FINE JUMPING

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 101, 15 May 1937, Page 17

FINE JUMPING

Egmont Steeplechase IMPROVING DON ERMA (By Telegraph— Own Correspondent.) HAWERA, Last Night. By.his convinciUg win in the Egmont SteeplechaSe, Ddn Erma scored His most important success to date ahd revealed himself as a very much ilnproved performer. Some seasons ago lie scorfed his first ivin as a 'chaser. and in tbe autumn he sUccessfuily returned tti this gaine, to win at Hawera on Wediiesday. Doii Erma jumped perfectly tlirou^iout a.nd this despite the fact that he was pulling fairly hard. His jockey, howeVer, held him well together afid he also succeeded in siowing up the field in the first ldp. Two fences from hoine Bonnie Rollox lieadfed him, but for a Short distance ohly, and thereafter, although Mouastic inade a bold attempt to close on liim, he had the race in safe keeping. It- was a very smooth performance on the part of the winner and draWS attention to his prospects over fcountry iii the bdst of cdmpahy. FiVe furlongs froni hdnie Don Erma had a slight cad over Forest Glow and Bonnie Rollox With Monastic comiiig some distaiicb back td close slowly but surely on the trio, while a long way off Pahu was Battling on and was beginning td reveal his stamina. At the sod wall, the third to "last obstacle, Bonnie Rollox madd a splendid leap that carried him to the fionv, but unfortunately he had riln tbis doWn and he. went almost out to the kedge on the outside of the track; it was.at this obstacle iti the first round that Ddn Eriria. gdt iii rather cldse, thd dhly hlemish oii his jumping. Fin6 Stayers . Monastic made • quite> a good race of it With the winUer from the lAst bruSh t/Uce ahd his SefcOnd placing was a tdrertihner to better tliings over the big jumps. Pahu finally fiHisHed third and that stamina of his BUggeSts that he will be at his bfe'st when long distan'cea hdVO tb be covered. It remains ta be Bfedfi, hditevdr, if hd Will take to Ellerslii nidre kihdly than qn his last trip hortH; he has had sdveral failiires registerdd against hini there, bdth ovfer hurdles and couhtry. Sufficieht was sefen of Bonnie Rollox td indicate that he inay do better very shortly. He is a gqo.d jumper and he handled the soft track well. Iie Was alwdys Second or third during inost el . the funniiig and finished feutth,-' not a gre.at distance awhy frdm th«#. ^ihher. It is possibl'e that he Will he 'silitfed by sliorter distahces, but on. tlie othei iiand he niay stay, especially oh a hrm track. Forest Glow was right up fifth at the finisk He fenced splcndidly and his failure to run bn from the last cdhple of fences was very disappointing." He was travelling like a possible winher uj to that point, and perhaps he may be improved by the fun att.d iiiay dd better shortly* He it in at Te Rapii ahc Ellerslie. Sky Pilot began to tail off at the 6nd df the first mile, but his juihping was good. Invictus was andther failuh and 'in his case he is not as godd ai 'chasing as he was as fi hUrdldr. DiS appointment was expressed at Qynica Kid being ineligible to start. He racee iii Austfalia Oarlier in the seasoU ane th© Rnles of Racing provide that in thi 1 case of a. horse leaving the Dominioi and retUriiing within twelve mdiiths thi ; registratidh p.ipers going With it shoiih be lodgdd With ihe Conferefice Upoi : retiirn. This was hot dohe. Cyhica , JEid had been schdoling vefy well ih deed and he would have been a W6] ! Suppotted candidate had he seen th post. With IndiscretiOn out of adtioi ; with a bowed tendon and Oynical Ei s debarred from startihg it waS a sa race for their trainer, J. Fryer. '