OUTPACES HACK FIELD

NZ Truth, Issue 1179, 5 July 1928, Page 11

OUTPACES HACK FIELD

Beau Cavalier . Appears In New Role At- Ellerslie ..'..'••■ (Prom "N.Z. Truth's" Special Auckland Representative.) \ s The ctack 'chaser of last season, Beau Cavalier, was seen m a new role at the Te Kuiti fixture.

HE romped hQme .m . front of fifteen . other s-r-flat performers— over a mile course. . It was .always .known : that "The Beau" ; could leg it at a respectable pace, but with 121bs. above the minimum m the' Te Kuiti Hack his prospects Were not considered 'bright enough to be made better than eighth choice m the. betting market. ■ ■'*: This meant that he returned a handsome dividend- — the best . of his career. jt does not say much for the quality of the opposition when it is . realized 'that Beau Cavalier early headed them off for pace. After making play throughout, he finally won by two and a-half lengths m. 1.49 for the mile, which was 3 2-5 sees, slower than Tinokoa ran when' he won the open mile three races earlier. The 'chaser fairly trpunced a hack field again pn the second day over a mile and a-quarter ; with iO'.D- on his

back, and if" is evident he threatens, to be- m the best condition of his life when he steps out to contest the Wellington Steeples. # 7 -* .. He will- be ridden m that race by his old pilot, . Sam Henderson, it. -having been decided: that Qlendpwle is to be specially reserved for the Grand National Steeplechase at Riccarton. Though an aged.horse before "cracking" it on the racecourse, he has scored on .the flat," over hurdles and across country. 7 .' ■ " Quite a few. track-watchers at Ellerslie prior to the Great North--7 em fixture were contending that Beau Cavalier might have been -indulging m schooling tasks instead of sprinting efforts. ': Evidently- those sprinting tasks played'their. part m fitting him to add the flat race's to his creditable record. .. If ; ever there was a' rich find m the, hunting-field, it was Beau Cavalier.: