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worked for, wlio ran the courses and wished to get 

 as many horses as possible under the standard. It 

 was no uncommon thing when a horse had been 

 tried and failed in ordinary races, to see it passed 

 under the standard and figuring as a galloway or 

 even a pony. 



Pony-races are well attended, and provide good 

 sport, and if the number of meetings of this class 

 were restricted within measurable bounds there 

 could be no objection to it. 



Some of these racing ponies put up very smart 

 performances, and a lot of money changes hands 

 over the races. 



There were hundreds of ponies racing in and 

 around Sydney and Melbourne when I left, and I 

 have seen over a hundred start at one afternoon 

 meeting in half-a-dozen events. 



India is a great market for Colonial horses of the 

 better class, and also for racehorses and ponies. 

 Some good racehorses have been sent to India to 

 win the Viceroy's Cup for a rich Maharajah, and 

 Myall King and Highborn were two of the best in 

 my time. Sprig o' ^fyrtle is another good one 

 sent over, and others I could name. " Teddy '' 

 Weekes was the principal buyer of racehorses for 

 India before his death, and he was the terror of 

 all owners of decent Selling Platers. " Teddy '* 

 made many a good deal in buying a horse out of 



