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MR. B. DAVIS' HORSES. ANOTHER WIN AT DERBY. (Received April 17, 5.3 p.m.) LONDON. April K,. For the third time recently one of the horses belonging to Mr. Boyd "Davis won a race as the. result of a spurt on hearing his owner-trainer's whistle. There was an unprecedented scene at Derby when Signifier spurted as the crowd joined Mr. Davis in v. histling and beat the favourite in the Derbyshire Handicap. The Daily Telegraph states that never was a winner given such an extraordinary reception.
A whistling chorus of an unprecedented description welcomed Signifier's win. Mr. Davis habitually whistles home his horses. When Signifier was ahead in the last furlong his owner shrilled bis encouragement which the jockey tool; up, while. 40 riding boys in a private stand ecstatically joined in. -\s a resulL Signifier won amid an ear-splitting din.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21160, 18 April 1932, Page 9
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