The Romance of a Horse

The Tuam Herald, Saturday, August 21, 1920.

The Romance of a Horse

We understand that Mr. Murray of Carantrilla, Strokestown, sold brood mare and foal at the recent Dublin Horse Show for the top price in that class, getting for same the splendid figure of nine hundred guineas. This mare has a curious history. It was bought by him about five years ago for something like £35 and was put to the plough and then by him deemed best fitted for such mean work. Meantime its half sister, Grand Parade, had reached fame. It won the Grand national and the Roscommon mare suddenly went up in value. It was taken from the plough and put to the stud and sold last week for the handsome sum we mention — nearly a thousand pounds. This was hundreds of times over the original price paid and much beyond the highest hopes of the owner originally. The purchaser was Mr. Cope of Wexford, and Mr. Murray may fairly be described as a lucky man and congratulated on his good fortune.

The Outlook

The agricultural outlook is as dismal and despairing as the political. The constant rains of July have imperiled the potato crop and where spraying is not carried on at least twice it is in danger. The turf could not be cut and saved and there is fear of a fuel famine in many places.