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COMPETING THOROUGHBREDS IN INDIA For many years Indian owners have looked to Australia and in a measure New Zealand to sup ¬ ply the best race horses This was not tobe wondered at because the whalers as they are called have earned for themselves countless laurels It would appear however that the colonialbred animal is no longer to have matters all his own way and the Englishbred ones are becoming very formidable competitors Take for example the big events of the recent great meetings at Cal ¬ cutta and this is how they resulted resultedBurdwan Burdwan Cup hurdles RC and distc Mallard Australia AustraliaThe The Trials 1 mile Stirabout England EnglandThe The Viceroys Cup 1 34 miles FitzGrafton Australia AustraliaThe The Calcutta Plate G furlougs Golden Gleam England EnglandThe The Grand Annual 2 miles hurdles Marmalade III England The Sandown Park Plate 5 furlongs Sermon England EnglandThe The Cooch Behar Cup 114 miles Ballark Aus ¬ tralia traliaThe The Chowringhee Plate G furlongs Annamulloch England The Macpherson Cup St Leger course Amplify England EnglandThe The Tallyho Plate 2 miles hurdles Marmalade III England EnglandThe The Metropolitan Plate G furlongs Sea Spray England EnglandThe The Kings Plate R C Misty Morn Australia AustraliaThe The Prince of Wales Plate 1 mile Paddys Dar ¬ ling England The Merchants Plate 1 12 milesr Footprint England EnglandThe The Hooghly Plate 5 furlongs Ferndoun Eng ¬ land landSteeplechases Steeplechases The Indian Grand National 3 miles Mallard Australia the Tollygunge Plate 3 miles Seclusion Australia AustraliaWriting Writing on the subject the Indian correspondent to the Australasian says Whilst Australia hag sent the winners of the blue ribands of both the flat and crosscountry events and has also supplied the CoochBehar Cup and Kings Plate winners the English horses have put up a ery big score all round and have shown both over hurdles and on the flat that they are yearly becoming more and more a factor for the Australian dealer to reckon with England has appropriated all the principal sprint races and both of the two biff onemile events the Trials and the Prince of Wales Plate and this bears out the argument that Indian buy ¬ ers find that they can get better value for their money for this class of horse In England than they can In the colonies These results I think are worthy careful consideration at the hands of Australian sellers as the Indian nabob who goes to Australia from the country of rajahs and rice is beginning to debate within himself whether be is not being asked rather too blgU prices
