TRAINING, AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT. 1 63 



" J O E. 



"AN AUSTRALIAN NARRATIVE. 



" No, he ain't for sale ; it's no use talking. 

 There's the old woman, you'll get your walking- 

 Papers sudden if she gets the idea 

 That brought you here. 



" Pretty, ain't he? — 16-1 all over. 

 Out of a Warhawk mare — sire Red Rover 

 By Gratis-Lena; that head shows Lena 

 The sire's cleaner. 



" I know he's a heavy, ugly quarter, 

 A failing, that, of old Warhawk's daughter ; 

 That chest shows some of the Gratis breed, 

 Them pasterns signify spring and speed, 

 That's one of them eyes that ' loves the lead ;' 

 Yes, he's pigeon-toed, and a bit in-kneed ; 

 But that's no fault in a jumping hoss 

 When heavily-timbered ground you cross, 

 He wouldn't baulk at a six-foot wall. 

 Them pigeon-toed un's doesn't fall. 

 He's just a weaner. 



