A STRONG TIP

Chronicle (Levin), 9 March 1946, Page 6

A STRONG TIP

VViiat has become kuown as a race.•our.so tip was beiiig freely broadcast xt Te Hapa last Baturday luorning. . xii'ii maiiy people were claiming that .vuvrii'ul was a certaint^- for the Puni liurtili-s. This was his lirst run as a jUUi^er axid liis lirst • start for ovev t ii ia;e yt'Uixx, wlieix he liad coxxtested a minden on the same course ou Novemi»er 21, 1!)42. Bo persisteutly was Alerni'til oriiited about as a "good tlxiiig" x ii Ualurdav that he was backed dowix • i less tlian li\es aixd to the satisfactiou of those who had iistened a wiii(inig dxvideud duly materialised. Few a.id iieard oi' Merril'ul until thev ar1 n ed ou the course, and it was Jearned uii it in lns scJiooling efforts and gal:o]i.s he liad been confused with his t'ull .uollier. Kanui Tekoa (a surprise .viniicr ovur ixurdles at Hastings last ■iuut'.i. »so there it was and it was oovious that a good coup had been pulled sucii as is rare in this eountry. On Katurday Merriful juniped a coiijile oi hurdies brilliantly; at the • dhois he did every thiug wryng, get«.wg in loo close and scrainbhng over, Uid (ioing it cleverly. This was a feai,.re oi lus perfo finance; he travelled ia-.i all Ihe way and had the rest of Ihe lield seratchijig. Ou this showing .-lignt impruvenient in liis fcnciiig .vill mahe hini a juiuper to be reckoned with. Likc Kanui Tekoa, Merriful is i a inack geldiug, aow six years, by liacet'ul froni Alerry Lu, dam also of .u'ciry Yaalib Botlx are trained at Te hapi i.y A! rs. E. AI. Bloane.