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ON THE WAY TO AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIALexington Lexington Ky September 7 Dr Morris M Lench of this city and Andrew Robertson of Ml txjurne Australia who have been in England sinco last Slay buying thoroughbred horses for tlio Messrs Tye owners of Allendulc Farm at Mentonc in thn suburbs of Melbourne sailed from Liverpool witj twentyone head on the steamer Sue vie on Tuesday of last week and arc making the trip down to tha Antipodes by way of Capo of Good Hope HopeWriting Writing to a friend in this city concerning the shipment and other matters in England Dr Leach said just before sailing The horses we bought aro good ones and UIQV are well bred I hope we shall come out all right I think so for a number if horses have been shipped from here to Australia this summer showing the market to be in a healthy con ¬ dition None however have gone to the Argentine for some months There Is I believe a financial crisis in the country just now Anyway they have imported so many in recent years that the market will likely be curtailed curtailedRock Rock Sands get are going great guns in this country Rock Flint is probably the best twoyear old which has so far appeared He won his race rt Goodwood like a good one beating Craganour to my mind somewhat handily I saw Tracery at New ¬ market Saturday He is rather a queer made one but can gallop R F Carman was here but r turned home after the Goodwood meeting I sup ¬ pose lie will stick it out in Kentucky this year and then come over here
