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some years, and the way this mare which at home was 

 only up to about fifty-pound selling form made our 

 best Walers gallop, goes far to prove that the only 

 reason English horses get beaten by Walers in India, is 

 that those sent out are but the very dregs of English 

 racing stables. Perhaps the greater soundness of the 

 Waler may have something to say to his success. I 

 believe that blood stock are bred in the Colonies more 

 with a view to obtain stoutness, than they are at home; 

 besides this, Australia has more or less a tropical 

 climate. We have yet to see how even a second class 

 English race horse not a selling plater, but one worth 

 say 1,000 would fare with our Walers. Possibly one 

 as good or better could be imported from Australia for 

 a similar sum. There is hardly scope enough in India 

 to make such a large investment in one horse pay, which 

 few out here could afford to do, even if so inclined. At 

 the prices which are given in India 500 or 600 for 

 a Kingcraft or a Satellite, and a couple of thousand 

 rupees for a second rater, more value for one's money 

 can be got by investing in Walers, and consequently 

 they are the only horses, with an occasional exile from 

 England, that are kept for races for " all horses." 



When the Waler colt Kingcraft, 3 years, 5 st. 13 fts., 

 won the Governor-General's Cup (January, 1873), 2 miles 

 in 3 m. 41 s., almost everyone said that he was the best 

 horse ever imported, while some few wondered at his 

 owner not sending him to run in England. To estimate 

 approximately the chance he might have had there, even 

 in Handicaps over his own best distance, let us take the 

 only " line " at our disposal, namely " time/' Chivalrous, 



