OLD PIONEERS’RACE, KUMARA.
i Contributed.'! Hob trained him at Kawahaka and kept him in the dark, and called liim •lack the Sprinter, only for a lark. They coached him i<> Kumara and put him. on the track, and then the starter saw his running shoes and put the sprinter back. He was a very game old starter and did what he was told. lle knew the prize was worth winning, of Kumara’s lovely gold. He started very slowly and was hanging at the hack but when he saw an opening lie i sprinted no the track. He was gaining by inches not losing any slack, when Johnson called out. ” Aon re the winner ” and the Kawahaka men carried him hack. The sun was sl.ing.ng briehtiv ami he was not left alone, until ‘someone heard him singing. <• «how Me the Way to go Home.” KAWAHAKA SPORT?.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 March 1926, Page 3
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