In this Nevile Lodge cartoon from 1955, four Kiwi blokes stop their card game to listen to a horse race on the radio. They were possibly listening to a commentary by Dave Clarkson, who called many horse races and trots in the Canterbury region from 1937. The sound recording is of his last broadcast race commentary on 6 March 1971.
Transcript
Round the bend and two and a quarter to go and they come past the two-furlong post and Day Time is still the leader and it's Day Time on the inside then Booster and Aldergrove three wide and moving up is Power it's four-wide and then we got in the outside of Mr Subtle and they race along they've got a furlong left to go. And they're five or six wide as they race on The Big Ape is right on the outside as they race along and The Big Ape is leading the field and they got the line up, followed by Jekover, Power and Mr Subtle, Aldergrove, Booster and they'd be followed then by Day Time and Kophes and then Carioca and the last horse who crossed the line would be Celtic Chief.
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Reference: A-261-019
by Nevile Lodge
Sound file from Ngā Taonga Sound & Video. David Clarkson's final broadcast/Reference: 39392
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