RACING.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 October 1923, Page 4

RACING.

INTERNATIONA I. .MATCH. BRITISH MORSE CRITICISED. lUSTIIAI.TAN AND N'.Z. OAUI.R ASSOCIATION. NEW YORK'. Oi. ;■). I’rnbublv owing to lack of nm 1 standing of British training moth idlin' small group of spurting ohsei vers have begun to under-rate Amen.-an sportsmen to accord the British horse complete lair pla.v. Race followers crowd the track every day Papyrus works, and when Jarvis ordered Papyrus to he walked or lightly galloped, little commoni is made save concerning tin' horse’s fine Lrai lability. Jim Jarvis. to-day for the first time, gave an order for more speed, and Rap-crus made a practice run a mile and a quarter. lie was timed over the latter divtanoo, taking ihuin. IS 3-osec. Sporting writers, in the afternoon newspapers, wrote a sensational ocor,nnt of tlm gallop, declaring that, the horse was slow and with an iniimpr''sice, awkward gait, and that he was IJow ing when pulled up.

Jarvis. however. i- lull at ri 11 i ll i ■!*- esled in forcing llm horse. :iml ran him in blankets. ! 1 ni:nl«* im situmpi in apply actual me;- conditions to ti is work-out. Cmi-ser'Viilive .-porting writers. stressing the unfairness of these ni-coiint-. declare that th" horse was not blowing v. licit polio-! up. ami that dm time v;.i« no indication nl Ins true speed. They loiter declare that -Tni-vis is not beginning the horse's serious training until Saturday, when, lor the first time, he will run him without blankets. YKTORTAX RACING. AIFLBOFRN K. Oct . 11. Wallace Morllnke lias been scratched for all his Fleniington engagements. The jockey .!. Toohey has arrived here. He rifles David and The Fpictire. The acceptors for the Caulliield Si al-e inchule The Cypher. Whittier. Fnckwood, and David. For the Moot ice Valley Cox Plate, to he run on Saturday lorrnight. Rupiite and Shrapnel have been nominnted. Fttefred has foaled a colt to Magpie.