GISBORNE, THIS WEEK, CONCLUDES THE SEASON'S OPERATIONS

NZ Truth, Issue 1182, 26 July 1928, Page 11

GISBORNE, THIS WEEK, CONCLUDES THE SEASON'S OPERATIONS

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Horse of The Winter Misses Grand National In reviewing the Grand National weights last, week "N.Z. Truth" had cause to comment 'on the poundage allotted Beau Cavalier and Glendowie, '

AND at the time the opinion was expressed that it would not be surprising to find them missing . at payment time. One of the pair was- withdrawn well before the acceptance fell dve — Glendowie.' '-, Owner Henry Rothery expressed his dissatisfaction with .the handicapping — particularly, the Hurdles— and 'withdrew his horse. /■•'.. And now Riccarton is not to have the opportunity, to see the horse the winter has produced. • . This is. tragic for both the club 'and patrons— but it was not altogether Unexpected. I A poor season for jumpers it is, yet In the Blue Riband Jumping event of the year the good horse is- made to pay. at the expense of the rubbish. Far better indeed would It have been had the handicapper saw fit to treat the t\yo top-weights a little more leniently and thus got both of them to tho meeting. But, as it iq now, Glendowie will not be there, but the rag-tag mob will be— a hindrance to themselves and the few good horses that will now contest the race. It was possibly not altogether the 11.9 he was allotted m the Steeplechase that caused the pen to be used so speedily, but the poundage Glendowie was v asked to carry m the. big Hurdles. ," • < It ls admitted the handicapper was set no easy task to bring the two out. standing horses— Beau Cavalier and Glendowie — and the rest of the j moderates together m the Steeplechase. • i

' .However, he was hardly inviting Glendowie south by giving him two pounds more than Beau Cavalier was asked to carry last year when the latter won both the Great Northern and the Wellington' Steeplechases. To spring from 9.7 m. .the Northereto 11.9 m the National, with two wins, is a tall order. And it all goes to prove that these days there is not a great deal of money ln New Zealand for a really first-grade 'chaser. / It would have been more acceptable to everybody had the top-weights been lowered a bit and the moderates also let down, without any real consideration being shown to the actual rubbish. The, Glendowie' connections probably had some designs on a good hurdle race. However, m being asked to carry nineteen pounds above* the minimum there was no inducement to take on. the big two and a-half mile race with a horse which had only scored m hunters' class over the small timber. It certainly would not be good' : business' to give Weight away to some of the proved hurdlers which appear m the list. \ The whole outcome, has been that Glendowie's connections prefer a jaun^ to. Sydney m the spring, where the transit expenses froni Auckland are a great deal less than the trip to Riccarton would have been. There seems every prospect of the Australian trip eventuating. If it does Sam. Henderson will go across the pond to pilot the son of Lucullus.