7Q THE SPORTING WORLD. 



I have spoken of certain prejudices found to 

 exist in the minds of men mixing Httle with the 

 world. They did exist, but were of a nature 

 harmless in themselves and towards others. Have 

 no prejudices risen up in their stead, of which we 

 cannot say as much ? — But to the prejudices 

 as they once stood. 



The squire keeping his harriers, did not dis- 

 guise his contempt of and enmity to all turf men. 

 In his misplaced prejudice he levelled all dis- 

 tinctions, owner, trainer, jockeys, and betters, all 

 came within his category of persons to be ana- 

 thematized, and when he went to a race in his 

 immediate neighbourhood it was merely to meet 

 friends and acquaintance, and afford a day's 

 amusement to his family. If there w^ere cards or 

 lists offered for sale, he bought one, not that 

 he knew a horse specified thereon ; and had West 

 Australian lived in such days, he had probably 

 heard the name but could only recognise the horse 

 or jockey by the color put down on the card. 



