A RACE-COURSE IDOL: MU. SELBY’S NOR'WEST, WHO DROPPED DEAD IN THE SADDLING PADDOCK AT ELLERSLIE, AFTER WINNING THE STEEPLECHASE, ON NOVEMBER 13th. Nor'west was probably the most popular horse in the province, and he deserved all the popularity he earned. A gamer horse was never saddled up, and his tragic exit, after winning his race, caused expressions of regret which were as sincere as they were unusual, as it is seldom that an animal holds such a position in the affections of the publie. He was 15 years of age, and during his career the old horse started 109 times, and covered a total distance, when racing, of 288½ miles.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXIX, Issue 21, 23 November 1907, Page 11

A RACE-COURSE IDOL: MU. SELBY’S NOR'WEST, WHO DROPPED DEAD IN THE SADDLING PADDOCK AT ELLERSLIE, AFTER WINNING THE STEEPLECHASE, ON NOVEMBER 13th. Nor'west was probably the most popular horse in the province, and he deserved all the popularity he earned. A gamer horse was never saddled up, and his tragic exit, after winning his race, caused expressions of regret which were as sincere as they were unusual, as it is seldom that an animal holds such a position in the affections of the publie. He was 15 years of age, and during his career the old horse started 109 times, and covered a total distance, when racing, of 288½ miles.