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such as Myall King, Moorhouse, and Little Prince in 

 recent times, and Kingcraft in former years, have cer- 

 tainly held their own against all comers. The only 

 first-class Australian which has run in India was Bravo, 

 the Melbourne Cup winner, who, from unsoundness, was 

 unable to show in this country anything like his true 

 form. The prominent running in England of the Australian 

 second-rater, Eingmaster, goes to prove that there is not 

 much to choose, from a racing point of view, between 

 Australian and English horses. In India honours seem 

 to have been fairly divided between them, taking into 

 consideration that of the former there have been far more 

 runners than of the latter. As regards price and the 

 capability of standing work in India, I think the balance 

 is all in favour of Australians, of which there are many 

 well-bred specimens imported every year into India. 

 English horses, owing to their high price, are never sent 

 out on sale to this country. 



Country-breds sometimes hold their own in hack selling 

 races — winner to be sold for from Es. 200 to Es. 500 — when 

 not beyond | mile. Those that do so have almost always 

 a strong dash of English blood, from which they generally 

 derive their turn of speed, as well as some of their inherited 

 infirmities, which doom them to running for such minor 

 events. A useful horse for such races — winner to be sold 

 for Es. 500 or Es. 600— ought to be able to do with 10 st. 

 up, J mile in 52 s., or | mile in 1 m. 19 s., on an ordinary 

 racecourse. 



Without wishing in the slightest to attempt to dis- 

 courage those who desire to improve the breed of horses in 

 India, I must point to the fact that racing stock of even 



