40 ON Al^D OFF THE TURF. 



smiling, and it is a very hard knock that makes him 

 flinch. Mahee was another good horse he had. 



Of Mr. W. Forrester and the Warwick Farm stables 

 more anon. Other good trainers I know are Messrs. 

 Joe Cook, Harry Walsh of Queensland, and Watty 

 Blacklock from the same place, Joe Eurton of 

 Bathurst, Dick O'Connor, and several more. 



On the Victorian side Mr. Walter Hickenbotham 

 and Mr. James Redfearn are the two I know best, and 

 better men I never want to meet. Both these gentle- 

 men I have alluded to elsewhere. 



I trust these two chapters will not prove tedious 

 reading, but I felt that in a book of this description 

 I ought to mention the names of the men who under- 

 take the arduous and difficult duties of training 

 racehorses. 



There are, of course, many more excellent trainers 

 in the Colonies, but I shall only write about men and 

 matters I know. I trust before I have finished the 

 reader will have been interested and amused, and also 

 have learned something of turf life in the Colonies. 

 Mr. Kelly Maitland^s name I omitted. 1 have known him 

 for some years. He is a man well known in India and 

 China, and also the Colonies. When in Sydney he 

 managed Captain Sandeman^s horses, and he owned 

 Greygownwhen Highborn just beat him in the Sydney 

 Cup. Mr. Maitland always declares Greygown won. 

 this race. Mr. Maitland is a constant frequenter of 



