CHASING THE COWS!

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 48, 25 August 1933, Page 4

CHASING THE COWS!

VALPEEN'S DAILY DOZEN

A horse who is trained pn. .a farm and whose exercise, according', to Ms .owner, consists chiefly'of chasing the cows, was the hero of the Pakuranga Hunt races at Ellerslie last Saturday (stales', the • "New Zealand Herald"). Owned and trained by a bx-onze-faced young man, ,MrV Gordon Campbell, who has a farm at Okoroire, Valpeen won the Greenmount Hunters' Steeplechase., and tho Pakuranga. ■ Hunt Cup, the two I'aces .'combined being worth £220 in specie and a gold cup valued at £25. The. feat of winning^ two- steeplechases' in one day at Ellerslie '.is most unusual, although after a long.span of years it was accomplished by Snow Prince at the Relief Meeting only; last mqnth. ';; yalp.eeh's training work;';'on'.the farm had lately ' been augmented.',. ■ by.; .weekly visits to the Matamata'^aceeQurse for the purpose of schoolin^byeiv.fene.es in company with other horses.:;;. These visits involved a walk of fourteen'miles each way, but Valpeen is so-hardy that distance matters'',lvtftje to him,, as/was .shown by. his winning performances over a total of about five and a half ,niiles".of -the 'Ellerslie country,. A good. jmrrper/fte hasi:. gained valuable experience at. jneets, of > the Waikato Hunt in-the Hihuera Valley.' The owner has the additional .Satisfaction of having' bred the ."horse' himself,.-'';•■... Mr. Campbell is a prominent amateur boxer, and he also plays football, for the, Matamata Rugby SubTiiniori.....'Yalneen_ is the only horse .he owns. .In- presentius him with the gold cup, Mr.. 11.. Bullock Webster, master of the hounds, warmly coii'Tatulated him upon'-his( success. He expressed the hope that some day hounds would be established at' Okorok'e, ar.d jmore hunters as good as Valpeen-turned (out He also hoped that', Mr. Campbell personally would take .an -interest in, hunting, and so assist in promoting this great sport. ' ,