AMERICAN GAS.
This is how an American journal screams over their Derby victory : — “ Iroquois has won the Derby, and all the horses in the United States will be so proud that there will be no managing them. The men and women of America, we judge, are expected to be proud also. We do not know exactly why, but all the papers say ’twas a famous victory, and there seems to be a general idea that the Eagle should scream and the Lion hang his head. Since all Canada, including the Go-vernor-General, turned out to receive Hanlan, the oarsman, we warrant that Iroquois would be welcomed like a hero if he could set his fleet foot on these shores to-day. He is a good horse, and Archer is a good jockey. He has won a race, a sporting gentleman, has won a lot of money. No wonder our English cousins are jealous of American competition. Will they kindly mention something that they think they are good at.”
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 975, 3 September 1881, Page 2 (Supplement)
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166AMERICAN GAS. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 975, 3 September 1881, Page 2 (Supplement)
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