^4 ON AND OFF THE TURF. 



whose crack Highborn finished a couple of lengths 

 behind him. Not only did Carbine carry lOst. 5lb., 

 but he ran the two miles in 3 min. 28i sees., the 

 fastest time on record for that distance in the Colonies. 



To show how good the performance was, I have 

 only to allude to Highborn's performances afterwards. 

 Highborn won the Australian Cup, the Sydney Cup, 

 and the Anniversary Handicap, and ran fourth in the 

 Melbourne Cup the following year with 9st. up. He 

 was sold to go to India, and when the property of the 

 Maharajah of Cooch Behar he won two Viceroy^s Cups 

 in succession. 



A word as to Carbine's defeat by Marvel at 

 Randwick. It was a wet day, and the ground was 

 sticky. In the All Aged Stakes, a mile. Carbine ran 

 without plates and could obtain no hold. It was 

 pitiable to see him floundering and not able to stretch 

 out in his usual grand style. The same afternoon he 

 met Marvel again in the Cumberland Stakes, two 

 miles. This time Carbine ran in shoes. The race 

 resolved itself into a gallop over the last mile, which 

 was all in favour of Marvel. Carbine, however^, 

 beat him badly, and I think there is no doubt he 

 would have won the other race had he had shoes on. 



I saw Carbine win all his big races, and when he 

 was bought by the Duke of Portland for £13,000, I 

 came to London in the same vessel he was on, the Orient 

 liner R.M.S. '' Orizaba.'' A few particulars about 



