CHAPTER IV. 



MORE ABOUT STABLES AND TRAINERS. 



Mr. Hordern's racers. Nordenfeldt. Dan O'Brien. Some 

 experiences. The egg-boiler. Two fortunes missed. Harry 

 Giltinan. Mark Thompson. Mr. Noud's hospitality. The 

 result. A couple of aldermen. Mr. W. Kelso. 



Turning up tlie road towards Sydney again, the 

 stables of Mr. Sam Hordern are soon reached. Mr. 

 ITordern is the head of the house of Anthony Hordern 

 and Sons, the ^' Whiteley^s '' of Australia. He has 

 an immense business and is a very rich man. Mr. 

 Hordern has not long been a patron of the turf, but 

 once he launched upon a racing career he spent money 

 with a lavish hand, and bought the highest-priced 

 and best-bred youngsters he could purchase. 



In addition to his racing stables he has a large 

 stud farm, and the lord of the harem there is Norden- 

 feldt, by Musket — Onyx. This horse was sold by the 

 late Mr. James White to the Sylvia Park Stud, New 

 Zealand, from whom he bought him for 1200 guineas 

 as a yearhng, and was purchased bj Mr. Hordern for 



