A PARADOXICAL "WIN".
On Viceroy Cup day m Calcutta, m the Calcutta Plate, only two horses started, Tangaroa, the ex-Victorian, and Soultline, the ex-New Zealander, odds of 25 to 1 being laid on the latter. The pair, after a ding-dong finish, ran a dead heat. It was a great struggle- all the way over the final furlong. Soultline was well m advance of his opponent after, entering the straight, but Tangaroa gradually drew on the Newmarket Handicap winner, and catching him loot by foot drew up m the last stride and finished as stated.' The owners agreed \o divide the stakes, and consequently backers of "Soultline lost heavily, for every pound they had on cost them £12, as a bsaker laying £25 to £1 on only drew =£13. It would have been bad luck to have "won" on every race m similar circumstances.
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NZ Truth, Issue 240, 12 February 1910, Page 2
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143A PARADOXICAL "WIN". NZ Truth, Issue 240, 12 February 1910, Page 2
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