OP AGAINST HOT STUFF

NZ Truth, Issue 1178, 28 June 1928, Page 12

OP AGAINST HOT STUFF

Tamerlane Let Punters Down At Alexandra Park (From "N.Z, Truth's" Special Auokland Representative.) When Tamerlane missed m the Stewards' Trot at Alexandra Park last Saturday, he let an army of punters down with a bang. THAT he iwas considered a good Certainly he was up against some- ■!■• thing the betting amply demon- thing rich and soliid m Waikaha and strated, for he carried over eleven Co. hundred of the brightest and best. Further, he may have been short of Money, however, was not the right as- a run, for after coming to Auckland, sistance. the state of the tracks, did .not ■■allow The . frequency 'with which this astute Owner Bussell much chance to much-dlscuss^d quadruped falls to bob slip the necessary into him. up when the cash is m, may tend to Tamerlane's two iwins at Claudelead many to think. that he. is over- lands and a further victory at Wellrated, ington, when he won on the ibit" each In his class, however, Tamerlane is time, are good enough to keep him m a. star. . . the limelight. "N.Z. Truth" is firmly of the Whether he starts among pacers opinion that all was not well with or trotters, he will, when right, him when he failed to see out the give a further taste of his. good two miles. quality.