SPORTING.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 15 September 1924, Page 9

SPORTING.

GLOAMING’S DEFEAT. WHAT THE AUSTRALIAN PRESS SAYS. «Y CABLE -PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received Sept. 15, 11.5 a.m. mi rn 1 SYDNEY 7 , Sept. 15. . Ihe telegraph says: Whether Gloaming has had his day or not it is difficult to say with any degree of certainty It was not like the Gloaming °“, to. he beaten so comfortably atter having been pacemaker into the straight, but it is only natural if age is beginning to tell. Perhaps it mav be that he will prove at his next start that it was in need of a race that told against him, and it is significant to note that his trainer, one of thb greati. a ]J. .trainers* was of the opinion both before and after the Chelmsford that another week or fortnight’s work Mould have benefited Gloaming considerably The Telegraph declares th ou ■ ?rW? r ho f se on the day won. Ihe Herald says that yoiitli prevailed over the last bit. YEARLING SALE. .... LONDON Sept. 14. At the Doncaster yearling sales the top price was realised for a filly, 6100 T } - e , . tot iVl sales realised ~32_,336, which is £40,000 in excess of any previous sale.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.