I02 COLONIAL RACE-COURSES 



facilities for enabling onlookers to recognise the 

 different horses, whilst they listen to the inspiriting 

 strains played by a finely mixed band. 



The Anti-Gambling League makes few con- 

 verts in the colonies, nor is this surprising. 

 Almost every Bush "township" has its own 

 local meeting usually kept going by squatters, 

 store-keepers, and publicans. The latter nearly 

 poison their unfortunate customers with adulte- 

 rated liquor. Yes ! the punter whose constitution 

 refuses to be injured by "up-country" whisky is 

 abnormally sound. 



Although in New Zealand there are very 

 few book-makers, and the totalisator is Govern- 

 ment property, this is not the case in Australia ; 

 there the totalisator has nothing to do with the 

 State, but each course has its own. It is much 

 used in Brisbane. Steeplechasing and flat-racing 

 are amalgamated in Australia. 



