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those in the old country, although some farmers 

 have a good stamp of horse, and the brewers' and 

 contractors' drays are well horsed. The small tip- 

 carts used would not be considered a fair load for 

 a horse in England ; in fact, I think a good English 

 cart-horse would pull three times as much as an 

 ordinary carter's horse in Australia. Hunters are 

 not in very great demand, and although there are 

 packs of drag hounds they are not particularly 

 popular. Hunters, as a rule, are, I believe, better 

 in New Zealand. At some of the Agricultural 

 Shows, however, there are good displays of jumping, 

 and at Bathurst, Albury, and Sydney I have seen 

 some first class fencers. 



There is too much reckless driving in the large 

 cities, and the wonder is how people escape the 

 dangers of the streets. 



On Sunday afternoon the Kandwick road to 

 Coogee, a small watering-place about six miles from 

 Sydney, is a sight worth seeing. 



Hundreds of vehicles of all kinds are out, many 

 of them sulkies with fast trotters in the shafts. 

 These sulkies are driven at a great pace, and there 

 is a desire on the part of each driver to get in 

 front and head the procession. 



A spill or two is not thought much of, and a 

 buggy or sulky minus a wheel merely excites derision, 

 and the unfortunate owner is mercilessly chaffed. 



