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liaii course. The Governor of the Colony appears to 

 forget his office for the time beings and to take a 

 deb'ght in mingling with the people. A racing 

 Governor is bound to become popular. A Governor 

 who has no fondness for sports of any kind has no 

 hold upon the affections of the people. Lord Carring- 

 ton was one of the most popular Governors New South 

 Wales ever had, and so was Lord Hopetoun in 

 Victoria, and both were real good sportsmen. In 

 this respect Lord Brassey should be a popular Gover- 

 nor, for the Australians are great yachtsmen. 



Class distinctions are not so marked on Colonial 

 racecourses as in England. There are no reserves for 

 the Upper Ten, as at Ascot, Goodwood, Sandown, and 

 other places. The V. R. C. and the A. J. C, that is 

 the Victorian Eaciug Club and the Australian Jockey 

 Club, have reserves for their members, and on tlie 

 Jockey Club Stand at Kandwick ladies are not 

 allowed, and the public can be admitted upon paying 

 an extra five shillings — a privilege not availed of to 

 any great extent. Such a reserve as that at San- 

 down for members of the club is unknown, and I do 

 not think the racing, or the pleasures connected with 

 it, suffer on this account. For one thing there is 

 far more extensive and better accommodation pro- 

 vided for the public in the Colonies. 



Flemington and Randwick I describe later on ; 

 but it will not be out of place to mention that the 



