WHERE THERE'S A WILL

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 40, 17 February 1939, Page 13

WHERE THERE'S A WILL

The transfer of High Caste, Disdain, and Stretto to Australia last month was achieved in an unusual way through the efforts of his trainer, the former jockey, R. S. Bagby, says a Melbourne exchange. Bagby's attempts to get money for his trip to Australia at first failed because of the Government's new monetary policy. It was the Otranto on a cruise to Auckland that gave Bagby the idea of exchanging his New Zealand money with Australian tourists. As the visit of the Otranto was limited to a day, most of the tourists required only £1 or £2 of New Zealand money. Bagby and his friends approached the passengers and, in small amounts, soon changed sufficient money to enable High Caste and his two companions to be shipped to Melbourne. Bagby laughed as he referred to his unwieldy bundle of small Australian notes.

Unless some modification of the New Zealand Government's monetary restrictions are made, Australian racegoers are not likely to see many other New Zealand horses race in Australia this year. If High Caste and his stablemates are successful in Australia, or they are sold, the money must be returned to New Zealand.

Regular Bachelor, winner of more than £10,000 in stakes and one of the best sprinters to appear, in Melbourne in the last few, years, may not race again. Both forelegs have filled, and it is now difficult to train him.