OLD-TIME HANDICAPPING.
"Martindale," in the "Sydney News," says :—VV hat an outcry bhcie would be if any of our handicappers exhibibed their work to a horseowaer and the others came to hear of ib. This was ofben done by Admiral Rous. Ib in stated by an English writer thab Lord Glasgow and " Tho Admiral," as all know, were greab chums, bub on one occasion they had a very heated dispute about one of t,he Admiral's overnighb handicaps, which he had shown to Lord Glasgow before it was sent to the printers. . Report s.t the time said that eomo remarkably strong language was used by the irate old lord, who boldly desiared thab the famous handicappor had used him shamefully by allotting his horse (Musket) a lower place in the handicap than he dosorved, according to book form, insisting thab justice should be done bo him by pubbing him up a stono in the handicap. Admiral Rous protested agains.fc it, but in the end humoured his old friend by reviewing the handicap as far as Lord Glasgow's horse was concerned, and the sequel proved bhab the lord's judgment was alinosb equal to his honesty, for the horse, with a stone extra, was beaten by the shortest of hsads, and his owner was delighbed ab this vindication of bis judgment againsb bhe admiral's. Just fancy some of our pony and galloway owners following Lord Glasgow's example ?
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 201, 26 August 1896, Page 3
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234OLD-TIME HANDICAPPING. Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 201, 26 August 1896, Page 3
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