AUSTRALASIAN HORSES. 



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horses had the great advantage of being brought up on 

 extensive and comparatively dry " runs." 



Australasian race-horses at long distances were pro- 

 bably as good as any horses in the world. The perform- 

 ance of Carbine (a New Zealand son of Musket), in win- 

 ning the Melbourne Cup, two miles, with 10 st. 5 lbs. up, 

 compares not unfavourably with the most brilliant vie- 



Pholo bij] 



Fig. 486. — Mr. A. A. Apcar's Australian horse, Bravo. 



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tories of Ormonde, Isonomy, or St. Gatien. In the 

 Colonies there were many smart racing ponies, like Glen- 

 gary II., Little Wonder (New Zealand), Mayflower, and 

 Jeannette ; but they were not as good as the best in 

 England and Ireland. 



The Australian race-horse, Bravo (Fig. 486), by Grand 

 Flaneur out of The Orphan, won the Melbourne Cup in 

 1889, when in receipt of 21 lbs. from Carbine. When 

 I took his photograph, he was about half-trained, and was 



