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must include Coramotion as a wonderfully good horse. 

 There were others before my time even better than 

 some of these I have named. 



Over six furlongs to a mile, I think, Fortunatus, 

 under big weights, w^ould have made any English flier 

 I have seen gallop his best. 



If it came to betting, and I had the requisite 

 amount of cash handy, I would back such a horse as 

 Strathmore was as a three-year-old to give Le Justicier, 

 the winner of the last Eclipse Stakes, 10 lbs. and a 

 beating. 



Two of the best horses I ever saw in England 

 were Isonomy and Barcaldine, and I think Peter, when 

 he was in the humour, was about as good a horse as 

 they make them. I never saw Ormonde or St. Simon 

 race, so cannot say what they were from my own 

 knowledge. Given as good a horse as Isonomy was 

 the day Tom Cannon won the Manchester Cup on him, 

 I should never want anything better. 



What a race it would have been over two miles, 

 lOst. each, between Carbine and Isonomy. It would 

 not have been an easy snap for Mr. Oretton's horse as 

 one gentleman fancied. 



When we consider the number of racehorses in 

 England compared with Australia, I think it may 

 fairly be claimed that Colonial horses are an all-round 

 good lot. There are in proportion more first-class 

 racehorses in Australia than in England, I mean 



