4 ON AND OFF THE TURF, 



Of Melbourne more anon. It is an extraordinary 

 city, and during the Cup week may well be termed 

 marvellous. Many great finishes have I wit- 

 nessed for the premier race of Australia, and an 

 account of some of them may be found interestino- 

 later on. 



Sydney could not be more beautifully situated, and 

 its harbour is one of the finest in the world. Old 

 news this; but it will bear repeating, because it is, 

 true. 



One idea I hope to be able to dispel in this pre- 

 liminary canter. A man who is not much use in 

 England will find Australia will not receive him with 

 open arms. There is a false impression that if a man 

 is a failure at home, he is bound to turn out a success 

 abroad. This is wrong. Australia, if I read her 

 people aright, does not want failures exported from 

 England. The Colonies decline to be made a 

 '^ dumping ground '^ for the wrecks and failures of 

 the Mother Country. 



What Australia wants, and means to get in time, 

 is some of the backbone of Old England. 



From what I have seen since my return, 

 England has sadly neglected her farmers. It is 

 the sons of English farmers that are wanted in the 

 Colonies. 



New South Wales' laud laws have lately been 

 altered, and liberal terms are offered to settlers. 



