MUDDLING
Two False-run Cup Races The Egmont and the Taranaki : Cups were falsely-run races — anything but a fair test of stamina. AT Hawera the field only cantered for the first half-mile, then to put the. pace on. At New Plymouth last week it was worse still. . • , • ' | Of all the muddling races ever run, the. Taranaki Cup was the world's worst., ■ '•, ' It was a trot and then a spurt for about 50 yards; then another trot, to be followed by another burst. Positions ( changed m startling fashion— a horse would at one moment be m the lead and the next at the tail end. It was not till the last half-mile that Piuthair ■ went by her field and woke them up. It says a lot of Rod McKenzie's mare that she can be made to adapt herself to any conditions — a fast-run race or a falsely run One. -
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NZ Truth, Issue 1107, 17 February 1927, Page 13
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147MUDDLING NZ Truth, Issue 1107, 17 February 1927, Page 13
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