JOCKEYS TO CONTRIBUTE
The executive of the New Zealand * Jockeys' Association held a special meeting in Wellington last week, and , among the business transacted was a decision to support the Governor- ;- General in- his appeal for patriotic funds. Members of the association ,
are to be asked to contribute as libe- „ rally as possible. Subscription list* - have been sent to the various branches'^ ' and are to be circulated among mern-^----bers during the Easter meetings.- X%'\ is hoped that a sum of about £200 «■'* will be thus raised. Contributors last ■ week were A. E. Ellis, R. McTavish, £2. each; J. Jennings, I*. J. Ellis, W. Hogan, N. R. McKenzie, 1*..,^ Dulieu, A. Messervy, and N. Simpson, " £1 «ach; and W. J. Mudford (appren-^, tice), 10s.
Manfred's career as a stallion has: ended. The last crop of yearlings, by 1 • him are those that were sold at the\; auctions in Melbourne this month,''- "> Manfred, who,is in his 18th year, sired';; '\ many good- winners, among them-"* 11 this year's Newmarket Handicap winner Mildura. Another son, The Trump, landed the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups double, and Red Manfred was a good son of his who raced " - in New Zealand. . • . ''
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 72, 26 March 1940, Page 11
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