Going, Going, Gone!

NZ Truth, Issue 1194, 18 October 1928, Page 6

Going, Going, Gone !

TPHERE: is ■ an ' unquenqhable light--1 heartedness about Jimmy Samson, of Dimedin, likely to make one doubt . the veracity - of. such . semipvoveibial diction as that which, holds money to be a misfit witn happiness. • James Martin Samson Has a good grifi on the purse of Fortunatus, but so far, it has r.ot m teller ed with the personality which makes him popular m Dunedin. The only appearing to worry J.M.S. is the .tallying- of his numerous race-prads, and keeping m mind just where each can be located, for most every trainer in /the Dominion knows something about Samson's horseflesh and his. cheque-book. Such little matters, as winning a race don't rob James of much sleepnot so's yd ndtice, at all events— nevertheless, there : is: a. deep-seated belief amongst southern racegoers that a neddy which 'may; 'have nothing to its credit but "also started," has only to' be knocked down to Samson, and it immediately . becomes worth pencilling for its next appearance on the course! ■;'■.-' ■ . It- must be that. J.M.S. has a charihecl signature!— that is, so.faras equine purchases are concerned. , -But 'when it comes to business, there's no mystic wand About Jimmy's auctioneering hamnier... "Jusc straigiitouti hard-headed vcomniercialisin nas been the ..foundation of his success and the Porbury Trotting Glub can eiidoi'se this testimony by looking back on ..the time, some five or six years ago, when Samson's business -■brain, was busy on the works committee.