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He kicked aside a dozen pairs of boots with the remark that "There's nothing there fit for this country. Rough-hide and hobnails is what you want." Certain tweed suits that the fancy of our London tailor had invested with the title "New Zealand Specialities" were, said our friend, only suitable for colonists who intended to settle on the top of the Southern Alps.
Once in a hundred years or so a viceroy's cup, or a Derby is won by an animal that can stand and look and move as that mare did. "Just watch!" the Rangar boasted; hooking up the bit and throwing off the blanket. And as he mounted into the native-made rough-hide saddle a shout went up from the fort and native officers and half the soldiery came out to watch the poetry of motion.
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