This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...for second place in Mala bar's Canterbury Derby with Waterwitch, dam of Lurline and maternal ancestress of so many great horses. Mousetrap brought the name of Larry Markey more prominently before the people of New Zealand than ever, and his owner reckons he was the best cross-country horse he ever saw, and certainly ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...for second place in Mala bar's Canterbury Derby with Waterwitch, dam of Lurline and maternal ancestress of so many great horses. Mousetrap brought the name of Larry Markey more prominently before the people of New Zealand than ever, and his owner reckons he was the best cross-country horse he ever saw, and certainly there was no course t(- long or country too stiff for him. From Mr. Dan O'Brien Mr. Markey bought Johnny Faulkner, and also had Aquarius and Flinders, and bred and raced Remorse and Maria Martin, and numerous others. After racing for over fifty years, Mr. Markey prides himself on being able to say that he has never been called upon to explain the running of his horses, but admits that it has often been his pleasure to be invited to interview the stewards and take a glass of wine with them. MR. R. T. TURNBULL. Mr. R. T. Turnbull, who is a member of a very old Wellington family, and a Vice-President of the Wellington Racing Club, takes a very keen interest in sport, but is only a comparatively recent accession to the ranks of owners, his first venture being in tnking a third interest in the Seaton Delaval--Waitemata colt Porirua, who won, amongst other races, the Northern Champagne Stakes and North Island Challenge Stakes. Subsequently he purchased on his own account, as a yearling, the Stvpniak colt Boris, and placed him in the hands of J. H. Prosser, and had the satisfaction of winning in his first season the Hawke's Bay Stakes and Auckland Champagne Stakes. During the present season Boris won the Great Northern Auckland Guineas in the absence in England of his owner, who, since his return to New Zealand, has had the satisfaction of seeing the colt run prominently in other classic events, and win handicap events. Mr. Turnbull has, during th...
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