FAREWELL TO MR. GEORGE PRICE

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 10, 12 July 1922, Page 12

FAREWELL TO MR. GEORGE PRICE

In sporting- circles generally andl amongst racing men in particular, there lis no name more widely or favourably known than that of Mr. George Price, whose successful career as a jockey, and I latterly as a trainer, needs no comment in tha Dominion. Mr. Price, for some time, was New Zealand's leading. jockey, and, during the past thirteen .years, in which he has been in charge of Mr. J Goring Johnston's "Highden" stable, he has won £38,000 in stakes. So much for. Mr. Price professionally. The largo and enthusiastic gathering that bade him farewell, on the eve of his departure for Australia, was convincing evidence of his great, in fact unique, popularity amongst his fellow-sports. Mr. li. J Loyden occupied the chair. Por many years, said the chairman, Mr. Price had the full confidence of Ktr.' J. Goring Johnston in every detail of his stable management, and, in going to what was perhaps the greatest sporting country in the world, he would be accompanied by the best good wishe\of tho sporting community. On behalf of nis many friends and admirers in th© Dominion, the chairman then presented Mr. Price with an illuminated address and a cheque. Messrs. E. J. Barnes. W. I. Lovelock, C. P. Nash, and D. O'Reilly, on behalf of the owners, voiced the very high estimation in which their guest was held, and Mr. Nash asked Mr. Price to accept a Maori tiki in greenstone as an emblem of good luck. In acknowledging the remarks of the speakers, Mr. Price said that the past twelve years of his career in Palmerston North had been a period or unalloyed happiness. His motto had always been "live, and let live," and rather than tell a man a lie, he had said nothing. He would have a wider scope for his abilities in Australia, but nothing would please him better than to bo visited by his old friends, in New Zealand over there. (Loud) applause.)