A RACING DITTY.
he wasn’t well. By the book he looks a moral, His condition’s of the best; In a trial only lately All the touts were much impressed. Yet he’s beaten very badly, And you say, * Another sell !’ * Not at all, you simple punter, Can’t you see he isn’t well. ‘ The course was long or short, or Else the pace was much too slow ; If they’d only kept together He’d have been there, don’t you know. He’s been off his feed this two days, As any mug might tell, And we knew we had no chance, because He wasn’t very well.’ But wait another month or two, When the time is ripe to spin— When he’s not a public fancy, For they think he’ll never win. But the stable have their hoots on, And deluded backers yell As they recognise the winner in The gee that • wasn’t well.’ M.U.G.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume X, Issue 24, 17 June 1893, Page 576
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150A RACING DITTY. New Zealand Graphic, Volume X, Issue 24, 17 June 1893, Page 576
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