MAXTED’S MISFORTUNES

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 38, 7 May 1927, Page 9

MAXTED’S MISFORTUNES

FARRIER’S BAD LUCK RED STAR OF HOPE Some people are born great, while others have greatness thrust upon them.- Some are born with a silver spoon in their mouth, while others enter this world of hardship in an atmosphere of poverty. Some are born lucky, which it is often stated is preferable to being born rich, while others are born unlucky, and to them it probably matters little what their lot may be. To the latter category evidently belongs Tom Maxted, the well-known and highly-esteemed light harness enthusiast and farrier, who hangs oat his signboard at Alexandra Park, instead of under a spreading chestnut tree. Tom is a star in his profession, and also has a Red Star of very fair quality behind which he has driven some good races. But despite all this, the trotting shoer appears to have been born under a most unlucky

star, judging by his recent misfortunes. As a kind of diversion from riding in the sulky, T.G.M. took on the bicycle (may have been a Star), and while riding home one evening he had the misfortune to meet with an accident, which resulted in his right collarbone being broken. This necessitated the trainer-farrier being turned out for a spell, but Red Star’s pilot cheerfully bowed to his fate. There was much jubilation when Tom reported for toil again, but the joy vas short-lived. It is an oft’ proved fact that misfortune never comes alone, and almost straight away Maxted’s fateful star shone over him and his bicycle again, and the outcome of his second misadventure was a broken left arm The genial smith is making the t»est of a bad bargain and is a daily visitor to the Park, where he chafes under his inactivity. The unfortunate sportsman, who will no doubt in future rely more on the trotting apparatus in preference to bike-riding, has the sympathy of the light harness fraternity in his run of bad luck, and the wish is expressed that Maxted will have a speedy and permanent recovery. It may be a case of the “darkest hour before the dawn,” and when the silver lining appears his bright Red Star may be in the ascendant.

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