QUICK MONEY.
THE RIDE ON RAPIER
For sitting on the back of Rapier for less than three minutes and a half in the Auckland Cup on Monday, T. Green earned a fee of £B4. This works out at £24 a minute, but this was beaten by K. Gill, whose ride on Awarere, less than a minute and a quarter brought him in £4O, or near enough to £32 a minute. The winning jockeys and their fees at Ellerslie were : £ s. d. H. Wiggins (Martarma) ... 14 R. McTavish (Stagkunter) ... 40 W Ryan (Tea Time) ... 12 T. Green (Rapier) 84 W. Rennie (Lord Star) ... 31 10 K. Gill (Awarere) ... ... 40 E. Keesing (Marion's Birthday) 14 L. Morris (Laughing Prince) 18
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Thames Star, Volume LXI, Issue 17313, 28 December 1927, Page 5
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118QUICK MONEY. Thames Star, Volume LXI, Issue 17313, 28 December 1927, Page 5
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