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AND now the race week was close on. The second week in December. The races were to be in the third week, so as to get them over comfortably before Christmas Day. Everybody keeps it a regular all-round holiday in Australia, just the same as they do in England. But what a difference there is in the climate. No snow--no cold wind--no wintry- looking trees. Everything warm--sunny--leaves on the trees and summer in the air.
Well, dust and hot winds aren't the nicest things going, but I'm blest if I don't think they're better for old people and poor people-- for everybody--than the bitter days and terrible long nights of the old country.