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hunter for him ? He replied in the negative ; but his 

 Lordship gave a long price for him. The first day he 

 hunted him he gave him three falls ; he then gave 

 him to his brother-officer, Mr. De Burgh. He bought 

 Augustine from Captain Scott, of the 3rd Dragoon 

 Guards, whose feats and horses were well-known 

 then, as they are forgotten now, in this country, though 

 the gallant Captain, arbiter-general in sporting matters 

 in Australia, keeps their recollection bright there by his 

 performances amongst the Melbourne turfites. With 

 Augustine, Mr. M'Donogh was very unfortunate. He 

 brought him with two others to La Marche, and he 

 was so sanguine about winning the principal steeple- 

 chase there, that he refused 1,250 sovs. for him the 

 morning of the race. He went to the course himself 

 early in the forenoon, and told his groom to follow an 

 hour afterwards with the horse. The servant did not 

 know the way, some people misdirected him ; and 

 although the stewards were kind enough to wait an 

 hour for him, he did not arrive till the race was over. 

 On the following Sunday, Augustine started for a race 

 at La Marche, and his owner put 500 sovs. on him. 

 There was a very nasty brook, about seventeen feet 

 wide, within the circuit, and he said to his jockey, 

 Byrne : " Make the pace good, but steady him coming 

 at this water-fence ; if you go very fast at it, he 's sure 

 to fall." Byrne did the very reverse, and Augustine 

 fell. Monsieur Delamere then purchased him for 

 ;^i,ooo, and ran him a few days afterwards for a 

 steeplechase; Mr. M'Donogh again backed him for a 

 large sum, and begged Monsieur Delamere to allow 

 Byrne to ride him, but he refused, and put up Lamp- 

 logh. The horse bolted, and fell over the ropes ; a 



