PRE-WAR RACING MARE
"Sonie:-amusement"'hag been caused by the nbruinatioij of Organiser for "the Auck-j-land ,Gup, : >Eailway Handicap, and the other'leading events to be decided at the Auckland:; Summer Meeting. ~; , "/' : : Organiser, is a roan mare by Sabretache. According -to her Maori owner, ,P; Putihi she.is twenty-one years old, but the popular, opinion: is that; she is even older. Sabretache, a* son -of' Cuirassier," was'1 foaled thirty-nine,, /.years ago, and his progeny have^been"off,.the scene for/many years. ' ~.,Organiser,cbmpeted'in th"erchicf event at 'tlie.'recent-Poverty'say/Tiirf Club's meeting.../, She. Ibbked •;in -no'; condition to race'-and':her;/performance 'was humorous1. Af tec .-much:, persuasion ..she .covered .about a-.furlong/ and 'ajhalfiwhilethe field went severi .iurlongs, :in ..a .mile and a quarter race,^aftep',which, 'with'^v-eary.steps/ she made hei?way;back to-the""birdcage.' :'The racing/at'Eller6lie::onJßoxing;:Day will-be relieved; of- monotony/if -this; veteran puts in an.appearance. '---:."...:•.": '.*'':'-' •■■■-.-'.-'*'.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 124, 22 November 1932, Page 4
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127PRE-WAR RACING MARE Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 124, 22 November 1932, Page 4
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