Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic.: 1922 - 1954), Wednesday 21 August 1935, page 6
How I Won Melbourne; Cup On The Parisian
By RON CAMERON, Australia’s most versatile rider
PETER PAN won two Melbourne Cups and Prince Foote won his Cup easier than any horse I have seen, but The Parisian will always be my idol among Cup winners. The Parisian was my Melbourne Cup winner. Winning a Melbourne Cup is every rider’s ambition. I do not claim any great credit for winning. I merely carried out my part on a great horse, and thanks to the skill and patience of Charles Wheeler, The Parisian went to the post so fit that anybody could have won that Cup on him The Parisian had rather a chequered career before I became associated with him. He was bought as a yearling by Charles Wheeler for Mr JF Kirby of Casterton, and turned over to EJ Hatwell, at that time of Hamilton. It was not until he was a three-year-old that he raced and after winning a five furlongs race and being beaten in the run-off by Perilous after a dead-heat the same day,
