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Mrs. Banneret, recalling her Flemington experiences on Cup Day, had arranged for a symposium on a novel and comprehensive scale-to take place after the great event of the day. Notwithstanding the widely differing conditions of the respective race-courses, she determined, with the co-operation of her husband and sons, to have something like a representative Australian function, worthy of her country's hospitable customs and of this truly memorable occasion.
Having persuaded several of their most intimate friends to have their carriages standing fairly close to each other, a sort of ‘corral' was arranged, within which a clear space was left free.