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borough of Waterloo, is a first-class trainer. It is put on 

 record that when asked what his special qualifications 

 for holding the high office of Mayor of Waterloo were, 

 he stated that he had won the Maribrynong Plate so 

 many times, and that ought to be enough to satisfy any 

 man. Certainly Mr. Lamond won the chief two-year-old 

 race of the year several times with horses trained by 

 him, but it is probable the members of the Social 

 Purity Society would not consider this a qualification 

 for the office of Mayor. 



Zetland Lodge is a comfortable, old-fashioned 

 residence surrounded by a paddock in which a number 

 of thoroughbreds can generally be seen taking after- 

 noon exercise. The stables, too, are old and overgrown 

 with ivy, and there is a bell-tower and a clock, which 

 give the yard quite an English appearance. Mr. Lamond 

 trains for Mr. Walter Hall, an immensely rich man, 

 and one of the noted Mount Morgan gold mine Halls. 

 Oxide and Delaware were a couple of the best horses 

 Mr. Hall had there, but the list of victories Mr. Lamond 

 has won would fill several pages. 



• . I must not omit Mr. Sam Fielder, who trains Lis 

 own horses, and also his sons. All the young Fielders 

 can ride, and his eldest son — Jack Fielder — is one of 

 the best jockeys in Australia. Three brothers, all good 

 jockeys, are not often met with in a family. Sam Fielder 

 generally confesses, when put to it, that '^ Jack ^^ is 

 the most profitable horse he ever had in his stable. 



