A COME-DOWN
The Hawk At The Smalls
How the mighty have fallen! From the biggest to the smallest! THERE is something pathetic to watch — or even read of — the slipping of a good horse.
Unable to foot it in company he
once ruled, he descends the ladder.
Many horses have had to do it — why, heaven only knows — and now another to add to the list is The Hawk.
Once champion sprinter and miler, he could only run second to the flfthrater, Coot, at Hastings on Monday.
On the course and in a race which has attracted more attention in recent times, The Hawk went down to defeat.
Why, only twelve months back to the day he beat the cream of sprinters at Ellerslie.
*And now look where he is and what he is!
Gold-mine that he has been, it cannot be asking too much to pension him off.
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NZ Truth, Issue 1153, 5 January 1928, Page 9
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149A COME-DOWN NZ Truth, Issue 1153, 5 January 1928, Page 9
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