RUNS SIX IN THIRTEEN

NZ Truth, Issue 1150, 15 December 1927, Page 11

RUNS SIX IN THIRTEEN

If ig || T EADING trainers down the southern end of the Island f| 11 are mostly of the opinion that, Gascony is next door to | If a lay-down misere proposition for the Railway Handicap. | || This is because several of them were present at Wood- | || - ville after the races on opening day and witnessed Gascony | || rattle off six furlongs on the course proper in 1.13. ] 11 Gascony is stated to have carried somewhere between 6 | if and 7 st. and to have worn reasonably weighted shoes f if —not racing plates. | !| He was moving past the starting peg when the watches | fj were, set in action, and of course was handy to the rails | 11 throughout. ’ J 11 Still, the time recorded must be classed good and re- | 11 garded as a very fair trial for a race like the Railway. I j| , Needless to state the result of the trial flew like wild- | ff fire, and Lowry’s candidate hardened considerably in mar- | f I ket quotations for the northern sprint., f ||' In fact there was a rush to support the three-year-old, | || which is evidently due to pome back to the great promise | if he gave as a two-year-old. » | J I It is generally understood the 1.13 registered Gas- j If cony is the best six furlongs ever seen for Woodville track j f| in a work out. li P

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