THAT ELECTION RACE!

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 194, 17 December 1941, Page 5

THAT ELECTION RACE!

SEE HOW THEY RAN

SAWDUST BILL FIRST: THE REST NOWHERE

And now for the Bay of Plenty; (Hie) Cup of 1941, the greatest race /n New Zealand run east of the Rangitaiki River. All the way from Tckomaru Bay to Whakatane, a distance of 202 miles, just 200 miles longer than the Auckland Cup. Sounds Like Gordon Stutter Broadcasting The horses are at the barrier. The tote has closed. There is a lot of money invested on Sawdust Bill, ridden by Sullivan. I can pick out his blue colours. He has drawn No. I position. Then there's that promising colt, Doughboy Charlie,, with Mills up. He is carrying Pete Fraser's pale pink colours. Poor old; Pote was to have taken him for a canter from Taneatua to. Whakatane, but had to fly back to Ington to referee in the big fight between John Bull and Jingo Jap.

At the Whakatane tote it seems as if Sawdust Bill is the hottest favourite seen for a long time. I am, Afraid lots of investors will only

get 19/0 back for their pounds. Lots of farmers from the Plains have prit their shirts on the National horse, and are going home to milk in their pants and braces. Doughboy Chartie's connections are a bit up set because Trainer Nordmeyer, Vet Barclay and others who were to have assisted in his final preparation are "busy in Wellington culling out the benzine issue.

They're off! A good start from Tokomaru Bay. Passing the Te Karaka post Mills takes Doughboy Charlie to the front, and there is four votes ahead of Sawdust Bill who is going along nicely. "Dough-