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mares. Cerise and Blue was about the best mare 

 Mr. Oxenham ever owned, and she did much to lay 

 the foundation of his fortune. 



Mr. W. Duggan is another trainer I have had many 

 a pleasant chat with, and there are few men who have 

 not a good word for Mr. W. Noud. Mr. Noud is 

 getting on in years, but he is hale and hearty. He 

 handled Marvel at one time to his sorrow, but I hardly 

 think he was to blame in the matter. I recollect one 

 night I remained rather late at Mr. Noud^s hospitable 

 house. My pony was a frisky animal, and on the way 

 home he took it into his head to career alons: Randwick 

 iload at a pace not ordinarily seen there. Probably 

 Mr. Noud's special mixture had made me as lively as 

 the pony, for I let him have his head. About half- 

 way down Randwick Road I passed Rowley Pickering, 

 ^^ Nemo,'^ of the Sydney Mail, and a brother press- 

 man, in his trap with his wife, and he gave chase. 



He exhorted me in a loud voice to desist from 

 furious driving, but as he was coming after me at the 

 same pace, I failed to see the joke. 



Eventually, however, I pulled up, and "Nemo ^' 

 would insist upon taking the reins and driving me 

 home. I merely mention this incident to throw a light 

 upon the strength of Mr. Noud's '*' hospitality.^' 



Mr. Tom Lamond is another trainer of note, whose 

 Zetland Lodge stables are generally filled with good 

 horses. The " Alderman/-' such he is, I believe, for the 



