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money alone is generally worth running for, even with- 

 out speculation. 



One or two good second-class Australians which can 

 stay up to a mile and a half, a couple of Arabs 

 especially if one or both be galloways, and are at the 

 same time good enough to run among the big ones, 

 like what Chieftain, Caliph, Abdool Kayman, and Kex 

 were a fast 13-2 Arab, or country-bred pony, a half- 

 miler for selling races, and a good chaser, would form 

 the beau ideal of an useful stable for up-country 

 meetings. 



A good maiden is a real Eldorado, whether Australian , 

 Arab, or chaser; but they are particularly hard to get, 

 and uncertain to back, unless one has first-rate trying 

 tackle with which to test their powers. I may here 

 remark that maidens in India take, to some extent, the 

 place which two and three-year-olds occupy in England ; 

 for many of the most important races are confined to 

 horses that have never won during any previous season, 

 irrespective of their age ; though, of course, allowance 

 of weight for it is always given. 



Speaking generally, no weight within reason can bring 

 Arabs together with even second-rate Colonials. 



For the last twenty years, we have not had a single 

 Cape horse that could hold his own against Australians. 

 As quite as high prices can be obtained for good horses 

 in South Africa as in India, it evidently would not 

 pay to export them from the former to the latter 

 country. 



Speaking from my own experience of South African 

 racing during the year 1892, I would say that the best 

 "Cape" horses, like Prosecutor for instance, although 



