The Arab, the horse of the future . ican young men who had flocked to the newwheat-lands of Canada and the ten or fifteen-dollaramateurs from the old country, pointed out that thefallacy was still much in favour in some parts ofEngland and Scotland, that an athletic young manwho wears gaiters and riding-breeches on all occa-sions was necessarily qualifying himself to be asuccessful colonist Under the influence of theracing gamble, the Australian young man is tendingin the same direction, if, indeed, he has not alreadybeaten his English contemporary. These youths,of course, affect to be horsey,
The Arab, the horse of the future . ican young men who had flocked to the newwheat-lands of Canada and the ten or fifteen-dollaramateurs from the old country, pointed out that thefallacy was still much in favour in some parts ofEngland and Scotland, that an athletic young manwho wears gaiters and riding-breeches on all occa-sions was necessarily qualifying himself to be asuccessful colonist Under the influence of theracing gamble, the Australian young man is tendingin the same direction, if, indeed, he has not alreadybeaten his English contemporary. These youths,of course, affect to be horsey, which is the reasonwhy they wear gaiters and breeches. After I had written most of the above, a Governorgets into print by way of corroborating me on this—a great Governor, too. And in corroborating mehe corroborates the Socialist and the Poet, theParson and the Sport, above referred to. It ispleasant to be corroborated by a Governor ! TheMelbourne telegram in an Adelaide paper ofOctober 16, 1903, states that Governor Sir George. CAUSE OF DETERIORATION 65 Clarke, no bookworm or goody - goody, but amilitary man of high reputation, says: Thatthere is far too much betting in Australia, thatbetting encourages the spirit of gambling, and thatthat spirit must exercise a most demoralizing influ-ence in many directions, It has certainly de-moralized the thoroughbred. I must say, however,that I rather admire the tender way His Excellencyputs it. Betting encourages the spirit of gambling,It always seems to me that betting is gambling. Ifnot, what is it ? But if betting only encourages the spirit ofgambling, none the less, according to the wordsof Governor Sir George Clarke, does it tend toundermine the whole basis of Society. Themode of horse-racing adopted necessarily causes sprinting. Sprinting necessarily causes the breed-ing of sprinters. The breeding of sprinters hasruined the breed of English thoroughbreds, andanother half-century of breeding for sprinting willprobably breed it
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