92 ON AND OFF THE TURF. 



trial was good enougli to win with nearer 9st. up than 

 6sfc. 8lb., so no wonder they were sanguine. When I 

 reached Melbourne that year for the Cup meeting, I saw 

 Carbine do his winding-up preparations on the track 

 at Fleraiugton. One morning he beat his stable mate. 

 Megaphone — for whom Mr. Wallace had given 2,000 

 guineas or more after he ran Carbine such a great race 

 at Randwick — badly. Meeting Mr. Hickenbotham 

 after the gallop, I remarked what a good go it was. 



"Yes," he replied, "and weight or no weight, bar 

 accidents, he^ll win the Cup/' I had an idea he could 

 go near it, but doubted if he could give 3.st. lUb. to a 

 horse like Highborn. About a week before the Mel- 

 bourne Cup was run, I met Mr. Forrester, and he 

 asked me to go up to Oakleigh Park, as they were 

 going to give Highborn a run there. I went, to my 

 sorrow, for Highborn was just beaten by Mr. James 

 Redfearn's Malvolio. I remarked to Mr. Forrester, 

 after the race, that a beating like that was not good 

 enough to win a Melbourne Cup. 



" Don't make any mistake,^' was his reply. " Mal- 

 volio's Rfidfearn's crack three-vear-old, and he'll win 

 the next Melbourne Cup with him,'' Sure enough his 

 words came true, for I saw Malvolio win it the fol- 

 lowing year. 



But to the race. When the saddling bell rang 

 before the Cup race there was intense excitement, and 

 Carbino held his position as favourite firm as a rock. 



