BROTHER TO MANFRED.
A colt that has to make his debut on the turf is Murthong, tho brother to Manfred, for whom Mr. Ben ChafTey paid 2150 guineas. He has not been hurried, as he is a big fellow and wanted time, but report speaks goldenly of him, and -lie has been showing promise. He will not race until the early spring, and there will be a keen desire to see linn fn action. It is very much doubted whether ho will approacli the standard set by Manfred, as he was not such a trueshaped one as a yearling as Manfred was at the same age. In the course of a conversation recently in Sydney a well-known judge, whose knowledge of horses and racing dates back to the diys of The Barb, declared Manfred to be the most perfectly made horse he had ever seen. Murthong could be much inferior to Manfred and still be a good horse.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 152, 30 June 1927, Page 9
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158BROTHER TO MANFRED. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 152, 30 June 1927, Page 9
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