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NEW ZEALANDS FAST GELDINGS It is somewhat remarkable that nearly all the best race horses in New ealand are geldings a fact that will be deplored in some quarters It must not be overlooked that when a colt is unsexed there is generally good icason for it and it is certain some horses would never have attained prominence if they had been allowed to remain entire RI Mason his trainer declares that it was no certainty Gloaming would have ever raced if he bad not been gelded geldedIn In addition to Gloaming another Now Zealand crack Sasanof is an old gelding The latter is as versatile as ever having shown good form from six and a half furlongs to two miles this year The Ormond Memorial Gold Cup at Hawkes Bay made his twentieth win and his winnings now amount to about 105000 Duo the best three yearold stayer In the Dominion is another gelding as are The Hawk Tamatete Rational and Absur dum four of the best twoyearolds and Rouen a threeryearold Vagabond Maihoa and Night Hawk older
