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Harness & Greyhounds
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Max Johnson who drove his first winner in 1949 and his last winner in 2008...…..Can you believe it 59 year gap. imagine first winner at 18 last winner at 77 years of age.
Found old article feb.4th 1952. in his first three years of driving he won a trotting cup,easter cup,christmas hcp.richmond park cup,york cup, numerous free-for-alls with royal shadow.
The article also said, the run of success enjoyed by m.r.johnson and his father w.f.johnson continued last night when sir travis won the febuary handicap at Gloucester park.
This increased sir travis tally of wins for the season to nine.
In the 1949-50 season Max Johnson drove for only half the season and finished sixth on the winning reinsmen's list. with 13 wins,...... last season he was second with 20 wins to F.E.Kersley 36 wins perhaps the greatest reinsman to have driven in this state. …... article said.
This season Max Johnson heads the list.
Roll on thirty years later 1979 he drives satinover to 19 wins straight...….He had fair bit of dry humour, about him,
One night at bunbury horse float park it was blowing a gale I witnessed max johnson going around shutting the float doors that people had left open
a trainer walking out with horse said thanks max, without missing a beat, dry as you like max said i should've come back tomorrow for the hinges
Knew a trainer that had a bad going horse, so max offered to help, and to shoe it for him As told by the trainer;;;;; max said wheres the tentpegs, trainer scratched his head, it wasn't till he finished shoeing it, he said...... I didn't need them, Trainer was confused, until max said his a bit light I thought he might blow away....
Checked he drove. 866wins;;;;;548 city winners. M.R. Johnson.
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Its interesting with old time horseman - like Peter Manning ( Kerryns father ) who would be a decent age now - but i can remember him saying - when he started off in the game as a young bloke - that the old timers would tell you absolutely nothing re training and preparation of horses - it was all secretive etc
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Just out of interest - Gordon Cox - was he just an owner - or did ever as a younger bloke train and drive etc
Back to Max Johnson - no hysterical - exciteable nonsense with him - whenever i looked at the bloke - he allways reminded me of one of those Gunslingers in the 1950s Westerns - and i will let the guns do the talking
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However having seen him on track - even after big wins - i was going to ask the question - did that bloke ever smile in his life
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