24 SEPTEMBER 1898, Page 24

The Famous Match. By Nat Gould. (G. houtledge and Sons.)

—A story this of racing, in which an Australian horse wins a -match for £10,000 against a Derby winner. The parties con- -earned seem to have been fairly honest, except that the owner of -one of the rivals risked more money than he had got. He had the staked money, it is true, but paying it "left him with a balance of a few hundreds in the bank, and he owed thousands." But in racing morality this is indeed a venial sin. The story is fairly good if one likes the subject.