16 ON AKD OFF THE TDRF. 



The best part of tlie day, in my opinion, is the 

 early morning, and many pleasant hours have I spent 

 on the training track watching the horses at work. 



There are no restrictions placed upon the members 

 of the sporting press watching horses do their gallops. 



Formerly at Randwick anyone was allowed on the 

 training-track, but now only those persons who have 

 business there are permitted to be present. This is 

 a change for the better. 



Every facility is given the representatives of the 

 various newspapers by the racecourse authorities, and 

 with but few exceptions they are treated with courtesy 

 and respect. 



The sporting pressmen with whom I associated 

 during my stay in the Colonies were a genial, jolly set 

 of men, and thoroughly competent. We had some 

 rare fun as we journeyed to the various meetings, and 

 jokes and anecdotes flew round rapidly. Regular 

 Bohemians they were, and warm-hearted and gene- 

 rous to a degree. Always ready and willing to lend 

 a helping hand to a comrade, either in his work 

 or when misfortune overtook him. 



They were men who had many temptations thrown 

 in their way, but kept honest and straight in their 

 careers. 



Some of the happiest days of my working life have 

 been spent in their society, and as comrades the bulk 

 of them were true as steel. 



