O'CONNOR ILL

NZ Truth, Issue 1108, 24 February 1927, Page 13

O'CONNOR ILL

Then There Was ' A Change \/ ■ ■ Prince of all starters,. Charlie ... O'Connor* was taken ill during the course of the Wanganui meet- - ; ing... ...-'_',' '• '.' * .-; J AST Friday -lie complained of hot " feeling up to the mark, and on Saturday, morning he was really bad— so bad that a doctor had to be called ! m. -" .'..-.- • ''•-".-. ■\- ''■■ ' * - ;.' He was . informed he could not act on , Saturday, and then of -course arose the question of a substitute. ,V_". '''.'■'.. Those m the game naturally thought that Jack Vincent, who is Charlie's assistant at the meeting, wouldi.be asked to .officiate. . : .. "\ : It was not to be, however, and the custodian of the course, Bill Price, was delegated to the .ppsitioni , , :< Perhaps the Wanganui committee was quite m order'-.! in. commandeering Price's sex'yices, under the. circumstances, but to "N.Z. Truth's" way of thinkings Vincent was the -person to be on the perch. , Price.is how starting round the country, but Vincent has had just as much experience and a little more to boot. . . i Vincent, however, .was dropped and Price substituted. "Truth;*! looking' on it quite disinterestedly, cannot follow the action.

RUSE THAT FAILED COME trainers adopt all manner of ~^ devices to delude the public. One of these recently sent out a horse wearing a bandage tight enough to make the nag appear lame. The bandage was removed before the start and quite a number noticed the incident. Then a rush set m to make her favorite, and she won. 4 4 4 MO one begrudges R. J. Hannon any 1V success that comes his way, for he is a free nominator at the smaller gatherings. *** ' . PLARUS likes it best on the soft side. » * * LITTLE JUDGMENT TT Is the general opinion that at least 1 one prominent lightweight up north is riding with little judgment at present. ; . ' ' There is more than a morsel of truth m it. *. * ■ * ■ HAIGUARD was m the Rotorua Cup v field, but "had 8.8. . He has not lo3t form yet. v 4 4 i .4 THEY may be expecting Haerara any day now. ■ . 4 v 4 4 TO for the outer and absolute ■ safety" appears to be the general policy, adopted by some of the northern horsemen m action. 'Punters are truly up against it.

.iiiiiiitiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.'iiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiinii THE AUTHOR should be heard from 1 xup north any day. He ia racing into form. . .* ■-.*■■ . *. „ .< . Illingar. evidently wants freshening up again. A turning track is no good for Spoony's prospects. •-. * - * , .. -• Looks as if Bright Comet is a.false boom, though ..he is certainly having the racing. .< .* ■ . * *' '. Hangawu^a, though nothing out of the ordinary, is always liable to turn up m a moderate lot. * . \ * • * MARKED IMPROVEMENT THE,. .improvement- made- by Value , from^Te' Kuiti to Rotorua was very• pronounced. ' ■ . In a rough lot at Te Kuiti, Value was hardly sighted m cither of two starts. In the Waimangu Handicap, however, m a better class, the.daughter of Paper Money—Grey Linnet displayed both beginning and finishing ability. Those two previous, races 'worked wonders m Value. The public did not participate, however, which was hardly to be wondered at when horses of the stamp of Dave, Heisler and Dobbinwere up against Value.