TOP: THE FINISH OF THE AWAPUNI GOLD CUP (1 1/4 MILES).—DESERT GOLD (J. O’SHEA) WINS FROM MENELAUS (A. REED), WITH IMPEDIMENT (R. REED) THIRD. CENTRE: THE LATEST PORTRAIT OF NEW ZEALAND’S CHAMPION MARE, TAKEN AT AWAPUNI LAST WEEK—MR. T. H. LOWRY’S B M DESERT GOLD, 5YRS., BY ALL BLACK—AURARIUS, WHO HAS WON 34 OUT OF THE 46 RACES SHE HAS CONTESTED THE STAKE MONIES WHICH SHE HAS EARNED AGGREGATING £21,634. J. O’SHEA IN SADDLE. TRAINED BY F. DAVIS. A complete list of Desert Gold’s performances is given on page 16. BOTTOM: A NOTABLE INCIDENT DURING THE REMARKABLE SCENE OF ENTHUSIASM WHICH FOLLOWED DESERT GOLD’S POPULAR VICTORY IN THE AWAPUNI GOLD CUP LAST WEEK.—MR. T. H. LOWRY, owner of the crack mare, being carried shoulder high after being presented with the Gold Cup, which he is seen holding. During her visit to Australia, where she ran to win money for patriotic purposes, Desert Gold annexed £4157 in stakes.
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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1461, 25 April 1918, Page 7
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157TOP: THE FINISH OF THE AWAPUNI GOLD CUP (1 1/4 MILES).—DESERT GOLD (J. O’SHEA) WINS FROM MENELAUS (A. REED), WITH IMPEDIMENT (R. REED) THIRD. CENTRE: THE LATEST PORTRAIT OF NEW ZEALAND’S CHAMPION MARE, TAKEN AT AWAPUNI LAST WEEK—MR. T. H. LOWRY’S B M DESERT GOLD, 5YRS., BY ALL BLACK—AURARIUS, WHO HAS WON 34 OUT OF THE 46 RACES SHE HAS CONTESTED THE STAKE MONIES WHICH SHE HAS EARNED AGGREGATING £21,634. J. O’SHEA IN SADDLE. TRAINED BY F. DAVIS. A complete list of Desert Gold’s performances is given on page 16. BOTTOM: A NOTABLE INCIDENT DURING THE REMARKABLE SCENE OF ENTHUSIASM WHICH FOLLOWED DESERT GOLD’S POPULAR VICTORY IN THE AWAPUNI GOLD CUP LAST WEEK.—MR. T. H. LOWRY, owner of the crack mare, being carried shoulder high after being presented with the Gold Cup, which he is seen holding. During her visit to Australia, where she ran to win money for patriotic purposes, Desert Gold annexed £4157 in stakes. New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1461, 25 April 1918, Page 7
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