YES, SEEING IS BELIEVING
,: • ... ,- " . ■ ■ « .'..-'■' FOR the past couple of months the name of Commendation has been freely mentioned round the country';" and al|, m'anher and shapes of people were busily engaged m spreading bad tidings abhut him./ "All to pieces and not likely to race again," was the most common one. Last week, at the invitation of Herbert Gaisford, "Truth" journeyed to Orjngi to give, the big fellow the once over. The trip. was worth while. '.-'.;''■' ■'••''. It is a long time.since the gelding had been seen, but, even allowing for this lapse of time, it was difficult to recognize him. He is a different horse and hundredweights heavier than when he last raced* The long spelj-has worked an unbelievable improvement— he has let down and thickened out everywhere. A's a fourTyear-old he was always light-waisted, but now he. has a barrel worthy of the : name. Behind the saddle he is immense), while m front his shoulders have developed so that it is pardonable to suspect, he has been through a course of jumping. , ' ; --- His nepk has thickened out and it would db credit to a stallion, and his legsj as clean as the.day he ; was foaled, have improved m ratio Tto the rest of his growth. "'.'-. ' Commendation had only >een m three weeks when "Truth" saw him, and not a great deal had been done with him, but even when he gets into active work he is not going to fine down a: great deal. The stuff that is on him now is- .'not 'fat*— jt is good hard muscle. Still cheeky when put at exercise, he is like an- old .sheep 'in his box, but his owner will be glad to get him off over to George Jones. \ ■ Just when the move will be made depends upon a set of circumstances, but the idea that it is his condition that is preventing his return to business is pure and unadulterated 7 piffle". He is a living monument to all who have had anything to do with hi hi since h? went into retirement,
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NZ Truth, Issue 1179, 5 July 1928, Page 11
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344YES, SEEING IS BELIEVING NZ Truth, Issue 1179, 5 July 1928, Page 11
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