DEATH OF AGATHOS
WELL-PERFORMED PACER N.Z. CUP WINNER r .ft ~t . e !e^r Jy > hic communication from Ui C hristchurch correspondent to-day ates that the pacing gelding Agathos aropped dead. .YAP?? 7 as foaled in 1913, being b> O.Y.M. from a Ha Ha mare. As ■j. tnree-year-old he showed promise and later developed into a useful pacer. . *** Agathos won among other even ”f* the New Brighton Handicap, and during the next few years picked up a good deal of stake money. HIS BEST YEAR Agathos was at his very best in 1922. which year three big handicaps fell to his lot. He annexed the New Brighton Handicap, the National Cup and finished up by leading a strong Jiold home in the New Zealand Cup. i he O.Y .M. gelding continued to race with varying success till 1924, his final victory being secured at the Metropolitan Autumn fixture. Agathos raced in the colours of Mr. C. Channings and was driven in most of his successes by O. Butterfield.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 42, 12 May 1927, Page 13
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