IN THE NORTH

NZ Truth, Issue 1153, 5 January 1928, Page 11

IN THE NORTH

Gossip From Course

And Stable

(From "N.Z. Truth's" Special Auck-

land Rep.)

TT would be an awful blow if Jewel Pointer did not earn a stake at any trotting fixture he was engaged at, yet when he took the Champion his large army of admirers were hardly prepared for victory, for the Jewel returned over the limit.

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Concllff put enough dash into his second to Peterwah in the Summer Cup to make it clear that his best is to come and that he is not averse to the heavy going-.

There is no doubt about Peter Swift's ability to trot when he is in the mood. He simply came from the clouds when he got up in the straight and snatched the Epsom Trot stake off Betty Moko.

• • » King Pointer is a lot better than he looks and can leg it in either going. In his first triumph last week, the King revelfed in the mud while next up the going was firm. "Ossie", Hooper's charge can still be respected and in a better class. # # #

Trotting heads and enthusiasts can be generous, as was evidenced on the subscription list which filled well to help Syd. Groat through a bit of trouble. Syd. has had a bad run at the game, and was burnt out lock, .stock and barrel during the holidays. It was this latest misfortune which prompted the fellow-feeling attitude adopted.

Peter Riddle's trip from Aussie was little use from a stake- earning viewpoint, though Native Prince was unfortunate in bumping: horses of the calibre of The Shrew and King Pointer on the two opening days. However, Peter drove Young- Blake to victory on the final day and that was some consolation for the long trip he made across the water.