The gentleman of means and honorable reputation invests a thousand guineas in a blood horse, and res... [kua rāpopototia]
Observer, Rōrahi XVI, Putanga 962, 5 Pipiri 1897, Page 12
The gentleman of means and honorable reputation invests a thousand guineas in a blood horse, and resolves to go in for racing. ' I will show them that horses can be run straight without discrediting their owners.'
After the last trial. * Well, my lad, the colt has done the distance under fast time. He must win now. I shall put a thousand on him myself, and you had better get a bit on too.'