HIGH STANDARD EVIDENT
RACING IN AUSTRALIA N.Z. OWNER’S COMMENT (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. The opinion was expressed by Mr. G. J. Barton, the well-known Dunedin racing owner, on his return by the Awatea to-day, that Ajax was the best horse Australia had seen since the days of Phar Lap. He has high praise for the racing administration of Victoria. The stipendiary stewards did their work efficiently. Jockeys who failed to steer horses properly had the prospect of a month’s holiday. Good prize-money was an inducement to honest racing. The Australian opinion was that the New Zealand standard wa.s not as good as in the days of Gloaming- A*
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19584, 16 March 1938, Page 7
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110HIGH STANDARD EVIDENT Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19584, 16 March 1938, Page 7
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