The Archive · 1941

High Cost of Keep

Ponies who are expected to earn their keep during the racing season will have to win twice as many races these days, The cost of keeping a China pony at the moment, is about $250, while to keep an Australian re-on the silver ink-pot with which they are now known to slake their somewhat peculiar thirst has been over-centre-forward berth in the Foreign quires $400. The moan now is the XI that played against the Chinese continual n in the price of barley. in the annual charity match for the It ko $44 for a picul, come to a certain extent by a pledge on the part of the Pressmen to field only their third team, They have been further enticed to put in an ap-

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