BERESINA BOOMED.

NZ Truth, Issue 84, 26 January 1907, Page 2

BERESINA BOOMED.

"Don't forget B.eresina" was given to hundreds prior 1 , to journeying . to Moorefield last; Saturday. '<Dn. the course, punters kept a reserve' to invest on the daughter, of Stcpivialc, ' when, her race, the Kogarah Stakes camo on. However, .most of the Bar Vons were also armed with- information about the New Zealand-bred marc, and, when a couple of them offered "twos iihe field,"* they were nearly Jmdeked over by backers m their* eagerness to. get .on to the cert. 'Lou Abrahams almost flattened out half those, m the ring .{nrushina; a £2-0 to £1O bet ; but, these jiol) .s o fleet of foot as the pony Bar. Von, got badly left. The mare .quickly dropped to evens, a3id,,at the fall ■7 to d- on was the best oiler. The favorite got into her stride quickly, and the only prad to- get within c o o^ cc of her at any part of the trip was Metal. Boy, who was eventually defeated }>v nearly ■ three lengths. The staMe must have got on at a very short price, and,; considerune; that the m are was a straaiger, and trained at Moorefield, it is peculiar how ; every-. cme >J {sjp earecli/tfe know afimuch about tho r ihajle v as ti£r -stable -cbnnecti'bns. Her joint owrters, Messrs Nettlef o ld and Price, are tb be commended for having a cut at the short price ; yet on 'the other hand, racegoers would hardly . have flamed them had they nin her a tiye, which could have been done like-wmkingi provided the Bar Vons did riot get an' inkling knock her out m the betting .-^Sydney "Sportsman."'