REMINISCENT.
In some very interesting reminiscences of the early days in Wellington, Mr Donald Fraser, of Bulls, states that the first racecourse was ou Te Aro flat; the winning post was just about where the Royal Oak now stands. I rode there myself in 1849. There was no handicapping. There were only one and two miles races, in heats, the best two out of threeWe had horses that could carry men up to last or 1451 100 miles in 15 or 16 hours. Breeders did not have to study how to breed monkeys to ride them, as nowadays, with these short races and monkey weights ; and it is hard to get a horse now that will carry a man of i2st or 1431 100 miles in 15 or 16 hours. This is, in my opinion, going back. There aie two things that have to be dealt with in the breeding of a racehorse now. The handicapper first, the totalisator next. The actual breeder had no say although we have, I think, the best climate and soil in the world to produce a good horse.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1058, 1 February 1913, Page 4
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184REMINISCENT. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1058, 1 February 1913, Page 4
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