80 ON AND OFF THE TUKF. 



our carriage up and stopped tlie train goin^ over 

 the bank. 



It was a narrow squeak as we saw when we had 

 scrambled out through the windows,, the doors being 

 jammed so that we could not open them. 



No sooner had we discovered all danger was over 

 than we saw one of our party climbing back into the 

 carriage, bent upon securing " Kitty ^^ and any stray 

 Nap coins. 



The Cup following Glenloth's was won by another 

 outsider — Tarcoola — and again I had a bad time, as I 

 backed Carnage for the double — the Derby and Cup. 

 Carnage won the Derby all right, but just failed in the 

 Cup, as he ran second, after making nearly all the 

 running. It was an extraordinary performance on the 

 part of a three-year-old, as early in the season as 

 November, to make nearly the whole of the pace in a 

 two-mile race, and then just get beaten. It was 

 about as good a performance as I ever saw a three- 

 year-old do in November. 



But I am anticipating. Tarcoola was trained by 

 Mr. Joe Cripps, and ran in his name, and, as in the 

 case of Malvolio, was ridden by the son of the trainer. 

 Mr. Greenaway was the owner of Tarcoola for some 

 time, and the horse lost him a heap of money. He 

 told me it nearly made him throw up racing when he 

 saw Tarcoola land such a stake as the Melbourne 

 Cup after he had sold him. 



