FAMOUS RACEHORSE INJURED
LONDON, January 16. Bersimmbn lias d fractare-of £he pelvis. ' I*. is hoped, hoyrev-ekf ib&tthe lioiee's life' will be fiaved; . ; . - - • His the King bred and raced • Persinunon, and in 'the jroyai colouts the^< son of St. Simon -won, the Derby, Treating St-^rusquin- after *'a great race.. He also . wbn- i> the_-St. Leger. ,Hi-s Derby 'time, 2min 42seo, web then a. record/ "Persimmon, isone of an illustacus family, consisting of Florizel II and Diamonds-Jubilee, who was~seld to .an Argentine, buyer , for _30,00 D i guineas.' Per&immon was very -successful at . the stiid. In 1902 ills progeny. won 4>36,810,in 1903 £24,472,; in -1904 £10,308, -in 1905 : £16>44, in 1906 £21,737, and in 1907 £12M1. . Among his offspring wae the famous ftkaxe . Sceptre, " sold as a yearling "at the. .then ' fabulous price of £10,000. • i
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Otago Witness, Issue 2810, 22 January 1908, Page 65
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134FAMOUS RACEHORSE INJURED Otago Witness, Issue 2810, 22 January 1908, Page 65
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