CHAPTER XXI. 



Racing in South Africa— Polo— Performances at Pretoria — An Accident — 

 Enthusiasm of the Boers— General Joubert— Breaking-in a Zebra— The 

 Language of the Boers— A Journey by Coach — Prize Fighting in South 

 Africa— Nickless and Kelly— Majuba Hill and Laing's Nek— Harrismith 

 — Hendrik Truter— Maritzburg— Sir Charles Mitchell— Colonel Swaine 

 and the nth Hussars— Horsebreaking at Durban— Farewell to October 

 — The Climate of South Africa — Return to England. 



RACING in South Africa, to which I briefly alluded in 

 . the preceding chapter, has a fine future, though a some- 

 what ignoble present. The ' great game ' in order to flourish, 

 requires to be managed by men who are independent of it 

 either for their livelihood or for their recreation, and whose 

 probity and love of fair play are above suspicion. It also 

 needs a public that is wealthy, numerous, and fond of sport. 

 With the opening up of the country, increased population, 

 and improved railway communication, all these things no 



doubt will come to pass in South Africa. 



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