BRANTOME FOR NATIONAL HURDLES
An interesting visitor to Ellerslie dtiring tlie week was tlie brilliant hunller Brantouie, who Iiad lieen ofl" the scene for sonie weeks 011 account of an injury received while schooling at Te Ixapa in Alay. On Tliursday nioniing Bnintoine jileased 1 rackwatchers by tlie inanner in which lie eovered six Jurlongs in 1.22 2-5. lie liit out boldly and finished strongly. Present intentions are to niu liini in thc fhit events at tJie Avondale meeting jirior to contesting tlie G ra nd National Hurdles on August 10. Brantouie is reported to have lookcd well, although the kueo he injurod at le Hapa is still groatly enlarged. Thc Awapuni horsemau, W. Jenkins, has been engaged to ride him at Riccarton.
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Chronicle (Levin), 18 July 1946, Page 6
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123BRANTOME FOR NATIONAL HURDLES Chronicle (Levin), 18 July 1946, Page 6
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