reputation on the Race Course. Mention has already been made of 

 Battledore and Sir Benjamin ''carrying everything before them." 

 "The best Cape Horse seen in India was Tumbler, carrying 11 

 stone, he beat Francisca the fast racer on the Calcutta Course car- 

 rying 10 stone with great ease on a % mile course in 32 seconds. 

 This was astonishing considering the weight on a little horse of 14.3 

 hands. "^^ With the general decline of the horse stock after 1860 

 the Turf suffered badly, and the Club annals ascribe the decline to 

 the "suicidal mania'' that infected many breeders to breed from 

 Holstein and Cart-horse sires." 



In 1882 matters have bettered themselves and the Jockey 

 Club of South Africa was established at Port Elizabeth and was re- 

 moved to Johannesburg in 1904. It has local branches in all the 

 princilal cities of the provinces. Numerous valuable stakes are 

 offered ; Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Tov/n all offer handicap 

 purses of £1000 each.^'^ In 1884 the Derby value at Port Elizabeth 

 was £400 for South African bred three-year-olds. A contempo- 

 rary authority remarks : ' ' Many a colt competing for this will com- 

 pare favourably with the best horses in England. In 1884 another 

 Derby worth £750 (the most valuable ever offered up to then) was 

 established at Kimberley. ' '^'^ "^'^ ^^. 



Some records of the March, 1914 meeting of the South African 

 Club at Kenilworth, Capetown in connection with the Rosebank 

 Show give the time as f ollovfs : 



7 Furlongs 1.32 2/ M for 3 year olds. " 



11/4 miles 2.11 M for Lower weights. 



1 mile 1.3 1/5 M for Higher weights. 



7 Furlongs 1.32 M for Lower weights. 



9 Furlongs 1.33 1/5 M Pony and Galloway Handicap. 



5 Furlongs 1.3 4/5 M for Middle weight Handicap. 



5 Furlongs 1.3 2/5 M for Higher weight Handicap. ^^ 

 These races give a general idea of racing matters and the timb 

 is by no means the best for although the various heats were well 

 represented still the highest purse was only £150 and the best run- 

 ners were not entered. The American time for the years 1900-11 



(15) Eastern Eacing Calendar. Eeprint in Cape Monthly Vol. IX. 



(16) The Farmer's Weekly, Oct, 1913. 



(17 and 18) Grey Eattray in Eacing Callendar 1885 and British Association 

 for the Advancement of Science (The Transvaal, 1905). 



(19) S. A. Turf Club. WeeMy Cape Times and Farmer's Eecord. March 6, 

 1914. 



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