clarke 

 and the Rev. Mr. Howard. 



The Australasian, February 13, 1904, quotes a 

 successful horse-racer in Canada as saying that, 

 instead of encouraging and patronizing the best 

 sires, people prefer to use any kind of a brute, half- 

 penny-wise and pound-foolish, showing that the 



