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won the Toorak Handicap at Caulfield, and thereby 

 earned a penalty for the Caulfield Cup, or he would 

 have won it for a certainty. As it was he crossed his 

 legs at a critical part of the race, and was beaten on 

 the post by Paris. Devon followed this up by run- 

 ning second in the Melbourne Cup, and a few days 

 after he ran again second to Taranaki in the Williams- 

 town Cup. It was very bad luck indeed to run three 

 seconds in such important races. 



The jockey before alluded to, who had the double 

 — Paris and Patron — actually backed Devon in the 

 Melbourne Cup with the money he drew over Patron. 

 If that was not the devil's own luck I don't think it 

 could be very well beaten. 



The Harvester, a colt owned by Mr. Sam Cook, 

 the trainer, who bred him, I think, won the Derby. 

 There was a lot of bumping at the finish of the race, 

 and an objection was laid against the winner. Bonnie 

 Scotland, who ran third, had a bad run ; but I think 

 the stewards were right in not disturbing the judge's 

 verdict. Chris Moore rode the winner, and was 

 naturally very anxious about the result. The stewards 

 were considering the matter long after the last race 

 had been run, and it was a curious sight to see the 

 bars lighted with candles, and the racecourse suddenly 

 enveloped in darkness. 



I was on the lawn with Mr. Forrester, Mr. James 

 Bedfearn^ and Mr. John McLoughlin, of Sydney, and 



