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splendid cross. The other gelding, a chestnut bred the 

 same way, is a totally different horse. He is lengthy, lean, 

 and wiry. I never saw him out of a walk, but if he is not 

 a hard, wiry horse, and a fast one, I am much mistaken. 

 Well, I thoroughly enjoyed myself to-day. How I wish 

 to have money, not for the money's sake, but for what I 

 feel confident I could do in the shape of producing horses 

 that would not only be useful, but horses that would give 

 only one who knew what a good horse was pleasure to 

 look at.' 



Neither Mr. Morris nor Mr. Carwardine was known to 

 me ! 



POSTSCRIPT 



After every line of this book and of the Appendixes were 

 written, I applied to a friend, who has a very complete 

 cable code, to be allowed to use it in cabling to London 

 in respect of publishing, and he called my attention to a 

 little book, 'An Appeal for the Horse,' published in 

 Adelaide in 1866 by Mr. George Hamilton, formerly 

 Inspector of Mounted Police of this State, and after- 

 wards Commissioner of Police, who was well known as a 

 remarkably clever judge of horses, concerning which he 

 was a high authority, and he more than justifies my 

 criticisms on grooms and jockey-boys. He says that the 

 majority of the stable fraternity are thoroughly versed in 

 ' an extensive range of ignorance ; as wedded to the most 

 dangerous notions as they are to the wives of their bosoms 

 — some of them more so,' and adds that the Arabs might 

 enlighten us on many points, and we might learn a lesson 

 or two from those ' who never put on top-boots in their 

 lives,' evidently having the ' Piccadilly masher ' in his eye. 

 Or perhaps the ten-dollar amateur of the Times ! He 

 speaks of the affection of the Arab for his horse, of 

 which he was a great admirer, and quotes one as saying : 



