SPORTING.
Probate has arrived in Otaki and is now . quartered at Dug. Webster’s t. stables. B An honest man a herse did buy, > Which was both lame and poor; E One golden guinea was the price , i And five good shillings more, i This horse was fed with corn and hay i Till it grew wondrous sound, i When, meeting with another chap, ' Ho sold it for three pound. By which he lost half the prime cost, A quarter o’ the keeping too. What did his keeping stand him in? And what did he lose, say you? It may save brain fag for the average punter by. stating that the horse was bought for £1 6s. It cost to keep £3 2s 6d, and was sold for £3, that is, at a loss of £1 8s 6d.
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Otaki Mail, 7 August 1922, Page 3
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137SPORTING. Otaki Mail, 7 August 1922, Page 3
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