Will Return To U.S.
"The Press” Special Service INVERCARGILL. "There is terrific money offering if you have a good horse, and I intend one day returning to the United States with one of my own,” the Wyndham relnsman, R. M. Cameron, said yesterday. Cameron accompanied the Southland pacer, Tactile, which has been leased to race there He was in America for about six weeks.
He had four drives at Yonkers Raceway. but did not have much luck. His first drive, a pacer named Fox, finished fourth in a close finish, but his next two fell and the other finished second to last.
“I have a very good offer to drive for one of the leading trainers.” Cameron said. "A patron of W. Haughton’s stable made me an attractive offer to drive a team at the Liberty Bell Raceway, but I did not have the time to take it up. "The Americans are mad on New Zealand horses and will pay anything for a good one."
Tactile travelled better than most of the 24 horses on board the specially-chartered plane and was due to race when Cameron left.
"He ran a mile and a half In 3m!n 20sec, the last half in a minute, about a month after arriving, and settled in well,” Cameron said.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31088, 17 June 1966, Page 4
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