UNBEATEN ITALIAN HORSE.
CONDITIONS OF SALE. LONDON, June 30. The Rome correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says that in order to assist payment of foreign imports. Signor Mussolini has sanctioned the selling by its owner, Signor Tcsio, of the unbeaten horse Nearco, winner of the Paris Grand Prix for £60,000, to a British buyer, Mr Martin Benson, for stud purposes. This equals the price Sir Mallaby-Deeloy paid for the Derby winner Call Boy. Call Boy was formerly owned by Tom Walls, the famous English actor, who, it will be recalled by many Palmerstonians, appeared several years ago on. the stage at the Opera House as Peter Doody in “The Arcadians.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 181, 1 July 1938, Page 12
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110UNBEATEN ITALIAN HORSE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 181, 1 July 1938, Page 12
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