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416 THE BADMINTON MAGAZINE The spring season at Randwick opens numerous races from 300 to 500 sovs. early in October, the autumn meeting in value. In such a district where being held towards the end of March or money is so plentiful enormous sums early in April. One potent factor in the go through the totalisator. Queensland big prize money which the A.J.C. is able and South Australian racing is of to give is the absence of any serious little importance ; Tasmania is even rivalry ; for, unlike Flemington, which less; and any owner in those States always has Caulfield to contend with, who has a good horse quickly sends him the A.J.C. has no competitors outside to Victoria or New South Wales. of proprietary clubs, the principal of I do not suppose that any country in which are Rosehill, Warwick Farm, the world is more indebted to St. Simon Moorefield, Rosebery, and Canterbury for its thoroughbred stock than Australia Park. Randwick does not possess the is. Malster, Soult, St. Alwyne, Simmer, natural advantages of Flemington, but Positano, San Francisco, Bobadil, St. the A.J.C. executive is quite the most Ambrose, and Haut Brion are a few I business-like body of men I have ever have in mind, and between them they come across, its main idea being to study have sired the winner of every good race the comfort of its patrons. As Sydney in Australia. With but few exceptions is the finest business city in Australia, all the above horses are the leading so does the Harbour City patronise the stallions in Australia to-day, Malster’s racing, and at Randwick I should record of £38,000 for 1910 being one that imagine the racegoer is better catered is hardly likely ever to be approached for than anywhere else in the world. again. The following horses now com The course is only three miles from the prise the principal sires of the Australian city and contains every convenience thoroughbreds :— known to the modern race club. Winning Amount· 1011. The other courses, all of which are Malster .. (Bill of Portland-Barley) £21,629 i proprietary, are of a better class than Wallace .. (Carbine—Melodious) £17,871 £g Grafton, imp.(Galopin—Maid Marian) £14,935 -gg those of Melbourne, and invariably Flavus, imp. (Hampton—Aloara) £12,214 F> attract good horses, far more than can Bobadil .. (Bill of Portland—She) £13,047-' be said of the Southern city’s clubs. Soult, imp.....................(St. Simon—Beaubarnais) Positano, imp.............. (St. Simon—Ponza) Of the other States, Western Australia Simmer, imp .(dead) . .(St. Simon—Dutch Oven) leads the way, although the population San Francisco, imp. ..(St. Simon—Isabel) Charlemagne II., (St. Simon—Perfect Dream) is a good deal smaller than South Antonio, imp. .. .(Prisoner—Padua) Australia and Queensland. The W.A.T.C., Challenger, imp. .(Isinglass—Meddlesome) the ruling body of the golden West, has Traquair, imp. .. .(Ayrshire—Chelandry) St. Alwyne, imp. (St.Frusquin-Lady Alwyne) given its headquarters the name of Caiman Ascot—why, I cannot imagine, for it Hant Brion, imp. .(St. Simon—Bonnie Lassie) bears no sort of resemblance to the real Bright Steel, imp. .(St. Simon—Glare) Planudes, imp. .. .(St. Simon—Lonely) Ascot. The principal meeting is at En Garde, imp... .(St. Simon—Engagement) Christmas-time when the W.A. Derby of Tressady. imp. .. .(Persimmon—Simplify) 1,000 sovs., the Perth Cup, a two-mile handicap of 2,000 sovs., the Railway The above list gives some idea of how Handicap of 800 sovs., the Imperial thoroughly Australian breeders believe Handicap of 800 sovs., and the Karra- in the English stock. I fancy Caiman katta Plate, Two years old, Five furlongs, is the only American-bred sire in £750, are the principal events during the Australia to-day. That the Australian four days’ racing. Upon the goldfields climate is wonderfully beneficial to the sport is very fair, the Kalgoorlie horses was I think fully proved in the Cup, which comes off in May, being case of Grafton, as later in that of worth 1,050 sovs., and they have Bill of Portland. Grafton was I believe, .

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