HORSE-RACING IN ENGLAND 



market and Doncaster, followed by the exporta- 

 tion of stock to be sold by auction abroad, are 

 very disheartening for breeders in this country, 

 where the alternative seems to be an extravagant 

 price or next to nothing. And if the foreign 

 customers, as is not improbable, find themselves 

 over-stocked before long, or begin to feel con- 

 fidence in their native produce, the look-out will 

 be very black indeed. Especially as the object 

 both at home and abroad appears to be, not the 

 general improvement of horses, but rather the 

 production of a phenomenon and the performance 

 of some wonderful deed. 



But to return to a brighter theme, namely, the 

 importation of our ' crack ' horses by countries 

 which were in a comparatively benighted condition 

 up to the commencement of the present reign. 



Australia really began to progress when she im- 

 ported, about 1838, at a very early age, Cap-a-pie 

 (son of The Colonel, son of Whisker) into New 

 South Wales (where, as already stated, he became 

 the sire of the New South Wales Sir Hercules, sire 

 of Yattendon, sire of Chester, now so well known 

 in this country), laying the foundation of the cele- 

 brated ' Waler ' of the present day. She afterwards 



