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5600 guineas, this being, at the time, the highest price 

 ever given for a thoroughbred in Australia. It has 

 since been largely exceeded by the sale of Carbine to 

 the Duke of Portland, for 13,000 guineas. Nordenfeldt 

 was a cheap horse. He has sired some wonderfully good 

 stock — perhaps Strathmore being the best of his get, 

 although Zalinski and Carnage were great horses. 

 All three were owned by Mr. W. K. Wilson, of the 

 St. Albans Stud, Victoria. Nordenfeldt's dam. Onyx, 

 is by Angler, out of Chrysohte, by Stockwell, and 

 Angler, as his name indicates, is by Fisherman. 

 Fisherman was imported by the Messrs. Fisher from 

 EDgland. The late Sir John Astley, in his wonder- 

 fully interesting book, has a lot to say about old 

 Fisherman ; and he considers it was a disgrace to let 

 him leave England. In Fisherman, as in the case of 

 Musket, what proved to be England^s loss turned out 

 Australia's gain. Since writiug the above I learn 

 Nordenfeldt is dead, and Mr. Hordern will replace 

 him with a St. Simon horse. Mr. Hordern's stud 

 farm is at Picton, within easy distance of Sydney ; 

 and he has there a fine lot of mares, some of which 

 were bought for him by Mr. F. W. Day, his former 

 trainer, who was sent over to select them. Thou- 

 sands of pounds have been spent by Mr. Hordern 

 during the last few years upon blood stock; but so 

 far he has not met with much success on the turfy 

 although he won the Sydney Cup with Realm, a horse 



