CONFIDENCE WELL PLACED

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 85, 12 April 1937, Page 13

CONFIDENCE WELL PLACED

: 'The Buzzer, generally conceded to have been very unlucky in failing to Catch Alby in the- Feilding Cup re"cently, was' backed with' great confidence in the Tamate'te; Handicap, and he fulfilled expectations. At the death Haut Monde was just overhauling him, but his performance was nevertheless :an .'excellent one and showed .him-as ;one of the season's threeryear-olds who may develop into Cup class next spring and summer.. . .-■'• . -.-

-: ;B. H. Morris rode a fine race on the and it was to his . handling that much of; the credit for -the win is due. The order of running -Was constantly-changing, but The Buzzer was kept third or fourth all the "..way,'and out of any trouble. Once the field was'landed in the straight Morris 2.immediately sent his mount to ' .the • front, and..hard.riding kept him.there to the post," which proved to be far "enough away. As it turned out Morris 'might have gone just a few moments ' "tpo^soon, 'but he1 could' take no risks :: 'of being shut in, and1 the result proved that. the. judgment, was sound, though ■'-the-call was close. '.:'.- •" • \ -The Buzzer is an Australian-bred three-year-old colt .who has continued '•' tO'iniprbve thfoughout-the season. He "?js-a. bay. son' of., The Buzzard, .a son. of ':the'.Spearmint horse Spion Kop, winner ™of: ; the Derby, and.his dam is.the Syce mare Eastern Belle, a: half-sister' to the • dam' of Lough Neagh, and descending 'frbrrithe same taproot as the TNT.ew Zea..larjdand Great Northern Derby winner "Bronze Eagle.- He is,owned, by.Mr. H. -Bayly, who formerly raced another. ' Australian horse, Constant Sun, and •'who'paid 190 guineas for him as a "yearling, He has already built up; a .;.profitable record, and.he has not. al---ways'ebe'en. most .fortunate, especially .iri,: striking Martara in the. last Doiiro Cup and then having to miss the-last Wellington Meeting owing to being just ineligible for the hack events for. which. -he had been entered.,

Haut Monde was the" unlucky handicapper at the meeting in his two

[ narrow defeats, and he is evidently I better now than ever previously. He had a crowded passage on the fence on Saturday, being some distance back at the straight, but,-when an-opening appeared he shot through brilliantly, and-was fast-catching The Buzzer at the post. In the" early portion he was .well placed, but other horses moving around him kept sending him back till he was eighth or ninth in the straight. Master Cyklori, after making the early' running with King's -Lancer, drifted in the middle portion,- and. was only sixth at the straight,'but he came again over-the last furlong and got back for third money. He seems to be not too easy to nde.r.but there is little doubting his possession of ? Lowenberg went.up surprisingly fast along the back, and the consequence r> ak hdreTtnfvvk^rb?e f,a^ wag s S: with and Taitoru all close up. Tiirtoru MS- Bo? alfmadi toward moves at. various stages and then ..retired. . .. : - ...