A CHANGE OF FORTUNE
The South Island trainer, W. Stone, made an apparently lucky purchase when he bought the three-year-old chestnut filly Alpinist (Gainscourt —Mountain Lass) from Messrs. D. H. McLeod and C. H. Slater recently at the recent Dannevirke Meeting. Alpiuist won and was second in Stone's colours at Dannevirke, was placed second at Feilding on Saturday, then won a double at Waipukurau on Monday. The stakes earned in these five starts have amounted to £205, which was very much more than the price at which Alpinist was stated to have changed hands. However, Alpinist's former owners still apparently hold some interest in her, as she was bracketed with their horse, Tigerism, when they both started in the same event at Feilding,
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 75, 30 March 1932, Page 4
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123A CHANGE OF FORTUNE Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 75, 30 March 1932, Page 4
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