"My Gosh, I hope he doesn’t hurt him. I hope he doesn’t hurt him. He’s out. He’s in front.” These words, uttered iijj tones of intense excitement by an elderly gentleman at the trots at Alexandra Park recently, caused his neighbour on the rail to regard him with surprise, and become somewhat alarmed at the way in which he was gasping for breath (states the Auckland "Star"). He continued in the same strain throughout the race, working himself into a dangerous pitch of excitement as the horses entered the straight. Then, "My Gosh, he's won,” and the old gentleman collapsed over the rail, utterly exhausted. A minute or two later he recovered sufficiently to turn to the wondering man next to him. “My son was driving that horse.” he said. "I had £lO on him." {The trotter had paid a dividend approaching three figures.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 November 1938, Page 7
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