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poet won the 1864 melbourne cup but on the it was raining very heavy an the judge did not see poet cross the line first the clark of the course was leading poet back to when he was told that lantern had won but apparently the rider of lantern s davies said that poet had won an maintained this till the day he died there is a news clipping about this an i being the great grand son of william Perkins the rider of the poet would like to see this recterfied — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.181.210.102 (talkcontribs) 7 May 2014 (UTC)