THE SPORT OF KINGS
Under the. above heading the Sydney.; "Referee" says:—"lsn't it nearly time the'stereotyped-reference'to racing as 'the sport of kings' was drop ped?" . Nowadays there are a good many.people in it. but very few kings. In Australia reference to racing as 'a sport,' is also somewhat out of -date. Few people are associated with racin?< otherwise, than as a business Eve.i some who could afford to do so rarely treat it as a hobby on which they could expend, a substantial sum annually without looking for a return."
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 137, 6 December 1935, Page 6
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90THE SPORT OF KINGS Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 137, 6 December 1935, Page 6
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