HOT ORDER MISSES

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 136, 10 June 1937, Page 13

HOT ORDER MISSES

CROYDEN'S HACK. STEEPLES

1 . Sporting Song, backed .down to a ■ very cramped price, found his concession in weight to .Croyden. one obstacle too many for him in the^ack and Hunters' - Steeplechase. Three •fences from home he attempted to pull back Croyden, wijo was making all. his own ■ running, but Croyden Jumped away at both the remaining fences and .finished full" of ; energy to score by four, lengths. ... ]' ' 'V . Croyden fenced very fast at most of the obstacles, and his faults were only of a minor order. At times Platter and later Sporting Song nearly reached him on the flat, but.he .was, always able to: keep te front, of -them. At two miles .he is likely to win other cross-country races, though he does not like' much longer distances. This was only the,, second' success that Croyden: -has. registered, but. :his appearances have been only - occasional. He is a light chestnut, eight years old, and he is a son of the Martian horse"Warplane and an unnamed •Advance mare, who is understood to have .been out of the Lupin—Velocity mare Liivelds. He is owned by; Mr. Clive Varley, of Ruahine, • who bred him; and he is now in the stable ofL. J. F. Jarvis atvMartbn. He learned, the jumping part of. the game, at which he is most proficient.-in the hunting field. ■•■:<•■■ - Platter, again a hard ride for D. w. Bush, was. a. fair third:.. He was getting into some of his fences, but was always. safe. " He has completed every jumping' race he' has' yet contested, which should secure a win or two for him in due course. Royal Fire very nearly lost his rider at the first fence, indeed did, but P. Button- landed back within reach of the saddle. Battleground was. disappointing, his jumping being inferior to his displays of last winter. . ■