Show Horse Shod With Gold In J. J F. F Hogans Hogan's History of the thet t Irish In Australia Australla a number of strange freaks of suddenly enriched lucky gold diggers are recorded but butone one of the queerest is told of a Scotchman named Andrew Cameron Y who died in Melbourne the other ther day at the age of 87 He was returned In 1856 by a goldfields constituency to the first parliament of Victoria and the story goes that he rode miles down to Melbourne on a horse shod with gold The golden shoes remained remained re re- on the horse for three three days J Then the native frugality of the Caledonian Caledonian Cale Cale- doni donian an asserted itself and they were replaced by baser metal |