Straight Bits & Spurs

NZ Truth, Issue 1173, 24 May 1928, Page 13

Straight Bits & Spurs

ITRED TILJLEY will be at Otaki next 1 week with his team and they will get" some of the money. LJAD Paitonu been beaten at Wangan nui on Saturday, Jack Barry wouldn't have dared to have returned to the birdcage. He all but threw the race into the sea. THE turns at Wanganui troubled Black Mint. He. is labelled for Dunedin next. Bill Ballinger is his sole owner these days, having bought out Albert Goodman's half interest. BERT and "Snow" Morris, Jack Barry and Roy Reed wili be riding at Otaki m preference^ to Ellerslie. ' DICK was still sorry for himself, so . his trainer reported at Wanganui. TWO of Fred Tilley's team that should be borne xin mind for Otaki are Avro and Glenross. AFTER Tea Time ran second the first f* day at Wanganui everybody wanted to be on him the- second. He was favorite and failed. Those who know him best say he is never a second-day horse.

W7HEN Bonny Rill broke down at " Hawera she looked a bad case and it is now thought she will never race again. THE scratching of Benzora the second 1 day at Wanganui left quite a few lamenting. They had . anything but good wishes for those responsible. THERE was nothing wrong with •*• Tuki's condition at Wanganui and his north trip should be profitable. FIRST ACRE went to Sydney last * year with Dug. Webster, but he is not to make the trip when the Otaki trainer leaves next month.

ROYAt, GAME met with a mishap just prior to Wanganui and m his only outing there raced badly. He was too sore to run the second day. JOCKEYS do not get excited. at race meetings, but take them to a boxing match and stand back and watch them. Excited? Oh, no! DESHWA is not much to look at, but *• that does not cbunt for everything. He won a race at Wanganui and won it well. HICK JOHNSON races Horomea now *■' and the mare was never headed m the Connolly at Wanganui. She was not asked to race the second day. pOVENT GARDEN was costly at Wanganui. Having to do it the first bit left him without a kick at the finish. ' SAN FERA was the first horse beaten m the Hack Steeplechase at Wanganui. The ground fixed him. KING MART ran two respectable races at Wanganui and. he should not be long m winning one. DAPATU is coming into the market. ! * For the Cornwell, Bert Tinker is ! to be his rider. LJYMESTRA^ON had had only one ** outing over fences prior to his win last Saturday. Thus there was more than a little merit m his going out and winning all the way. DARTAGA'S run of placed perform- *■ ances was stopped at Wanganui, where he failed both days. AI/ARIG was to have been a runner at ** Wanganui, but kidney trouble | brought about his withdrawal. nmmmmiinnnuiiiiimuimmmmiimnilMmHiiiiiimmilii iiimuninmiiiiiin iiiiniimimmi IWIIHIWIIIIMHIIIIUIIIIIHMIIOIfIOIIWIHtIIMIHtIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIMItIIHIItMIMIIIHIIiiIIIHIIIHI'IIIMIIHIIIHiIII

DRAEMAN stays exceedingly well and *-* he was fourth m the Century Hurdles. That performance is good enough to expect better things before long. MOUNT MARTA won* easily the first "* day at Wanganui. His rider let him get well on his feet before he asked him to stretch out. Over the last two furlongs he buried the rest. DEAUMONT ran a good race the first IJ day at Wanganui, but on the second, he got a bad run at the critical stage and then ran fourth. That is worth remembering. WANINNIA some time back attempted .to jump but of the birdcage at Wanganui. Having failed m that he must have come to the conclusion that all fences are too big. Last week he jumped three or four, and then refused to go any further. , AN old friend m Rafa was produced .the second' day at Wanganui. The less said of him the better. U"ROM now on Puwhero is going to *■ get some weight to carry over the shorter distance steeplechases. CUCHREis a good name for him. " Those who back him always get euchred. DROAD ACRE, and Le Champ are two D of George N,ew's team that must be a nuisance to him. i TT is generally believed the Glendowie connections are quite satisfied with 1 the progress the hunter has made of late and also the manner m which he completed his 1 task over the Ellerslie hill last week-end. T ADY'S BOY was a. good thing beaten Lt \ the first day at Wanganui. He todk on open company on the second and ran unplaced, after doing a lot of the pace-making.-.' •. iiiiiiiiitnmiiiHiiiiimiitinuiiiiiiiiiiiuii!iiiiiiiiitiniitiimiMniimi|iinmnuiiiinintiiiuiiiuiimmiiiiiii

W/ANGANUI going Is very false and ■"' quite a number of horses could not do their best on it last week. A LITTLE more experience will find ** Son o' Mine winning a steeplechase. He is a little bit doubtful at the brush fences as yet. MISTER GAMP fell the first day at m Wanganui, through no fault of his own. The second day he did not pick the bit up till the race was practically over — then he flew. poURI rah two fair races at Wanga--1 nui. He got into the last fence m the Century Hurdles, otherwise he would have been closer at the finish. PHEEONE ran well at Wanganui. ■ It would be useless to ask him to "keep his tail" up for he has next to no steering apparatus! j/EDDAR has been consistent of late. ** He won again a"t Wanganui and must be clear of hack company now. THE course and the going did not suit A First Acre and he ran very poorly at Wangranui. POMMENDATION is to go back into ** work any time now. ' , iiiiiiiiiiiiniHiiiiiiMiiMiiiiiiiiiiniNiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiin