CARBINE’S LAST SHOE.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5226, 13 January 1928, Page 2

CARBINE’S LAST SHOE.

A VALUED TURF RiELIC. ELTHAM RESIDENT’S TROPHY. In Mr J. M. Bates’s, shop window in Bridge Street, Eltham, there/ is on view a horse shoe. To the casual observer this would mean nothing but for the accompanying letter, as the shoe is no different in appearance from hundreds of others. The relic will, ho.wever, appeal to those with a leaning to the sport of horseracing, it being thq last shoe taken from Carbine, the wonderful sm of Musket. , As is well known', after his dazzling racing career in New Zealand and Australia, Carbine was taken to England and at the time of his I death was owned by the Duke of Portland. During a period of convalescence in England, after war service, Mr Bates made the acquaintance of Mr W. Glasby (stud groom to the Duke of Portland), who presented the shoe and explanatory letter to Mr Bates pin the e,ve of li’s return to New Zealand. The letter reads as follows : Holbeck, Welbeck, September 27, 1915. Dear Corporal Bates,—This is tp certify that the shoe I gave to you is the las': shoe taken from Old Jack (d’arbinq). Wishing you the best of luck, a Speedy recovery, j and safe return to New Zealand, Believe me., yours faithfully, W. Glasby, Stud GroOm to Duke of Portland/”

Needless to say, Mr Bates sets a high sentimental value on this reminder of the New Zealand-bred equine wondey, and so far from parting with it for the proverbial song, has already refused an offer of £25 for Ilia treasure.