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than ;;^io,ooo. Judged by our standard these Australian 

 horses are a little short of quality, but all that I have seen 

 are very strongly built, and their wonderful bone makes up 

 for their lack of the more aristocratic attribute. Trenton has 

 decidedly more quality than many of them, and frames out 

 a very fine specimen of the matured stallion. He is a whole- 

 coloured dark bay and stands over a lot of ground, but he 

 dips more behind the withers than he should do at his age, 

 though in other respects he carries his years well. Carnage, 

 when I saw him, had not been long out of training. He is a 

 big powerful horse, but a little common to look at. His 

 forehand however is just about perfect, and what I con- 

 sidered to give him his common look were his queer quarters. 

 He is what some call goose-rumped, but he looks all over 

 like going and has very much the cut of a high-class steeple- 

 chaser. Other Australian horses of Musket blood have been 

 since imported, and their stud results will be eagerly awaited. 

 I think it possible that not much good will accrue from a 

 first cross, but the second and third crosses ought certainly 

 to have a beneficial influence, and I have every faith in the 

 ultimate success of the experiment. 



THE LINE OF TRAMP 



Not so well known as the line of Blacklock or Sir 

 Hercules is that of Tramp, represented in the present day 

 by the sons and grandsons of Beadsman and Rosicrucian. 

 Nevertheless, this branch of the Eclipse family is a powerful 

 one and has always been noted for its stayers. The descent 

 in tail male from Eclipse to the present day is as follows : — 



Eclipse 



Joe Andrews 



Dick Andrews 



Tramp 



Lottery 



Sheet Anchor 



I — — Weatherbit 



Brown Bread Beadsman 



1 



Rosicrucian Coeruleus. 



Beauclerc Blue Green. 



Tyrant. 



