AND A WISE BIRD WAS HE !
THOSE who. think. jockeys have no reasoning powers are all at sea, if "N.Z. Truth" can believe- an incident retailed at Avondale on Saturday. ' Asked .why he was not riding one of the stable candidates, the horseman concerned replied that it was because the real connections thought the horse was such a moral he did not feel inclined to take the blame if defeat was Incurred. - * The horse missed the stake and the lad will still be offered mounts —and probably accept—- when the connections rid themselves of their optimism.
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NZ Truth, Issue 1191, 27 September 1928, Page 13
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96AND A WISE BIRD WAS HE! NZ Truth, Issue 1191, 27 September 1928, Page 13
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