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the river" who knows a mythical personage who can 

 ride, and who is ready to ride against your man for 

 all that he is worth. Some men who cannot ride will 

 always be found willing to risk breaking their necks 

 by taking a seat on a rough one. The new chums 

 sent up by owners who live in Melbourne to gain 

 colonial experience would also make sport for us when 

 handed over to the horse-breaker to learn riding. The 

 worst horses in the yard, or an old stager at getting 

 rid of his riders, would be saddled up, and the breaker 

 would hold the bridle until the new chum was well 

 into the saddle, so that great might be his fall. 



Riverina is noted for its breed of horses. The 

 buyers for the Indian market know and love a good 

 horse. They go to and fro, and up and down amongst 

 the stations, and buy all the owners will sell. The 

 Indian market and its requirements deserve more 

 attention from breeders than it receives. At Toorale, 

 on the Darling, where many hundreds of horses have 

 been bred, the owner has no difficulty in finding buyers 

 for all and more than he wishes to sell. If the wise men 

 from the west speak truly, a great European war will 

 happen in the near future, and a demand will arise in 

 this country for army remounts. The Australian-bred 

 horse is noted, far and wide, for his staying qualities, 

 and his freedom from disease. Burnaby, in his " Ride 

 to Khiva," speaks of a small breed of horses that he 

 met with in Russia as being very hardy. The same 



