The cabled report of a former Palmerston North resident having repeated Dick Turpin's ride of 151 miles in three days calls forth .1 number of protests against such a feat being relays an exchange). One ride from Wairoa to Gisborne via Tiniroto, about 72 miles during a dark night in .winter, is claimed by a Palmerston North rider. Another from Bulls to Wellington in one day, about 90 miles on one horse, is vouched for; but these feats are not worth cabling Home, for 70 miles in a day on a grass-fed horse was-a fair day's work when everyone was a horseman. touuu. <x, xtsuu ic anything at all to a New
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 17981, 26 January 1924, Page 14
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