A KEMPTON STORY
To,.an''owner of racehorses there are few more expensive luxuries than an unsound animal, and therefore the' recent disappointment of a certain youthful noble lord, who manfully gave 1500 guineas for a bargain which turnedout to be woefully dejected in his "nnd«rstandings" can be readily; understood, j , "Let me see, you are the rascal who sold me a horse with only, three legs and a swinger," he said one day, chancing to bump up against the horse's late owner iu '.'.he paddock at Kempton. "Certainly," replied the late owner, gleefully; "that is to say, if you "are really the idiot I sold him to."
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19100104.2.72
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7017, 4 January 1910, Page 9
Word Count
106A KEMPTON STORY New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7017, 4 January 1910, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.