ALUNGA'S IMPROVEMENT
' ' Alunga; beaten out- Of the money on was' prominent - iron? the start^nd tIS most-consummate, ease; -by. three leA glu hnaa' gained his first" success ;unexpecreVon. the course, afChmtaas. and this was his third win: to date, _but •he has been' racing only.; about "four months in all and he .is- one ; who should go on to the best company next qpi^on' A three-year-old chestnut, geldalso of Eager-Rose' and Svy.eet Rose, ■two-good performers,in. the Auckland district, and.he is owned..in... Wellmg>,ton by.-" Mr. J.L. Cheesman, -who formerly had Brown Pearl,, He is a member' of T. R.- George's team:and is one of the best gallopers on the Trentham track atpresent. Fossicker and Gironde were always doing-best of the. others. Gironde finally weakened: after .striving to keep Alunga off, and Fossicker finished better to' secure second dividend: by a length and a half.. Golden.Chest madeup a- lqt.'.of leeway late' to be a . close fourth.' Rustem, Chat,.;and- Race Call ran. just fair races, and Prince Mulla was finishing ■on from .the rear. Old Surrey >got on- the. heels of another horse after a furlong and knuckled over, which compelled his rider to'pull him up..... ,■: ... . .■,-,-- >: . '■■..-•'.::;V..«
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 85, 12 April 1937, Page 13
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193ALUNGA'S IMPROVEMENT Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 85, 12 April 1937, Page 13
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