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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1516, 15 May 1919, Page 13

Dr. H. T. J. Thacker, M.P., the newly-elected Mayor of Christchurch, was a visitor to the New Brighton Trotting Club’s meeting, and both by inside and outside enclosure patrons he was received with great enthusiasm. Acceding to a demand for a speech, he said he was the proudest man in New Zealand to be Mayor of Christchurch. His first consideration was the soldiers and after them the sportsmen. The Doctor was keenly interested in the racing, and called for a volunteer to make a trip to the totalisator to “put a pound on Gladeye for Mrs. Thacker” in the Dash Handicap. Unfortunately, Gladeye failed to perform his part of the contract, and he was beaten for third place.