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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1415, 7 June 1917, Page 14

The pedigree of Sir Fisher, the Wanganui Century Hurdles winner, reads as follows: —By Maniapoto, son of Soult and Lady Fisher, dam Dear Dolly, half-sister to Solo, Simplex and Sonica, by Brigadier, son of Musket and Pungawerewere, dam Dolly, by Randwick, son of Barbarian, brother to The Barb (champ:on racehorse of his day in Australia), dam Locket, daughter of Sir Charles, a descendant of the same family as Cap-a-pie. Sir Fisher was bred near Wanganui by Messrs. Webb Bros., of Brunswick.

Trainers and other watchers of the work at Randwick are feeling some anxiety about the future of being able to time gallops at headquarters (says a Sydney writer). The totalsator in course of erection on the flit bids fair to obstruct the view of a large section of the course from any point of vantage near the winning post, while those who witness the gallops from the centre of the course are not likely to be able to see the finishing point when the building is completed. The structure is being set partly underground to preserve

the view of occupants of the stands on race days, but from the progress already made it is obvious that it will change the whole system of timing gallops during training operations. Two alternative schemes for overcoming the difficulty present themselves. One is to provide a small look-out on the top of the totalisator house, from which the whole course can be seen, and the other is to erect a temporary winning post away from the building. The latter however, would necessi tate the changing of the intermediate posts on the training tracks.