Thomas Henry Kendall,
The Poems of Henry Kendall — How the Melbourne Cup was Won
(1920)
“ The black, through the bend and "the straight," Had the race of the year in his hands. In a clamour of calls and acclaim, He landed the money—the horse With the beautiful African name, That rang to the back of the course. Hurrah for the Hercules race, And the terror that came from his stall, With the bright, the intelligent face, To show the road home to them all! ”
